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U.S. stocks end higher, erasing weekly loss for the S&P 500 Health care and technology companies helped drive stocks higher Thursday, bringing the S&P 500 index to a record high and out of the red for the week. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 8:11pm

Today in History Today is Friday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2021. There are 203 days left in the year. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 5:45pm

Richard Ernst, Nobel laureate whose research made MRI possible, dies at 87 Richard Ernst, a chemist who won a Nobel Prize for devising precise techniques to analyze the chemical properties of atoms, helping create the foundation of magnetic resonance imaging, which has had far-reaching applications in science and medicine, died June 4 in Winterthur, Switzerland. He was 87. by Matt Schudel/The Washington Post Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 2:56am

VIDEO | Today in History Today is Thursday, June 10, the 161st day of 2021. There are 204 days left in the year. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 2:54am

AP: Police unit probed over Black driver arrests BATON ROUGE, La. -- The same Louisiana State Police unit whose troopers stunned, punched and dragged Ronald Greene on video during a deadly 2019 arrest is now under internal investigation by a secret panel over whether its officers are systematically targeting Black motorists for abuse. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 2:36am

VIDEO | Lawmakers agree NCAA needs NIL help, but how much and when? For some lawmakers, federal regulation of college sports should not end with NIL and the time is right to tackle other issues — from long-term health care and educational opportunities for athletes to more uniform and enforceable safety standards. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 2:12am

Man stuck for days inside giant fan at vineyard The man was discovered Tuesday by a deputy responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle parked near the winery in Santa Rosa, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 2:06am

Mysterious substance on Maine beach is millions of dead bugs Scientists have determined that a black substance that had settled near the shore line over several days at a beach in Maine is made up of millions of dead bugs. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 2:05am

Keystone XL pipeline nixed after Biden stands firm on permit The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline pulled the plug on the contentious project Wednesday after Canadian officials failed to persuade President Joe Biden to reverse his cancellation of its permit on the day he took office. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 2:03am

U.S. indexes end lower; more volatility for online favorites A slide in banks and industrial companies nudged stocks on Wall Street to modest losses Wednesday after an early gain faded in the last half-hour of trading. Stocks championed by hordes of online retail investors, the "meme" stocks as they have become known, were volatile once again. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 2:01am

Biden moves to restore clean-water safeguards ended by predecessor The Biden administration began legal action Wednesday to repeal a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, leaving them more vulnerable to pollution from development, industry and farms. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 2:00am

President embraces a Trump policy in backing Arab and Israeli deals The Biden administration is laying the groundwork for a renewed push to encourage more Arab countries to sign accords with Israel and working to strengthen existing deals after last month's devastating war in the Gaza Strip interrupted those diplomatic efforts. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 1:59am

VIDEO | Biden opens overseas trip declaring that 'United States is back' Biden has set the stakes for his eight-day trip in sweeping terms, believing the West must publicly demonstrate it can compete economically with China as the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. by Associated Press Published Jun. 10 2021 @ 1:58am

VIDEO | Outage has many asking how vulnerable internet is An outage at a little-known firm that speeds up access to websites knocked a lot of top internet destinations offline on Tuesday, disrupting business and leisure for untold millions globally. The problem was quickly resolved. The company, Fastly, blamed a configuration error in its technology. by Associated Press Published Jun. 9 2021 @ 2:38am

VIDEO | Senate report details broad failures around Jan. 6 attack A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol found a broad intelligence breakdown across multiple agencies, along with widespread law enforcement and military failures that led to the violent attack. by Associated Press Published Jun. 9 2021 @ 2:36am

Stocks wobble as investors seek direction amid recovery Stocks swayed between small gains and losses in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday while investors continue searching for direction as the economy recovers from its pandemic slump. by Associated Press Published Jun. 9 2021 @ 2:25am

SpaceX launches tiny critters, solar panels to space station SpaceX launched thousands of tiny sea creatures to the International Space Station on Thursday, along with a plaque-fighting toothpaste experiment and powerful solar panels. by Associated Press Published Jun. 9 2021 @ 2:13am

Facial recognition for fish? Researchers battle Asian carp HICAGO -- There may come a day on the Illinois River when a fish swims up a chute, slides through a scanner, and, after being recognized as a feared silver carp, is sorted and removed, eventually ending up in a carp burger on your dinner plate. Published Jun. 9 2021 @ 2:12am

Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales getting smaller The younger generation of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are on average about 3 feet shorter than whales were 20 years ago, drone and aircraft data show in a study in Thursday's journal Current Biology. by Associated Press Published Jun. 9 2021 @ 2:11am

Pipeline CEO defends paying ransom WASHINGTON — A pipeline company CEO on Tuesday defended his decisions to abruptly halt fuel distribution for much of the East Coast and pay millions to a criminal gang in Russia as he faced down one of the most disruptive ransomware attacks in U.S. history. by By Eric Tucker and Ben Fox / The Associated Press Published Jun. 8 2021 @ 11:13pm