SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A New Yorker who was fatally struck by a vehicle driven by Syracuse University's basketball coach is being remembered as family man who loved life.
A funeral will be held on Thursday evening for Jorge Jimenez.
Police say Coach Jim Boeheim (BAY'-hym) accidentally struck Jimenez on ...
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ROME (AP) - After a rough stretch, things are finally starting to look up again for Roma's American president.
James Pallotta's joy of reaching the Champions League semifinals last season quickly turned to despair when nine people were arrested in June for alleged corruption involving the club's long-delayed plans to ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A posthumous memoir by gay rights pioneer Edie Windsor will be released in October.
Windsor's "A Wild and Precious Life" will draw upon her uncompleted manuscript and other personal papers, St. Martin's Press announced Thursday. The book was finished by Joshua Lyon, with cooperation from her ...
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DUBLIN (AP) - The top players in world rugby are concerned about the proposed new global competition, saying it is "out of touch" and could damage the "integrity" of the sport at the highest level.
Captains of nine of the world's top 10 nations were among the players speaking on ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A jazz pianist and composer is being honored with a lifetime achievement award on the occasion of African-American Heritage Month.
Chicago-born Ramsey Lewis is scheduled to receive the award Thursday. It will be presented by Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White at the Thompson Center in Chicago.
...MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A selection committee has named Timothy Eads as West Virginia University's next Mountaineer mascot.
Eads won a cheer-off competition held during the Feb. 18 men's basketball game against Kansas State and was announced as the next mascot during Tuesday night's game against TCU.
Eads is a ...
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The daughter of Evelyn Thomas Butts will discuss her mother's life as a civil rights leader during a book fair in Virginia.
Charlene Butts Ligon will be the featured author at the Norfolk Public Library's 2nd annual Local Author Fair on Saturday. She will discuss her ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo is still a smoker's heaven. Despite tougher laws enacted last year, smokers can light up in some restaurants and bars. Tobacco advertising is allowed on television, cigarette packages don't contain graphic health warnings, and tobacco is cheap compared to other major cities.
However, don't expect to ...
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Cassius Winston is a reflection of his parents and Michigan State is reaping the benefits.
The point guard plays and sounds like his soft-spoken father, Reg. The junior controls the tempo, speeding it up at times and taking it slow at others, while not saying ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers endured perhaps the most challenging year of his career - a season marked by a knee injury, inconsistent play and the firing of coach Mike McCarthy.
Enter new coach Matt LaFleur, who would rather look ahead to building a relationship with ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings have exercised their option on coach Mike Zimmer's contract for 2020.
General manager Rick Spielman made the announcement in Indianapolis at the NFL scouting combine. Zimmer said last month he'd have no problem working in the final year of his deal without an extension ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal appeals court has agreed with the dismissal of an Ohio woman's defamation lawsuit against actor James Woods over Twitter posts during the 2016 presidential campaign season.
The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling for Woods.
In March ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph has been placed on leave for what the school says is a "pending personnel matter."
Georgia Tech spokesman Mike Flynn says the school will not say if the leave is the result of a team-related matter.
Assistant coach Mark Simons will serve ...
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The prepared testimony of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, as obtained by The Associated Press before his appearance Wednesday:
Chairman Cummings, Ranking Member Jordan, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today.
I have asked this Committee to ensure that my family be ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - JP Dellacamera and former U.S. midfielder Aly Wagner will be Fox's lead broadcast team for the Women's World Cup in France.
The announcement comes 100 days before the tournament opens June 7 with a matchup of France and South Korea. Fox said Wednesday that 22 matches ...
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LONDON (AP) - Tottenham says only a total clampdown on anti-Semitism would make it reassess club standards on its fans affectionately chanting an offensive term for Jews.
The statement follows Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck telling The Associated Press "the use of the Y-word by Spurs supporters, or by anybody, is ...
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BOSTON (AP) - The Portland Trail Blazers might want to use the stairs after the squad got stuck in an elevator.
They were headed to practice Tuesday at Emerson College in Boston when the elevator stopped between floors. Center Enes Kanter tweeted a video in which team members looked at ...
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BONN, Germany (AP) - In a win for athletes over Olympic restrictions, a German federal agency says "abusive" limits on games-time promotional activities should be relaxed.
The Federal Cartel Office says the Olympic Charter's rules are "too far-reaching and thus constitute abusive conduct."
International athletes have long been frustrated by ...
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PARIS (AP) - Award-winning Mexican director Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu will preside over the jury at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival in May.
Festival president Pierre Lescure, announcing the choice on Wednesday, praised Inarritu - the first Mexican to be given the honor - as a "daring filmmaker ... full of ...
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say two pit bull mixes attacked a Florida woman who was walking her own dogs, injuring the woman and killing one of her pets.
The Gainesville Sun reports that the attack happened Tuesday in a Gainesville neighborhood.
Police say the 59-year-old woman was walking ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Record rainfall in Nashville is good news at the Music City Center, where the water is collected for irrigation and toilets.
According to the center, some of the rainwater is absorbed by plants on the building's green roof. The rest is collected in a 360,000-gallon underground ...
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MESA, Ariz. (AP) - In the aftermath of Chicago's collapse last season, Cubs manager Joe Maddon went looking for a deeper understanding of the players who dominate the major leagues these days.
Maddon's search took him to "Managing Millennials for Dummies," and the book reinforced what he already felt about ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - With a few weeks left in the regular season, the college women's basketball player of the year race is wide open.
Take your pick. There's a little bit of something for everyone with talented post players, guards and wings.
Usually at this point in the season, ...
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LONDON (AP) - Facebook has taken down the page and Instagram profile of far-right activist Tommy Robinson after determining he violated policies forbidding hate speech.
The social media giant said Tuesday in a statement that Robinson posted material using dehumanizing language and calling for "violence targeted at Muslims."
Facebook says ...
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - Wide receiver Michael Crabtree has been released by the Baltimore Ravens after being signed as a free agent one year ago.
Crabtree caught 54 passes for 607 yards and three touchdowns in 2018 after totaling 25 scores in a three-year stint with Oakland. He did, ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The academy that awards the Nobel Prize in literature says its first female permanent secretary has left the body that has been marred by sex-abuse scandals.
The Swedish Academy said Tuesday that Sara Danius formally quit, a year after announcing she was stepping down from the ...
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GARY, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say an 82-year-old church bus driver is charged with driving while intoxicated after five people were injured when a bus returning from a Chicago Bulls game went off the road in northwestern Indiana.
Indiana State Police say the bus carrying nearly 50 people went onto ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press on Tuesday named Jack Auresto as deputy Washington bureau chief for video, a key leadership role in AP's Washington bureau.
Auresto's appointment was announced by AP Washington bureau chief Julie Pace.
"Jack is a talented newsman and creative problem-solver who will be integral to ...
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Scottish champion Celtic has given Brendan Rodgers permission to talk to Leicester about the English Premier League club's managerial vacancy.
Leicester fired Claude Puel on Sunday and Celtic said on Tuesday it was approached about Rodgers.
In a statement, Celtic says, "Brendan has indicated to the ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Concert operators and arenas in Germany are checking legal options regarding two planned concerts by R. Kelly after the R&B star was charged in the United States with sexually abusing four people dating back to 1998, including three underage girls.
A spokesman for Ratiopharm Arena in Neu-Ulm ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - A choir in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has drawn criticism for performing a satirical song about firing a missile on the United States from a Soviet nuclear submarine.
The video of the Saturday performance by the St. Petersburg Concert Choir was published over the weekend ...
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DENVER (AP) - More than 330 of college football's finest players are gathering in Indianapolis this week for the NFL's annual combine, where they'll be poked and prodded, timed and tested, quizzed and questioned.
Not all the players who will get drafted in April are on the invite list.
The ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Spain's refusal to respect the flag and anthem of Kosovo has forced UEFA to move qualifying games in the Under-17 European Championship.
UEFA says the four-team group will no longer be played in Benidorm and Alcoy next month because "the national symbols (flag and anthem) of ...
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President Trump on Monday called out Spike Lee for his speech at the Oscars, accusing the director of carrying out a "racist hit."
"Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your President, ...
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A news station says a security guard for a filming crew that was robbed while covering the Oakland teachers strike is stable in a hospital after being shot.
CBS affiliate KPIX said authorities arrested a man suspected of shooting the guard in the confrontation that took ...
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RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have traveled to one of Morocco's most prestigious equestrian clubs to learn about how therapy using horses can benefit children with disabilities.
The couple walked hand-in-hand as they arrived at the Royal Equestrian Sports Complex in Rabat ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Golf returned three years ago in Rio de Janeiro after a 112-year absence from the Olympics. But few play golf in Brazil, which kicked up problems from the start when a top-notch course had to be built amid protests from environmentalists and ensuing court cases and charges ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Right off-stage from where the Oscars are handed out, there's a whole mini-show happening in the wings with a cast of busy production people, anxious stars and dazed winners circulating in and out of the tight space. The Associated Press got a front seat to the ...
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Ryan Howard gets a good laugh when he sees some of the baseball cards fans send him to autograph.
That's because they don't picture Ryan Avery Howard, the 24-year-old minor league shortstop in the San Francisco Giants organization. Instead, they feature Ryan James Howard, the burly ...
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Spike Lee bounding into the arms of Samuel L. Jackson, and trading shout-outs to Brooklyn (and hats!) with Barbra Streisand. A weeping Lady Gaga in her elegant up-do, extolling the virtues of hard work. A stunned Olivia Colman and her delightfully daft acceptance speech. Historic breakthroughs for winners of color, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - It was a rough week for Hall of Fame coaches.
Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer will be out for the remainder of the regular season to rest, while UConn's Geno Auriemma was sidelined for a game against Tulsa.
Stringer missed the Scarlet Knights game at Michigan ...
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Top of the Premier League with 11 games remaining. All of their toughest matches behind them. By far the best defensive record in the country.
So, there's little for Liverpool fans to worry about as their team chases its first top-flight title in 29 years, right?
Maybe not.
The 0-0 ...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Women have begun performing alongside men for the first time in Harvard University's Hasty Pudding theater group.
Six women and six men were cast in this year's musical production by America's oldest theatrical organization. The student-produced burlesque show began this month.
The troupe has been putting ...
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Across the U.S. and in many places abroad, transgender athletes are breaking barriers in high school, college and pro sports and being embraced by teammates and fans. But resentments can still flare when transgender women start winning and dominating their sport.
Exhibit A is a recent public exchange involving tennis ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Yalitza Aparicio, the Oscar-nominated, first-time actress in "Roma," is finding strong support among Mexican-American women who identify with her indigenous roots despite backlash she is receiving in Mexico.
Some Mexican-American women say they are glad Aparicio's high-profile role is challenging typical images of light-skinned Latinas in Spanish-language ...
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MADRID (AP) - The trial of former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell, who faces charges of money laundering related to the sale of television rights for Brazil matches, begins on Monday.
Also a former Nike executive in Brazil, Rosell presided over Barcelona from 2010-14 and has been accused of misappropriating money ...
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OXFORD, Miss. — Eight Mississippi players kneeled during the national anthem in response to a Confederacy rally near the arena before the Rebels' 72-71 victory over Georgia on Saturday.
With the teams lined up across the court at the free throw lines, six players took a knee and bowed at ...
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ASNI, Morocco (AP) - Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are visiting a school high up in Morocco's rugged Atlas Mountains.
Harry and Meghan landed in the mountain town of Asni on Sunday morning on a whirlwind official visit to Morocco. They arrived by helicopter ...
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CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Amy Yang won the LPGA Thailand for the third time after holding off Minjee Lee by one stroke on Sunday.
Yang, from South Korea, carded a final-round 65 and a 22-under-par 266 at Siam Country Club's Pattaya Old Course for her fourth overall LPGA Tour win.
...CHICAGO — While on trial for child pornography in 2008, R. Kelly still found time to talk to fans, give autographs and to meet an underage girl he later invited to his home, according to prosecutors who depicted the R&B star as manipulative and sometimes violent.
Other accusers included a ...
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LEICESTER, England (AP) - Leicester has fired manager Claude Puel after losing six of his last seven games.
The latest was a 4-1 loss to Crystal Palace on Saturday that left Leicester eight points above the Premier League relegation zone in 12th place.
Puel had to guide Leicester through grief ...
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - In the predawn chill of the first morning of 2019, Jerry Havens considered whether to back his boat down an ice-slicked launch on the Pend Oreille River.
"I was thinking it might not be good to go," Havens told The Spokesman-Review .
In fact, he'd just ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - R. Kelly is regarded as one of music's all-time hit makers, but the years of sexual abuse allegations against the embattled R&B star have created a dark cloud over his musical legacy.
Some believe Kelly's career is in serious jeopardy once again after being charged with ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Emperor Akihito attended a ceremony on Sunday to mark the 30th year of his reign while calling for the country to embrace openness in a more globalized world.
The government-sponsored ceremony at the National Theater in Tokyo was attended by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Bayern Munich turned the pressure on Borussia Dortmund with a 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin to move level on points with the Bundesliga leader on Saturday.
Midfielder Javi Martinez, who excelled in the 0-0 draw at Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday, completed a fine week ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson is giving $5 million to Jesuit High School, the largest gift in the school's history.
News outlets report the gift was announced Thursday as part of the school's "Minds & Hearts Enlightened" fundraising campaign.
The school says the ...
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SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) - A popular trail on the outskirts of Spearfish is close to being officially included in the Black Hills National Forest trails system.
The 46-mile Tinton Trail is used by mountain bikers, hikers, trail runners and horse riders.
The Black Hills Pioneer reports that the Forest Service ...
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BURNLEY, England (AP) - Tottenham's slim title chances faded further with a 2-1 loss at Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday despite Harry Kane making a scoring return from injury.
Ashley Barnes scored an 83rd-minute winner for Burnley, dealing a major blow to Tottenham's hopes of catching leading duo ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - It's throwback time for the Albany Great Danes.
To celebrate the school's 175th anniversary, the University at Albany men's basketball team will wear custom-designed uniforms in its game against UMBC on Saturday. They're in the style of those worn by the teams of the 1950s when ...
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Taking center stage in the weekly protests against Serbia's autocratic president was a role that actors Sergej and Branislav Trifunovic felt compelled to play.
The two brothers are among the main public faces of the demonstrations against populist leader Aleksandar Vucic's firm grip on power that ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The world's largest cartoon museum has announced the acquisition of dozens of complete original Archie Comics stories.
The work by the late artist Dan DeCarlo includes stories from Betty and Me, Betty & Veronica, Veronica, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, Cheryl Blossom and ...
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LONDON (AP) - Tottenham striker Harry Kane started Saturday's Premier League game at Burnley after making a quicker-than-expected recovery from an ankle injury.
Kane only returned to full training this week after damaging ligaments in his left ankle in a loss to Manchester United on Jan. 13, but was thrown ...
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LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Jalen Pickett is right where he wants to be - with the ball at the top of the key in a tie game late in the second half.
The 6-foot-4 freshman point guard for the Siena Saints backs in against a Fairfield defender in his workmanlike ...
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PRAGUE (AP) - Czech Republic midfielder Borek Dockal has returned to Sparta Prague from Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League and a year with the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.
Sparta says the 30-year-old playmaker signed a 3 1/2-year contract.
Dockal moved to Henan Jianye from Sparta two ...
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CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) - The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
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An opposition lawmaker travelling across Venezuela to collect humanitarian aid at the Colombian border says somebody threw two large rocks at a bus in her caravan.
Deputy lawmaker Mariela Magallanes of the opposition-controlled ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Chelsea has been drawn to face Dynamo Kiev in the last 16 of the Europa League, and Arsenal will play French club Rennes.
Both London clubs are currently outside the top four in the Premier League, so the Champions League place awarded to the Europa League ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Children's author-illustrator Mo Willems has been named the Kennedy Center's first ever "Education Artist-In-Residence."
The Washington, D.C.-based center announced Friday that Willems will organize projects for children and their families, including "collaborative experiences across artistic genres." The residency lasts two years.
Willems is known for such ...
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MILAN (AP) - Anna Wintour has paid tribute to Karl Lagerfeld's generosity and sense of humor as she presented a new fashion exhibition.
The American Vogue editor-in-chief said Friday in Milan that Lagerfeld, who died this week, "would have loved" the exhibit "Camp: Notes on Fashion" at the Metropolitan Museum ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian state energy executive took over as president of the country's soccer federation on Friday.
Alexander Dyukov, who is chairman and CEO of Gazprom oil subsidiary Gazprom Neft, was elected unopposed as Russian Football Union president.
Dyukov was until last year also president of Zenit St. ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have recommended a sentence of nearly three years in prison for a former Virginia high school teacher convicted of hacking into private digital accounts of celebrities and others.
Christopher Brannan pleaded guilty in October to aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access to a protected ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - By the time filmmaker Ava DuVernay got to Vanity Fair and Lancome's Women in Hollywood pre-Oscars event Thursday night, she had already been to two other events that day. Not only that, she had to be "on" at each - they all had her name on ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jussie Smollett is enmeshed in weekly drama on the set of "Empire," the Fox TV series that gave the actor a breakout role and the fame to advance his social activism.
But a scene that played out on a dark Chicago street in January has left ...
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - Amadou Sow had 18 points and eight rebounds as UC Santa Barbara beat Hawaii 79-61 on Thursday night.
Ar'mond Davis had 14 points and seven rebounds for UC Santa Barbara (18-8, 7-5 Big West Conference). Devearl Ramsey added 11 points. JaQuori McLaughlin had 11 points ...
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"Empire" actor Jussie Smollet was arrested Thursday morning on charges of felony disorderly conduct and filing a false police report, a Chicago police spokesman confirmed.
Anthony Guglielmi, chief communications officer for the Chicago Police Department, made the announcement on Twitter, hours after revealing that police charged the actor on Wednesday.
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Ander Herrera strode up to Alexis Sanchez after the final whistle, clasped his teammate's hand forcefully, pushed him aggressively in the chest and squeezed him tight.
The final whistle had just blown on Manchester United's latest impressive win under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - 2-0 at Chelsea in the FA Cup ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the attack reported by Jussie Smollett (all times local):
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Chicago police say "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has turned himself in to face a charge of making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by two men ...
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PARIS (AP) - The organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics want to add breakdancing to the games, which would be a first for the dance sport that came from the streets of New York.
Also on Paris' wish-list of events it wants to add to the program are climbing, surfing ...
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) - Hall of Fame thoroughbred Silver Charm is celebrating his silver anniversary birthday, and Old Friends retirement facility is hosting a party for him.
The farm says fans can submit an original greeting card on paper or in digital format for a card contest to wish Silver ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - The IAAF has allowed 21 more Russians, including an Olympic silver medalist, to compete as neutrals.
Yelena Sokolova, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in long jump, can compete internationally for the first time since Russia's team was banned in 2015 over widespread doping.
Triple jumper Irina Gumenyuk ...
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A new festival that blends music with horses, bourbon and bluegrass is coming to Kentucky.
Keeneland says it will host the Railbird Festival, which will be produced by AC Entertainment, the company that puts on other high-profile music festivals including Bonnaroo and Forecastle.
Officials say the ...
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Manny Machado's new $300 million contract put a stop - at least temporarily - to a growing chorus of player complaints that major league teams were conspiring to do deep damage to the free agent market.
It did nothing, however, to change the new reality of baseball. And that's something ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police have dismissed a tip that on the night "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two masked men, he was in an elevator of his apartment building with two brothers later arrested and released from custody in the probe.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said ...
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LONDON (AP) - Home-grown talents Dua Lipa, Anne-Marie and George Ezra lead nominations for the U.K. music industry's Brit Awards , set to be handed out at a ceremony featuring performances by "The Greatest Showman" star Hugh Jackman and DJ Calvin Harris.
Lipa, whose star status was cemented with two ...
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MADRID (AP) - Roger Federer will play at the Madrid Open as part of his return to the clay court.
Organizers say the 20-time Grand Slam champion will participate in the tournament from May 3-12.
The 37-year-old Federer didn't play in clay tournaments for two seasons, but said he will ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a hearing to determine the probable cause of a fatal natural gas explosion more than two years ago.
The NTSB said in a news release Tuesday that the hearing is scheduled for April 23 at its conference center in Washington. ...
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says a film manufacturer plans to expand its facility in Simpson County and add 30 jobs.
A statement from Bevin's office says RKW North America Inc. is a German-owned manufacturer of industrial film that plans to invest $18 million on the project. ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester City's Abu Dhabi ownership has expanded its portfolio of soccer clubs by purchasing Sichuan Jiuniu FC, which plays in China's third tier.
City Football Group, of which English champion Man City is the flagship team, already has the following partnership clubs: New York City in ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Pavel Otdelnov recalls how as a child he saw his mother boil his parents' bedding every day. His father worked in the factories of Dzerzhinsk, the center of Soviet chemical manufacturing, and the chlorine and phosgene that yellowed the sheets seeped through protective gear into his skin.
...WASHINGTON (AP) - A Washington, D.C, driver is accused of purposely crashing into a Maryland man who later died from his injuries.
News outlets report District police say 36-year-old Morris Kenya Harley was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder while armed in the death of 35-year-old Daniel Olaya.
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NEW YORK (AP) - For the first time since its meteoric rise, "Fortnite" is no longer a no-doubt victory royale atop the video game industry.
"Apex Legends" - a battle royale from Electronic Arts - has charged into the market and smashed "Fortnite" records for downloads and viewership since its ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is declining to revive a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby that was filed by a woman who says he raped her and later spread lies about her when she came forward.
The high court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from actress Kathrine McKee, who ...
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Imagine Dragons will perform at the Pro Football Hall of Fame to help kick off the NFL's 100th season.
The Hall announced Tuesday that the alternative-rock band will headline the Concert for Legends on Aug. 4.
Previous featured acts for the concert include Aerosmith, Tim McGraw, ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A Democratic proposal that seeks to allocate $100,000 for "circus arts" education in New Mexico is drawing ridicule from Republicans.
The Albuquerque Journal reports Republicans are attacking a bill sponsored by state Sen. Nancy Rodriguez that would educate children in circus arts such as trapeze, ...
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's Currier Museum of Art is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
On Feb. 19, 1919, the state Legislature voted to officially create the "Currier Gallery of Art." The museum was the dream of New Hampshire's 49th governor, Moody Currier, and his wife, Hannah. They left their ...
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MADRID (AP) - The Spanish soccer federation wants a "final four" tournament to decide the Spanish Super Cup.
Federation president Luis Rubiales says the tournament would be played outside of Spain in the beginning of the season.
The Super Cup has been played in a one-game final between the Spanish ...
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PARIS (AP) — Chanel's iconic couturier, Karl Lagerfeld, whose accomplished designs as well as trademark white ponytail, high starched collars and dark enigmatic glasses dominated high fashion for the past 50 years, has died. He was around 85 years old.
Such was the enigma surrounding the German-born designer that even ...
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NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - An Olympic medalist who became the first athlete to compete for the United States while wearing a hijab will be the featured speaker during an upcoming event at Illinois State University.
The university says fencer Ibtihaj (Ib-tee-HAJ) Muhammad of New York will speak at the Muslim ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Sweden will send an inspector to Beijing to "get a clearer picture of what happened" during meetings in Stockholm between the daughter of a Swedish publisher detained in China, the country's ambassador there and two businessmen to discuss the possible release of her father.
Foreign Ministry ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Oscar nominees Glenn Close and "Black Panther" costume designer Ruth E. Carter will be honored Tuesday night at the 21st annual Costume Designers Guild Awards.
Close will receive the spotlight award at the ceremony Tuesday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The ...
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Bruce Bochy has always managed with his gut. Those same instincts told him it's nearly time to retire.
Bochy announced Monday this will be his last season managing the San Francisco Giants, his 25th as a big league manager.
He told the team before Monday's ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - A bill proposed in the Arizona House attempts to protect the rights of the secondary-ticket market by restricting what limitations teams, bands and venues can place on a ticket and the purchaser's right to transfer or sell it.
Sponsored by state Rep. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge, the bill ...
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Even with Joe Flacco out of the running, there's still a lengthy list of players who could suit up as quarterback for the Washington Redskins in 2019, whether you're talking about players already on the roster, free agents, trade targets or draft prospects.
In his second official mock draft of ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Towns in Oklahoma and Arkansas are among six finalists for a small business makeover program on the reality show "Small Business Revolution - Main Street."
Durant, in southern Oklahoma, and Searcy, in north central Arkansas, among the towns competing for $500,000 marketing support and business advice ...
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This weekend's trip to Charlotte, North Carolina, was a business trip for Bradley Beal.
The Washington Wizards shooting guard earned his second consecutive trip to the NBA All-Star Game, but in addition to scoring 11 points in 18 minutes with three 3-pointers, Beal also talked to his fellow All-Stars about ...
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MADRID (AP) - Atletico Madrid could unleash an attacking trio in an effort to finally outdo Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League.
Atletico coach Diego Simeone will be able to call on Antoine Griezmann, Diego Costa and Alvaro Morata when his team hosts Juventus in the first leg of the ...
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PARIS (AP) - A French judge has refused to block the release this week in French cinemas of a movie based on a Catholic sex scandal.
French director Francois Ozon's film "Grace a Dieu" ("By the Grace of God") won the Berlin Film Festival's jury grand prize on Saturday. The ...
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BERLIN (AP) - At 40 years old and still scoring goals, Claudio Pizarro isn't ready to retire just yet.
The veteran Werder Bremen striker became the oldest player to score in the Bundesliga with the last kick of the game in a 1-1 draw at Hertha Berlin on Saturday, gaining ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Caster Semenya has arrived at international sport's best-known tribunal for a hearing in a landmark case that will challenge science and gender politics.
The two-time Olympic 800-meter champion from South Africa didn't take questions as she arrived at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.
...CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian Federal Police did not know a Bahraini soccer player was a refugee who feared persecution in his homeland when the agency alerted Bahrain and Thailand he was on a flight bound for Bangkok, a top police official said Monday.
Police Deputy Commissioner Ramzi Jabbour told ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The head of Tokyo's city government has declined to weigh in on the future of Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, who is being investigated for his part in an alleged bribery scandal.
Asked Monday if Takeda should resign, Tokyo Governor Yurkio Koike told reporters: "This is ...
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WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - The Pawtucket Red Sox are looking for people to sing the national anthem during the upcoming 2019 season.
The Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate is holding auditions from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Warwick Mall.
Singers will have about two minutes before ...
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PROVO, Utah (AP) - A towering steel spiral structure that sits in front of the new state courthouse in Provo is the work of an Arizona artist who says he wanted a light and airy piece of art to contrast the courthouse.
The Daily Herald in Provo reports that sculptor ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ruth E. Carter is a black woman blazing a trail as a costume designer in a film industry with not many who look like her. But through her upcoming career achievement award and Oscar nomination for her Afro-futuristic wardrobes in the superhero film "Black Panther," Carter ...
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BANGOR, Maine (AP) - A new variety of Maine potato is making its restaurant debut in Bangor during the week of a high school basketball tournament.
The Maine Potato Board says the Caribou russet potato is being used in a pair of Bangor restaurants during the city's busy Maine High ...
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid was stunned by struggling Girona on Sunday, losing 2-1 at home to see Barcelona extend its lead at the top of the Spanish league standings.
Real Madrid was coming off a five-match winning streak in the league, but it wasn't able to get past its ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country star Miranda Lambert celebrated Valentine's Day weekend with the announcement that she secretly got married.
A representative for the singer confirmed the marriage after Lambert posted photos on social media Saturday showing her in a white lace gown with her new husband, Brendan Mcloughlin. She wrote ...
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Attorneys for Jussie Smollett say there is no truth to reports that the "Empire" actor played a role in an assault on him last month by what he described as two men shouting homophobic and racial slurs.
In a statement late Saturday the lawyers say: "Nothing is further from the ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Jack Purchase scored 23 points and hit five of Hawaii's 13 3-pointers and the Rainbow Warriors never trailed in their 87-64 win over UC Riverside on Saturday night.
Purchase, who shot 8 of 12 from the field, came in tied with Zane Johnson atop the program's career ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Kemba Walker will have the crowd on his side Sunday when the Hornets guard takes his home court as part of the NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte.
Walker is part of Team Giannis, selected by Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAH'-nihs an-teh-toh-KAHM'-poh). The Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James ...
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LONDON (AP) - It's said that history often repeats itself - the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Many Britons feel they are living through both at the same time as their country navigates its way out of the European Union.
The British government awarded a contract to ...
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MORAGA, Calif. (AP) - Malik Fitts had 25 points as Saint Mary's won its eighth consecutive home game, topping Pepperdine 72-65 on Saturday night. Jordan Ford added 20 points for the Gaels.
Fitts shot 5 for 7 from deep. He added seven rebounds. Ford also had six rebounds for the ...
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A 37-year-old music teacher has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to four misdemeanor counts of third-degree sexual abuse with an underage student.
The Register-Guard reports that Gabriel Donovan Dickinson also received three years of probation at his sentencing Thursday in Lane ...
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BERLIN (AP) - The voice of the female filmmaker was louder than ever at this year's Berlin Film Festival, with seven out of the 17 films in the competition section helmed by women, and female directors from all corners of the globe featured prominently at the festival.
Women directors represented ...
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BRIGHTON, England (AP) - Brighton reached the quarterfinals of the FA Cup for the second year in a row after holding on for a 2-1 win over second-tier Derby on Saturday.
Brighton looked to be in complete control after taking a 2-0 lead at halftime, with Anthony Knockaert and Jurgen ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - John Collins has a favorite dunker. Not surprisingly, it's his Atlanta teammate Vince Carter.
Collins will represent the Hawks in the dunk contest, one of the events during All-Star Saturday Night. The 3-point contest and skills competition are also on the evening docket.
Collins had perhaps ...
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CHICAGO — Chicago police released without charges two Nigerian brothers arrested on suspicion of assaulting "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett and said they have new evidence to investigate as a result of questioning them.
"The individuals questioned by police in the Empire case have now been released without charging and detectives ...
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PERTH, Australia (AP) - Sweden's Per Langfors was at the top of the leaderboard after three rounds of the World Super 6, with Ireland's Paul Dunne, Norway's Kristoffer Reitan and Australian Brad Kennedy one stroke behind in the European Tour event.
Lanfors shot an 8-under 64 and had a 10-under ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Floyd Williams, soon to be 82, has no plans to stop roller skating.
Neither does one-time roller derby competitor Zia Hiltey, 34. The two, both of west Philadelphia, dance hand-in-hand when they cross paths on skates Tuesday night at the Holiday Skating & Fun Center in Delanco. ...
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ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Paul Bilbo struts into the room with well-coiffed hair, polished fingernails and flashy clothes on his 6-foot 9-inch, 250-pound frame, and people may think it's an act to gain attention. And they would be right, if he's heading toward a wrestling ring in the center of ...
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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - Nelly Korda made up for an early bogey on the back nine Saturday with three consecutive birdies and four on her final six holes to shoot a 5-under 67 and take a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the LPGA's Women's Australian Open.
Korda, tied for ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Two women have been charged with fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl outside a Kansas City high school as she left a basketball game.
Twenty-one-year-old Jamya Norfleet is charged with second-degree murder and 18-year-old Taylor McMillon as an accessory to second-degree murder in the death of ...
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LONDON (AP) - Prize-winning novelist Andrea Levy has died after suffering from cancer in recent years. She was 62.
Georgina Moore of Tinder Press said Levy died Thursday after having been "ill for some time."
Levy was best known for her novel "Small Island" about the Windrush generation of immigrants ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC is hosting delegations from North and South Korea to try and help North Korea take part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games through better training programs or a combined team.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says on Friday the delegations "are very much ...
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MARATHON, Fla. (AP) - Another marquee ship scuttling to create an artificial reef may be destined for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Marathon city officials began planning to file for permits Wednesday with the sanctuary, Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies to execute a signature artificial reef project ...
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Retired radio talk show host Diane Rehm is scheduled to testify in favor of a measure in Maryland that would allow the terminally ill to end their lives with the help of a doctor.
A hearing on the bill is set for Friday.
Rehm, a former ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona says Ernesto Valverde has agreed to stay on as coach for at least one more season.
The Spanish champions say Valverde has agreed to exercise the option in his contract to continue. It also says Valverde has agreed to add the possibility of coaching for ...
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Here are some things to watch in Southeastern Conference basketball this week:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND
No. 1 Tennessee at No. 5 Kentucky: Although Kentucky's 73-71 loss to No. 19 LSU on Tuesday may have removed some of the national appeal from this game, it raises the stakes for Saturday's ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Olympic gold medalists Tom Slingsby and Nathan Outteridge dominated the opening day of the inaugural SailGP races for their respective teams in light winds on Sydney Harbour.
Skippered by 2012 Olympic Laser champion Slingsby, Australia finished fourth out of six in the first race on Friday before ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Dell Curry looks forward to those nights when he can open a bottle of wine, take a seat on his recliner in front of the fireplace alongside wife Sonya and watch their NBA sons play basketball simultaneously on two large-screen television sets in his living room.
...CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - With All-Star festivities set to officially begin Friday, here are 10 things to know going into the weekend:
BACK TO CHARLOTTE
Charlotte hosted NBA All-Star weekend in 1991, and now gets it back a second time to join 14 other cities that can say it hosted ...
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BEIRUT (AP) - The young Syrian woman walked on stage and began telling the story of her brother's kidnapping in the early years of her country's civil war, wiping away tears as she recalled the 2013 incident that changed her life.
The woman, who identified herself as Mae from a ...
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MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) - Police have charged Florida rapper YNW Melly with killing two of his close friends who were also rising rap stars, and trying to make it appear they died in a drive-by shooting.
On Wednesday Miramar police arrested 19-year-old YNW Melly, whose legal name is Jamell Demons, ...
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LONDON (AP) - The firing of Jose Mourinho cost Manchester United $25 million.
In its latest financial results, published Thursday, United lists 19.6 million pounds ($25 million) in exceptional items relating to the cost of dismissing Mourinho and six members of his coaching staff.
Mourinho was fired in December after ...
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MILAN (AP) - Archaeologists have discovered a fresco in an ancient Pompeii residence that portrays the mythological hunter Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.
The discovery announced Thursday is in the atrium of a house where a fresco was found late last year depicting a sensual scene ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Andres Iniesta's old teammate from his days at Barcelona is now his new teammate at Vissel Kobe.
Iniesta said Thursday that the addition of David Villa will give the Japanese team a major boost as it attempts to recover from a disappointing season.
Vissel Kobe finished 10th ...
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LONDON (AP) - Eric Harrison, the Manchester United youth team manager who launched the career of David Beckham as part of the renowned group of "Class of 92" players, has died. He was 81.
United said Harrison died Wednesday but did not provide a cause of death. He was diagnosed ...
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MONTREAL (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency says it ruled North Korea's testing program non-compliant for failing to meet international standards.
The judgment casts doubt on how North Korea's athletes are tested as the International Olympic Committee explores options to field combined Korean teams at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Ray Alfalla got hooked on NASCAR in the late 1990s after his family left Cuba and settled in the Miami area. He's the type of die-hard fan the sagging sport craves - a kid who dreamed of racing who's now an adult that settles in ...
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A look at the upcoming week around the Big Ten:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 24 Maryland at No. 6 Michigan, Saturday. The young Terrapins are full of confidence after posting their best win of the season against Purdue on Tuesday. The Wolverines (22-3, 11-3) were upset the same night ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Kevin Boyle made 35 saves in his first career start and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 Wednesday night in general manager Bob Murray's first game as interim coach.
Jakob Silfverberg scored to help the Ducks end a seven-game losing streak, a skid which ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Responding to widespread backlash to the fact that four Oscars will be presented during commercial breaks at the 91st Academy Awards, the film academy has issued a statement saying that all Academy Award winners will still be included in the broadcast on Feb. 24.
A joint ...
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - An analysis of a proposal to legalize sports betting in Kentucky says it could generate nearly $20 million per year in tax money.
House bill 175 would tax sports betting in Kentucky at 10.25 percent for in-person wagers and 14.25 percent for wagers made online. An ...
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CLEVELAND (AP) - A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body in a garbage can at an abandoned house in Cleveland has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Thirty-six-year-old Yaphet Bradley was sentenced Tuesday in the death of 31-year-old Miriam Johnson, of Cleveland Heights. Bradley ...
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PARIS (AP) - Portraits of a prominent Holocaust survivor that were daubed with swastikas in Paris this week have been restored by the artist who made them.
An unknown vandal was discovered Monday to have attacked images of Simone Veil, the survivor of Nazi death camps and a European Parliament ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say a teenage girl was fatally shot outside a Kansas City high school after two groups of people got into an argument at a basketball game.
The Kansas City Star reports that the groups were escorted out of the Central Academy of Excellence one ...
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - For the first time, and likely the last, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is showing off all of its works by Rembrandt van Rijn in a single exhibition.
From imposing portraits to intimate sketches and prints that usually lie safely cocooned in climate-controlled storage, the Amsterdam museum is ...
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TORONTO (AP) - Canada's national game - brought to you by China's Huawei.
As a nasty diplomatic feud deepens between the two countries over the tech company, involving arrests and execution orders, it hasn't gone unnoticed that Huawei's bright red fan-shaped logo is plastered prominently on the set of "Hockey ...
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COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - The sports editor of a Mississippi newspaper is accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
The Commercial Dispatch reports 47-year-old employee Ronald Scott Walters was arrested Tuesday by Starkville police on an outstanding arrest warrant from Horn Lake. Horn Lake police Capt. Joseph Keene says the male ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stevie Wonder jammed with his harmonica, John Legend crooned while playing the piano and Ciara pranced onstage dressed like Rick James at Motown Records' 60th anniversary concert.
Wonder closed out the all-star lineup performing more than a half-dozen songs at the "Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration" ...
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A library book more than 70 years overdue has finally found its way home to a library in Silver Spring, Maryland.
News outlets report 75-year-old Mora Gregg was cleaning her apartment in Toronto, Canada, last month when she discovered "The Postman," a children's book about ...
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Authorities say a dispute over the volume of music led to a fatal stabbing inside a Massachusetts home.
The Standard-Times reports that William Macomber was held without bail after pleading not guilty to murder at his arraignment on Monday.
Police say the 55-year-old Macomber stabbed ...
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former pastor in Tennessee has been convicted of repeatedly raping one of his adopted daughters.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Monday that David Lynn Richards Jr., the former minister of My Father's House Church of God in Lenoir City, awaits sentencing for rape and incest. ...
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Hundreds of Michigan schools are closed as more snow and icy weather hits the state.
Driving conditions were slippery Tuesday morning as snow, sleet and freezing rain hit Michigan. Crashes were reported. The potentially damaging weather is expected to continue Wednesday and ice storm warnings ...
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LONDON (AP) - Neighbors of London's Tate Modern have lost a legal fight to force the art gallery to close a viewing platform that gives visitors a view into their homes.
Owners of four apartments in the Neo Bankside apartment complex sought to force the gallery to block off part ...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A county election director in South Carolina has resigned after reports that more than 1,000 ballots were not counted last year.
News outlets reported Richland County elections and voter registration director Rokey Suleman resigned over the weekend.
Suleman's resignation comes after the Post and Courier of ...
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PARADISE, Ky. (AP) - A report by the Tennessee Valley Authority says it no longer makes sense to keep burning coal at its Paradise, Kentucky, power plant, despite calls by state and federal officials to keep it open.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the TVA environmental assessment released ...
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LONDON (AP) - Gordon Banks, the goalkeeper who helped England win its only World Cup in 1966, has died. He was 81.
English soccer club Stoke posted a statement from his family on Twitter on Tuesday.
"It is with great sadness that we announce that Gordon passed away peacefully overnight," ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A hearing was planned Tuesday for an Ohio inmate accused in a 2017 knife attack on four other prisoners handcuffed and unable to defend themselves and in a stabbing attack the following year on a guard who is still recovering from his injuries.
Inmate Greg Reinke ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Highway Safety Office is accepting nominations for awards given to people and organizations for efforts aimed at changing behaviors that lead to crashes, injuries and fatalities.
Thirteen different awards will be given, based on creativity, imagination, uniqueness, the impact on ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA says a one-minute silence to honor Emiliano Sala will be held before all Champions League and Europa League games this week.
Clubs can also choose to wear black armbands as a tribute to the 28-year-old Sala, who died in an airplane crash in the English ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Christian Bale says transforming himself into former Vice President Dick Cheney made him feel "like a bullfrog."
Bale has been nominated for a best actor Oscar for his part in "Vice," which also has best movie and best director nominations. He and director Adam McKay presented the ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Two young German national team players are leading Bayer Leverkusen's revival under new coach Peter Bosz.
Kai Havertz, still only 19, has made himself an indispensable part of the squad and is getting better with each game, while 22-year-old Julian Brandt produced a man-of-the-match performance against Mainz ...
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JAY, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police say a skier has died of injuries at the Jay Peak Ski Resort after he reportedly lost a ski and struck some trees.
Police said 68-year-old Bruce Charron, of West Montreal, Quebec, was injured Sunday afternoon. The trees were along the edge of ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has chosen its capital, Seoul, for its bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics, which it hopes to jointly host with rival North Korea as a peace gesture.
South Korea's Olympic committee announced the decision after a meeting Monday in which Seoul received 34 ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials say the state had 30 properties added to the National Register of Historic Places last year.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says the number shows efforts paid off from historic preservation advocates across the state. The 30 sites were added throughout last year. ...
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BANGKOK (AP) - The Latest on the release of Bahraini soccer player with refugee status in Australia who was released from Thai detention after extradition request was withdrawn (all times local):
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Bahrain says that it "reaffirms its right to pursue all necessary legal actions against" a soccer player ...
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BANGKOK (AP) - A Thai court ordered the release of a refugee soccer player on Monday after prosecutors said they were no longer seeking his extradition to Bahrain in a case that had drawn worldwide attention.
Court spokesman Suriyan Hongvilai said that Hakeem al-Araibi was being processed for release.
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CINCINNATI (AP) - The 2019 Cincinnati Reds will play games in 15 sets of throwback uniforms - including navy blue and a "Palm Beach" style - during a season-long celebration of the 1869 Red Stockings who pioneered professional baseball.
Historians credit the team that barnstormed from coast-to-coast, beating all opponents, ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Kemba Walker is preparing for his third NBA All-Star game - and his first as a starter - this weekend on his home court in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he once shouted "This is my city!" after a game-winning shot.
The big question is how many ...
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PASADENA, Calif. — A.J. Calloway, a host on the syndicated entertainment news show "Extra," was suspended Saturday as his parent company investigates sexual misconduct allegations.
The company said it had investigated prior accusations against Calloway and found no suggestion of workplace misconduct. But he was suspended after Warner Brothers became ...
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