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In the region: No. 13 Virginia Tech squashes Wake Forest in baseball

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The 13th-ranked Virginia Tech baseball team belted six homers Saturday in a 16-4 rout of Wake Forest.…

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Pfizer asks US to allow more kids to get vaccine

Drug giant Pfizer and its partner in developing the first COVID-19 vaccine that received emergency authorization in the U.S. want…

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Coroner: Man who died after vaccine died of natural cause

MIAMI  — A South Florida doctor who died about two weeks after he got Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine died in a…

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Virginia Tech safety Tyree Rogers enters the transfer portal

BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech safety Tyree Rogers has entered his name into the transfer portal, a source with knowledge of…

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Nearly half of new US virus infections are in just 5 states

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal…

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Five “Big-11” Teams Head Into State Football Playoffs

And then there were five . . . Five “Big-11” football teams made the final grade to advance into the…

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Johnson & Johnson takes responsibility for Baltimore vaccine mix-up

WASHINGTON  — Johnson & Johnson is taking over “full responsibility” for a subcontractor’s Baltimore facility that produces the drug substance…

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Why Virginia Tech receiver Changa Hodge is done playing catch-up

BLACKSBURG — Changa Hodge went eight straight games to start his Virginia Tech career without a catch. That wasn’t an…

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