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The country reported 77,640 new infections on Thursday, according to the NBC News tally. The latest record comes 11 days before the upcoming U.S. presidential election scheduled to take place on November 3. Total confirmed cases in the U.S. are approaching nearly 8.5 million, with 223,059 deaths, as of Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The seven-day moving average of daily new cases in the country has been rising from mid-September, after declining since late July, according to the U....

Biden aims to restore relations with EU leaders after four years of tension under former president Donald Trump. “America is back,” Biden said. “We are committed —we have never fully left — but we are reasserting the fact it is overwhelmingly in the interest of the United States to have a great relationship with NATO and with the EU.” He added that he has “a very different view than [his] predecessor....

The growth was mostly due to Congress approving bipartisan spending plans, giving tens of billions of dollars to private health care providers to keep them afloat. Funding for COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments also accounted for a lot of the growth. The number of uninsured people stayed relatively constant last year, not rising as some might have expected as many switched to Medicare and Medicaid coverage instead of employer coverage....

The company, which was founded in 2012, worked to collect and rent out tens of thousands of homes that were emptied after the 2008 financial crisis. Last year, Invitation Homes raked in $50 million more in rent on those houses than it did in 2019, CBS News reported. In total, the company’s profits rose by 30 percent during the pandemic, up from nearly $150 million in 2019 to almost $200 million in 2020....

Clint Dempsey, forward, Seattle Sounders. Placed alone up top, Dempsey did a good job at fashioning chances in the first half and, though he was less influential in the second half, bagged a goal. With Jozy Altidore out against Germany, Dempsey should again start the game as the lone striker. (Last week: 3) Tim Howard, goalkeeper, Everton. Howard made a mistake against Portugal, but it didn’t cost the U.S. a goal and he made several other key stops to earn the result....

Col. Brady Crosier, a U.S. Army foreign area officer posted to the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)—the de facto embassy on the island—was invited to speak on military cooperation during World War II, according to United Daily News. Specifically, Crosier will help commemorate the 80th anniversary of the First American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the Flying Tigers. The 1st AVG was among several U.S. air units formed to aid the Republic of China government in its war against Japan in the Pacific theater....

This is Sock’s chance to establish himself as the best player in a shallow pool of elite American players. It won’t be easy to advance. Sock, seeded 26th, faces No. 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Winning would be an upset. MORE: Open images | Schedule and scores | Madison Keys’ big test Tsonga disposed of No. 23 Kevin Anderson in the straight sets, although the finale went to a tiebreaker. Sock made the 1 p....

Federer was far from his free-flowing best but he recovered from a slow start to eventually move past Indian qualifier Nagal 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 at Flushing Meadows on Monday. The 20-time grand slam champion — who suffered a shock defeat last time out at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati — will next meet Damir Dzumhur in his pursuit of a first U.S. Open title since 2008....

Thousands of the refugees fleeing the Taliban after its swift takeover in Afghanistan are arriving at the airport daily, prompting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to launch the mass vaccination site and begin giving shots. The Biden official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke to AP on the condition of anonymity, added that another mass vaccination site is expected to pop up in the next few days for evacuees arriving at the Philadelphia International Airport....

OPEC, the oil producers cartel of which Saudi Arabia is an important member, is meeting on Wednesday to discuss the options after it slashed the oil demand forecast in its monthly market report for September, citing weakening growth of the global economy. At the same time, the U.S. shale oil industry is booming. In August, U.S. oil production set its record of 12.5 million barrels per day, data from the Energy Information Administration shows, putting pressure on OPEC countries to cut supply....

The U.S. Soccer president praised Infantino in Zurich on Friday, confirming that his federation shifted its support from third-place finisher Prince Ali bin Hussein to Infantino for the decisive second round of voting. MORE: Who is Gianni Infantino? | Sepp Blatter’s blessing | Soccer’s troubled leaders The UEFA general secretary ultimately claimed the simple majority needed to win in the second round, collecting 115 of the 207 available votes to Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa’s 88....

According to data from the U.S. Department of Labor, from March 21, 2020 to March 13, 2021, the number of applications for pandemic-based unemployment benefits continued to increase, costing the government over $5 trillion and adding $3 trillion to the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet. In response to the Great Recession, then-President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which included an extension of unemployment benefits. According to a 2012 report from the Congressional Budget Office, unemployment benefits cost the federal government around $520 billion from 2008 to 2012....

Gatlin, who headed into the race having already set the best time in the world this year in the 100 meters, produced another superb performance to take victory at the Stade Louis II. The 32-year-old American, who returned from a four-year drugs ban in 2010, won in 19.68 seconds, the first time he has clocked under 20 seconds in the 200 meters in his controversial career. Jamaica’s Nickel Ashmeade was second ahead of France’s Christophe Lemaitre, while Tyson Gay was fourth as he continues his return following a year-long doping suspension....

The match is set for 4:45 p.m. ET at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Conn. and will be broadcast live on ESPN, UniMas and UDN. AA: Wood and Hamburg face drop “Ghana is certainly a team that brings different challenges, and it’s the type of competition we need as we continue to develop our program,” U.S. head coach Bruce Arena said in a news release. “Winning the Gold Cup is one of our priorities in 2017, so this is an important opportunity....

The Labor Department announced the drop in unemployment claims last week compared to the week before when 399,000 Americans applied for the benefits. This shows a decline since early January when unemployment applications were at 900,000. However, the unemployment application rates are still high when looking at before the pandemic when there were about 220,000 unemployment claims a week. Although COVID-19 cases are on the rise with the spread of the Delta variant, Contingent Macro Advisors wrote in a research note that “the surge in COVID cases related to the Delta variant is unlikely to cause a renewed spike in joblessness as there have been few shutdowns so far....

Second-half strikes from Alan and substitute Yuri Alberto helped the Brazilians seal the game, in which Mali missed their fair share of chances. Selecao coach Carlos Amadeu fielded an unchanged starting XI from their semifinal match, lining up in a 4-1-4-1 formation. Jonas Komla, on the other hand, made two changes. Skipper Mohamed Camara returned to the first XI after suspension, replacing Oumar Doucoure. Mamadi Fofana made his way into the team replacing Abdoulaye Diaby, who had conceded a penalty against Spain in the semifinals....

Jen Worden, who goes by the handle of @jword444 on TikTok, posted the clip. In the video, which has received more than 3.1 million views and 2,347 shares, Worden explains that she decided not to go out on Friday and instead wanted to make some money by driving for Uber. She says that while she was driving, two passengers got into the back of her car. Apparently, one of the passengers happened to be the man she was casually dating....

Part of the reason for Ubisoft’s absence from Steam would be the Epic Games Store, which launched in late 2018 as a new competitor in the digital PC game marketplace. This store notably put in extra effort to attract players by offering free games and attracting publishers with more favorable revenue shares. Not only that, but Epic Games’ proliferation of exclusivity contracts has made Epic Game Store exclusives a major reason for players to use the store, something not lost on Ubisoft with many of their PC releases in recent years being exclusive to the service instead of Valve’s Steam store....

Also included in the seizure were gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malaysian rubber gloves and bone black from Brazil. In a statement, Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan said, “CBP’s issuing of these five withhold release orders shows that if we suspect a product is made using forced labor, we’ll take that product off U.S. shelves.” Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, “prohibits the importation of merchandise mined, produced or manufactured, wholly or in part, in any foreign country by forced or indentured child labor—including forced child labor....

The intel gap results partly from rapid changes in the technology carrying much of the world’s message traffic (principally telephone calls and e-mails). The National Security Agency is falling so far behind in upgrading its infrastructure to cope with the digital age that the agency has had problems with its electricity supply, forcing some offices to temporarily shut down. The gap is also partly a result of administration fumbling over legal authorization for eavesdropping by U....