 The American League earned a 5-2 win over the National League in the 2021 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Coors Field in Denver.  The European Union accepted the recovery plans of a dozen member states on Monday, approving them to be the first to use EU funds to boost their economies in efforts to overcome the economic impacts of the COVID-1  After suffering back-to-back historic losses in preparation for the Summer Games in Tokyo, the Team USA men's basketball squad stabilized itself with a dominant 108-80 win over Argentina on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th circuit ruled Tuesday that laws barring gun sales to people under the age of 21 are unconstitutional in a split decision.  Los Angeles Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard underwent successful surgery to repair a partially torn ACL in his right knee, the team announced.  Nashville Predators star goaltender Pekka Rinne announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday after 15 seasons in the league.  Men's tennis star Roger Federer of Switzerland was forced to withdraw from the Summer Games in Tokyo after experiencing a "setback" with his knee during the grass-court season.  President Joe Biden nominated Jeff Flake, a former Republican Congressman from Arizona, to serve as ambassador to Russia on Tuesday.  Officials in Chicago issued a travel advisory for Missouri and Arkansas recommending a negative COVID-19 72 hours before travel from the states or a 10-day quarantine upon arriving in the city.  Roughly 4% of newly diagnosed cancers globally last year may have been linked to alcohol use, with men accounting for most of these cases, a study published in The Lancet Oncology found.  United Airlines announced Tuesday it will purchase 100 Heart Aerospace ES-19 electric planes as part of its efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 100% by 2050.  Agriculture is already highly mechanized, and in the not too distant future, agricultural economist Thomas Daum predicts entire farms will be run by robots.  President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried former President Donald Trump's false claims about the last election as a "big lie" in a Philadelphia address.  A Maryland man who won $100 from a scratch-off lottery ticket decided to reinvest some of his winnings into another ticket that earned him $50,000.  The Dow Jones fell 107 points on Tuesday as a Labor Department inflation report dragged down markets as second-quarter earnings began to roll in.  A Texas hospital that averages about 16 deliveries a day said it experienced a pair of miniature baby booms, with 107 babies born in 91 hours.  The owners of a Michigan butcher shop said an envelope of cash that was supposed to be taken to the bank ended up instead at the side of a road, where it was recovered by a bystander and returned to the shop.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Tuesday to get rid of an "archaic" law that banned barbers from giving haircuts and shaves on Sundays.  Electrify America said Tuesday it plans to more than double its U.S. and Canada electrical vehicle charging network by the end of 2025.  The United States pullout from Afghanistan is more than 95% completed, the U.S. military said Tuesday, as the Taliban has mounted a growing offensive in the country.  Officials in a Minnesota city are asking residents not to dump their unwanted goldfish after a local lake was found to be home to goldfish up to 18 inches long.  U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla saw its sales in South Korea jump 64.7 percent during the first six months of 2021 from a year before, according to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association. | 
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