LONDON (AP) - Two journalists who worked on a documentary about a mass killing in Northern Ireland have been arrested on suspicion of stealing confidential documents.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney tweeted Friday that Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey had been detained, calling it "outrageous."
Birney and McCaffrey worked on ...
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MONACO (AP) - Seven-time European champion AC Milan will play Luxembourg newcomer Dudelange in the group stage of the Europa League.
Milan, which won a Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal to overturn expulsion for breaking financial rules, will also face Olympiakos and Real Betis.
Also, Arsenal was drawn into ...
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MONACO (AP) - American long jumper Jarrion Lawson, who won silver at last year's world championships, has been suspended after failing a doping test.
The Athletics Integrity Unit, which handles doping issues in track and field, says Lawson tested positive for a metabolite of the banned anabolic steroid trenbolone.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Damien Chazelle's last movie, "La La Land," was about a man clinging to nostalgia. His new one, "First Man," doesn't merely flirt with the past. It throttles back in time.
But Chazelle's reason for revisiting NASA's 1969 mission to the moon isn't to polish the shining ...
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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) - Former Australia international Harry Kewell has taken on his second job in soccer management after being hired as coach of the last-place team in England's four professional leagues.
Notts County, which is last in the fourth division, announced the arrival of Kewell on Friday.
Kewell's first ...
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. D.C.'S FAREWELL TO ITS MAVERICK
It's Washington's turn to say goodbye to the late Sen. John McCain, who will lie in state under the U.S. Capitol rotunda Friday for a ceremony and ...
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MONACO (AP) - UEFA plans to start using video review to help referees at next year's Super Cup.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says the often-controversial technology is unlikely to be used for the Champions League this season.
Ceferin says "for now, it doesn't look as though it will happen."
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A former member of the prestigious body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature who quit in the wake of a sex-abuse and financial crimes scandal, has dismissed reports she is returning to the Swedish Academy.
Former permanent secretary Sara Danius said Friday on her Facebook ...
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Ports and ground terminals in nearly every state handle goods that are now or will likely soon be covered by import tariffs. Port executives worry that this could mean a slowdown in shipping that would have ripple effects on truckers and others whose jobs depend on trade.
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PHOENIX (AP) - A person with knowledge of the situation says Phoenix and Houston are close to finalizing a trade that would send forward Ryan Anderson to the Suns and point guard Brandon Knight to the Rockets.
Phoenix also would send former first-round pick forward Marquese Chriss to Houston and ...
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A decaying and haunted manor in the post-World War II English countryside, a grieving family on the verge of madness and class divisions make "The Little Stranger " a darkly intriguing specimen. But the Lenny Abrahamson-directed adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel is all moody teases with no payoff, never ...
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Hiring a Premier League-winning manager and spending more than $100 million on mostly exciting signings generated some much-needed positivity at West Ham heading into the new English season.
Were the tenants of the Olympic Stadium finally about to strike gold in their attempt to challenge the Premier League's established elite?
...LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alec Baldwin has pulled out of playing Bruce Wayne's father in the "Joker" movie.
The actor told USA Today on Wednesday he has "scheduling" issues. Baldwin says he's "sure there are 25 guys who can play that part."
Baldwin was cast to play Thomas Wayne in ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Some Asian Games crowds have been sparse, particularly at track and field where fewer than 5,000 fans at evening finals have been packed into a cordoned off section along the main straightaway at the 76,000-seat national stadium.
Organizers have closed off about half of the Gelora ...
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LONDON (AP) - Organizers of the London Film Festival say 38 percent of the films in its lineup are by women, including 30 percent of the 225 features in the schedule.
Female-directed films in the Oct. 10-21 festival include Karyn Kusama's police thriller "Destroyer" starring Nicole Kidman and Sara Colangelo's ...
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MONACO (AP) - IAAF Council member David Okeyo of Kenya was banned from track and field for life Thursday for his role in diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars of sponsorship money from Nike for his and others' personal use.
Okeyo, who was also secretary general and a vice president ...
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A documentary about a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year will premiere at the Virginia Film Festival in November.
Martin Luther King III - the oldest son of the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. - is among the scheduled ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A combined Koreas team reinforced by WNBA center Park Ji-su has reached the women's basketball final at the Asian Games after an 89-66 win over Taiwan.
The team, featuring three North Koreans and nine players from the South, will take on either Japan or China for ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Gwyneth Paltrow, Chrissy Teigen, Adele: The charge to destigmatize postpartum depression has never before had so many high-profile sufferers willing to share their stories.
Add Serena Williams to the list. The 23-time Grand Slam champion playing in the U.S. Open took to Instagram to share her ...
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WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) - A school bus driver in West Virginia is accused of driving students to a soccer game while under the influence.
State police tell news outlets 34-year-old David Lee Justice Jr. was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence with child endangerment. A criminal complaint says a ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) - The Bengals celebrated their 50th season last year, finishing 7-9. They're reaching back into history again for a bit of nostalgia, honoring their 1988 Super Bowl team - the last one to do anything noteworthy in the postseason.
Owner Mike Brown remembers those giddy days 30 years ...
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Who needs a bat boy when you can train a dog to do the same job? Well, maybe this is why.
Like some minor league teams, the Single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers employ a dog — theirs is named "Miss Lou Lou Gehrig" — to retrieve players' bats after at-bats.
This Grasshoppers ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Dejan Damjanovic scored two late goals to give Suwon Bluewings a 3-0 win over Jeonbuk Motors on Wednesday in the first leg of the Asian Champions League quarterfinals.
Jeonbuk, the 2016 champion and 21 points ahead of Suwon in South Korea's K-League, was expected to ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Eddie Murphy is going to be a father for the 10th time.
The actor and comedian's publicist has issued a statement that the 57-year-old and longtime girlfriend Paige Butcher are expecting their second child in December. Their daughter, Izzy, is 2 years old.
Murphy began a ...
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Martin Brodeur is returning to the New Jersey Devils as executive vice president of business development.
Brodeur is back with the franchise he led to the Stanley Cup three times and became the NHL's all-time-leading goaltender in victories. The 46-year-old shifts to the business side after ...
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The trial of an Australian filmmaker accused of endangering Cambodia's national security has concluded, with the prosecution insisting that James Ricketson had engaged in journalism in order to carry out spying.
Ricketson was arrested in June last year for flying a camera-equipped drone over a ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A lawyer for Uganda's pop star turned government critic Bobi Wine says his client has "a kidney problem" that needs urgent medical attention abroad.
Medard Sseggona told The Associated Press Wednesday that a medical report produced Tuesday confirmed "the suspicion of a kidney problem" now afflicting ...
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BERLIN (AP) - A golden statue of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that was installed at an art festival whose motto is "Bad news" has been taken down after authorities in the German city of Wiesbaden said it was becoming a security issue.
The dpa news agency reported that the ...
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PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) - Japanese teenagers Sakura Yosozumi and Kensuke Sasaoke provided a next-generation entree to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with gold medals at the Asian Games. In skateboarding.
The 16-year-old Yosozumi, an X Games and Park Series Pro Tour medalist, won the women's park final at Jakabaring Sport City ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - When Atlantic Coast Conference teams open the season this week, their games will air on several television platforms, from ABC and Fox to ESPNU and the CBS Sports Network.
A year from now, that list will also include the ACC's own channel.
League schools are working ...
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Here's what to watch in the Big Ten this week:
GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 14 Michigan at No. 12 Notre Dame
The Wolverines are looking for more in year four under Jim Harbaugh. This old rivalry is being renewed for the first time since 2014, and the trip to ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes is attempting to diversify its film critic pool after a recent study found the site's reviews of top-grossing movies were heavily male-dominated.
The company says Tuesday it's expanding criteria to be a "Tomatometer-approved critic" and giving $100,000 to non-profit organizations to ...
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Upon his team advancing to the WNBA semifinals, Washington Mystics coach Mike Thibault said they were in a pretty good position.
As the lower-seeded team initiating a best-of-five series with the Atlanta Dream on the road, the Mystics knew taking at least one win in the first two games played ...
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LONDON (AP) - Jamie Vardy and Gary Cahill no longer want to be considered for England's national team.
Both players were members of the squad that reached the World Cup semifinals in Russia.
They want to give England coach Gareth Southgate the opportunity to look at younger players ahead of ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Chris Stapleton tops the list of finalists with five nominations for the 52nd annual Country Music Association Awards.
The nominations were announced Tuesday from entertainer Luke Bryan's restaurant and bar in Nashville on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Stapleton is vying for entertainer of the year, male ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - NBC Sports is launching a series of live Premier League fan events around the United States beginning in late September in the nation's capital.
The network will debut "Premier League Mornings Live" on Sept. 29 in Washington as a follow-up to its initial event in New York ...
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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Army coach Jeff Monken says Kelvin Hopkins Jr. will start at quarterback for the Black Knights on Friday night at Duke.
Hopkins, who had 40 yards rushing and 76 passing in seven games last season, has never played an entire game. He replaces Ahmad Bradshaw, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Five young poets have received fellowships worth more than $25,000 apiece.
On Tuesday, the Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine announced this year's winners of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. The poets are Safia Elhillo, Hieu Minh Nguyen, sam sax, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, and ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Poet and author Sonia Sanchez has won a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize.
The Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday that Sanchez is this year's winner of the Wallace Stevens Award. Sanchez, 83, is known for such collections as "Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems."
...JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Every host has a signature event that defines the success of the games, at least in context of sport.
Jonatan Christie won that for the 2018 Asian Games hosts with a 21-18, 20-22, 21-15 win over Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen to secure the badminton men's singles gold ...
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The return of the American Samoa women's football team to World Cup competition for the first time in 20 years has been both a national and a family celebration.
The team is competing with three others at the Oceania Women's Nations Cup in Fiji, the ...
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MONACO (AP) - Kenya has its first World Anti-Doping Agency-approved drug-testing laboratory.
The Athletics Integrity Unit, which handles doping cases in international track and field, says Monday that the lab in the capital Nairobi will be operational early next month.
It'll be able to perform blood analyses as well as ...
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BERLIN (AP) - The video assistant referee system stole the spotlight on the opening weekend of the German league as frustrations with the technology carried over from last season.
Players, coaches and fans are wondering how VAR can have worked so well at the World Cup in Russia in June ...
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LONDON (AP) - Even men and women of the cloth aren't safe from 21st-century cyberspies.
The Associated Press has found that the same hackers charged with intervening in the 2016 U.S. presidential election also spent years trying to eavesdrop on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, often described as the first among ...
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CAIRO (AP) - Mohammed Salah has revived a dispute with soccer authorities in his native Egypt, accusing them of ignoring his complaints about their unauthorized use of his image.
The Liverpool winger and last season's top Premier League scorer tweeted Sunday: "It is not normal that my messages and my ...
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PARIS (AP) - A French prosecutor said Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred is being held in police custody on suspicion of committing a rape in the town of Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera.
Draguignan prosecutor's office said Lamjarred, 33, was arrested on Sunday, without providing details.
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MONACO (AP) - The 800 meters world championships bronze medalist Kipyegon Bett of Kenya has tested positive for the blood-booster EPO having already been suspended and charged with evading a doping test.
The failed test was announced Sunday by the Athletics Integrity Unit, which handles doping cases for the IAAF.
...Trivia time: When is the last time the major league leader in ERA had fewer wins than the guy who finished last?
The answer is coming up in a few paragraphs, but the question is relevant because it could happen again this year. Lucas Giolito of the Chicago White Sox, ...
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Sitting beneath a television at the Gruden family home in Florida are boxes filled with recordings of dozens of games coached by Jon or Jay in the NFL and Arena Football League.
There isn't a single loss on any of those discs. That's not because either of the brothers is ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Jordan Clarkson will report back for duty to the Cleveland Cavaliers without a medal from the Asian Games in basketball.
Clarkson got special permission from the NBA to join the Philippines for the Asian Games, which attracts more than 11,000 athletes in 40 sports. But the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The playwright behind such comedic hits such as "The Odd Couple" and "Plaza Suite," has died. Neil Simon was 91.
According to Bill Evans, Simon's longtime friend and the Shubert Organization director of media relations, says the playwright died early Sunday of complications from pneumonia in ...
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A minor league baseball team from New Hampshire is taking the field blindfolded to give players and fans an appreciation of what life is like for people who are blind or have limited sight.
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats is taking on a team Sunday morning ...
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When the Washington Mystics walked off the floor at the Charles E. Smith Center on Thursday, they left behind a nerve-wracking test in the WNBA Playoffs: a single-elimination game, do-or-die.
But their 96-64 drubbing of the Los Angeles Sparks that evening meant the third-seeded Mystics were safe from the danger ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - David Christopher, who runs AT&T's wireless and entertainment businesses, has a bird's eye view of how streaming media and video are evolving.
AT&T recently completed its $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, a deal designed to help traditional media companies compete better with nimble tech services ...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say a fight during a Little Rock high school football game caused panic and prompted more than 38,000 people in attendance to quickly exit the stadium, resulting in a few minor injuries.
Little Rock police spokesman Steve Moore says a disturbance happened Saturday night ...
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BANGOR, Maine (AP) - The American Folk Festival this weekend is billed as an event with something for everyone.
The event featured everything from Chinese folk art to a Zimbabwe vocal harmony quintet to a Puerto Rico hardcore salsa band. There was also hiphop, honky tonk, gospel and New Orleans ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Everton defender Michael Keane has a hairline fracture of the skull and will be unable to touch a ball with his head for up to four weeks.
Keane spent the night in the hospital after leaving the field because of a clash of heads in Everton's ...
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RENO, Nev. — The #MeToo movement is making its way to Burning Man.
Organizers are reminding attendees that just because the counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert is known for occasional nudity and kinky landmarks like the "Orgy Dome," it doesn't mean it's a free-for-all when it comes to touching ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - At 16, Jessa Khan has already won a stack of gold medals at state, regional and international competitions. But these are nothing to match her gold medal in jiu-jitsu in Jakarta at the Asian Games.
She won for Cambodia, thrilling for a young woman who was ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A day after a delivering the historic first medal for a combined Koreas team, the women's dragon boat crew has upgraded to gold at the Asian Games.
The crew comprising South Koreans and North Koreans won the 500-meter dragon boat final on Sunday at Palembang, which ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - One person is dead and two others injured after a shooting outside a Florida high school football game.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office reported the shooting occurred about 10 p.m. Friday night as the crowd was leaving the Raines High School football game.
There were about 4,000 ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lawyers for a movie producer and a lawyer convicted of fraud involving Louisiana's "Hollywood South" film tax credit program are considering whether to ask a federal appeals court to take another look at the case.
Producer Peter Hoffman and attorney Michael Arata were spared a jail ...
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WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) - The Premier League's delay in introducing VAR came under the spotlight Saturday when Manchester City dropped early points in its title defense in a 1-1 draw at newcomer Wolverhampton.
Television replays showed Willy Boly used his arm to put Wolves in front but they couldn't be ...
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BOSTON (AP) - The parents of one of the 17 people slain at the Parkland, Florida school shooting will join gun-control advocates and a city councilor at an event in Boston designed to call attention to gun violence.
Organizers say the event will be held at City Hall Plaza on ...
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TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) - Star Trek fans are gathering in northern New York this weekend.
The annual "Trekonderoga" convention in Ticonderoga features a visit from actor Karl Urban, who plays "Bones" McCoy in the contemporary movie series. Actress Gates McFadden, who played Dr. Beverly Crusher, also is scheduled to appear.
...MUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman has been ruled out for several weeks with an ankle injury sustained in Friday's win over Hoffenheim.
The Frenchman was fouled before halftime in the Bundesliga's season-opener, and a medical examination determined a syndesmosis ligament tear above his left ankle.
Bayern says, ...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian soccer federation is lashing out at FIFA for banning its chief from games for a year for inciting against superstar Lionel Messi as part of his campaign to stop Argentina's national team from playing in Israel.
The Palestine Football Association says Saturday the ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Two countries, 12 women, one significant medal.
A combined Koreas crew earned a historic bronze medal at the Asian Games on Saturday by finishing third in the final of the 200-meter traditional - or dragon - boat final behind China and games host Indonesia.
It was ...
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PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) - Of the Asian games at the Asian Games, sepaktakraw should get some billing as a festival event.
With origins in rural southeast Asian provinces - several countries lay claim to creating it - sepaktakraw is like an aerial soccer or hands-free volleyball where players can use ...
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The question often comes up when a serious scandal hits college sports: Where is the NCAA? Why isn't the governing body of major college sports, you know, governing?
Ohio State suspended Urban Meyer for three games for mishandling allegations of domestic violence against one of his assistants, but it is ...
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Nonpartisan political convention Politicon announced Thursday that it was uninviting right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos from this year's event in Los Angeles amid a wave of backlash over his scheduled appearance.
"Milo is no longer booked for Politicon," a spokesperson for the convention told The Wrap. "We've had a ...
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ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) - Authorities say a model found dead this week in the bedroom of her Pennsylvania apartment was strangled.
Lower Merion police say officers conducting a wellness check found 36-year-old Christina Carlin-Kraft around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday inside her first-floor unit at the Cambridge Square apartments in Ardmore. Her ...
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LONDON (AP) - Fed Cup prize money will double to $7.5 million next year as the International Tennis Federation looks into how to change the format of the women's team competition after already overhauling the men's Davis Cup.
The ITF says Friday it intends to set up a 16-team, one-site ...
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LONDON (AP) - France's World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris has been charged with drunken driving in London.
The Metropolitan Police says the Tottenham goalkeeper was charged on Friday following a routine patrol stop.
Lloris was released on police bail and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Sept. ...
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BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts woman says in a lawsuit filed against Mario Batali that the celebrity chef forcibly kissed her and groped her in a Boston restaurant in 2017.
According to multiple media reports, the suit filed Wednesday in Superior Court in Boston seeks unspecified damages for "severe emotional ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - In what would have been unthinkable in India before the Asian Games, there'll be no kabaddi gold medals for the spiritual home of the sport.
A day after Iran stunned the seven-time champion Indian men in the semifinals, the Iranians won the women's title with a ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Lemon Twigs, "Go To School (4AD)
The Lemon Twigs' memorable first album, "Do Hollywood," was so self-assured it was hard to believe its multi-instrumentalist masterminds, Long Island brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario, were still in high school. Perhaps even more surprising was that the youngsters ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Imagine if the United States could not compete under its real name at the Olympics. Or Japan, or Spain or India.
That's the reality for Taiwan, which is also formally known as the Republic of China.
But at the on-going Asian Games in Indonesia - as ...
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A court in Cambodia has viewed some of the footage shot by an Australian filmmaker charged with endangering national security for flying a drone over an opposition party rally last year.
The judge in the case of James Ricketson announced Friday that his trial will ...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tre Neal started all 13 games at safety for unbeaten Central Florida last year, was the team's fourth-leading tackler and made the interception that clinched the Knights' double-overtime victory in the American Athletic Conference championship game.
When UCF's new coaching staff relegated him to the second ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush-money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump leading up to 2016 presidential election, people familiar with the arrangement told The Associated Press.
The detail comes as several media ...
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TORONTO (AP) - One of the top players in women's hockey history is joining the Toronto Maple Leafs' front office.
Longtime Canadian national team star Hayley Wickenheiser is the NHL club's new assistant director of player development. She the team's development camp as a guest coach in June.
The 40-year-old ...
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MATTITUCK, N.Y. (AP) - Police are investigating after political and religious symbols were painted on "Top Chef" producer and restaurateur Tom Colicchio's home and lawn on Long Island.
Colicchio and his wife, Lori Silverbush, tweeted they discovered the graffiti on Tuesday.
Police say "TRUMP" was written in red paint on ...
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Mohamed Salah had just finished the season as the Premier League's top scorer and been presented with the Golden Boot at Anfield when he was asked if he would replicate his record-breaking exploits.
Speaking on the field to Liverpool's adoring crowd, Salah said with a smile: "I will, don't worry."
...PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - An Australian filmmaker on trial in Cambodia for endangering national security has defended himself under cross-examination, declaring the evidence shows he is a journalist, not a spy or political operative.
James Ricketson was arrested in June last year after he used a drone to film ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A second teenager has been arrested in the slaying of an incoming freshman scheduled to compete in track and field for Penn State.
Philadelphia police say a 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday night, a few hours after a 15-year-old boy was captured. They're charged in the shooting ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - George Clooney can raise a glass, even if he's not starring in any hit movies.
The 57-year-old tops the 2018 Forbes' list of highest-paid actors with $239 million in pretax earnings. Forbes credits up to $1 billion that a British conglomerate said it would pay for ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Despite a change of coach, Bayern Munich and the rest of the Bundesliga expect the outcome to be the same.
With the league resuming Friday, the Bavarian powerhouse looks set to extend its Bundesliga record run to seven straight titles.
"We're confident enough to say that we ...
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LONDON (AP) - Facebook says it has banned a quiz app from its platform for refusing an inspection and concerns that data on as many as 4 million users was misused.
The social media giant said Wednesday that it banned the myPersonality app after it found that user information was ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan pop star-turned-opposition lawmaker is charged with treason in a civilian court.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan military prosecutors have withdrawn weapons charges against the jailed pop star and lawmaker who opposes the longtime president.
Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, was charged last week with illegal possession of firearms for his alleged role in an incident in which the presidential ...
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LONDON (AP) - Leaders of several major arts festivals say complex and inflexible visa rules are deterring international artists from coming to Britain.
This summer the WOMAD world music festival and the Edinburgh International Book Festival have both complained that several invited performers have been denied visas. Last month, WOMAD ...
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WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) - A Grammy-winning country music singer has been arrested at a Connecticut airport after what was described as a minor disturbance on an incoming flight.
Gretchen Wilson is charged with breach of peace.
State police responded to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks just after 7 ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has taken temporary control of the Uruguayan soccer federation because of governance concerns as the country campaigns with Argentina and Paraguay to host the 2030 World Cup.
FIFA says officials decided Tuesday to appoint a "normalization committee" that will run the federation until Feb. 28, 2019.
...KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The deputy speaker of Uganda's parliament says a detained pop star and opposition lawmaker "is in a lot of pain" after suffering "severe beating" in detention.
Jacob Oulanyah told reporters Wednesday that Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, whose stage name is Bobi Wine, is in a "humous" mood despite ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Although the transfer window in the Bundesliga doesn't close until the end of August, there have been a number of big signings so far ahead of the season starting this weekend:
ALPHONSO DAVIES (Bayern Munich)
Although he won't join until Jan. 1, Alphonso Davies' signing for Bayern ...
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SINGAPORE (AP) - Singapore's government says the author of the book that inspired the hit film "Crazy Rich Asians" failed to register for national service as required.
According to his bio, writer Kevin Kwan was born in Singapore and left when he was 11, living in the U.S. since then.
...LONDON (AP) - Icelandic actor Stefan Karl Stefansson, who played villain Robbie Rotten in the children's TV series "LazyTown," has died of cancer. He was 43.
The actor's wife, Steinunn Olina Thorsteinsdottir, announced on Facebook that he died Tuesday.
Trained as a stage actor and puppeteer, Stefansson was best known ...
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ROME (AP) - Italy has made headlines as a hard place for migrants recently, with racist attacks against blacks on its soil and a new government closing Italian ports to people rescued in the Mediterranean Sea.
But not all Italians are on board, and some are even reaching out to ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - What's left of Finton Lewis' thinning hair is spiked and dyed an orange-red color.
The 64-year-old Lewis says the haircut keeps him feeling younger on the outside, and playing the card game of bridge keeps his brain nimble on the inside.
"I know I'm not as ...
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Pop icon Stevie Wonder says there's a connection between Aretha Franklin's death from pancreatic cancer and climate change.
Mr. Wonder, appearing Friday on "CBS Good Morning," said in an emotional interview the day after her death that he had prayed the legendary singer would beat the odds and ...
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By placing the captain's armband on Paul Pogba, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho might have thought he would quell growing speculation about the World Cup-winning midfielder's future at the English club.
Comments by Pogba himself, and the player's outspoken agent, over the last two days have only added to the ...
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BERLIN (AP) - A look at Fortuna Duesseldorf and Nuremberg, the promoted teams preparing for their return to the Bundesliga this weekend.
Duesseldorf hosts Augsburg and Nuremberg visits Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
FORTUNA DUESSELDORF
Duesseldorf is back as second-division champion after beating Nuremberg 3-2 on the final day of last ...
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PRESTON, England (AP) - Prosecutors say a former police chief who was charged with lying about his involvement in the aftermath of the Hillsborough Stadium tragedy in 1989 will no longer face trial.
Norman Bettison, who was chief inspector of the region where Britain's worst sports disaster took place, had ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Jon Stewart has made a home for two goats found roaming along the subway tracks in New York City.
A train operator on Monday alerted headquarters about "two very baaaaad boys" along the N Line in Brooklyn. It wasn't clear where the goats came from.
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WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - The GOP has picked a replacement for the Lake County, Illinois, board chairman who ended his campaign for re-election and took a leave of absence for treatment of his drug addiction.
Kariar Brown was nominated for the 18th District seat formerly held by Aaron Lawlor.
Lake ...
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SINGAPORE (AP) - The craze for "Crazy Rich Asians" is hitting Asia, with a premiere in Singapore followed by openings in several neighboring countries later this week.
Much of the movie was set in this wealthy city-state. The red carpet premiere Tuesday night for the over-the-top romantic comedy was expected ...
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Anyone who pays attention to the NFL knows that Tom Brady is 41 as he heads into the season. He's hardly the only geezer, in football terms, still on the field or hoping to be when the season kicks off next month.
Indeed, Brady isn't even close to the oldest ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A look at the two first-round games in the WNBA playoffs:
No. 6 Los Angeles (19-15) vs No. 7 Minnesota (18-16)
Season Series: Sparks, 3-1.
Los Angeles: The biggest question for the Sparks is the health of Nneka Ogwumike, who is listed as questionable for the ...
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OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - Kris Richard wears cleats to practice just in case the new secondary coach of the Dallas Cowboys decides to jump in on a play, which he did in training camp.
The former defensive coordinator for the Legion of Boom in Seattle was the highest-ranking hire in ...
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ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Melania Trump is encouraging technology and social media companies to provide more opportunities for children to share ideas on how to be good citizens online.
Opening a federal conference on cyberbullying, the first lady says most children are more aware than some adults of the "benefits ...
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The Washington Mystics fell just short of earning the postseason double-bye they were aiming for, but they're still in a comfortable spot as the No. 3 seed in the 2018 WNBA Playoffs.
The Mystics will play their second-round game Thursday at 6:30 p.m. against an opponent to be determined ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - MTV is launching its first-ever drive to encourage young people to register and vote during a midterm election year.
The youth-centric network will unveil the effort at Monday's Video Music Awards in New York. The drive is aimed at urging fans to make voting a communal ...
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Members of the Maryland football team will wear a helmet sticker with No. 79 to honor former teammate Jordan McNair, who collapsed during a practice session in May and subsequently died.
In an announcement Monday morning, the school said no player will wear his number ...
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To explain the basics of trade, HBO comedian John Oliver roasted Wizards center Dwight Howard in the process.
On "Last Week Tonight," Oliver went right for Howard's neck.
"Our main story tonight concerns trade, the basic system of barter and exchange that you have to do really carefully, or you'll end ...
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Florida school district is making security changes after shots rang out during a high school football game, injuring two people on the outskirts of the stadium.
The incident happened Friday night during the game between Palm Beach Central and Dwyer high schools near ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - In a fundraising feat that has captured the imagination of his nation, a Dutch Olympian is approaching the end of a marathon swim along the route of an iconic speed skating race.
Maarten van der Weijden, who beat leukemia and went on to win a ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Eagles' greatest hits album has moonwalked past Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to become history's best-selling album of all-time.
The Recording Industry Association of America told The Associated Press on Monday that the Eagles' album - "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" - is now certified 38x platinum, which ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan has never won a medal of any kind at the Asian Games, much less the Olympics.
The country's fame, instead, comes from its billing as one of the happiest places on earth. In fact, the government promotes a concept it terms ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan police have fired bullets and tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters demanding the release of a jailed lawmaker who is a government critic.
Police spokesman Emilian Kayima said Monday there were no injuries yet in the riots in a downtown market in Kampala, ...
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Therapy finished for the afternoon, Darrell Rogers was wheeled into the visitor's lounge on his hospital floor. He greeted his dad with a wide smile and proceeded to rise from his wheelchair.
The elder Darrell Rogers lent him a hand, just to be sure.
"He ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Sergio Aguero scored a hat trick, with one of the goals set up by his own goalkeeper, as Manchester City turned on the style in a 6-1 thrashing of Huddersfield in the Premier League on Sunday.
High up on the highlight reel in the latest exhibition ...
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As a 21-year-old Aretha Franklin worked on her singing voice in New York during the summer of 1963, her father, Rev. C. L. Franklin, raced to finish the final touches on the planned March of Washington.
Nearly five decades later, Franklin found herself in Washington and performing "My Country 'Tis ...
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MIAMI (AP) - Butch Davis wasted no time in his quest to turn Florida International into a winner.
He's now trying to see if FIU can win consistently.
Davis went 8-5 a year ago in his first season at FIU, guiding the Panthers to their first bowl game since 2011 ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts's first Las Vegas-style resort casino is opening in a struggling city west of Boston.
MGM Springfield opens Aug. 24 roughly three years after breaking ground. Casino officials recently gave The Associated Press a sneak peek as the facility nears completion.
The casino, hotel, shopping and ...
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LOS ANGELES — The wife of Olympic skier Bode Miller has shared a heart-wrenching photo of the couple's dying daughter in hopes they can prevent other parents from experiencing a similar tragedy.
Morgan Miller shared a photo on Instagram on Friday showing herself weeping as she held 19-month-old Emmy, who ...
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BERLIN (AP) - The president of Germany's football federation wishes he had given Mesut Ozil more support against racist attacks following the controversy over the player's photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
DFB president Reinhard Grindel, who previously conceded making mistakes in handling the controversy, told Sunday tabloid Bild ...
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WASHINGTON — It's not just audiotapes.
Omarosa Manigault Newman has a stash of video, emails, text messages and other documentation supporting the claims in her tell-all book about her time in the Trump White House, a person with direct knowledge of the records told The Associated Press Friday.
Manigault Newman ...
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PRAGUE (AP) - It's been 50 years, but powerful images of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia taken by photographer Josef Koudelka still resonate among Czechs and elsewhere in the world - they've even been admired in Russia.
As the armies of the five Warsaw Pact countries invaded his country an ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The very mention of Manchester still brings Ariana Grande to tears.
The singer cried during an interview Friday with Ebro for Beats 1 on Apple Music as she shared thoughts on the 2017 concert in England, when a suicide bomber killed 22 people.
She said that ...
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving is set to visit the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where his late mother was once part of the tribe.
The Rapid City Journal reports that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will hold a ceremony for Irving on Thursday in honor ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia officials say the past year was the busiest ever for movies and TV shows filmed in the state.
Gov. Nathan Deal's office said in a news release that Georgia hosted 455 movie and TV productions in the 2018 fiscal year that ended June 30. Recent projects ...
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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A 27-year-old Missoula man has pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon after police said he attacked a Special Olympics athlete with a baseball bat, causing a severe head injury.
Paul Ekstedt entered his plea Thursday.
Prosecutors are recommending a 20-year sentence with eight suspended, for ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - It's official for Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas.
The two on Saturday announced on their respective Instagram accounts they are engaged. Each posted the same picture, a close-up of them gazing lovingly at each other, an engagement ring on Chopra's finger. The two are in India ...
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CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - Brazilian Kenedy missed a last-minute penalty as 10-man Newcastle wasted the chance to beat Cardiff on Saturday, both teams picking up their first point of the Premier League season following a goalless draw.
Newcastle looked set to steal all three points when a penalty was awarded ...
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) - President Donald Trump is accusing social media companies of "totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices" and says "we won't let that happen."
Trump's Saturday morning tweets come as companies have been working to ban right-wing "Infowars" conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from their platforms.
Apple, YouTube and Spotify ...
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PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) - One thing is for certain about this year's bicycle race up the highest peak in the northeastern United States - the top men's finisher will be new.
Last year's finisher in New Hampshire's Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb, Phil Gaimon, hasn't entered, nor have ...
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Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
This week's gallery includes a plane and meteor streaking across the sky in Colorado; fans ...
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The shock of Chase Litton's departure for the NFL draft has transferred into uncertainty at quarterback for Marshall entering the 2018 season.
The position appears to be the one of the few question marks on a team that has nine starters back on each side of the ball as Marshall ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - An influential campaign group close to the Kremlin has called for an investigation into how stadiums and infrastructure built for the World Cup have failed to cope with floods.
An embankment outside the stadium in Volgograd collapsed onto a road on the day of the final, while ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police say rapper Young Thug was arrested in Los Angeles after officers found a concealed firearm inside his car.
Officer Drake Madison says Friday the rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was booked on a weapons possession charge. He was being held on $35,000 ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has fined Atletico Madrid for third-party interference in a player transfer.
FIFA says the transfer for an unnamed player included a contract which "enabled a third party to influence the club's independence in employment and transfer-related matters."
Atletico, which beat Real Madrid 4-2 in the European ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne has been ruled out for about three months with a knee injury.
The Premier League champions say De Bruyne injured a ligament in his right knee during a training session on Wednesday. The Belgium international does not require surgery.
The ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors today:
HOW THE WEST IS WON
All-Star outfielder George Springer is expected to come off the disabled list for the Houston Astros when the defending champions visit Oakland for the opener of a pivotal three-game series between AL West contenders. Last year's ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say a 15-year-old boy has died and a 14-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting following a large fight at a basketball game in Chicago.
Police say a crowd gathered Thursday night at Garfield Fieldhouse at Garfield Park for a basketball tournament when a fight broke ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The toughest opponent for many NFL players and coaches during the blazing hot days of training camp sits far above the football field.
The sun's powerful ultraviolet rays are a leading cause of skin cancer, and shade is rare at most practice sites. So, slathered-on sunscreen, ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - In his red beret and jumpsuit the Ugandan pop star Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine, leads cheering campaigners down a street, punching the air and waving the national flag.
That image has defined the unlikely new political phenomenon - and possibly now put him ...
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The band gathers in a small carpentry shop on the outskirts of Iran's capital, with sawdust still in the air but the buzzing of the jigsaws now exchanged for the soft feedback of an amplifier.
A drummer strikes his snare four times and Hakim Ebrahimi opens ...
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BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - The Queen of Pop is also a soccer mom, and she's getting ever more involved in the beautiful game.
Madonna has plans to open a soccer academy in Malawi, a move inspired by her adopted son David Banda, who has ambitions to be a professional player ...
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - The parents of offensive lineman Jordan McNair say suspended University of Maryland coach DJ Durkin should be fired.
McNair collapsed during a preseason conditioning drill May 29 and died two weeks later. Durkin was placed on administrative leave Saturday after ESPN reported that coaches had ...
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's football program is still dealing with the fallout from NCAA penalties - including a two-year bowl ban - that were assessed last year following a long-running rules violations case.
But the Rebels stopped pouting about that a long time ago.
Second-year coach Matt Luke is ...
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PARIS (AP) - French champion Paris Saint-Germain has signed defender Thilo Kehrer from German club Schalke on a five-year contract.
PSG gave no financial details but Kehrer reportedly cost 37 million euros ($42 million).
The 21-year-old German helped Schalke finish second in the Bundesliga last season. He also helped Germany's ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Reese Witherspoon, Mahershala Ali and Keith Urban are among the stars joining the sixth Stand Up To Cancer telethon.
Jennifer Garner, Trevor Noah, Marlee Matlin, Matthew McConaughey and organization co-founder Katie Couric also will take part in the Sept. 7 fundraiser.
Stand Up To Cancer said ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Elena Shushunova, a Soviet gymnast who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, has died. She was 49.
The Russian Gymnastics Federation said Shushunova "died suddenly" on Thursday. Russian media reported she had complications from pneumonia.
Shushunova scored perfect 10s in the vault ...
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) - Just like Steph, seventh-grader Amanda Kerner stood before a big crowd and knocked down shot after shot from five different spots on the court - 20 makes in 2 1/2 minutes, complete with a buzzer-beater.
For one afternoon, Stephen Curry ensured that 200 girls in ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - From Lionel Messi's Barcelona to Atletico Madrid hoping to surpass Real Madrid orphaned by Cristiano Ronaldo, here is a look at the top contenders for the 2018-19 Spanish league:
BARCELONA
Defending champion Barcelona has dominated the domestic competition for nine of the last 14 seasons.
Add ...
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - An Australian filmmaker has gone on trial in Cambodia on charges of endangering national security after being arrested last year for flying a drone to capture images of an opposition political rally.
James Ricketson was taken in an orange prison uniform to the Phnom Penh ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - One win into the Asian Games and the bigger picture is already clear for the combined Koreas basketball team.
Three North Korean players, including top-scorer Ro Suk Yong, and nine South Koreans combined for a 108-40 win over host Indonesia on the opening night of the ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Titans running back Dion Lewis has been so focused on football with his new team that he didn't realize until a few days into training camp just how special the benches on each sideline really are.
Now he takes a couple of minutes whenever possible ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans' love of balloons get deflated too?
The celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists, who say the pieces that fall back to earth can be deadly to seabirds and turtles that ...
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Scene-stealing snakes, bears, turkeys and lobsters all make an appearance in the latest season of a television program featuring New Hampshire's Fish and Game conservation officers.
"North Woods Law: New Hampshire" returns to the Animal Planet cable network on Sunday at 9 p.m.
Episodes feature officers ...
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RICHMOND — A year ago, Maurice Harris went through training camp with the Washington Redskins, only to be cut when the team finalized their 53-man roster. But the 25-year-old landed on the practice squad and was called up midway through the year, appearing in six games.
Though his playing time ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Aerosmith is the latest act to head to Las Vegas to launch a residency.
The rock band announced Wednesday that "Aerosmith: Deuces are Wild" would kick off April 6, 2019, at the Park Theater, where Lady Gaga will launch her residency in December.
Aerosmith announced 18 ...
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LONDON (AP) - Police in London have returned a 12th century statue of Buddha to India after recovering it 57 years after it was stolen.
Police handed over the bronze statue with silver inlay during a ceremony Wednesday in London marking India's Independence Day.
The Buddha was one of 14 ...
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ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Danijel Subasic says he is retiring from international soccer, becoming the third Croatian player that reached the World Cup final to leave the national team.
The 33-year-old Subasic joins defender Vedran Corluka and striker Mario Mandzukic in calling it quits.
Subasic says "the time has come ...
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DETROIT (AP) — People are praying for Aretha Franklin in the Detroit church where her father was once a pastor.
The special vigil at New Bethel Baptist Church began before dawn Wednesday.
The prayers come one day after Stevie Wonder visited the ailing Queen of Soul at her home. The ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo's departure from Real Madrid has left a gaping hole at Real Madrid and in the Spanish league.
How will Madrid ever replace the forward who scored an average of 50 goals per season for nine straight years?
The answer, of course, is that it ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Michael Avenatti, the attorney taking on President Donald Trump on behalf of adult film star Stormy Daniels, offered some details on his policy views Tuesday as he weighs an outsider Democratic bid for the White House.
Fresh off a visit to early-voting Iowa, Avenatti said he would ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Washington Redskins have released veteran on cornerback Orlando Scandrick.
Coach Jay Gruden confirmed the move Tuesday before the final practice of training camp. Washington signed Scandrick to a two-year deal in March after the Dallas Cowboys cut him.
Gruden cited the play of young cornerbacks ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman (all times local):
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President Donald Trump is calling his former adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman a "dog."
Manigault Newman has released several audio recordings from her time as a Trump assistant at the White House, including ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has given Nigeria and Ghana final deadlines to avoid international suspensions because of outside interference in their soccer associations.
FIFA said Tuesday that the Nigerian soccer federation headquarters must be handed back to the elected leadership by Monday or the country will be suspended from international ...
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LONDON (AP) - Sit at the back of the movie theater, and it's possible to see the appeal of ScreenX, the latest attempt to drag film lovers off the sofa and away from Netflix.
Instead of one screen, there are three - one at the front, and two on the ...
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Following the departures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid gets its first test against crosstown rival Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup.
So far, Madrid hasn't resorted to a "galacticos" spending spree to bring in marquee names at astronomical prices. Coach Julen Lopetegui seems to be relying ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - By far the biggest move during the transfer window was the exit of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid to Italian champion Juventus.
The group of incoming players expected to make an impact is slim, but both Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have focused on bulking up their ...
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