 Pfizer with its German partner BioNTech announced an agreement Wednesday with South African biopharmaceutical Biovac to manufacture their COVID-19 vaccine for distribution within the vaccine-strapped African Union.  The Seattle Kraken assembled their roster in Wednesday night's expansion draft, selecting former NHL All-Star Mark Giordano and star winger Jordan Eberle to lead their club.  President Joe Biden on Wednesday said during a town hall in Ohio that the current rise of COVID-19 cases indicates "a pandemic for those who haven't gotten the vaccination."  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi vetoed two choices to serve on the Jan. 6 committee Wednesday.  The San Francisco 49ers are signing All-Pro defender Fred Warner to a multiyear contract extension that will make him the highest-paid inside linebacker in the league.  Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a directive Wednesday limiting contacts between the Justice Department and the White House on legal cases.  Pittsburgh Steelers veteran linebacker Vince Williams announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday.  A California judge ruled Wednesday that conservative talk radio host Larry Elder be reinstated to the ballot in the recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom after finding he had complied with the state's legal requirements.  Team USA men's basketball guard Zach LaVine has cleared the COVID-19 health and safety protocols and will make the trip to Tokyo for the Summer Games.  Attorneys general from 14 states reached a $26 billion settlement with opioid distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen Drug and manufacturer Johnson & Johnson over their roles in the opioid crisis.  Hall of Fame college football coach Bobby Bowden was diagnosed with a terminal medical condition, it was announced.  Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to 11 sexual assault counts Wednesday in Los Angeles after being indicted of sexually assaulting five women in separate incidents.  Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a procedural vote to advance a massive bipartisan infrastructure bill, saying it is premature to do so while negotiators are still ironing out its details.  With the Olympics starting this week in Japan, researchers from around the world on Wednesday published a series of studies in the Lancet calling for urgent action to boost physical activity among young people.  Scientists have developed a new way to study Venus' nighttime weather using the infrared sensors aboard the orbiter Akatsuki.  Joseph O'Connor, 22, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a hack that affected 130 Twitter accounts of politicians, celebrities and businesses including President Joe Biden last year.  A North Carolina man said the Cash 5 lottery ticket that earned him a $120,000 prize nearly was tossed out the window of his truck.  F-16 fighter planes and District of Columbia Air National Guard members arrived in Saudi Arabia this week to reinforce defenses of the Prince Sultan Air Base, according to the U.S. Air Force.  Frequent handwashing at home and at work, and diligent mask-wearing, helped limit the spread of COVID-19 among essential staff members at a large state university, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open found.  A 13-year-old Missouri boy caught a longear sunfish that weighed 5 ounces, breaking a record that was set by his own father exactly one year earlier.  A group of treasure hunters searching a Canadian lake were successful in their attempt to find some unusual sunken treasure: a bottle of whiskey that has been in the lake since 1964.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 286 points Wednesday as markets continued to bounce back from losses to start the week.  Surviving owners of the collapsed 12-story oceanfront condominium in Surfside, Fla., appeared in court for the first time Wednesday and offered differing opinions on how or whether to rebuild on the site. | 
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