NEW YORK (AP) - Six months after bursting into the spotlight, the #MeToo movement has toppled scores of men from prominent positions and fueled a national conversation about workplace sexual harassment.
There is also ample evidence that the movement has some staying power that will make it a force six ...
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Count Jalen Rose among those who want players to share in some of the millions brought in by the NCAA tournament.
The former Michigan star told co-hosts Jim Litke and Tim Dahlberg on the latest episode of the "AP Sports Special Events" daily March Madness podcast that he doesn't see ...
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Sleeping Fox Farm, an eventing and thoroughbred nonprofit rescue in Martinsburg, offers sanctuary and rehabilitation broken down and injured horses after years on the track.
"There is life after the racetrack and that's what we're all about," said Angie Francart, who owns the nonprofit with her ...
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LONDON (AP) - Some 500 invited guests were gathering for the private funeral of famed British scientist Stephen Hawking.
Crowds of them came to the University Church of St. Mary the Great in the English town of Cambridge on Saturday for the service honoring Hawking, who died on March 14 ...
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MADRID (AP) - Pelayo Novo, a midfielder for second division Spanish club Albacete, has been seriously injured after falling from the third floor of his team's hotel.
The club says the Spaniard is in stable condition following the "stunning" accident in the northeastern city of Huesca on Saturday.
The 27-year-old ...
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KAWASAKI, Japan (AP) - Brazilian striker Patric scored a late winner as Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 away on Saturday to claim top spot in the J-League.
Patric struck with a left-footed shot from around 15 meters in the 85th minute as Hiroshima improved to 13 points, three ahead ...
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Yu Darvish makes his first start for the Chicago Cubs when he pitches at Miami. The last time threw in a game that counted, it didn't go well - he got tagged by Houston in a Game ...
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The maddest of Marches is winding down, the college basketball season now headed into April. All those upsets, crazy finishes and stellar performances have brought us to San Antonio, where a Cinderella and its telegenic nun join three power programs in the Final Four.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Dusty Anchors was not looking forward to delivering the news.
Yet before he adjourned a team meeting on an early January evening in the Ridgefield High School student commons, he knew he had to break the hearts of another group of people he loved, just like ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Calls for justice and charges against two police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black man aren't abating in California's capital city after an autopsy showed Stephon Clark was shot in the back, a counter to the department's statement that he was approaching officers when he ...
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The Latest on the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament (all times local):
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With the words "Sister Jean is in the building,'" the Day Before the Games at the Final Four is officially underway.
Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt of Loyola-Chicago kicked off a day full ...
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois baseball fans will be able to buy beer at the Illini's game against Ohio State in a test run that could mean expanded alcohol sales at Illini sport venues in the future.
The school's Division of Intercollegiate Athletics announced the play Thursday for ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Best-selling novelist Anita Shreve has died.
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf said Shreve died Thursday at her home in New Hampshire. She was 71 and had been battling cancer.
Shreve was known for such fiction as "Resistance" and "The Pilot's Wife." Both works were made into movies.
...LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alex Rodriguez received a special opening day visit during his first official broadcast with the ESPN Sunday night baseball team.
His girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, dropped by the booth at Dodger Stadium with her son Thursday.
Rodriguez was working with Matt Vasgersian and Jessica Mendoza when Lopez ...
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NANTERRE, France (AP) - Lawyers for the children of the late French rock singer Johnny Hallyday have started to contest the will that leaves everything to his widow.
Hallyday's eldest children are contesting the document that bequeaths his property and artistic rights "exclusively" to his widow, Laeticia Hallyday, 43.
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Eleven years ago, Eric Dubitsky was one of four artists selected to paint murals with a theme of "El Paso Through My Eyes" on Lincoln Park columns.
The El Paso Times reports Dubitsky, a big fan of wrestling, chose to honor El Paso's own Eddie ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Steven Spielberg has a beef with the Carl's Jr.
The hamburger chain wanted to rename its charbroiled slider a "SpielBurger." It tried to deliver samples to Spielberg's office and even left a note on his car.
Spielberg's production company released a short video on its Twitter ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo and NFL player Danny Amendola are no longer a couple.
Culpo told "Access Hollywood" on Wednesday that they've broken up. The 25-year-old says it's so fresh, she doesn't feel comfortable talking about it.
The couple confirmed ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian Football Union is warning players against drinking "exotic tea" or smoking shisha pipes as it tries to avoid any doping cases ahead of its home World Cup.
In a guide to help players avoid failing drug tests by accident, the RFU says players should be ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An attack on 18-year-old Cuban-American and Parkland activist Emma González for not speaking Spanish by an Iowa Republican congressman's campaign staff highlights the pressures U.S.-born Latinos face on language.
"This is how you look when you claim Cuban heritage yet don't speak Spanish and ignore the ...
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Virginia coach Tony Bennett had hoped to be here this weekend with a No. 1 seed preparing to play his team's first Final Four in 34 years.
Instead, he found himself trying to reconcile a terrific four-plus months - good enough to bring him here to ...
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points, Kevin Durant's return from a rib injury ended early with a second-quarter ejection, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Golden State Warriors 116-107 on Thursday night.
The Bucks beat the Warriors for just the second time in their past 10 meetings ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Australia cricket coach Darren Lehmann says he is quitting in wake of ball-tampering scandal .
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump called Roseanne Barr after an estimated 18.4 million viewers tuned in for the reboot of "Roseanne."
Speaking by telephone on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday, Barr said Wednesday night's call was pretty exciting.
Barr said Trump congratulated her and talked about television ...
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ROME (AP) - Milan and Turin are combining to bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The Italian Olympic Committee sent a letter of intent to the IOC on Thursday stating its plans with the two cities.
While there is usually only one host city, the International Olympic Committee's new, more ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Total Divas" cast member Maryse Ouellet Mizanin and her WWE champ husband, Mike "The Miz" Mizanin have a baby girl.
The first-time parents took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce Monroe Sky Mizanin was born at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday. The announcement featured a photo of the ...
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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrived in North Korea on Thursday after playing a key role in allowing it to participate in last month's Pyeongchang Olympic Games in South Korea.
Bach was met at Pyongyang's international airport by North Korean Sports Minister Kim Il ...
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BERLIN (AP) - The Vienna Symphony says it has appointed Andres Orozco-Estrada as its next chief conductor.
Colombia-born Orozco-Estrada will take up the post in the 2021/2022 season.
The Vienna Symphony said in a statement Thursday that the 40-year-old will start working a year earlier with the orchestra, which is ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Daisuke Matsuzaka says he still has something to prove.
Koji Uehara wants to help his former team regain its past glory.
The two former major leaguers are among several Japanese stars that will be looking to extend their careers back home when the country's professional league opens ...
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ASHLAND, Va. (AP) - Two central Virginia newspapers are shutting down, becoming the second and third community papers to close in the Richmond area this year.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports The Herald-Progress, which covers Ashland and Hanover County, announced Wednesday that it will publish its final edition this week. Company ...
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QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Police have charged four people, including three family members, with stealing from and fatally neglecting an elderly man in Pennsylvania who died from starvation and septic shock.
Court records show 86-year-old Albert Weaver Sr. was found unresponsive in his Quakertown home in November 2016.
Paramedics described ...
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky bourbon maker is issuing a new commemorative bottle honoring the 1997-98 Kentucky men's basketball national championship team, known as the "Comeback Cats."
UK Athletics said in a news release it has joined with Maker's Mark and Keeneland with a goal of raising $2 million ...
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Walmart has removed Cosmopolitan magazine from its checkout aisles.
The retailer says it was primarily a business decision, but concerns raised by groups over the magazine's content were heard.
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation says Walmart's decision makes it a "leader and trailblazer in corporate ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Americans still love Labrador retrievers, but the nation's flirtation with French bulldogs has reached new heights.
Labs remain the country's most popular purebred dog for a 27th year, while German shepherds and golden retrievers have hung onto the second and third spots in new American Kennel ...
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MILAN (AP) - Over 180 minutes of soccer, Italy showed exactly why it is not going to the World Cup.
The national team was poor during a 2-0 loss to Argentina on Friday and needed a late penalty - awarded on video review - to salvage a 1-1 draw against ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - An attorney for an adult film star claiming a sexual encounter with President Donald Trump filed a motion Wednesday seeking to depose the president and his attorney.
Michael Avenatti filed the papers in federal court in California. In the documents, he seeks to depose Trump and Trump ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The 87ers are getting eighty-sixed.
Philadelphia's G League affiliate was rebranded Wednesday as the Delaware Blue Coats . The team will move from Newark, Delaware, to Wilmington and is set to play in the new 2,500-seat 76ers Fieldhouse.
The team had been nicknamed the 87ers (also called ...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Anti-racism campaigners say they want FIFA to investigate the abuse of French players, including Paul Pogba, by Russian fans.
Monkey chants could be heard from the crowd in St. Petersburg on Tuesday when black French players touched the ball in a friendly against Russia. The ...
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LONDON (AP) - Harvey Weinstein's former British assistant says a gag order she had to sign when she left his film company was "morally lacking in every way."
Zelda Perkins quit in 1998 along with a colleague who accused the movie mogul of trying to rape her. Each received a ...
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Shohei Ohtani has a starting assignment, and the Los Angeles Dodgers have a mess on their hands.
With the regular season set to begin Thursday, the Angels scheduled Ohtani to make his major league pitching debut Sunday in their fourth game at Oakland. The two-way sensation from Japan is expected ...
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TOKYO (AP) - A top Tokyo 2020 Olympic official has promised a clean games, pledging to improve water quality in the venue for marathon swimming and triathlon, and to ban four large Japanese construction companies that have been charged with colluding on bids.
Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the Tokyo ...
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BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say a Bullhead City jet ski rental company has been ordered to pay $100,000 in consumer restitution to settle misleading and false advertising claims.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich (burn-o-vich) says Malows Jet Ski Rentals advertised all-day $65 jet ski rentals but consumers were charged ...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Giants coach Pat Shurmur says he expects Odell Beckham Jr. to attend offseason workouts when they start in April.
Trade rumors are surrounding the controversial star receiver and there has been strong speculation Beckham will hold out during training camp because he doesn't want to play ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jack White, Chris Stapleton and Lionel Richie are headlining the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival in Tennessee this September.
The festival is scheduled for September 22 and 23. The lineup, announced Tuesday, includes Hozier, Brandi Carlile, Counting Crows, Amos Lee and the Bleachers. The festival has ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms on a deal with quarterback Blaine Gabbert.
The 28-year-old Gabbert is expected to replace Matt Cassel as Marcus Mariota's backup. The Titans announced March 9 they intend to release Cassel.
Gabbert, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2011 ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A publisher says the new owner of a Pulitzer Prize-winning West Virginia newspaper is retaining most of its employees following the buyout.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports new publisher Jim Heady says 168 workers at the newspaper were offered jobs by HD Media on Monday. HD Media ...
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Marshall guard Jon Elmore has declared for the NBA draft for the second straight year.
Media outlets report Elmore announced Monday he is entering the June 21 draft but will not hire an agent. That means he has until June 11 to withdraw his name and ...
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MADRID (AP) - Rafael Nadal could soon be making his return from injury after being included on Spain's team for the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Germany next month.
Nadal hasn't played since January, when a muscle injury in his left leg forced him to retire in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
...MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A Concert for Peace and Justice with a lineup that includes Usher, Common, The Roots and Kirk Franklin has been announced for the grand opening of a memorial in Alabama to victims of lynching.
WSFA-TV reports that the Equal Justice Initiative announced the lineup for the ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA has relaxed its player registration rules so January signings can play for their new clubs in the Champions League and Europa League.
UEFA says starting next season clubs "may register three new eligible players without any restrictions."
Current rules mean Barcelona cannot select Philippe Coutinho ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Staff writers for The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News won awards on Tuesday for investigative nonfiction books.
The Post's Amy Goldstein won the $10,000 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for her portrait of a Wisconsin community and the residence of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, "Janesville: ...
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PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) - A student who is credited with saving the lives of 20 classmates by attempting to close and lock a classroom door during the Parkland shooting attack may have had his last surgery.
Anthony Borges was shot five times in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The television documentary series "Cosmos: Possible Worlds" will be filming its second season in New Mexico.
The state Film Office made the announcement Monday, saying the project will begin principal photography in Santa Fe and Zia Pueblo in April. The work will run through May.
..."The Balcony" (Little, Brown and Co.), by Jane Delury
A limestone manor, surrounded by fields and forests not far from Paris, is the main setting for "The Balcony," a subtly crafted and richly rewarding debut book of fiction by Jane Delury.
With a servants' cottage tucked nearby, the once-grand estate ...
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The face of No. 11 Loyola-Chicago's improbable run to the Final Four, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, is coming to a T-shirt near you.
With requests pouring in to Loyola's athletic department during March for the permission to use Sister Jean's name and likeness on merchandise, the school sought and received ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cicely Tyson's legend is being cemented into film history.
Turner Classic Movies says it will honor the 93-year-old actress and activist with an official hand-and-footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on April 27.
Tyson is best known for performances in films like "Sounder" ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee State has hired Illinois State assistant Brian "Penny" Collins as its men's basketball coach.
The 34-year-old Collins will be formally introduced at a Monday news conference. Collins replaces Dana Ford, who left for Missouri State after going 57-65 in four seasons.
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CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) - Police say Anheuser-Busch heir William "Billy" Busch was cited with assault after intervening in an altercation between his son and a fellow sixth-grader at a basketball practice.
Police said in a news release Saturday that it was reported that the 58-year-old Busch grabbed the 11-year-old ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on adult film star Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump (all times local):
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The lawyer representing adult film star Stormy Daniels is declining to specify what evidence he is still holding back in support of allegations Daniels had an affair with Donald Trump and ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Louis Vuitton has named Kanye West collaborator Virgil Abloh as its new men's wear artistic director.
The 37-year-old is founder of the Off-White label and is Vuitton's first African-American artistic director. He replaces Kim Jones, who left in January to become men's wear designer for Christian ...
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DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Institute of Arts is preparing to host a traveling exhibition of "Star Wars" costumes that explores the artistry behind their creation.
"Star Wars and the Power of Costume " features more than 60 costumes including Darth Vader, Chewbacca, droids and others. It's scheduled run May ...
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PARIS (AP) - France winger Florian Thauvin has been ruled out of the team's friendly against Russia because of a hamstring injury.
The French soccer federation says the Marseille player did not travel with his teammates to St. Petersburg, where France will take on the World Cup hosts on Tuesday.
...TOKYO (AP) - Former major league infielder Munenori Kawasaki is likely to retire after being released by his Japanese club on Monday.
In a statement released by the Softbank Hawks, the 36-year-old infielder said a series of injuries has prevented him from being the player he wanted to be.
Kawasaki ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Violins that were once used to make music in concentration camps and ghettos during the Holocaust are now on display for free at the Nashville Public Library in Tennessee.
A library news release says the Violins of Hope collection of 26 instruments was put on display ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - It took six weeks but "Black Panther" has finally been unseated as the top film at the box office. The monsters vs. robots science-fiction sequel "Pacific Rim: Uprising" has dethroned "Black Panther" with an estimated $28 million in weekend ticket sales.
According to studio estimates Sunday, ...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A powerful panel of Floridians that meets every 20 years is about to decide whether a ban on oil drilling, term limits for school board members and nearly two dozen other ideas should be included in the state's constitution.
After meeting for the past year, the ...
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - Dan Milan tears up the ice and his opponents as the Wheeling Nailers' top penalty-earning defenseman, and he has the stitches to prove it - about 50 throughout his career.
Off the ice, though, Milan is more likely to be tearing out seams on thrift-store-bought T-shirts ...
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Hosts Jim Litke and Tim Dahlberg discuss the evolution of the 3-pointer in basketball and how Villanova is using it so effectively in its bid for a spot in the Final Four in the latest episode of the "AP Sports Special Events" daily March Madness podcast .
The Wildcats led ...
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LONDON (AP) - Hundreds of previously unseen photographs of The Beatles' first U.S. concerts have sold for 253,000 pounds ($358,000) at an auction in England.
The photographer Mike Mitchell, who was 18 at the time, snapped the photos of the band's performances at the Washington Coliseum and the Baltimore Civic ...
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PARIS (AP) - In garish makeup and dangerously high heels, a black male dancer's outstretched arms aggressively slice the air in time to the Paris nightclub music until suddenly, he drops "dead" on the floor.
Vogue, the '80s dance movement Madonna popularized in her hit 1990 song of the same ...
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MIAMI (AP) - The Tower Hotel in Little Havana has lived many lives.
Built in 1920, it's been a YMCA, a World War II hospital, a haunt for jazz musicians Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and Chet Baker, the Tower Apartments and the Tower Hotel, and, most recently, the home of ...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - At the first Parramore Farmer's Market, Christopher Thornton,17, couldn't believe how many customers were buying up jars of honey sold under a business he helped create.
By day's end, Black Bee Honey, run by teenagers at the city's Parramore Kidz Zone, had sold out of all ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - It was a good day for the top seeds in the women's NCAA Tournament.
No. 1 seeds UConn and Notre Dame joined Louisville and Mississippi State in the Elite Eight. The Huskies will face defending champion South Carolina and the Irish will play Oregon setting up ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel wins season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
Loyola-Chicago and Sister Jean have completed their divine run to the Final Four. Michigan joined the Ramblers in completing the road to San Antonio.
The upstarts had their fun on the left side of the bracket. Now the final two of the Final Four will be determined by the high ...
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After retiring from the NFL a little more than a year ago, Evan Mathis decided to move closer to where he grew up in Alabama.
And to get the kind of house he and his wife wanted, Mathis needed to free up some money. And that meant the avid sports ...
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FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A former Flint-area entertainment venue could have a future as a recreational center.
Flint Township officials hope to receive a $1.5 million state grant to help pay 75 percent of the cost for Pirate's Park.
The owner is selling the nearly 40-acre property for $2.2 ...
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A Rockford man is the oldest ice luge racer in the world at age 80, and he's setting records for the most consecutive years competing in the event too.
This year marks Dick Genovese's 48th year in a row competing in the U.S. Masters luge competition, ...
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Phil Chenier recalled showing up for his first practice during his rookie year in 1971, being surrounded by talents such as Wes Unseld and Earl Monroe. He remembered having just watched them in the NBA finals the previous summer.
It was the start of a 10-year career — nine with ...
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PARIS (AP) - France's attacking soccer can be compared to an All-Star basketball game: showy moves, flashy individual skill and outstanding finishing.
Up front France boasts Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele, two of the world's three most expensive players, and the 2016 European Championship's top scorer in Antoine Griezmann.
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - The Pawtucket Red Sox says it's changing its name for select home games to connect with the Latino community.
The Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate says it will go by the name Osos Polares de Pawtucket, which translates to Polar Bears of Pawtucket in English, for ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - His nose was round and bright red, his face as white as a sheet. His mouth was surrounded by an exaggerated smear of red makeup and his arched eyebrows hung ridiculously high on his forehead.
Such was the daily uniform of Bozo the Clown, who entertained ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - It was a stellar day for the Pac-12 with Oregon State and UCLA both pulling off upsets to advance to the Elite Eight.
The sixth-seeded Beavers beat second-seeded Baylor, while the third-seeded Bruins knocked off No. 2 seed Texas.
It's UCLA's first trip to a regional ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - In a wild NCAA Tournament full of upsets, it's somehow appropriate that the first ticket to the Final Four will go to a No. 9 or No. 11 seed.
And the second could go to another 9-seed.
Welcome to the madder half of the March Madness ...
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LONDON (AP) - Fans of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle can start building their collections of royal wedding memorabilia now.
The approved commemorative china marking the couple's May 19 wedding went on sale Friday.
The collection uses cornflower blue with white detailing and a gold monogram of the bride and ...
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A lawsuit says a boy was sexually assaulted in kindergarten by classmates in western Michigan who photographed the abuse using school-issued iPads.
The lawsuit this week in federal court in Grand Rapids against Grandville Public Schools, administrators and a teacher is filed using pseudonyms, listing ...
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Sydnee Roby isn't much of a rah-rah type. Her play does the talking.
"On the court, she's just always been a workhorse," Milwaukee King coach Craig Machut said. "I have a job to do. I'm going to do it."
This year the Milwaukee King junior did it better than any ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The actor who plays Captain America may be ready to hang up his shield.
Chris Evans tells The New York Times he has no plans to return to the Marvel movie franchise after reshoots of the fourth "Avengers" movie later this year. Evans says "you want ...
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OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) - A man accused of killing a college basketball player in Oskaloosa says he was defending himself.
Twenty-three-year-old Luke VanHemert is charged with second-degree murder, accused of stabbing to death 22-year-old Marquis Todd earlier this month. Todd played for William Penn University.
The Des Moines Register ...
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ZURICH (AP) - The United States remains at the top of the FIFA women's rankings after winning the SheBelieves Cup, and England moved ahead of Germany into second.
The Americans went unbeaten in the four-team round-robin tournament they hosted this month.
England, which lost the final game 1-0 to the ...
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HARLEM, N.Y. (AP) - A New York City firefighter has been killed after a massive fire broke out at a building in Harlem where a movie directed by Edward Norton was being shot.
New York Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the blaze erupted in the basement of an unoccupied ...
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OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - Officials say the International Bluegrass Music Center is set to open this fall.
Chris Joslin, the center's executive director, told the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau that a three-day celebration featuring live music will mark the event on Oct. 18-20.
The Messenger-Inquirer reports Joslin said ...
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Loyola-Chicago and its game-planning nun are headed to the Elite Eight. So too are Kansas State, Florida State and Michigan in this maddest of Marches.
Day 2 of the Sweet 16 has Villanova's Jalen Brunson vs. West Virginia's Jevon Carter, Duke's athletes trying to solve Syracuse's zone and the arm ...
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MINOT, N.D. (AP) - Some of the main entertainment has been announced for this year's Norsk Hostfest celebration in Minot.
Grammy award-winning singer Michael Bolton is to perform Sept. 27. Ventriloquist Darci Lynne will take the stage Sept. 29. She's one of the youngest contestants to win the "America's Got ...
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for raping a 90-year-old woman he was supposed to be taking care of in her Pierce County home.
The News Tribune reported Wednesday that 53-year-old James William Crowder Jr. pleaded guilty to third-degree rape last month ...
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Rhode Island basketball coach Dan Hurley has agreed to become the coach at the University of Connecticut. He succeeds Kevin Ollie, who was fired this month.
UConn made the announcement Thursday on Twitter.
Hurley was 113-82 in six seasons with the Rams, who went 26-8 this ...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - A federal magistrate won't free before trial an Iowa youth basketball coach who's accused of secretly recording some of his players undressing.
U.S. Magistrate Kelly Mahoney ruled after video hearing Wednesday that 42-year-old Greg Stephen didn't pose a flight risk but did pose a danger ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Queen Latifah is mourning the death of her mother.
In a statement, the singer and actress says Rita Owens died Wednesday after struggling with a heart condition for many years. The statement did not given her mother's age or say where the death occurred.
She was ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith will serve a second term.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced Thursday that Smith has been reappointed for 2018-2019.
The library said that Smith would continue her focus on bringing poetry to rural communities.
She has also edited "American Journal: ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve have made what they say is a "sweet wager" on the NCAA basketball matchup between their hometown teams.
Chicago's Loyola University and Reno's University of Nevada meet Thursday night in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA men's basketball ...
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LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) - Louis Marocco, 80, Logansport, walked on stage and quietly approached the microphone.
"A man always wanted to go to Las Vegas, so he took his '97 Chevy and drove out," he said. "After a short time, he came back in a $300,000 vehicle.
"It was a ...
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Running a major league team for the first time in four seasons, 60-year-old Ron Gardenhire thought about all the data and video rammed into the microchip of his iPad, a slew of statistics his bosses hope transform defeats into triumphs.
Baseball wasn't like this four decades ...
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Reports of sexual misconduct nearly doubled from 2016 to 2017 at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Wednesday that the university's Office of Title IX released the findings this week. Campus Title IX Coordinator Ashley Blamey says improvements in the reporting process ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - With two wins built on last-moment heroics and a 98-year-old nun turned international celebrity, Loyola-Chicago is the Cinderella of the Sweet 16, back making a run for a championship 55 years after winning the NCAA Tournament.
Its 1963 title run was also marked by captivating moments ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Selena Gomez took to Instagram after bikini photos of her in Australia showing a scar drew social media comments that she looked "thick."
The singer wrote that the beauty myth was "an obsession with physical perfection that traps modern woman in an endless cycle of hopelessness, ...
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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Students from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School are making a lasting mark on the city of Jeffersonville, with public art pieces that will be part of the up-and-coming arts and cultural district.
The 13 fifth-graders were busy Wednesday morning putting the final touches on their part of ...
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - An order from Tonga's education ministry banning girls from playing rugby at the Pacific nation's only public high school has been condemned by Tongan community leaders and a high-profile Olympic champion.
A letter signed by Education Minister Penisimani Fifita told staff at Tonga High School ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Songs performed by Tony Bennett, Gloria Estefan and Run-DMC are among 25 recordings being added to the National Recording Registry.
The Library of Congress announced on Wednesday the list of titles being honored for their cultural and historic importance to the American soundscape.
Bennett's standard "I ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - A former Atlanta Hawks employee is accusing the professional basketball club of discriminating against white people and firing her after she complained.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Margo Kline filed a lawsuit Friday seeking punitive damages and a trial. The lawsuit says Hawks external affairs director David Lee, ...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - When Jordan Poole's long 3-pointer dropped through the net for Michigan, a whole lot of unsightly shooting beforehand was forgotten.
It's been that kind of season for the Wolverines, who are winning without much concern for aesthetics.
It was just 14 months ago that Illinois ...
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The bruises on Travis Konecny's legs are marks of Metropolitan Division hockey.
In the third period of a crucial late-season divisional game, the undersized Philadelphia Flyers forward got in the way of not one but two slap shots from Washington Capitals defensemen. The two points from the victory made it ...
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GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - To the untrained eye, the rocks and fluorescent colors where the earth meets the hot pools underneath the walking bridges at Yellowstone National Park can be passed over without a second glance.
To truly enjoy and admire the beauty of Yellowstone, one can get the full ...
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Frederica von Stade is taking on another challenging late-career role, singing in the world premiere of an opera about two women afflicted by Alzheimer's disease.
Opera Philadelphia announced Tuesday it will present "Sky on Swings," composed by Lembit Beecher with a libretto by Hannah Moscovitch, to open its 2018-19 season ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his country's diplomats to seek changes to international doping rules in the wake of the nation's drug scandals.
Putin says the Foreign Ministry should try to alter the key treaty underpinning anti-doping work worldwide. He adds Russian diplomats working with UNESCO ...
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The Kansas City Star, March 16
Kansas school funding report blows a hole in conservative doctrine
A long-awaited school funding study released Friday in Topeka was expected to endorse the long-held conservative view that there's no correlation between student performance and the money spent on public schools.
After all, conservative ...
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LONDON (AP) - Lemon, elderflower, fresh flower decorations: The cake for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's May wedding will be appropriately spring-themed.
Kensington Palace said Tuesday the royal wedding cake will be a lemon elderflower concoction incorporating "the bright flavors of spring." It'll be covered with buttercream, and adorned with ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - With less than three months to go, at least half of England's starting lineup for its opening match of the World Cup remains uncertain.
It makes the upcoming friendlies against Netherlands and Italy pivotal for England coach Gareth Southgate - and also for a slew of ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Budget airline Ryanair says it is taking an initial 24.9 percent stake in an Austrian-based airline being set up by former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda.
It plans to raise its holding to 75 percent.
LaudaMotion is the successor to Niki, long a subsidiary of bankrupt Air ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says it will send a 160-member artistic delegation to North Korea, including about 10 popular K-Pop singers.
A joint statement issued after the two Koreas met on Tuesday said the South Korean artistic group will visit Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, from March 31 ...
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CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's state censors have allowed the performance of a socially critical play they had prohibited on the day of its Cairo premiere.
Director Ahmed El Attar had earlier cancelled the showing of "Before the Revolution," a two-actor piece that depicts oppression and stagnation in Egypt before its ...
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DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia man charged with DUI in a crash that killed a married couple in 2015 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a DeKalb County judge sentenced Donte Alexander Grant on Monday.
County District Attorney spokeswoman Yvette Jones says the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - With the Supreme Court poised to rule on a case that could end the federal ban on sports gambling, more than a third of U.S. states are considering legislation to get in on the action, and professional leagues and casino interests are lobbying against each other for ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Justin Johnson scored 23 points and Western Kentucky won consecutive NIT games for the first time since 1948 with a 79-75 victory over USC on Monday night.
Johnson spun in the paint and hit his patented hook shot with 1:03 remaining to give WKU a 76-73 ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - YouTube stars KSI and Logan Paul are taking their acts into the boxing ring.
They've agreed to a two-fight deal, with the first bout in the Manchester, England, on August 25th and a rematch in the United States.
KSI, whose real name is Olajide William Olatunji, ...
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Perhaps the best way to recap the past four days of the NCAA Tournament is to highlight the strangest facts about the 16 teams still standing and how they got this far. They don't call it March Madness for nothing.
The number of top-two seeds that lost ...
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LONDON (AP) - Martina Navratilova is "angry" and feels let down by the BBC after learning that John McEnroe gets paid at least 10 times more than her for their broadcasting roles at Wimbledon.
In a list of the BBC's highest-paid workers published last year, it was revealed that McEnroe ...
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MIAMI (AP) - A group of students from the Florida high school where 17 people were fatally shot on Valentine's Day fanned out to speak on morning television shows in New York as they get set to host a march in Washington this weekend.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students ...
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MADRID (AP) - Regardless of who wins the Spanish league title, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will be battling it out to the end.
Real Madrid doesn't have much chance of keeping Barcelona from winning the league, but Ronaldo is making a strong run to snag the scoring title from ...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Bill Murray took a catnap at the premiere of the film "Isle of Dogs."
Murray voices the canine Boss in Wes Anderson's movie, which was shown Saturday at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
Murray read the poem "Dogs" accompanied by a cellist, and ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Grammy Award-winning rapper Pitbull is heading to the United Nations to discuss the global water crisis on World Water Day.
The organization Clean Water Here announced on Monday that the international pop star will be named Clean Water Here Ambassador on March 22, when he visits ...
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has rescheduled its training academies for people interested in serving as instructors for the off-road vehicle safety education program.
The academies will be conducted in July and August, instead of in April and June as previously announced.
All instructors must ...
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PARIS (AP) - The squat glass bottles held the urine of sport's greatest stars and helped confound its cheating scoundrels. The 'click, click' of their locking caps being firmly screwed on was a familiar sound to athletes around the world, on early mornings when sample collectors knocked on their doors ...
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WILMORE, Ky. (AP) - Asbury University is hosting a children's literature conference this month featuring four writers including "Arthur" creator Marc Brown.
The school says in a statement that the March 24 event is aimed at promoting awareness of new youth literature. Other featured speakers at the conference include Peter ...
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Purdue's dramatics surrounding its star 7-foot center are spicing up right before its game for a spot in the Sweet 16.
Purdue center Isaac Haas is warming up and taking shots two days after breaking ...
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FAYSTON, Vt. (AP) - Back-to-back nor'easters that have pounded New England have given ski resorts a late-season blast of their life's blood, luring skiers and snowboarders to the slopes, and allowing smaller ski areas that rely on natural snow to stay open.
From Vermont to Maine, skiers and riders were ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - "Black Panther" has become the first film since 2000's "Avatar" to top the weekend box office five straight weekends.
According to studio estimates Sunday, "Black Panther" grossed $27 million in ticket sales over the weekend, pushing its domestic haul to $605.4 million. Worldwide, "Black Panther" has ...
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Of nine women's teams with four or more Final Four appearances, only three are still looking for their first championship.
Two of those, Duke and Georgia, will face each other Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament for a chance to move closer ...
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) - He loves the limelight, knows how to work a crowd and patiently puts up with the fans who reach out to stroke his silky blonde hair.
"I fell in love with him as soon as I met him," gushed Kate Sorrell, an employee of the Kentucky ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - For decades, country music has been a place where artists and industry pros have kept any progressive political or social views to themselves, ever careful not to anger the genre's traditionally conservative fans.
As Dolly Parton put it in a recent interview on ABC's "Nightline": She ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Actress Charlize Theron says the idea of arming teachers after recent U.S. school shootings or "adding more guns" to the situation is "so outrageous."
The South African says: "I have a very personal experience with gun violence. I lost my father to gun violence."
She ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - When the ax fell on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his spokeswoman was half a world away, a distance he and his inner circle preferred and enforced.
Now, it's Tillerson who's on his way out after his unceremonious firing by President Donald Trump, and Heather Nauert whose ...
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KOBE, Japan (AP) - German striker Lukas Podolski scored late in the second half on Sunday as Vissel Kobe beat Cerezo Osaka 2-0 for its first win of the J-League season.
Naoyuki Fujita gave the hosts a 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute and Podolski secured the win on a ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) - Students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County didn't quite know what to do after their basketball team pulled off the biggest upset in NCAA history by beating No. 1 seed Virginia.
The unexpected 74-54 victory Friday night left students at the No. 16 school stunned, but ...
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SWANSEA, Wales (AP) - Tottenham secured a place in the FA Cup semifinals at its temporary Wembley Stadium home by beating Swansea 3-0 Saturday in Wales, with Christian Eriksen scoring two of the three long-range goals.
Erik Lamela also struck from outside the area in the quarterfinal at Liberty Stadium ...
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BOSTON (AP) - A Boston-based charity is using basketball to help raise awareness of the need for better health and gender equality in Africa.
Shooting Touch says it's organized a march in Rwanda on Saturday prior to a basketball tournament being held with an International Women's Day theme.
The nonprofit ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Actress Charlize Theron says the idea of arming teachers after recent U.S. school shootings or "adding more guns" to the situation is "so outrageous."
The South African says: "I have a very personal experience with gun violence. I lost my father to gun violence."
...CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The doors to the Virginia's locker room opened, the last protection for a group of players sitting in a state of shocked quiet after the most improbable of losses.
Some fought back tears.
Some hung their heads or stared blankly down at their cellphones.
Others could ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - So how do you top winning your conference tournament on a buzzer-beater 3-pointer? Well, knocking off the No. 1 team in the country by 20 points in the first round of the NCAA Tournament should do it.
UMBC's magical season rolled on Friday night when it ...
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DENVER (AP) - Colton Sissons and Filip Forsberg each scored twice, backup goaltender Juuse Saros stopped 33 shots and the Nashville Predators became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season by beating the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Friday night.
The streaking Predators are 13-0-1 in their ...
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The University of Maryland-Baltimore County proved that anything can happen in the NCAA Tournament.
After pulling off the upset of all NCAA upsets, the 16th-seeded Retrievers get a day to rest and recharge following their history-making win over No. 1 seed Virginia.
No. 11 seed Loyola-Chicago and No. 13 seed ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Draw Friday for the Europa League quarterfinals:
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First-leg games, April 5
Leipzig (Germany) vs. Marseille (France)
Arsenal (England) vs. CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Atletico Madrid (Spain) vs. Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
Lazio (Italy) vs. Salzburg (Austria)
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Second-leg games, April 12
Marseille (France) vs. Leipzig (Germany)
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DETROIT (AP) - Michigan State coach Tom Izzo is in the NCAA Tournament for a 21st consecutive year, and his first without Jud Heathcote.
Heathcote died last summer at the age of 90, leaving Izzo, one of his former assistant coaches, with many memories, including a light-hearted one during an ...
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) - The architect of the Medal of Honor Museum planned in South Carolina says the design would be ruined if it must be shorter than planned.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reported architect Moshe Safdie said the symbolism would be ruined if the 125-foot (38-meter) ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - New coach Ronald Koeman has named five uncapped players in the Netherlands squad for his first international in charge, signaling that he is going to shake up a team that failed to qualify for two consecutive major tournaments.
The newcomers named Friday in Koeman's 25-man ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - A popular Indian pop singer has been convicted of human trafficking and cheating after a court found he pretended people were in his performance troupe so they could get jobs in North America.
Daler Mehndi says he is innocent. He was sentenced to two years in ...
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MADRID (AP) - Brazilian left back Filipe Luis has a leg fracture that could stop him going to the World Cup in Russia.
Atletico Madrid said Friday that Luis sustained the injury to his left leg in the second half of the Spanish team's 5-1 rout at Lokomotiv Moscow in ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The women's basketball NCAA Tournament is set to tip Friday and here are a few players that may be the difference between a top team making a deep run in the tournament and not making it out of the first weekend. All the players come from ...
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NEWARK, Del. (AP) - A popular internet meme asks if Super Bowl-winning Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is indeed elite. Regardless of that answer, the University of Delaware says his latest donation definitely is.
In a Wednesday release, the university touted "a significant gift to the future of UD Athletics" ...
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - David Price made his delayed spring-training debut for Boston, allowing one hit over four scoreless innings in a 7-5 win over Toronto on Thursday.
Price struck out five and walked one. An elbow injury limited to a career-low 11 starts last season.
"Felt good," Price ...
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OGDEN, Utah (AP) - At its heart, the musical "Footloose" is a fish-out-of-water tale about Ren McCormack, a city kid who suddenly finds himself in a small town, struggling to fit in.
Ogden resident Shane Larson knows how Ren feels.
The disabled veteran, who plays Coach Dunbar in the current ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Most, but not all, of Russia's top sports stars are backing Vladimir Putin in this weekend's presidential election.
Ahead of Sunday's vote, a host of Olympic gold medalists and NHL player Alex Ovechkin have thrown their support behind Putin. Ovechkin even launched a "Putin Team" campaign on ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - He played a boy who does nothing but watch TV and wears cowboy clothing in the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
Who is "Jeopardy" contestant Paris Themmen.
Themmen appeared on the game show on Tuesday. But he didn't tell Alex Trebek about his ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is confirming he's picked CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow as his top economic adviser and says the country is in line for a long run of upbeat financial news.
Trump tweets that the U.S. "will have many years of Great Economic & Financial Success, with ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - For the past decade it's been easy to pick UConn to win the national championship. Four of the past five years you would have been correct if you tabbed the Huskies to win the title. Last year, though, Mississippi State shocked the women's basketball world by ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Singer Katy Perry kissed a contestant on "American Idol" and he did not like it.
But Benjamin Glaze is downplaying some backlash aimed at Perry, who is a judge on the show. The 19-year-old took to Instagram on Wednesday to say he did not think he ...
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The number four figures prominently for Ohio State in the women's NCAA Tournament.
It is 4 miles from Value City Arena to Nationwide Arena, where this year's Women's Final Four is being held. The Buckeyes, who have four senior starters, also need to win their next four games in order ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Board of Education is honoring three student artists as part of the state's weeklong celebration of the arts and education.
The students won first, second and third place in the 36th annual statewide poster contest celebrating Illinois Arts Education Week. The designs and ...
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A linesman orders Sean Couturier out of the faceoff circle and Claude Giroux shrugs before stepping in and winning the draw.
Two centers on the ice at once is a nice luxury for the Philadelphia Flyers to have.
"He's one of the best in the league at faceoffs," Couturier said ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Keisuke Honda was among 26 players named on Thursday by Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic for two friendlies against Mali and Ukraine at the end of March.
Honda, who hasn't played for Japan since September's World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia, has four goals in 11 games for ...
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - State parks around Kentucky will have their TVs tuned to college basketball for the NCAA tournament.
Park officials say in a news release that fans and visitors to state parks will have several options to watch their favorite teams.
Natural Bridge State Resort Park near Slade ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Danny Hurley doesn't want to make it about himself.
And yet Hurley has been around the game all his life. He knows how these things go. A young(ish) coach with a pedigree and a track record of success gets it going at one level of college basketball, ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - It was almost like Jose Mourinho didn't care.
Manchester United had just exited the Champions League in the meekest fashion and the team's manager dealt with it with a shrug of the shoulders.
"It's not the end of the world," he said.
No regrets. No genuine ...
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PARIS (AP) - In his final years, the only thing connecting the brilliant physicist to the outside world was a couple of inches of frayed nerve in his cheek.
As slowly as a word per minute, Stephen Hawking used the twitching of the muscle under his right eye to grind ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam is joining several other Tennessee officials voicing concerns over President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
The Republican governor told reporters Tuesday he's concerned about additional costs to manufacturers, particularly the state's car industry. He said that a trade war wouldn't ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Russell Westbrook darted into the lane time and time again, hitting the shot, drawing a foul or finding an open teammate.
At the other end of the court, he lingered under the boards, pulling down one rebound after another - usually against players taller than him.
In ...
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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Jerry Hansen leaned over the glass display case filled with old railroad paraphernalia on the third floor of the Ivinson Mansion, diligently moving his fingers to reconnect the pieces of a model railroad track, before attempting to reconnect the wheels to the bottom of a yellow ...
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WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) - Former rapper Craig Mack, best known for the platinum 1994 hit "Flava in Ya Ear" has died in South Carolina.
Colleton County Corner Richard Harvey says the 46-year-old Mack died at his home in Walterboro around 9 p.m. Monday. Harvey said it appeared Mack died of ...
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