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Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country's vice-president has announced.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone underwent surgery to put a pacemaker in place on Wednesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Florida. The procedure went as expected, and Boone was recovering Wednesday night, according to the Yankees. Boone took an immediate leave of absence from the team, the Yankees…

Chris Harrison, the longtime host of the Bachelor franchise, has apologized again for his comments excusing a current contestant's alleged racist past and said he wants to return as host after his leave of absence.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed Ben Roethlisberger to a new contract for 2021, it was announced Thursday.

Alabama's mask order will end April 9, Gov. Kay Ivey announced today.

Washington (Diplomat.so) - President Biden and moderate Senate Democrats have struck a deal to limit eligibility for direct stimulus checks to Americans, lowering the income level for those who would qualify for payments, according to a Democratic source.

A day after a league official told ESPN's Marc J. Spears that the G League is investigating a claim made by Jeremy Lin that he was called "coronavirus" during a game, Lin tweeted that he's "not naming or shaming anyone."

Even oracles make mistakes. Berkshire Hathaway earned $42.5 billion in 2020, but on Saturday, CEO Warren Buffett admitted the conglomerate's results for the year included a rare "mistake" — that cost the company $11 billion.

YANGON, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar escalated their crackdown on demonstrators against this month's military takeover, deploying early and in force on Saturday, as protesters sought to assemble in the country's two biggest cities.

The pilot of a small plane bound for Florida tried returning to the Gainesville airport Friday evening before crashing near a Hall County mobile home park, killing all three people aboard, officials said.

Speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., criticized Democrats' immigration proposals and claimed that President Joe Biden was giving terrorists and other criminals a pass to stay in the country even if they were here illegally.

House Democrats approved President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion emergency spending package in a near-party line vote early on Saturday morning, moving ahead far-reaching legislation aimed at distributing new federal dollars to hard-hit families, businesses, and other parts of the American economy.