LONDON (AP) - An alleged Islamic State group supporter who encouraged attacks on 4-year-old Prince George of Britain admitted to a string of terror offenses Thursday, two weeks into his trial in London.
Husnain Rashid, who previously said he'd done nothing wrong, switched his plea to guilty on four counts ...
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VISCRI, Romania (AP) - Britain's Prince Charles arrived at his house in Romania's Transylvania region on Thursday, where he advised honey and jam producers on how to market their goods.
Charles, who will be 70 this year, likes Romania's unspoiled countryside and visits the country annually.
Dozens of local residents ...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi police officer has been fired after being accused of using excessive force against a 19-year-old basketball player.
Interim Jackson Police Chief Anthony Moore said officer Vincent Lampkin was fired after an "extensive investigation," and asked citizens not to judge the entire department by "one ...
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A youth football team from Idaho has rescued two people from an overturned car in Oregon.
The Boise Black Knights were headed home Tuesday after winning a championship in California when a car rolled over in front of their vans on a highway south of Jordan ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is escalating a feud with ABC in the wake of the cancellation of "Roseanne."
Trump targeted Robert Iger, who is chief executive of ABC's parent Walt Disney Co., on Twitter Thursday. Trump says: "Iger, where is my call of apology? You and ABC have ...
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LONDON (AP) - The original version of a map that entranced generations of children is up for auction at Sotheby's.
The auctioneer said Thursday that E.H. Shepard's map of the Hundred Acre Wood, home to Winnie-the Pooh, could fetch 150,000 pounds ($200,000) when it is sold in July.
Shepard's 1926 ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Participants in a mentoring program started by professional basketball Hall-of-Famer and former Detroit Mayor Dave Bing are graduating from high school.
An invitation-only reception is scheduled Thursday evening for the 18 young men in Bing's Boys Inspired through Nurturing, Growth & Opportunities initiative - BINGO. They started ...
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MAYA BAY, Thailand (AP) - Once a pristine Thai paradise, the secluded bay made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie "The Beach" has been exhausted by mass tourism. It's now getting a break from the daily influx of dozens of boats and thousands of visitors unsuccessfully scrambling for an unspoiled ...
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The first one deserved a sequel, which Cleveland won in the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history to even things up with Golden State.
Then with Kevin Durant joining Stephen Curry on one side and LeBron James leading the other, the Warriors and Cavaliers sent interest soaring as they rampaged ...
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MAYA BAY, Thailand (AP) - Once a pristine Thai paradise, mass tourism has exhausted the secluded bay made world famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie "The Beach."
Now it's to get some respite from the daily influx of dozens of boats and thousands of visitors unsuccessfully scrambling for an unspoiled ...
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SCOOBA, Miss. (AP) - A college in Mississippi has selected its new baseball coach.
News outlets report East Mississippi Community College announced Tuesday the promotion of Brett Kimbrel to head baseball coach. He had been an assistant coach for the past two seasons.
Kimbrel replaces Chris Rose, who resigned earlier ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Weinstein won't testify before the New York grand jury that's weighing whether to indict him on rape and other sex charges.
A statement issued through a spokesman Wednesday says Weinstein's lawyers decided there wasn't enough time to prepare him to testify. They say he learned ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - On college campuses and in workplaces, across social media and in deference to non-binary people, gender-neutral pronouns are more than just a new wave of political correctness.
They're the focus of debate that stretches back hundreds of years.
Early word coiners were usually more concerned with ...
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DIAMOND, Mo. (AP) - A 7-year-old boy who was hospitalized after being hit by a foul ball at a Missouri college baseball game is recovering at home and preparing to throw out a first pitch at the same stadium where he was injured.
Dawson Hirshey, of Diamond, suffered a brain ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Weezer has released a cover of Toto's "Africa" after a teenage fan pressed the group for months on social media to record the song.
The teen, known as @weezerafrica, jokingly started lobbying the 1990s band on Twitter in December. The campaign gained followers.
Weezer released a ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Investigators say a fire that destroyed the former Kansas City home of baseball legend Satchel Paige might have been arson.
The Kansas City Star reports investigators found evidence that an accelerant was used in the fire Tuesday at the home where Paige lived until he ...
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MILAN (AP) - The storied La Scala opera house will open the 2018-19 season with a new production of Verdi's "L'Attila," continuing the tradition of Italian opera, while introducing some novelty, including Woody Allen directing Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi."
General manager Alexander Pereira said Thursday that he will appear himself in ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - A basketball player who just finished his rookie season with the Atlanta Hawks has been arrested on a drunken driving charge in Oregon.
Eugene police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin tells news outlets an officer pulled over 22-year-old Tyler Dorsey for driving without lights early Saturday. The officer spotted ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - America Ferrera is a mom.
The "Ugly Betty" actress wrote on Instagram on Tuesday that she and husband Ryan Piers Williams were welcoming "Sebastian Piers Williams - aka Baz!"
She added that mom, dad and baby are "happy, healthy and totally in love."
The 34-year-old and ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum has a new curator of fine arts.
The Santa Fe-based museum announced the hiring of Ariel Plotek on Tuesday.?He served most recently as curator of modern and contemporary art at the San Diego Museum of Art, where he was responsible for ...
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Klay Thompson sat on the floor in the middle of his teammates and pointed to his "2018 NBA FINALS" hat during a locker-room photo.
An important face was missing from the moment: Andre Iguodala.
In a postseason defined by uncertainty for the defending champions, Golden State ...
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Tom Wilson defended himself Monday after another big hit from the Capital forward drew the ire of the opponent.
Wilson blindsided Vegas Golden Knights center Jonathan Marchessault with a shoulder-to-shoulder hit during the third period of the Capitals' 6-4 loss in Game 1. Marchessault, who wasn't playing the puck, remained ...
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"Calypso" (Little, Brown and Co.), by David Sedaris
"Though there's an industry built on telling you otherwise, there are few real joys to middle age."
So begins David Sedaris' first collection of essays since 2013, firmly grounded in the present, but with the same sense of twisted nostalgia that has ...
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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Rwanda's government on Tuesday defended its $39 million sponsorship deal with the Arsenal football club as some aid donors and rights activists raised an outcry.
"Visit Rwanda" will be emblazoned on the left sleeve of players in Arsenal's first, under-23 and women's teams.
President Paul Kagame ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Georgia O'Keeffe, famous for her desert paintings, created equally stunning - though lesser known - pieces inspired by a 1939 trip to Hawaii. The works, and a display of the plants she would have encountered there, are now on view at the New York Botanical Garden.
...BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police say one person has been fatally shot and another was injured after an argument during a basketball game in a Louisiana subdivision.
Baton Rouge Police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. told news outlets that brothers 35-year-old Andre Guy and 46-year-old Timothy Guy were playing ...
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RESTON, Va. (AP) - Authorities say a 45-year-old man drowned during a competitive swim race in Virginia.
News outlets report Kevin Ruby's body was recovered from Lake Audubon in Reston on Monday, a day after he was reported missing after the 31st annual Jim McDonnell Lake Swim. Fairfax County police ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Former German tennis star Boris Becker and his wife Lilly have separated.
The German news agency dpa reported Tuesday that a Berlin lawyer for the two confirmed the breakup of three-time Wimbledon winner Becker, 50, and his Dutch model wife, who is 41 years old.
Lawyer Christian-Oliver ...
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MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Western Illinois University is among the first U.S. colleges to offer a minor in stage combat.
The department of theatre and dance will begin offering the program this fall.
Department Chair Tammy Killian says performers who have the ability to act out conflicts in a way ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Museum is among 2,000 museums across the nation to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer.
The Blue Star Museum Program is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense.
The ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the death of a Chicago Fire Department diver who was searching for a missing boater (all times local):
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Two Chicago Fire Department divers injured while searching for a missing boater and for a fellow diver who later died have been released from ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Police say a man's body has been found in a tent at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The body was found Monday at a tent in a parking area, a day after the Indianapolis 500 car race. WISH-TV says it's an area where fans typically park for the ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas city officials are embracing Stanley Cup fever by refusing to use capital letters on the city's official Twitter account in a playful shot at the Vegas Golden Knights' opponent: the Washington Capitals.
The city posted a photo-shopped version of the famous Las Vegas sign ...
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Maybe next year.
That familiar refrain was on Boston's mind Sunday after LeBron James advanced to the NBA Finals for the eighth consecutive season.
Boston expressed the same sentiment last season (and in 2012), just like Chicago, Indiana, Indiana again, Atlanta and Toronto in years prior. Three versions of the ...
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COLLEGE PARK — Maryland forward Bruno Fernando has decided to return for his sophomore season after testing his viability in the NBA draft.
The 6-foot-10 Fernando averaged 10.3 points and 6.5 rebounds and was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman team.
Fernando says he received a "great deal of feedback ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - K-pop has finally hit the top.
The South Korean boy band BTS is now the first K-pop group to reach No. 1 on the Billboard top 200. "Love Yourself: Tear" sold 135,000 units for the week ending May 24, as tallied by Nielsen Music. According to ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed starting pitcher Ivan Nova on the 10-day disabled list with a sprained ring finger on his right hand.
Nova has struggled in May following a solid start. He is 0-4 with a 7.61 ERA this month. The Pirates diagnosed the injury after ...
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - With one month left in the fiscal year, a feature film and ads for a home improvement chain are the only projects to use North Carolina's film grant program.
The StarNews of Wilmington reports the program has attracted "Words on Bathroom Walls" that's filming in Wilmington ...
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A 43-year era in Holy Cross athletics is coming to a close.
Longtime swimming and diving coach Barry Parenteau is retiring Friday.
Parenteau tells The Telegram & Gazette "it has been an honor, a privilege and a pleasure to coach some of the finest student-athletes in ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - At least in the court of public opinion, the prosecutor leading a rape case against Harvey Weinstein may have more to prove than the charges alone.
But if Manhattan Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is out to answer critics of his past decisions not to pursue sex ...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado high school athletic officials say a rule-breaking swimsuit cost a team a state championship in swimming.
A relay team from the Discovery Canyon High School boys' swimming and diving team was disqualified from last week's state championship. A representative for the Colorado High School ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -
A popular public art space called Graffiti Pier has been shut down by Philadelphia police over safety concerns, prompting a push to turn the former coal loading dock into an official park and saving it from the fate of other graffiti meccas that were razed by developers.
...HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A third-grade class in Mississippi has chosen a name for a local fire engine.
WJTV reports that the truck in Hattiesburg will be called "Big Red" in honor of Derek "Red" Jarvis. He coached football for Hattiesburg High School before his death in early May.
...FAIRBURY, Neb. (AP) - Rock Creek Trail Days will give people a chance to see Nebraska history come to life.
The event will run June 2-3 at Rock Creek Station State Historical Park, which sits southeast of Fairbury in Jefferson County.
Activities will include black powder gun demonstrations, Pony Express ...
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - At the institute tucked down a private road off of Forest Drive, Annapolis' top athletes and Olympians get daily massages, acupuncture, specialized diets, medications and supplements, and gear that costs thousands of dollars a piece.
No, these aren't Navy football stars or Olympic sailors - they're ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The filmmakers of a documentary about the Chinese Exclusion Act say if viewers end up with a sense of deja vu between the film's subject and current events, that's pretty much the point.
Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu say the American public should be more aware ...
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Who farted?
It's an age old question, though asking who dealt it rarely yields a straightforward answer.
But thanks to the best-selling work of a Virginia Tech researcher and his Twitter pal, you can at least narrow down the list of suspects in the animal kingdom.
...HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - If you tapped into Don Hatfield's veins, they may well be flowing with ink.
The great-great-grandson of "Preacher Anse" Hatfield walked into the Huntington newspapers building in June 1953 just a couple days shy of his 18th birthday.
Late sports editor Ernie Salvatore hired "The Kid," ...
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GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky soldier who was killed in Iraq will be honored by NASCAR during the Coca-Cola 600.
The Glasgow Daily Times reports driver Kyle Busch will have Sgt. Eric Toth's name written on his car's windshield during the 600 miles race scheduled for Sunday night at ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - There's little downtime for the dozen or so spellers who make it to the primetime finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Once they get through the morning finals, which can last 4 hours or more, the remaining spellers are swarmed by relatives, reporters - and Scripps ...
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MADISON, Ala. (AP) - A north Alabama city is preparing to start construction on a nearly $50 million minor league baseball stadium that will anchor a new development on Interstate 565.
News outlets report that the city of Madison is planning a groundbreaking ceremony for the facility on June 9.
...GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A new exhibition at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park features the work of contemporary sculptor Masayuki Koorida.
The exhibition titled "Masayuki Koorida: Beyond Existence " features work never displayed in the U.S. and runs through Aug. 19 in Grand Rapids.
Koorida is celebrated for ...
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SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a paddler whose kayak capsized in a cold northern New York lake was rescued from a tiny island in it.
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports that the Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department and other agencies began searching around 5:15 p.m. Friday after someone ...
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Walk in the front door of 6117 St. Clair Avenue today, and you'll see an empty space with a patterned linoleum floor and nicked paneling that covers nearly every wall of the two-story brick building.
Samaria Rice sees something different.
The mother of Tamir Rice envisions a ...
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ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's army has summoned a former spy chief over a book he co-authored with his former Indian counterpart.
The newly released book, entitled "Spy Chronicles," suggests Pakistan cooperated with the U.S. in the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The book is co-written by Asad Durrani, ...
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene's newest football franchise has a physical therapist playing quarterback, a bank employee playing middle linebacker and a firefighter on the offensive line.
And playing tight end, there's a delivery driver and mom of three named Maria Rivera.
"I have the biggest pride playing football and ...
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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) - Tina Velazquez was in her kitchen when she heard someone sit down and start playing the grand piano in the other room. The Pembroke Pines resident figured it was her husband, Willie, returning home from work early. Instead, she walked into the surprise of a ...
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MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) - A drummer who contributed to the legendary Muscle Shoals sound has died.
The Times Daily reports that 67-year-old Roger Clark died Thursday at his home.
Guitarist Travis Wammack said Clark worked at FAME Recording Studios and Wishbone Recording Studio in the 1970s and '80s.
...ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday that the U.S. exit from the Iranian nuclear deal could trigger dangerous instability and raise new threats for Israel if Tehran resumes a full-fledged nuclear program.
"We can't sort things out with North Korea. Do we want another problem ...
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Phil Murphy abruptly canceled his monthly call-in radio show after a last-minute dispute over the show's planned format.
The hour-long "Ask the Governor" show was due to air Thursday night on public radio stations WBGO in Newark, WNYC in New York City and WHYY in ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - NBA player Sterling Brown says he tried to remain calm when Milwaukee police used a stun gun to take him down during his arrest for a parking violation.
In an interview aired on ABC's "Good Morning America" Friday, the Milwaukee Bucks player says police pinned him down ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Weinstein arraigned on rape, sex assault charges; will post $1 million bail and wear electronic monitor.
NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Weinstein emerges from police station smiling, in handcuffs, taken to court to face rape and sex assault charges.
NEW YORK (AP) — Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrived Friday morning at a police station in New York where he was expected to surrender himself to face criminal charges in a sexual assault probe.
Weinstein stepped from a black SUV and walked slowly into a Manhattan police station before a ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Country music comes center stage in New Orleans when the Bayou Country Superfest returns to the Superdome for the Memorial Day weekend.
County icon George Strait headlines the event Sunday. Chris Stapleton, Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves and Midland round out the bill.
The weekend begins ...
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RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Seahawks coach Pete Carroll wanted to be talking about football matters - Seattle's recommitment to the run game, the addition of two new coordinators, almost anything to do with what happens between the lines.
Instead, the league's oldest coach has spent the past few days processing ...
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"You'll Never Walk Alone" will be a hit this weekend from Broadway to Kiev.
Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for the 1945 show "Carousel," the ballad was adopted by Liverpool fans after a 1963 cover version by Gerry and the Pacemakers became a No. 1 single in Britain.
A full-throated ...
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MADRID (AP) - Authorities in Spain have issued an arrest warrant for a Spanish rapper sentenced to prison for lyrics that praised terror groups and insulted the royal family.
A prosecutor's statement says Jose Miguel Arenas Beltran, a 24-year-old rap singer and composer from Palma de Mallorca best known as ...
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - The NBA is defending its quest to receive part of the money that states or gambling companies take in as part of legal sports betting.
On Wednesday, New Jersey's state Senate president called on all 50 states to reject so-called "integrity fees" as part of ...
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Travel problems have delayed the New York Yankees from getting home from Texas.
Newsday reports the team's charted Delta flight took off after Wednesday night's 12-10 loss to the Rangers. But the flight had to return to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport because of a mechanical ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Lisa Scottoline, the best-selling crime writer, has a new publisher and is working on a different kind of book.
A book inspired in part by Philip Roth.
G.P. Putnam's Sons told The Associated Press on Thursday that it had reached a six-book deal with Scottoline, who ...
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FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - A judge won't lower the bail set for a former University of North Alabama football player charged with murder.
The Times Daily reports that Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Gil Self denied the request Wednesday of Khadedryck Devonte Todd.
Todd is charged with beating 21-year-old Anthony Coleman ...
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MILAN (AP) - Mezzosoprano Cecilia Bartoli is returning to Milan's famed La Scala opera house for a three-year Baroque music collaboration.
Bartoli told the AP Thursday that baroque music has been "somewhat forgotten in Italy. We live in Baroque cities. We breathe Baroque in Italy. For this I say it ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Milwaukee police chief has apologized to Sterling Brown and says officers have been disciplined for acting "inappropriately" after the Bucks player was zapped with a stun gun during his arrest for a parking violation in January.
Brown, who is African-American, said in a statement Wednesday that ...
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MADRID (AP) - French crime writer Fred Vargas, the pen name of Frederique Audoin-Rouzeau, has won Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for literature for her success in breathing new life into the genre.
The award foundation says Thursday that Vargas, who is also a distinguished archaeologist, perceives society as "a mysterious ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - The NFL has muddled a divisive issue even more by announcing that players will be required to stand for the national anthem if they're on the field before games.
The league's new policy has stirred up defenders of free speech, prompted a couple of owners to quickly ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court will decide whether Facebook and other social media companies must turn over user content to criminal defendants.
The justices are expected to rule Thursday in a case that has pitted some of Silicon Valley's biggest companies against public defenders.
At issue are ...
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina says former point guard Phil Ford has had surgery for prostate cancer.
Team spokesman Steve Kirschner said Wednesday that Ford underwent the procedure Tuesday after he was diagnosed during his annual physical. Dr. Eric Wallen, the UNC physician who is treating Ford, says ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is hailing the NFL's announcement Wednesday that the league has selected University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale to host the 2023 Super Bowl.
Ducey called the selection "a huge win" for Arizona which he said is a proven "premier destination for spectacular sporting ...
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LONDON (AP) - An alleged supporter of the Islamic State group went on trial in London on Wednesday, accused of encouraging attacks on 4-year-old Prince George.
Prosecutors say 32-year-old Husnain Rashid provided an "e-toolkit for terrorism" on an online channel he ran under the name the Lone Mujahid.
Prosecutor Annabel ...
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Aix marks the spot where Pierre Audi is planting his next flag in a lifelong crusade for innovation and diversity in the performing arts, passions that trace back to his boyhood in Lebanon.
The celebrated opera director and arts programmer, wrapping up a 30-year tenure at the Dutch National Opera, ...
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DALLAS (AP) - Before December 2016, when he was staggered by the first of what would be multiple strokes, T. Boone Pickens was among the busier and more vibrant 88-year-olds on the planet.
The Tulsa World reports five days a week, there were 6:30 a.m. treadmill-and-weights workouts. During a typical ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Comcast says it's considering making an offer to buy Twenty-First Century Fox, which would put it in a head-to-head bidding fight with Disney.
Comcast Corp. did not give specific details on the offer, other than to say that it would be all cash and at a premium ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A jury has started deliberating in the trial of a Massachusetts man charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of his teenage girlfriend.
Prosecutors say Nickolas Lacrosse, of Springfield, stabbed 17-year-old high school senior Kathryn Mauke 32 times in her own home in February 2015 because ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - America has spoken: NFL over "American Idol."
For the seventh consecutive year, NBC's "Sunday Night Football" has topped the season's television ratings, as measured by Nielsen. That edges the six straight years for Fox's "American Idol" (2005-06 through 2010-11).
The football games averaged 18.2 million TV ...
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The fans lined up one by one in the most orderly fashion, waiting for their chance to take a photograph or snag an autograph from the first Japanese winner of the Indianapolis 500.
Good thing they were patient, too.
Takuma Sato spent time chatting with every single one of them.
...NEW YORK (AP) - On a night when speakers included Stephen King, Morgan Freeman and Margaret Atwood, no one at the PEN American gala had a more moving and inspiring presence than Parkland shooting survivor Samantha Fuentes.
One of three student gun control activists receiving PEN's Freedom of Expression Courage ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Social media is finding little to like about the likeness on a plaque honoring retired soccer champion Brandi Chastain.
The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in San Francisco unveiled the plaque on Monday night. Chastain said, "It's not the most flattering. But it's nice."
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Redskins rookie running back Derrius Guice isn't wasting time in trying to win over fans in the District.
On Monday, Guice treated fans to Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" at the Alamo Drafthouse in One Loudoun.
And get this, he did it on a whim. Guice encouraged people to join him ...
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Charlize Theron is set to star in an upcoming movie on the 2016 sexual harassment allegations that brought down former Fox News Channel chief executive Roger Ailes.
The star of "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Monster" has inked a deal to portray former Fox star Megyn Kelly in a movie ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Farewell tours don't always mean farewell, but are a ripe time for appreciation and appraisal. Paul Simon's concerts and a new biography offer the opportunity for both.
Simon's "Homeward Bound" tour began last week in Vancouver and takes him across North America, to Europe and an ...
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Britain, as you may have heard, has a new princess. But chess has a new queen.
In a title bout featuring two Chinese grandmasters, Ju Wenjun last week dethroned reigning women's world champion Tan Zhongyi in a hard-fought 10-game match by a score of 5½-4½.
The match marks the latest ...
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Adam Rippon, the Team USA figure skater who rose to prominence in February's Winter Olympics, was crowned champion of Season 26 of "Dancing with the Stars" Monday night.
Rippon beat out Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman and former figure skater Tonya Harding in the final episode of the ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Iowa native Maddie Poppe has won "American Idol."
The singer-songwriter bested Caleb Lee Hutchinson and Gabby Barrett in Monday night's two-hour finale on ABC.
Poppe and Hutchinson announced on the program that they're dating, surprising judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie. They then performed ...
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MADRID (AP) - Alvaro Morata was left out of Spain's 23-player squad for the World Cup on Monday.
Spain coach Julen Lopetegui decided to pick only three strikers for the tournament in Russia: Diego Costa, Iago Aspas and Rodrigo.
"It's always a difficult decision," Lopetegui said. "There wasn't anything negative ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Former White House aide and speechwriter Richard N. Goodwin has died.
Goodwin died Sunday evening at his home in Concord, Massachusetts. His wife, the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, said he died after a brief bout with cancer.
He was a liberal force for President John Kennedy ...
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MADRID (AP) - Alvaro Morata was left out of Spain's 23-player list for the World Cup on Monday.
Spain coach Julen Lopetegui decided to pick only three strikers for the tournament in Russia: Diego Costa, Iago Aspas and Rodrigo.
Morata, who struggled with Chelsea this year, had not been included ...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas State Police are investigating the weekend deaths of two state prison inmates at separate correctional units.
Little Rock television station KATV reports that a correctional officer found 33-year-old inmate Joshua Autry unresponsive in a single-man cell at the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys ...
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JACKSBORO, Tenn. (AP) - On opposite sides of the county jail, a mother and her son chat about school, girls, birthday gifts - and their future together. They aren't allowed to see each other face-to-face, so the inmate and the fifth-grader connect by video.
"Hi, Mommy," 10-year-old Robby says to ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgium left midfielder Radja Nainggolan out of its World Cup squad despite a standout season with Champions League semifinalist Roma.
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has long had a difficult relationship with the stormy midfielder. But after being called up for a warm-up game in March against Saudi ...
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LONDON (AP) - Meghan Markle has offered a glimpse of how she sees her new role as the Duchess of Sussex in a biography posted on the royal website hours after the former actress married Britain's Prince Harry.
The newly minted duchess' biography highlights her focus on social issues and ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Kwon Chang-hoon has been cut from South Korea's World Cup squad after picking up an injury playing for his French club on the weekend.
It is a serious setback for South Korea and its chances of negotiating Group F games against Sweden, Mexico and Germany.
...TOKYO (AP) - Vahid Halilhodzic is suing the Japanese football association and its president Kozo Tashima after he was fired as national coach just two months before the World Cup.
Lionel Vincent, the lawyer representing Halilhodzic, told the Associated Press on Monday that the suit asks for an apology from ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - What an opening weekend for the WNBA.
The finals rematch between Los Angeles and Minnesota was decided at the buzzer, while Connecticut welcomed Las Vegas to the league with the most lopsided loss in opening day history.
The Lynx celebrated their fourth championship in seven years ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) - A Portuguese theater director has cancelled his attendance at a major cultural festival opening in Jerusalem this week over Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.
Tiago Rodrigues said he was dropping out of the Israel Festival so that his work will not "condone and promote a government that ...
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Florida university gave federal authorities false numbers on how many female athletes were participating in the school's sports programs.
The Palm Beach Post reported Sunday that Florida Atlantic University told the U.S. Department of Education in 2017 that 51 percent of its athletes ...
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FAULKTON, S.D. (AP) - Owners say the future of a central South Dakota movie theater is uncertain after lightning struck the facility.
Aberdeen American News reports that a digital projector, server and some computer components were damaged last month at the Lyric Theatre in Faulkton.
Owner Dave Huss says ...
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EVESHAM, N.J. (AP) - The large front room is bright, colorful and full of energy.
Dozens of tables are set up with chess boards and chess pieces on them.
Children start to come into the South Jersey Innovation Center from school, settle in at tables and begin to play chess. ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - One lucky karaoke star will open for country music star Brett Eldredge during this year's Illinois State Fair.
The State Fair Karaoke Contest challenges young singers around the state to show off their singing chops.
Nine regional county fairs around the state will host qualifying rounds ...
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Calvin Fields, a second-grade student at Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School, signed this past week with the Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball program.
Seated between his mother, Brentney Fields, and Marshall head coach Dan D'Antoni at a table in the Cam Henderson Center media room, 8-year-old Fields signed ...
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BALTIMORE — Oprah Winfrey seemed a tad confused about her seating assignment. Serena Williams documented her journey to St. George's Chapel on Instagram. Idris Elba smiled broadly as he escorted his fiancee, model Sabrina Dhowre, who wore the obligatory hat.
They were among a slew of celebrities among the 600 ...
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Despite playing a central role in the establishment of the World Cup, France had always fallen short at the tournament. That changed on one glorious night in Paris in 1998.
After a strong start to the tournament it was hosting for the second time, France struggled in the knockout stages. ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Cannes Film Festival is about so much more than just movies. It's also one of the biggest celebrity events in the world - pulling in stars ranging from Marion Cotillard to Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong'o and Julianne Moore for 12 days of red carpet photocalls. Here ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Toshiyuki Takagi scored two late goals as Cerezo Osaka upset leaders Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 in the J-League on Sunday.
Takagi put the visitors ahead on a left foot shot in the 80th minute and doubled the advantage three minutes later with his fourth goal of the season.
...ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays reliever Sergio Romo played 11 seasons before making his first major league start.
Not even 24 hours later, Romo will make his second.
Romo will start for the second consecutive day in the finale of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Angels ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Todd Smith's Toyota Prius pulled onto the front yard of the modest house on the Westside, back hatch slightly ajar to make room for the big piece of Jacksonville history inside.
Smith and Charles Harding lifted it out and propped it against the car: a cast ...
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A church built in 1875 in Farmington, New Hampshire, will be holding a concert to celebrate being named to both the national and state registers of historic places.
The First Congregational Church has been recognized as a building of historical significance by the official lists. The ...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's 2018 midterm election is one of the most important in years. The governor's office and all three Cabinet seats are open, Republican Gov. Rick Scott is challenging three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, several congressional seats will be competitive and Floridians will vote on 13 ...
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ROME (AP) - Defending champion Elina Svitolina returned to the Italian Open final with a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 win over 26th-ranked Anna Kontaveit on Saturday.
Aiming for the third title defense in her career, Svitolina will face either top-ranked Simona Halep or three-time Rome champion Maria Sharapova in Sunday's championship ...
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Technology will play a bigger role than ever before at this year's World Cup, and it's largely thanks to Frank Lampard's goal that wasn't.
FIFA, which sanctioned goal-line technology at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, has gone a step further this year. In Russia, Video Assistant Referees will review ...
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WINDSOR, England (AP) - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stand at altar in St. George's Chapel as wedding ceremony begins.
Like every good royal wedding, it was all about the hats, the dresses and the posh tails in Windsor.
Early guests included Oprah Winfrey, who sauntered into St. George's Chapel in Stella McCartney pink for the wedding Saturday of the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the newly minted Duke of ...
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WINDSOR, England (AP) - Oprah Winfrey, actor Idris Elba are among the first guests to arrive at Windsor Castle for royal wedding .
WILLAMINA, Ore. (AP) - It's been six months since the crash that altered Owen Baker's life.
Baker, a junior at Willamina High School, was paralyzed from the waist down after a single-car crash.
He was a passenger in the back seat of a Jeep Wrangler late in the afternoon of ...
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LONDON (AP) - Prince Harry given the title of the Duke of Sussex; Meghan Markle to become Duchess of Sussex upon marriage.
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) - Will Christopher Blevins pick a road cycling career, or will he continue to race his mountain bike?
It is one of the biggest questions in American cycling. It's also a question the 20-year-old from Durango is tired of answering.
"I get asked that a lot, more ...
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ROME (AP) - Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal overcame a poor first set and a partisan crowd to beat Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and reach the Italian Open semifinals on Friday.
The crowd at the Foro Italico was decidedly behind Fognini, Italy's top player, and Nadal was under pressure when ...
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LONDON (AP) - The budding romance between Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle has captivated the world. Here's how it all happened:
July 2016: Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle meet on a blind date set up by a mutual female friend. Markle recalls in an interview with ...
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A second case of a neurological disease in horses has surfaced in North Dakota.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that a horse in Stutsman County was euthanized last weekend after contracting the form of equine herpes called EHM.
The disease last month claimed an acclaimed barrel ...
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There are cup finals in England and Germany, while the final rounds are played in the leagues in France, Italy and Spain where the titles have already been settled.
What to watch in the leading soccer competitions in Europe this weekend:
ENGLAND
Even if Chelsea beats Manchester United ...
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The 1970 World Cup in Mexico is considered by many to be the best ever and is packed full of memorable moments, from England captain Bobby Moore's precision tackle on Pele to Italy's see-saw victory over West Germany in the semifinals.
But nothing quite matches the beauty of Brazil's final ...
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LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) - Clayton Jarvis said he was always that kid in school drawing through class.
"I never once for a second doubted that I would be doing something creative in my life," he said. "From the time I was a kid, that's what I was always into, was ...
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A new poll finds that half of Americans approve of legal sports betting.
The Fairleigh Dickinson University poll conducted shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to legalize sports betting found that 50 percent of Americans favor it, with 37 percent ...
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LONDON (AP) - Kensington Palace says Prince Charles will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle in her wedding to Prince Harry.
WINDSOR, England (AP) - The big day is nearly here.
Well-wishers are camped out, deliveries are arriving and a large security operation is in place a day before the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
In a break from the care with which royal events are normally planned, some ...
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HOUSTON (AP) - P.J. Tucker wasn't a high draft pick and actually is undersized by NBA standards.
At 6-foot-6, the Houston Rockets forward's intensity and defensive grit helps him overachieve against taller opponents on a nightly basis.
Off the court, Tucker also defies the norm.
He has spent years curating ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - It's been a busy offseason in the WNBA since the Minnesota Lynx won the championship last year, beating Los Angeles in another thrilling final.
Las Vegas gained a team while New York changed arenas. Dallas saw the return of a huge inside presence with Australian Liz ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - If given the chance, Michael Porter Jr. would have a simple question for those who touted him as the best NBA prospect in this draft class a year ago and no longer do today.
Why?
The way he sees it, Porter was widely considered the best high-schooler ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The WNBA is teaming up with several organizations that support women and girls.
The league, which begins its 22nd season Friday, will donate $5 for each ticket purchased to select games during the season to one of six groups as part of the "Take a Seat, ...
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A New York woman charged with lying about being raped by two college football players now says she never told investigators she was sexually assaulted.
Nikki Yovino, of South Setauket, New York, was in a Connecticut court Wednesday for a hearing on the defense's motion to ...
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Sometimes there's a bit of Marvel magic inside a cardboard box, riding shotgun in the passenger seat of Kenneth Spivey's Chevy pickup truck.
Spivey helps craft props for superhero movies such as mega-hit "Avengers: Infinity War," for which he worked on supervillain Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet and Captain America's new, Wakandan ...
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ROME (AP) - Simona Halep's hold on the No. 1 ranking received a boost when American opponent Madison Keys withdrew from their third-round match at the Italian Open on Thursday due to a right rib injury.
Halep needed to reach the quarterfinals and progress further than No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki ...
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LONDON (AP) - The Latest on the preparation for the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (all times local):
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Meghan Markle says her father will not be attending her wedding to Prince Harry, and has expressed hope that he can be "given the space" to focus on ...
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LYON, France (AP) - Marseille no longer has its own destiny in hand.
After losing the Europa League final to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, the southern French club faces the prospect of missing out on the Champions League for the second time in a matter of days.
Saturday's final round ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Thousands of young singers from across all Chicago neighborhoods are coming together for a Chicago Children's Choir performance.
Organizers say 4,800 youth representing all 57 Chicago zip codes will perform at the May 24 Paint the Town Red concert in Millennium Park. They say the concert is ...
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MUNICH (AP) - Germany striker Sandro Wagner has announced his international retirement following his failure to be nominated in the preliminary World Cup squad.
Wagner tells Thursday's edition of the Bild daily, "For me it's clear that I do not seem to fit in with the coaching team due to ...
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DOVER, Del. (AP) - A judge is holding a final case review with attorneys in advance of the trial of a Delaware dance instructor accused of unlawful sexual contact with a teenage boy.
Thursday's hearing involves 66-year-old Alexander Boitsov of Hockessin.
Boitsov was arrested last June at the Ellison School ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A year ago at this time the Vegas Golden Knights had one minor league player on an otherwise empty roster and no idea what to expect when an entire team was finally assembled.
Now, they are two wins away from playing for the Stanley Cup.
The ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Excerpts from upcoming works by Barbara Kingsolver, Walter Mosley and dozens of other authors are available through a free download.
On Wednesday, the industry newsletter Publishers Lunch released a pair of free e-compilations: "Buzz Books 2018: Fall/Winter" and "Buzz Books 2018: Young Adult Fall/Winter." Among the ...
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A Saudi Arabian referee due to be overseeing games at the World Cup in Russia has been banned from soccer for life in his country.
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation says Fahad Al Mirdasi asked for money to help a team win.
Al Mirdasi was ...
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LONDON (AP) - Divorce has bedeviled Britain's royal family for centuries.
It has created problems not only when Prince Charles and Princess Diana ended their marriage in the most bitter fashion in 1996 but also when other royals - Princess Margaret - fell in love with people who had been ...
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - The impending sale of the Carolina Panthers could change the team's long-term policy of holding summer training in South Carolina.
Hedge fund manager David Tepper appears set to buy the team from Jerry Richardson, a Wofford College graduate who made sure his team started its summer ...
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ROME (AP) - Needing a couple of wins this week to hold on to her No. 1 ranking, Simona Halep routed Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-0 Wednesday in the second round of the Italian Open.
It was a sharp turnaround from when Osaka lost only three games against Halep in the ...
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A South African soccer club has been relegated after losing points for fielding a player who had already played for two other clubs in the same season.
Ajax Cape Town, which is linked to famous Dutch club Ajax, was found guilty of playing Zimbabwean ...
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - A painting newly attributed to Dutch Golden Age master Rembrandt van Rijn has gone on display in an Amsterdam museum.
Amsterdam art dealer Jan Six bought the unsigned, undated 17th-century portrait of a young man resplendent in a black cape and white lace ruff at an auction ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Everton says Sam Allardyce has left his role as manager, only seven months into his 18-month deal with the Premier League club.
The club announced Allardyce's departure on Wednesday, three days after the end of the league season.
The former England coach's pragmatic style of play ...
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LONDON (AP) - Kensington Palace is not commenting on reports that Meghan Markle's father needs a heart procedure and will miss the royal wedding.
Prince Harry's press office said Wednesday there is no additional comment beyond a statement made two days ago calling for respect for Markle's father, Thomas.
Thomas ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - Guillermo Heredia's single to left-center drove in Ryon Healy from second base in the 11th inning to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 9-8 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
Healy reached on a bloop single to right field off Texas reliever Alex Claudio (1-2) ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Germany's foreign minister says Russia has granted entry to the World Cup for a German journalist who exposed systematic doping in Russian athletics, reversing a decision last week that angered German officials.
German public broadcaster ARD said Hajo Seppelt's visa to report on the World Cup was ...
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CANNES, France (AP) - The Han Solo spinoff "Solo: A Star Wars Story" has touched down at the Cannes Film Festival, bringing its cast and a full-sized Chewbacca to the French Riviera extravaganza.
Director Ron Howard, wearing a hat that read "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far ...
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DORTMUND, Germany (AP) - Germany included injured captain Manuel Neuer in its preliminary World Cup squad on Tuesday, and striker Nils Petersen was a surprise call-up.
Neuer, who hasn't played since September because of a hairline fracture in his left foot, was one of four goalkeepers to be selected as ...
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CANNES, France (AP) - In a passionate, expletive-ridden monologue at the Cannes Film Festival, director Spike Lee lambasted Donald Trump for the U.S. president's response to last year's violent white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Lee told reporters Tuesday that following the violence in Charlottesville, Trump had the opportunity to ...
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ROME (AP) - Italy coach Roberto Mancini says he will talk to long-excluded striker Mario Balotelli about a possible return to the national team.
Speaking at his presentation in Florence on Tuesday, Mancini says "Mario is an Italian player. We'll definitely talk. He's one of those players we should take ...
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The image of Luis Suarez sitting on the ground holding his teeth remains one of the most abiding moments of the World Cup in Brazil.
Fresh from scoring two goals to help his team beat England 2-1 in a group match Uruguay needed to win, Suarez was expected to play ...
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LONDON (AP) - The half-sister of Meghan Markle says their father has been put in a "dangerous situation" because of pressure from the press.
Samantha Markle told Good Morning Britain on Tuesday that Thomas Markle panicked while driving on the highway because he was being followed by numerous press cars.
...TOKYO (AP) - Japan is expected to name its 23-man squad for the World Cup on May 31, several days ahead of the June 4 deadline.
Japanese Football Association spokesman Hiroshi Tada says the 35-player provisional list has been filed with FIFA. He says that list will not be released.
...HONOLULU (AP) - The Japanese government has announced Prince Fumihito and Princess Kiko will visit Hawaii for the first time next month.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that Prince Fumihito, the second son of Japan's Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko, are expected to visit Oahu from June 4 to ...
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Brad Stevens' first opportunity to become an NBA head coach was presented to him by Boston. Same goes for Tyronn Lue, with Cleveland. Same goes for Steve Kerr, with Golden State.
Hiring rookies worked out just fine for those clubs.
Phoenix and Atlanta are now hoping to reap the same ...
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LONDON (AP) - Meghan Markle will spend the night before her wedding to Prince Harry at a country hotel famed for its role in a 1960s scandal that shook Britain's political and social elite.
Kensington Palace said Monday that Markle and her mother Doria Ragland will stay May 18 at ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - The Premier League prides itself on being the most competitive in the world and points to Leicester's 2016 title triumph at preseason odds of 5,000-1 as the ultimate evidence.
It might be time to revisit that opinion.
The end-of-season standings show a worrying development in England's ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Fox is bringing "Last Man Standing" to its fall lineup, a year after ABC dropped the Tim Allen comedy.
But Fox is doing as much subtraction as addition for the upcoming TV season.
The network said Monday it has canceled five shows, including "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" - ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Denmark coach Age Hareide has picked World Cup veterans Michael Krohn-Dehli and Nicklas Bendtner for his 35-man preliminary squad.
The list also includes three newcomers - Robert Skov, Kenneth Zohore and Mathias Jensen.
Forward Christian Eriksen and goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel are also in the team, along ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Drake is going on tour.
The 31-year-old announced the "Aubrey and The Three Amigos Tour" on Monday. Drake will be joined by "Walk It Talk It" collaborators Migos and special guests on the North American leg through the summer and fall.
The 41-date tour starts July ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Germany has appealed to the Russian government to let in a journalist who exposed systematic doping in Russian athletics and was denied entry to Russia to report on the upcoming World Cup.
A spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that the cancellation of Hajo Seppelt's ...
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CANNES, France (AP) - The leaders of the Cannes Film Festival have signed a gender equality pledge promising to make their selection process more transparent and to push their executive boards toward gender parity.
Cannes director Thierry Fremaux signed the pledge Monday in a packed tent on the Cannes beach, ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz had a special Mother's Day announcement.
The 38-year-old took to Instagram on Sunday to announce the birth of his daughter with partner Meagan Camper. He wrote he's grateful Marvel Jane Wentz is here and she's "ready to takeover the world."
Marvel ...
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CARNESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say one person is dead in a shooting in Georgia involving a sheriff's deputy.
Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas tells news outlets the shooting happened late Sunday night in Carnesville. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles said in an email that one person is ...
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The Seattle Mariners haven't made the postseason since 2001. This year, they've looked like contenders, and at the moment, they're on pace to win 91 games.
Yet if the season ended now, they wouldn't even receive a wild card.
The bar may end up being set awfully high for entry ...
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CANNES, France (AP) - A day after joining the 82 women protest at the Cannes Film Festival, Salma Hayek says change for women in Hollywood is already happening.
In a conversation Sunday as part of the "Women in Motion" talk series at Cannes, Hayek said her production company is having ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) - Marylanders think of their state as the spiritual homeland of lacrosse. But without the Mohawk Indians, the sport might never have come here.
Native peoples of the Americas have played lacrosse since well before the arrival of European settlers. In the 1800s, some began to make and ...
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PLAISTOW, N.H. (AP) - A partnership between a poet and an artist who both lost loved ones to heroin overdoses started with similar phone calls at separate beaches four years ago.
Mary Ellen D'Angelo-Lombardi was waiting out a rainstorm in July 2014 when her husband called to say her son's ...
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