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“More highway spending won’t rev up the economy,” argues a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. However, the article’s writer, David Harrison, seems a little confused about how highway spending might help the economy.

“The U.S. already has an extensive system of roads, so building more wouldn’t add much to productivity, economists say,” writes Harrison. But this depends entirely on where roads are built.

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The last event on the classic (albeit shortened) Triangle course for a couple of weeks saw eleven riders out on a pleasantly warm evening. Ever present guest (and second claim member) was fastest on the night in 20:03, and Jonathan…

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Apple just updated its 12.9-inch iPad Pro with a gorgeous new miniLED display, and it looks like the 11.9-inch model will be upgraded with the same screen next year.

1. Apple's Small iPad Pro Will Get miniLED Screen Next Year  Gizmodo
2. M1 MacBook battery life so good Apple thought indicator was broken  9to5Mac
3. M1 iPad Pro review: Why Apple will never put macOS on iPad  Input
4. Apple's M1 battery life is so good marketing thought it was a bug  iMore
5. Kuo: Redesigned MacBook Pro coming later this year with Mini-LED, MacBook Air with new display in 2022  9to5Mac
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There is no shortage of drugs and sex with the Velvets. Haynes said, the film was ‘not a sex, drugs and rock’n’roll gossip movie’, even if he admitted that ‘someone could make a super-fun and interesting film like that about The Velvet Underground’

The U.N. Security Council agreed on Friday to extend a cross-border aid operation into Syria from Turkey after Russia agreed to a compromise in last minute talks with the United States that ensures U.N. aid access to millions of Syrians for 12 months.

THE CHINESE military has been caught harvesting DNA from millions of pregnant women around the world, amid US concerns that the genetic data could be used to "engineer new pathogens".

CHICAGO (AP) — Law enforcement officers in Chicago shot and wounded a 33-year-old man who pointed a gun at them as they tried to arrest him Friday, authorities said.

Police have taken a man to hospital after Rory McIlory admitted his "surprise" at having one of his golf clubs stolen from his bag in front of him, with world number one Jon Rahm claiming the offender smelled of alcohol.
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McLean's Selections for Indiana Grand On Indiana Derby Day - Wednesday, July 7 The Pressbox

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge dismissed a lawsuit by The Associated Press and other media organizations that argued the chairman of a legislative committee illegally held a secret meeting of Republican lawmakers before the committee voted on bills involving abortion and transgender health care.

In his seventh Wimbledon final, Djokovic will face Matteo Berrettini after the world number nine became the first Italian to reach a Wimbledon singles final by beating Hubert Hurkacz 6-3, 6-0, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4.

Max Holloway was close to being the backup fighter for the UFC 264 main event between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor.

On Friday, the Department of Health reported an additional 631 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

Tokyo Olympics: Taxes spent but no attendance unless athletes or privileged Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government of Japan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) have spent vast sums on holding the Olympics and Paralympics. Both entities did this despite the full knowledge of the international coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration on Friday called for a government investigation into highly unusual contacts between her agency's drug reviewers and the maker of a controversial new Alzheimer's drug.

As per journalist Charles Watts, Benfica defender Nuno Tavares is at London Colney to put finishing touches to his Arsenal move. The 20-year-old has been in England for the past few days as he had to quarantine after arriving from Lisbon. The Benfica left-back is seen as a backup for Kieran Tierney, a position that […]

Statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson will be removed in the Virginia city almost four years after the deadly Unite the Right rally.

HARVEY ELLIOTT is plotting a breakthrough season with Liverpool after the wonderkid landed a new long-term contract. The former Fulham winger, 18, still gets ‘butterflies’ just training with his boyhood club and aims to reward boss Jurgen Klopp‘s faith in him. Elliott became the youngest-ever Premier League’s player, aged 16 years and 30 days. And after nine […]

What every NWHL team could look like by the start of the 2021-22 season.

A total of 78 people are now confirmed to have died following the partial collapse of a condominium in Florida last month, after search and rescue workers recovered the bodies of a further 14 victims.
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