Average daily car rental rates almost doubled, from $89 a day over Independence Day 2020 to $166 during that same time period in 2021.
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Evacuees fill Lake Tahoe roads in rush to flee wildfire
Residents of the city of 22,000 were stalled in traffic gridlock overhung with hazy, brown air that smelled like a campfire.
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Hate crimes rise to highest level in 12 years amid increasing attacks on Blacks, Asians
The FBI tallied 7,759 hate crimes last year, marked by a global pandemic, a divisive presidential election and upheaval in the economy.
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Last U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war
The last planes took off from Kabul’s airport at 3:29 p.m. Washington time, one minute before midnight in Kabul.
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RFK’s oldest son condemns possible parole of Sirhan Sirhan
Former congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II denounced the possible parole of the man convicted of killing his father in California in 1968.
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EU takes Americans off its safe-visitor list as COVID-19 cases rise in U.S.
The guidance is nonbinding, however, and U.S. travelers should expect a mishmash of travel rules across the continent.
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Florida children wonder what the big deal is about mask-wearing
The American Academy of Pediatrics supports universal masking for everyone, vaccinated and unvaccinated, in schools.
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Pulitzer Prize Board grants special citation to Afghan journalists
The citation comes with a $100,000 emergency relief grant intended to help men and women involved in journalism in Afghanistan either resettle or to continue their work safely.
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Capitol police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection
The suit names the former president, the Trump campaign, Trump ally Roger Stone and members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who were present at the Capitol and in Washington on Jan. 6.
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Kabul airport attack kills at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops
The Islamic State group, whose Afghanistan affiliate is far more radical than the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the killings.