 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that the bipartisan infrastructure bill will add $256 billion to the national debt between now and 2031.  Masai Ujiri, who helped construct the Toronto Raptors' 2019 NBA championship team, has signed a new multiyear contract to become the franchise's vice chairman and president.  New York Yankees star catcher Gary Sanchez tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, becoming the latest player within the Yankees' clubhouse to record a positive test result this week.  All-Star forward Julius Randle and the New York Knicks reached an agreement on a multiyear contract extension Thursday.  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Scott Morrison announced a plan Thursday to pay $280 million in reparations to the "Stolen Generations," Indigenous people who were forcibly removed from their parents.  Former Houston Astros star pitcher J.R. Richard, a two-time National League strikeout champion whose career was cut short in 1980 due to a stroke, died Thursday at the age of 71.  The Dixie Fire ballooned to 322,502 acres Thursday as it destroyed much of the downtown area of the historic California mining town of Greenville.  Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona announced Thursday that star forward Lionel Messi won't return to the team after financial problems prevented the sides from finalizing a new contract.  Officials and athletes at the Olympics continue to battle sweltering conditions as heat and humidity prevail in the Tokyo, but once again, a tropical system brewing nearby could offer some relief.  The Justice Department's inspector general announced it didn't find evidence that former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, received non-public information about an investigation Hillary Clinton.  Warner Bros. released the trailer for "Cry Macho" on Thursday. Clint Eastwood directs and stars in the drama as a former rodeo star driving a boy from Mexico to Texas.  The Justice Department on Thursday announced it would launch an investigation into the Phoenix Police Department's use of force and treatment of the homeless.  President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order setting a goal for half of all new vehicles made in the United States to be electric in some form by the end of the 2020s.  Aided by the latest photos from Mars helicopter Ingenuity, NASA's robotic rover Perseverance prepared to drill its first rock sample, the space agency said.  Richard Trumka, the head of AFL-CIO, the largest and most powerful labor union in the United States, has died, the organization announced Thursday. He was 72.  A Massachusetts man won a $15 million lottery jackpot more than a decade after he previously visited lottery headquarters to collect a $1 million prize.  The S&P 500 rose to a new all-time high Thursday as weekly jobs earnings met analysts' expectations and more positive earnings data trickled in.  A North Carolina thrift store employee cleaning an antique print found a nearly 150-year-old marriage certificate hidden inside the frame -- and the store is now hoping to return it to family members.  A California man's quest to break the record for having lunch at Chick-fil-A every available day ended at 153 days -- and $15,300 raised for charity.  A Russian hot rod enthusiast showed off his latest custom vehicle: a car that shoots jets of fire from its headlights.  Hardline conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was formally sworn into office as Iran's president Thursday, two months after his election victory.  Eighteen former members of a Belgian university fraternity will be sent to court to face charges related to the hazing death of Sanda Dia in 2018.  More than 65,000 rubber ducks plunged into the Chicago River on Thursday to mark the annual Chicago Ducky Derby and raise money for Special Olympics Illinois. | 
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