The deal to bring Saudi investment into the PGA shocked the golf world and invited scrutiny from Congress as well as the Justice Department, which is looking into potential antitrust violations.
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Republican’s block on confirmations leaves Marines without leader for 1st time in 100 years
Pentagon officials have pressed the Senate to move forward, saying that delays are already affecting more than 200 military officers, and many key leaders.
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Florida in hot water as ocean temperatures rise along with the humidity
Global sea surface temperatures have been record high since April, and the North Atlantic has been off-the-charts hot since mid-March, meteorologists report, as climate change is linked to more extreme and deadly events.
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Turkey reverses, agrees to swift vote on Sweden’s NATO membership
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier in the day introduced a new condition for approving Sweden’s membership, calling on European countries to ‘open the way’ for Turkey to join the European Union.
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Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin’s commanders met Putin after short-lived mutiny, pledged loyalty
Though the Russian leader branded mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin a traitor as the revolt unfolded and vowed harsh punishment, the criminal case against Prigozhin on rebellion charges was later dropped.
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Deep partisanship will be on display as Congress releases competing voting bills
Even as the country prepares for the next presidential election, the separate measures will underscore how the 2 major parties often are completely at odds over voting procedures.
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Vermont to pay $16.5 million to settle lawsuits by foreign investors in fraudulent ski development
The former owners of Jay Peak were accused of misusing more than half of about $400 million raised for ski area developments from foreign investors through a visa program that offered the investors a chance at permanent U.S. residency.
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The Texas shooter in a racist Walmart attack is going to prison. Here’s what to know
The 24-year-old man is set to receive multiple life sentences in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, and also faces the death penalty in state court.
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Possible shark attacks prompt heightened patrols at New York’s Long Island beaches
At least 1 beach delayed opening to holiday revelers Tuesday, after officials said drones spotted some 50 sand sharks that morning near a popular beach park.
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Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power
The current map has white majorities in 5 of 6 districts, all currently held by Republicans, despite Black people accounting for one-third of the state’s population.