 Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced Thursday what is believed to be an historic $3 billion in grants to aid communities not only recover from the pandemic but to come out of it with a stronger economy.  The New Orleans Pelicans have officially hired Phoenix Suns assistant Willie Green as their next head coach.  The African nation of Guinea has reversed an earlier decision to pull out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and will send a delegation of five athletes to Japan.  Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced the launch of strike forces to stem the flow of gun trafficking in five cities throughout the United States.  The United States imposed new sanctions on Cuban officials accused of "serious human rights abuse and corruption" amid ongoing protests calling for economic reform and COVID-19 relief.  The Tampa Bay Rays acquired veteran slugger Nelson Cruz in a four-player trade with the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.  Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that the United States has launched airstrikes against the Taliban to support Afghan forces "in the last several days."  Beach volleyball players Marketa Slukova-Nausch and Barbora Hermannova of the Czech Republic were ruled out of the Summer Games in Tokyo because of COVID-19 issues.  The Justice Department on Thursday said it recovered 17 Jewish Funeral Scrolls, Pinkas Manuscripts and Community Records stolen from Jewish communities during the Holocaust.  New York Jets assistant Greg Knapp, an offensive-minded coach known for his expertise with quarterbacks over his 25-year career, died Thursday from injuries suffered when he was hit by a car while riding his bike.  A video wall collapsed Thursday at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, the site of the Rolling Loud music festival which is set to kick off Friday.  Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced Thursday that her office asked the Supreme Court to review Roe vs. Wade as part of its fight to defend the state's ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.  President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill requiring funds collected from deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements to be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund.  The NFL has warned teams that COVID-19 outbreaks among unvaccinated players could result in forfeited games and the loss of game checks this season.  Senate Democrats on Thursday criticized the FBI's investigation of sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after the agency said it received more than 4,500 tips related to the probe.  An Ontario woman collected a lottery jackpot of more than $165,000 using the same set of numbers that she has been entering in the drawing for five years.  A 1-year-old dog born without rear paws is now learning to walk in Florida with a set of custom-made prosthetic legs and paws.  General Motors said it's temporarily halting production of its full-size pickup trucks in Indiana and Mexico next week due, in part, to a global shortage of semiconductor chips.  Police in British Columbia responded Thursday to a report of an alligator loose inside a high-rise condo building, but arrived to find a realistic sculpture.  A new form of gene therapy may help prevent vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma, according to a study published Thursday by the journal Cell.  An angler on a South Carolina river felt a tug on the end of his line reeled in an iPhone that had been lost in the water eight months earlier.  Policy makers in California are counting on the carbon-capturing abilities of forests and shrublands in order to meet carbon neutrality goals by 2045, but new research suggests climate change itself could thwart them.  Andrew Bennett of Maryland became the 20th person to plead guilty to charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building. | 
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