TOKYO (AP) - Shinzo Koroki scored two goals to lead the Urawa Reds to a 3-2 win over Kashiwa Reysol in the J-League on Sunday.
With the game tied 2-2, Koroki sealed the win on a point-blank volley with 10 minutes remaining as Urawa won its third straight game and ...
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NEW YORK — More than 20 million people watched Thursday's gripping testimony by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of a sexual assault that allegedly occurred in the 1980s, Christine Blasey Ford, on six television networks.
Meanwhile, the political standoff continued, with broadcasters interrupting regular ...
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SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - Malawi soccer federation head Walter Nyamilandu was elected to the FIFA Council on Sunday, a surprising result that saw 2010 World Cup chief organizer Danny Jordaan of South Africa miss out again.
Nyamilandu, a former international player for his southern Africa nation, beat Jordaan ...
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AUSTIN, Texas — Democratic Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rouke rallied thousands with Willie Nelson on Saturday night, offering an openly liberal vision for the country's largest conservative state and vowing that his campaign that has shunned outside political support can topple Republican Ted Cruz in November.
Taking an open-air stage ...
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STAVANGER, Norway (AP) - Nobel Prizes are the most prestigious awards on the planet but the aura of this year's announcements has been dulled by questions over why so few women have entered the pantheon, particularly in the sciences.
The march of Nobel announcements begins Monday with the physiology/medicine prize.
...CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Olympic Committee is appealing to the country's parliament to lift the immunity of the chairman of a Cairo club it sanctioned for his misconduct.
Murtada Mansour of Zamalek FC was sanctioned Saturday by both the Confederation of African Football and the Egyptian Olympic Committee for insulting ...
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SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain (AP) - It's medal day at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
The U.S. will face Australia for the gold medal on Sunday night. The Americans have won the last two golds with the Opals winning their lone championship in 2006. The U.S. will ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors today:
PLAYOFF PUSH
The last scheduled day of the regular season will see all 15 games begin within 15 minutes of each other - a perfect setup to settle a pair of NL division races.
The Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers are ...
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STOCKHOLM (AP) - There won't be a Nobel Prize in Literature this year but the Swedish Academy that awards the prestigious prize is still in the limelight.
Jean-Claude Arnault, a French citizen who is a major cultural figure in Sweden, is at the center of a sex abuse and financial ...
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - The phone call telling Cher she was a Kennedy Center honoree was certainly welcome - but she admits she wanted to get it earlier.
The Grammy, Emmy and Oscar winner, whose ABBA-tribute album "Dancing Queen" was just released, acknowledged she'd long hoped for that call. ...
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SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain (AP) - The Latest on the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup semifinals (all times local):
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China will face France in the fifth-place game at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
The Chinese team rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to beat ...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - There aren't likely to be many undecided voters in the crowd Saturday night when Willie Nelson holds a concert for Democratic Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke.
If fact, it's hard to imagine a better personification of liberal Austin differing from much of the rest of conservative Texas ...
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) - UConn has opened basketball practice under new coach Dan Hurley a day after being notified by the NCAA of alleged recruiting and other violations during Kevin Ollie's tenure at the school.
Hurley says he's aware of the allegations and trusts the judgment of the administration.
The ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Competitors at the Spartathlon ultra-marathon in Greece have been forced to contend with a storm buffeting Greece since before dawn on Saturday.
The winner, Japan's Yoshihiko Ishikawa, finished the 245.3 kilometer (152.4-mile) race in 22 hours, 54 minutes, 40 seconds. He was more than 42 minutes ...
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - After years of injury struggles, Margarita Gasparyan won her first WTA title since 2015 at the Tashkent Open on Saturday.
Gasparyan swept aside her 17-year-old fellow Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1, breaking Potapova's serve twice at the start of each set.
Gasparyan won the now-defunct Baku ...
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LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Theresa May says the government would support an England-led bid for the 2030 World Cup soccer tournament.
English Football Association officials are conducting a feasibility study on jointly bidding with their British Isles counterparts from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
May says "the ...
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TURAN, Albania (AP) - In a rich agricultural basin near the town of Korca in southeastern Albania, gas pipeline construction work is offering archaeologists a unique insight into 5,000 years of history in a country that was off most experts' radar during decades of isolationist Communist rule.
The excavations near ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The West Coast Eagles overcame an early deficit to beat the Collingwood Magpies 11.13 (79) to 11.8 (74) in the Australian Football League grand final on Saturday.
Dom Sheed kicked a six-point goal with two minutes remaining from a difficult angle as the Eagles won the ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Freddy Galvis doubled home the winning run in the 15th inning to give the San Diego Padres a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
Hunter Renfroe's pinch-hit homer for the Padres with two outs in the 12th tied the score at 2. Pinch-hitter ...
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Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck recently stopped a puck near his collarbone. It was a shot that, in years past, he might not have thought about twice.
This time, it hurt.
"Didn't feel very good," Hellebuyck said.
He and his fellow NHL goalies will be wearing a smaller chest protector ...
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MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a man living at Cher's home in Malibu, California, has been arrested on suspicion of providing fentanyl to someone who died of an overdose.
KNBC-TV in Los Angeles reports that 23-year-old Donovan Ruiz was arrested by Ventura County sheriff's investigators. Authorities say he is ...
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MILAN (AP) - Silvio Berlusconi is back in the soccer business.
Less than 18 months after selling AC Milan, Berlusconi's family holding company Fininvest says it has acquired 100 percent of Serie C club Monza in a deal reportedly worth between 2.5 million and 3 million euros ($3 million-$3.5 million).
...CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois has announced a $3.1 million gift to its Division of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Officials announced Thursday that the donation comes from alumnus and agricultural businessman Greg Heckman. He has pledged $3 million toward completion of the Henry Dale and Betty Smith Football Center ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Officials say a sculpture by the late artist Keith Haring will be placed at the AIDS Garden Chicago .
The Keith Haring Foundation said Thursday that the artwork will be called "Self-Portrait." The foundation welcomed Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Tom Tunney for the announcement.
It will ...
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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) - Clutching the ball with both hands, Gloria Nene charges past opponents and proudly scores a try. The 11-year-old girl traded in Boro Boro, South Sudan's equivalent of dodgeball, for rugby a few months ago and already has decided she wants to go pro.
"It's good ...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Purdue finally found something to celebrate. Nebraska is still looking.
The Boilermakers (1-3) broke through with a win over then-ranked Boston College last week after three losses by a total of eight points. The Cornhuskers (0-3) are coming off a 46-point loss at Michigan and will ...
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MIAMI (AP) - Former First Lady Michelle Obama is heading to Miami along with some celebrity guests to encourage residents to vote in the upcoming November election.
Singers Faith Hill and Kelly Rowland and rapper Fat Joe will join her Friday at the University of Miami event that's free to ...
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SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain (AP) - China coach Xu Limin spent a few weeks earlier this year at Duke with the women's basketball team, hoping to expand his coaching knowledge.
He credits that experience for some of the success his team has had at the World Cup so ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Any lingering questions about Jared Goff's ability to be the next standout quarterback in a horned helmet are withering while he destroys defenses this season.
The Vikings were his latest victims Thursday night when Goff threw for 465 yards and five touchdowns of increasing brilliance. Yet ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - They have the date 10-1-2017 tattooed on their bodies and have memorial walls of pictures in their homes. One woman made a bracelet out of her Route 91 Harvest festival wristband, while many others can be spotted at concerts wearing shirts that say "survivor." They fly ...
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - His hair is thinner on top these days, and the flecks of gray around the ears are another reminder of Paul Casey's status as one of the veterans in the European team room.
But the 41-year-old Englishman has felt like a rookie at the Ryder Cup ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it has received a Russian appeal against the country's doping ban from international track and field.
After nearly three years under sanctions for widespread doping, the Russian track federation is trying to overturn the ban which forces its top ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The American Music Awards will honor the Queen of Soul next month.
Dick clark productions tells The Associated Press that Gladys Knight, Ledisi, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin, CeCe Winans and musical director Rickey Minor will pay tribute to Aretha Franklin's gospel roots and her iconic album, ...
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - The Latest on the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National (all times local):
12:35 p.m.
Thorbjorn Olesen was the only European player without a date when the Ryder Cup teams met for dinner at the Palace of Versailles.
So he was able to play the field.
...NEW YORK (AP) - When Barbra Streisand started writing lyrics for her new political song, "Don't Lie to Me," she initially aimed for "very subtle" references to President Donald Trump. But she couldn't help herself.
"I just went ballistic," she said.
"Don't Lie to Me," released Thursday, finds a passionate ...
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - With the sun beating down on Le Golf National, European and American players are getting in their final practice before the start of the Ryder Cup.
Tiger Woods might be taking it easy, though.
Woods chose not to take a tee shot in front of thousands ...
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Here are a few things to watch during the fifth week of the Southeastern Conference football season:
GAME OF THE WEEK: Florida at No. 23 Mississippi State. Coach Dan Mullen's return to Starkville has been anticipated since he left Mississippi State for Florida back in November . Mullen led the ...
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GAME OF THE WEEK
No 12 West Virginia (3-0, 1-0 Big 12) at No. 25 Texas Tech (3-1, 1-0). Will Grier, the senior Heisman Trophy hopeful for the Mountaineers, goes against the only Big 12 quarterback throwing for more yards per game - Red Raiders true freshman Alan Bowman . ...
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SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - Japan coach Tom Hovasse had a goal of making the medal stand at the Women's Basketball World Cup this year.
The team fell short when it was eliminated by China in the quarterfinal qualifier on Wednesday.
Despite the disappointing finish, the future is ...
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LONDON (AP) - Argentina and Britain have been given wild-card slots into the finals of the revamped Davis Cup .
They will join 16 other teams in the finals of the international tennis competition in November 2019, including 2018 semifinalists Croatia, France, Spain and the United States.
The lineup will ...
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BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand has given a second life sentence to a drug kingpin from Laos whose social connections to various celebrities were exposed by his arrest.
Bangkok's Criminal Court on Wednesday initially gave Xaysana Keophimpha a death sentence for smuggling 1 million methamphetamine pills from Laos ...
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SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - Win or go home, that's what at stake on Wednesday in the quarterfinal qualifier round.
Four games are on the schedule, with Japan against China starting the competition. Nigeria will then play Greece, France faces Turkey and Spain meets Senegal.
The two Asian ...
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - As the missed cuts mounted, Sergio Garcia started to fear his status as a constant in Europe's Ryder Cup team was coming to an end.
He was a major champion at long last. His Ryder Cup record - 22 1/2 points in eight appearances - spoke ...
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Shortly after last year's shooting massacre on the Las Vegas strip, Ohio Gov. John Kasich convened a working group to explore possible reforms to state gun laws.
A Republican, Kasich wanted to be sure the panel's members clearly supported the Second Amendment. Yet it also was to be bipartisan, with ...
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - The Latest on the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National (all times local):
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Jon Rahm was willing to show some deference as one of five European rookies at the Ryder Cup. That didn't last long, especially when it came to the social media network ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian state media say that the country's queen mother, Queen Paola, has suffered a stroke during a trip to Venice, Italy.
Broadcaster RTBF said Wednesday that the 81-year-old Italian-born mother of King Philippe became ill overnight and was to be urgently flown back to Belgium later in ...
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SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - The preliminary round of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup had its share of upsets, comebacks and surprises.
Two African nations qualified for the knockout round, with Nigeria and Senegal both advancing. It's the first time that any team from that continent has ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors on today:
ONE MORE TIME
Jacob deGrom will make the final start of what has been a remarkably consistent season that has him a favorite for the NL Cy Young Award. It also is the last chance for deGrom (9-9) to have ...
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A publicist for once-beloved actor Bill Cosby complained that his conviction and three- to 10-year prison term for sexual assault Tuesday stem from a racist and sexist justice system, as the defense vowed to appeal the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.
Cosby, 81, was ...
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ROME (AP) - Former Italy forward Giuseppe Rossi's injury-plagued career has taken another negative turn with a positive doping test.
Italy's anti-doping agency Nado Italia announced on Tuesday that Rossi will stand trial next week after testing positive for an eye drug that can be used as a masking agent.
...WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (all times local):
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White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving unclear whether President Donald Trump has confidence in the No. 2 man at the Justice Department.
Speaking Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning ...
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - The Ryder Cup meant the world to Ian Poulter even when he only had a tent to sleep in.
Poulter was 17 and folding shirts in a shop called Jack O' Legs Golf Center in England when he drove his rust bucket of a car to ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Kors is buying the Italian fashion house Gianni Versace in a deal worth more than $2 billion (1.83 billion euros), continuing its hard charge into the world of high-end fashion.
The deal announced Tuesday follows the New York handbag maker's $1.35 billion acquisition last year ...
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SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - The Latest on the FIBA Women's World Cup Day 3 (all times local):
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The crowds for the opening two days of play at the FIBA Women's World Cup have been strong with games taking place over the weekend.
With the final ...
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - The Latest on the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National (all times local):
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The Ryder Cup brings out the rawest of emotions.
Just don't expect any big outbursts from Francesco Molinari.
The laid-back Italian, who picked up the biggest victory of his career at ...
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SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - In a matchup of unbeaten teams, Canada and France will cap the third day of preliminary round play at the FIBA Women's World Cup on Tuesday.
The winner of that game will secure first place in Group A and potentially avoid playing the ...
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) - The Ryder Cup begins with banter and laughs. The pressure comes later.
The Europeans haven't lost on home soil in 25 years. Half of their team was in America on Sunday for the Tour Championship won by Tiger Woods. They got together for the first time ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Nine sports franchises from Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NFL are teaming up and asking fans to register to vote.
The Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings from the NBA, along with MLB's Chicago White Sox, Oakland ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Defenseman Shea Theodore ended his holdout Monday night, agreeing to a seven-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights.
Theodore's deal runs through the 2024-25 season and has an average annual value of $5.2 million.
"We're happy to have everybody done now, sometimes it takes a little ...
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WUHAN, China (AP) - Gabrine Muguruza got off to winning start at the Wuhan Open. Jelena Ostapenko didn't.
Muguruza defeated Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4, 6-0 on Monday in the first round of the tournament, avenging a second-round loss to the Belgian at Wimbledon.
"I'm happy that I won this time. ...
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Cosby accuser Andrea Constand arrives at courthouse for comedian's sex-assault sentencing.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - The Latest on Bill Cosby's sentencing hearing (all times local):
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Bill Cosby has arrived at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of a sentencing hearing that will determine the punishment for the 81-year-old comedian convicted of sexual assault.
Cosby, the first celebrity to ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Subscription radio company SiriusXM says it's buying music streaming service Pandora Media Inc. in a stock deal valued at about $3.5 billion that'll allow it to expand its service beyond cars and into homes and other mobile areas.
SiriusXM Holdings Inc. has more than 36 million ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Bayern Munich's rivals appear to have thrown in the towel already.
"Bayern's superiority is striking," Schalke general manager Christian Heidel said after his team lost to the defending Bundesliga champions on Saturday. "The way they played, I can't imagine them losing another game."
Bayern was supposed to ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A Swedish prosecutor has demanded three years in prison for Jean-Claude Arnault, the man at the center of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize.
Arnault, a major cultural figure in Sweden and the husband of ...
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PARIS (AP) - A woman will win the most prestigious individual trophy in soccer for the first time this year.
Awarded every year by France Football magazine since Stanley Matthews won it in 1956, the Ballon d'Or for the best player of the year will be given to both a ...
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - The Latest on Bill Cosby's sentencing hearing (all times local):
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The woman Bill Cosby is convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting has tweeted a Bible verse about letting go of anger.
Andrea Constand tweeted Ephesians 4:26 early Monday, hours before Cosby's sentencing hearing was ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - When Greek league rivals AEK Athens and PAOK Thessaloniki met last season, a disallowed goal late in the match - which was, finally, allowed - threw the sport into chaos.
PAOK's owner stormed onto the field in protest with a gun strapped to his belt, the ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An assistant coach for women's basketball at Tennessee State University is working to send shoes to children in Cuba.
Ronnie Enoch went to Cuba on a mission trip last month and ran youth basketball camps with other coaches. Enoch says it was heartbreaking to see children ...
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It was a weekend to honor a couple of baseball's distinguished sluggers.
Adrian Beltre received a standing ovation in the Texas Rangers' home finale Sunday. The star third baseman's future is uncertain, but the fans showed their appreciation in case this turns out to be his final season. There was ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Lawyer and best-selling author Scott Turow will be the keynote speaker at a bicentennial celebration of the Illinois judiciary.
The Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission is sponsoring a gala Oct. 9 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum . That day is the 200th anniversary of the ...
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ALCANIZ, Spain (AP) - Marc Marquez won the Aragon Grand Prix to extend his points lead of the MotoGP championship on Sunday, after polesitter Jorge Lorenzo crashed on the opening lap.
Lorenzo flew off his Ducati on the race's first turn and was taken to the MotorLand Circuit's medical center, ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Wissam Ben Yedder hit a first-half hat trick to lead Sevilla to a 6-2 rout at Levante in the Spanish league on Sunday.
It was the second big win for Sevilla in three days. Ben Yedder scored twice in a 5-1 home win over Standard Liege ...
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SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - The Latest on the Women's Basketball World Cup Day 2 (all times local):
1:30 p.m.
Kia Nurse scored 20 of her 29 points in the second quarter and Canada beat South Korea 82-63 on Sunday.
Canada (2-0) led 18-13 early in the second ...
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NEW YORK — Check out the upcoming events at Chicago's United Center and you'll see Bulls games, Blackhawks games and concerts by Fleetwood Mac, Nicki Minaj and Cher, among others.
And former first lady Michelle Obama, to launch her book tour in November.
Just for the scale of its venues, ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Tattoo fans around the world may be wondering just where their favorite artists are.
Wonder no longer: Tattoo experts from 22 countries are showing off their skills at a convention in the Swiss lakeside city of Montreux.
The Montreux Tattoo Convention, which opened on Friday and ends ...
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SANTA DE LA CRUZ TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - The second day of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup gets going on Sunday with eight games. Australia and Argentina tip off to get the day started.
Australia's star center Liz Cambage had 34 points in the opening win over Nigeria. The ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Kiki Bertens won her third WTA Tour singles title of the season on Sunday and denied Ajla Tomljanovic her career first with a 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2 win over the Croatian-born Australian.
The second-seeded Bertens, who won the final six games of the match, was ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Cole McDonald threw five touchdown passes to four different receivers and Hawaii limited Duquesne to just 166 total yards as the Rainbow Warriors beat the Dukes 42-21 on Saturday night.
McDonald was 24-of-40 passing for 273 yards with one interception. Junior Dayton Furuta, who came in with ...
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ALCANIZ, Spain (AP) - Jorge Lorenzo took pole position Saturday for the Aragon MotoGP, ahead of Ducati teammate Andrea Dovizioso.
It was Lorenzo's third straight pole and fourth of the season. He was less than two-hundreds of a second faster than Dovizioso, the winner in San Marino two weeks ago.
...HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Farm Aid music festival is taking place this year in Hartford.
The annual event, which raises money and awareness for family farms, takes place Saturday at the Xfinity Theater, the first time in its 33-year history it has been held in Connecticut.
Artists including Willie ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Alex Ferguson has returned to Old Trafford for the first time since undergoing an emergency brain operation in May and will watch Manchester United host Wolverhampton in the Premier League later Saturday.
Ferguson spent almost 27 years as manager of United before retiring in 2013 as ...
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TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - The Latest on the FIBA Women's World Cup (all times local):
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Ting Shao scored 15 points and China beat Latvia 64-61 in the opener of the FIBA Women's World Cup on Saturday.
China (1-0) jumped out to an early 11-point lead on Latvia, which ...
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MUNICH (AP) - The first keg has been tapped and the beer is flowing as the 185th Oktoberfest gets underway in Munich.
Mayor Dieter Reiter inserted the tap in the first keg on Saturday with two blows of a hammer and the cry of "O'zapt is" - "it's tapped." As ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Ajla Tomljanovic has ended Hsieh Su-wei's eight-match winning streak with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win over the Taiwanese player on Saturday at the Korea Open.
Hsieh won last week's Japan Women's Open at Hiroshima and the first three rounds in Seoul.
In Sunday's final, Tomljanovic ...
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TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup gets underway on Saturday with eight games. The U.S. will tip off against Senegal in its quest for a third consecutive championship, something the Americans have never done in their storied history.
While the U.S. has been the dominant force ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Keegan Bradley was never more nervous than the moments before his Ryder Cup debut. He had the opening tee shot in foursomes at Medinah against Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald, a European tandem that had never lost in four matches against some of America's best players.
"I ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - A person with knowledge of the decision says the Spanish soccer federation has rejected the league's request to play a regular-season match in the United States, putting the game in doubt.
The person tells The Associated Press that the federation has sent a letter to league ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The winner of the world's 1st Chopin competition on historic pianos says the search for the original sound restores the appeal of classical music and helps artists understand the composer's intentions.
Tomasz Ritter of Poland was named the best of 30 young pianists at the 1st ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA's evaluation of 2024 European Championship bidders says human rights issues are a concern in Turkey but not in Germany.
The assessment of the two bid books was released ahead of Thursday's vote by UEFA's executive committee.
Turkey has taken an increasingly repressive direction under Recep ...
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HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - A 17-year-old western Michigan high school student charged with bringing a gun to school has been jailed after posting a video of himself performing a rap song that a judge saw as a threat.
Davian Weston was free on $5,000 bond when he posted the video ...
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LONDON (AP) - Singer Elton John and partner David Furnish have accepted an apology and undisclosed libel damages over a newspaper report that their dog severely injured a child while on a play day.
The pair brought the case against News Group Newspapers, which owns The Sun and Sun on ...
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A former University of Louisiana at Lafayette softball coach is suing the school, saying he was fired for reporting the gender discrimination of female athletes at the university.
Copies of Michael Lotief's state court lawsuit, which also claims defamation and breach of contract, were released to ...
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BERLIN (AP) - The German capital won't be getting a reproduction of the Berlin Wall after all - at least for now.
A group of artists planned to build a remake of the Cold War barrier around a downtown block in mid-October and tear it down Nov. 9, 29 years ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Sergio Aguero has signed a one-year contract extension at Manchester City, tying him to the Premier League club until 2021.
If the Argentina striker sees out his new deal, he will have been at City for a decade after joining from Atletico Madrid in 2011.
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DALLAS (AP) - Zach Abey still gets a chance to score touchdowns for Navy even though he is no longer the starting quarterback.
Abey doesn't have a catch as a starting receiver, but still takes snaps in short-yardage and goal-line situations and has six rushing touchdowns on 15 carries. That ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Bayern Munich wants more protection from referees.
The defending champions lost French midfielder Corentin Tolisso and Brazilian defender Rafinha to injuries sustained in last weekend's win over Bayer Leverkusen. Both club president Uli Hoeness and chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge have called for a reaction from the German soccer ...
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A jury will resume deliberations Thursday in the third trial of an Illinois man accused in the 1990 killing of a 9-year-old girl in eastern Iowa.
The Black Hawk County jurors began their work Wednesday after closing arguments for and against Stanley Liggins. He's charged with ...
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PARIS (AP) - On returning to the French league this season, six-time champion Reims traded the free-flowing football that won it the Ligue 2 championship for a more counterattacking style.
The defensive principles stayed the same.
The No. 1 principle: Make sure Edouard Mendy is in goal.
After five rounds, ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The Latest on Uganda's pop star politician (all times local):
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A lawyer for Ugandan pop star and opposition activist Bobi Wine says his client has been put into a police van and driven away after arriving home from the United States.
Medard Sseggona ...
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Tottenham had more players in the World Cup semifinals than any other team. It also was the only Premier League club to not sign anyone in the European transfer window.
As Mauricio Pochettino's sluggish side stumbles in the first busy period of the season, those factors might be starting to ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda's pop star politician Bobi Wine put into police van on arrival from US, lawyer says.
LONDON (AP) - British regulators say that the corporate battle between 21st Century Fox and Comcast to take over broadcaster Sky will be settled by auction.
The Takeover Panel, an independent regulator, says that since neither company has declared its offer final, an auction procedure is expected to commence ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Arrests began as Ugandan security forces deployed heavily before the return of pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine from the United States on Thursday, enforcing a ban on rallies they said threaten public order.
Police detained the singer's brother and at least two other people ...
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Patrick Mahomes is already chasing Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.
Mahomes tossed six touchdown passes at Pittsburgh after throwing four in the opener at the Chargers. His 10 TDs are the most in NFL history by a quarterback in his team's first two games of a season. Manning has the ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Tre Hood last headlined for Temple at a bowl game bash on the beach. The Owls didn't have to look beyond the depth chart to book the star attraction for a team party.
Hood swapped the playbook for a microphone and spit some rhymes in Florida before ...
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GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 17 TCU (2-1) at Texas (2-1). The Longhorns are coming off a big win at home over then-No. 22 Southern Cal, and will be looking to take down another ranked team Saturday in Austin. TCU is trying to do something it has never done in ...
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale's campaign is seeking a new venue for a Bozeman rally after a restaurant manager said he didn't know about the booking and wants to stay politically neutral.
The campaign announced Tuesday that Donald Trump Jr. and former Fox News personality Kimberly ...
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MADRID (AP) - Rafael Nadal says he will not play in upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai because of an injured right knee.
Nadal says he and his team decided to skip the Asia swing to recover.
The top-ranked Spaniard retired in the semifinals of the U.S. Open this month ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Thousands of Prince fans are asking federal authorities to open a grand jury investigation into his death.
The petition to the U.S. Attorney's Office has been signed by more than 6,000 people. One of the petition's organizers, Nicole Welage, says more answers are needed about the rock ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko beat Lara Arruabarrena 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Korea Open on Wednesday.
Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion, broke her opponent five times while notching up 32 winners to 29 unforced errors.
"She's a very good player ...
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A prison inmate who's become known for his art while serving a potential life sentence for a murder he says he didn't commit is set to appear in court in a bid for release.
A hearing in Valentino Dixon's case is scheduled for Wednesday in Erie ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Two Russian players have been left out of Spartak Moscow's squad for a Europa League game amid a dispute over a poem posted on Instagram.
Spartak says captain Denis Glushakov and defender Andrei Yeshchenko won't travel to Austria for Thursday's game against Rapid Vienna.
They're accused of ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is adding a new title to his resume: Author.
Book publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday it will publish a book by Emanuel on governing at a time of "historic gridlock." Titled "The Nation City: Why Mayors Run the World," the book will ...
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TOKYO (AP) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka made a winning return to action in her homeland on Wednesday, overpowering Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open.
Playing in her first tournament since winning the U.S. Open, third-seeded Osaka was in control from the ...
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A debut novel about a displaced Palestinian family and a book of essays exploring race and identity during Barack Obama's presidency have been named the winners of the annual Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
The judges named Hala Alyan's "Salt Houses" and Ta-Nehisi (tah neh-HAH'-see) Coates' "We ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The man at the center of a sex-abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature went on trial in Sweden Wednesday.
Jean-Claude Arnault, a major cultural figure in the country, faces two counts of rape of a ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Jessica McDonald and Samantha Mewis each scored, and North Carolina beat the Chicago Red Stars 2-0 on Tuesday night in a National Women's Soccer League semifinal that was moved because of Hurricane Florence.
The Courage (18-1-6) will play the defending champion Portland Thorns for the NWSL ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The way music is licensed and songwriters are compensated for the digital age will be undergoing big changes under a bill making its way through Congress.
The Senate cleared a bill late Tuesday that creates a new independent entity that will license songs to companies that play ...
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DETROIT (AP) - New dates are being added as Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band prepare for what they say is their final tour.
Promoters announced Tuesday that tickets will go on sale Sept. 28 for shows in Dallas; Houston; Cleveland; Buffalo, New York; New York City; Louisville, Kentucky; ...
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NEWARK, Del. (AP) - Less than 10 miles into Delaware on the interstate that serves most major East Coast cities, a large glass-walled hut offers travelers tax-free shopping, fast food and information on the First State. And as of Monday, it bears the name of one of the state's most ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - If North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was searching for the perfect propaganda set piece, something designed to show his people that he's a strong leader pushing inexorably for the long-delayed, long-promised prosperity they deserve, then visiting South Korean President Moon Jae-in might be providing ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC says insurance company Allianz signed as a worldwide sponsor from 2021 through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The value of the deal, which includes becoming a partner of the Paralympics, was not given.
The International Olympic Committee has 13 worldwide sponsors for a four-year ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - Bollywood actress and former porn star Sunny Leone has appeared in New Delhi for the unveiling of her wax likeness at the city's Madame Tussauds museum.
The statue unveiled Tuesday represents the 37-year-old celebrity's acceptance by mainstream Indian society even as conservative Indian politicians condemn her ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Agnieszka Radwanska began her quest for a second Korea Open title with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Bethanie Mattek-Sands on Tuesday.
Radwanska, who reached the Wimbledon final in 2012 and won the Korea Open the following year, broke Mattek-Sands' serve in the last game to ...
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LONDON (AP) - Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen is planning an ambitious project to take a portrait of every third-year pupil in London - tens of thousands in all.
The "12 Years a Slave" director will oversee a team of photographers taking class photos at all of London's 2,400 primary ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Faith Hill is slated to deliver the keynote address at Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's conference on economic development in November.
The Department of Economic and Community Development announced Monday that the country musician will address state and local officials, business leaders and economic development professionals on ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese billionaire who Tesla chief Elon Musk says plans to blast off on the first-ever private commercial space trip aboard the SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket often makes headlines in Japan. The SpaceX mission, set for takeoff in 2023, is just the latest exploit in tycoon Yusaka ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Mitchell Trubisky started fast, slowed down and picked it up down the stretch.
Despite another inconsistent performance by their prized quarterback, the Bears pulled out their first win.
Khalil Mack had one of six sacks against Russell Wilson, Prince Amukamara returned an interception 49 yards for a ...
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"The Proposal." It was a 2009 movie starring Sandra Bullock, but now will forever be the informal title of the 2018 Emmys telecast, thanks to a memorable romantic gesture from Emmy-winning director Glenn Weiss - who summoned the courage to propose to his girlfriend on live TV.
She said yes ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chrissy Teigen says people have been mispronouncing her last name for years, and she hasn't corrected them.
But the model took to social media on Sunday to say it's not Teigen (TEE'-gihn), but Teigen (TY'-gihn). Off camera, her mother confirmed it with a "Yep!"
The 32-year-old ...
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Chelsea should be savoring Eden Hazard's talents while he is still with the team.
As the winger's contract winds down, his future at Stamford Bridge appears more uncertain. Even as manager Maurizio Sarri talks up the contribution of a player, in his prime at 27, who has shown no public ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Carrie Underwood says she turned to God after experiencing three miscarriages in the past two years.
The 35-year-old country singer and former "American Idol" champion told "CBS Sunday Morning " she got pregnant in early 2017 and it "didn't work out." She had a second miscarriage ...
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GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Sabine Lisicki has recorded her first win since February in a WTA-level match with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over two-time Grand Slam finalist Vera Zvonareva at the Guangzhou Open.
Lisicki lost her opening service game but recovered to take a 4-1 lead before the 34-year-old Zvonareva, ...
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BOSTON (AP) - It's an expansive and quintessentially Kennedy photo album.
Here's a young, shirtless JFK, baring six-pack abs and smirking poolside while striking an un-presidential pose. There's Rose Fitzgerald not-yet-Kennedy in her Sunday best, long before she'd become the family matriarch and trade girlhood grins for imperious stares. Here's ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Naomi Osaka showed how deep her Japanese roots run: She went to watch Japan's national sport of sumo and said she liked it.
Osaka is in Tokyo this week to play in the Pan Pacific Open, just a week after she won the U.S. Open to become ...
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GHENT, Belgium (AP) - A Belgian court has ruled that Spanish rapper Valtonyc should not be sent back to Spain, where he was sentenced to prison accused of writing lyrics that praise terror groups and insult the royal family.
The rapper, whose real name is Jose Miguel Arenas Beltran, was ...
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Student athletes from around New Hampshire are being featured on posters to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the state Department of Education and the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association on Monday will unveil a statewide poster campaign designed to help high school students identify ...
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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Seven people have died of suspected drug overdoses during a music festival in Vietnam.
The Capital Police newspaper said five other people were still in comas Monday after overdosing at the festival Sunday night.
The music festival was held in a water park near Hanoi's city ...
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BERLIN (AP) - A member of Russian protest group Pussy Riot is being treated in Berlin after falling severely ill, with fellow activists saying he was poisoned.
Pyotr Verzilov was flown to the German capital late Saturday.
Verzilov was first hospitalized in Moscow on Tuesday and had remained in intensive ...
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian authorities say two U.S. basketball players have been stabbed in a club in eastern Romania and one is in a serious condition.
Police said Darrell Bowie, 24, and Joseph McClain, 25, who play for local club ACS Cuza Braila were attacked Saturday night in the ...
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ZADAR, Croatia (AP) - Substitute Sam Querrey rallied from a deep hole to keep the United States alive in the Davis Cup semifinals.
The American, who was playing in place of Steve Johnson, beat sixth-ranked Marin Cilic 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to even the best-of-five series at ...
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ZADAR, Croatia (AP) - Chair umpire Carlos Ramos has issued a code violation to Croatia after Marin Cilic slammed his racket to the clay and mangled the frame during a tense Davis Cup match against Sam Querrey of the United States.
Since it was the first violation of the match, ...
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NEW YORK — Two dancers were fired from the New York City Ballet on Saturday amid accusations that they were part of a ring of male dancers who inappropriately shared nude photos and videos of women.
The ballet company said principal dancers Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catarazo, as well as ...
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LONDON (AP) - Victoria Beckham has brought her fashion brand home to London Fashion Week for the first time to mark a decade in the business.
The former Spice Girl celebrated the brand she built up with a glamorous catwalk show early Sunday in an elegant gallery next door to ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has set a new marathon world record, winning the Berlin race in 2 hours, 1 minute and 39 seconds on Sunday.
The Kenyan defended his title in the German capital, pulling ahead of his competitors early on amid perfect running conditions.
He broke ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The usual suspects - Wonder Woman, Spider-Man and Darth Vader - roamed the halls at Comic Con Africa. There were also a few African characters on display: Kwezi, Captain South Africa and Shaka Zulu.
The success of Marvel's "Black Panther" film spiked interest in African story-telling, and ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Armani Rogers threw for a touchdown and ran for four more and Lexington Thomas ran for 124 yards and a score to help UNLV beat Prairie View A&M 46-17 on Saturday night.
Rogers was 11-of-21 passing for 130 yards and added 17 carries for 122 yards. ...
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TUSCON, Ariz. (AP) - Khalil Tate passed for a career-best 349 yards and five touchdowns, then sat out most of the fourth quarter and Arizona gave Kevin Sumlin his first victory as Wildcats coach with a 62-31 rout of Southern Utah on Saturday night.
Tate needed just 13 completions, in ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Two dancers have been fired from the New York City Ballet amid accusations that they were part of a ring of male dancers who inappropriately shared nude photos and videos of women.
The ballet company announced the firings Saturday of principal dancers Amar Ramasar and Zachary ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Leroy Sane needed only two minutes to score on his first Premier League start of the season and set Manchester City on its way to a 3-0 win over Fulham on Saturday.
David Silva scored his 50th EPL goal to put City in control at halftime, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - In the end, after six seasons of murder most foul, high-stakes espionage and international intrigue, it somehow felt perfect that the climactic scene of "The Americans" should happen in the most mundane of places: a parking garage.
There was no bloodshed, and not a single bullet ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Teenager Borja Garces enjoyed a promising debut for Atletico Madrid on Saturday, scoring on the final kick of the match to salvage a 1-1 draw at home with Eibar.
Garces drilled a right-footed shot inside the post to finally beat Eibar goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic, who had ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ethan Hawke tells the story of little-known singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, who inspired the likes of Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Townes Van Zandt and Merle Haggard in a new film "Blaze."
Now playing in limited release, "Blaze" provides an intimate glimpse into the larger than life personality ...
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LONDON (AP) - Liverpool can cope without Mohamed Salah scoring. Not so Tottenham when a lethargic Harry Kane is misfiring.
Chasing a first English title since 1990, Liverpool swept to a fifth successive win at the start of the Premier League season on Saturday with goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Of the four people who protested on the field during the World Cup soccer final in Moscow, one is now in intensive care and another spent part of the week in a jail cell.
Two months since the tournament ended with France beating Croatia, the tolerant image ...
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TOKYO (AP) - American qualifier Amanda Anisimova is in her first WTA final at age 17 after upsetting top-seeded Zhang Shuai of China 7-6 (4), 7-5 at the Japan Women's Open on Saturday.
Trailing 5-4 in the second set, Anisimova hit two fierce winners down the line and went on ...
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SHENZHEN, China (AP) - Brad Marchand and Jake DeBrusk scored in the shootout to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames in the NHL exhibition season-opener on Saturday in Shenzhen, China.
Down to their last shooter, Boston tied the shootout on Marchand's goal. After Calgary's ...
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GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) - Vicky Holland finished a close second to Australian Ashleigh Gentle but it was enough for the British racer to win the World Series Triathlon women's season title on Saturday.
Katie Zaferes of the U.S. led the women's overall standings going into the final with 4,418 ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Julie Chen returned to television with an unusual sign-off days after her husband, Les Moonves, resigned as the CEO of CBS after sexual misconduct allegations.
The 48-year-old ended Thursday's "Big Brother" broadcast by saying, "From outside the 'Big Brother' house, I'm Julie Chen Moonves. Good night." ...
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SUTHERLAND, Neb. (AP) - A western Nebraska woman has been accused of stealing around $39,000 from a baseball league.
Lincoln County Court records say 44-year-old Robin Hiatt, of Sutherland, is charged with felony theft. The records don't list the name of an attorney who could comment for her. Hiatt's scheduled ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese city of Sapporo is expected to withdraw from bidding for the 2026 Winter Olympics, leaving four candidates as the IOC finds it increasingly difficult to find hosts - particularly for the Winter Games.
A city official says Deputy Mayor Takatohsi Machida and Japanese Olympic Committee ...
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ZADAR, Croatia (AP) - The chair umpire who penalized Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final says he is pleased to be getting back to work.
Preparing to take his seat to direct matches in the Davis Cup semifinals between Croatia and the United States, Carlos Ramos tells The Associated ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Rihanna's Diamond Ball shined in its fourth year and continued to make a name as one of the industry's white-hot and must-attend parties - all while raising money for charity.
The pop star, fashionista and makeup mogul held the black-tie gala for her Clara Lionel Foundation ...
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GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) - A strong bike segment from Taylor Knibb gave the American the under-23 women's world triathlon title on Friday, beating Cassandre Beaugrand of France by more than a minute.
Knibb, from Washington, D.C., finished in 1 hour, 53 minutes, 47 seconds for the Olympic distance, with ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) - Andy Dalton has turned into a big pain for the Baltimore Ravens.
He threw four touchdown passes on Thursday night - three of them to A.J. Green - as the Cincinnati Bengals got ahead big and held on for a 34-23 victory that left them alone atop ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors Friday:
ON THE CUSP
Jose Ramirez and the Cleveland Indians can clinch their third consecutive AL Central crown with a victory at home over Detroit and a Minnesota loss at last-place Kansas City. Josh Tomlin (1-5) pitches for the Indians against Matthew ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - After patiently waiting his turn, Saul Niguez is doing more than just making the most of it. The 23-year-old Atletico Madrid player is revolutionizing what it means to be a Spanish midfielder.
Saul didn't play a single minute for Spain at the World Cup. Instead, he ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The Latest on New York's Democratic primary election between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and activist and former "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon (all times local):
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Democrats across New York state are picking the winner of a long and sometimes nasty primary contest between ...
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NORWICH, Conn. (AP) - A former coach at a Connecticut high school has been charged with having sexual relationships with two students.
Norwich police on Wednesday charged 25-year-old Anthony Facchini with two counts of second-degree sexual assault. He was held on $75,000 bond and given a Sept. 20 court date.
...TOKYO (AP) - Legendary Japanese rock band X Japan is hoping its new album will find success in the U.S. now that there is a newfound appreciation in the West for music from Asia.
X Japan leader Yoshiki said America wasn't ready for Asian rock music when he moved there ...
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PARIS (AP) - For Cheikh Ndoye, the dream of playing in England did not turn out as he envisioned.
Having spent all his playing days in French soccer, the powerful Senegal midfielder thought that crossing the Channel would mark a milestone in his career.
A year after he left Angers ...
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DETROIT (AP) - The Motown Museum has launched a singing competition that aims to nurture talent as its namesake label did in Detroit decades ago.
Museum officials say the competition known as AMPLIFY: The Sound of Detroit is accepting audition videos through next Tuesday. It's open to solo singers and ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Mario Goetze's career has stalled since he scored Germany's World Cup-winning goal in 2014, and it shows no sign of picking up again.
Goetze was challenged by Germany coach Joachim Loew to "show the world that you're better than Messi" before he sent him on in the ...
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - Police say an assistant basketball coach who was under investigation for videotaping players while they showered has been found dead in a Spokane hotel room.
Bellingham Police said Wednesday that two men from the semi-professional Bellingham Slam basketball team contacted them last week saying they believed ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Soul songstress Aretha Franklin is headlining a diverse and influential class of performers and music industry personalities who are being inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
The hall said Wednesday that Franklin, a Memphis native, will be honored at an induction ceremony Nov. 1.
...Here are some things to watch during the third week of the Southeastern Conference football season:
GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 12 LSU at No. 7 Auburn: LSU's the lower-ranked team, but has won eight of the last 11 meetings in this series. The Tigers stunned a lot of doubters ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors Thursday:
GETAWAY DAY
With both teams chasing an NL West title, the Diamondbacks and Rockies wrap up their pivotal four-game series. Colorado leads the division by 1½ games over the Dodgers, while Arizona is 3½ back. Clay Buchholz (7-2, 2.01 ERA) makes ...
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky troopers say a sheriff's deputy was shot at a rest stop, and the suspected shooter was killed.
Trooper Bernie Napier said in a statement that Scott County sheriff's deputies and Georgetown police officers were helping the U.S. Marshal's Service apprehend a fugitive from Florida late ...
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LONDON (AP) - World Cup-winning France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has been fined 50,000 pounds ($65,000) and banned from driving for 20 months for drunk driving.
The Tottenham goalkeeper was pulled by over by police in central London last month when his Porsche was veering toward parked vehicles before going through ...
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