BALTIMORE (AP) - The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has canceled its summer programming, citing $16 million in losses over the past decade.
The Washington Post reports the Thursday cancellation announcement by the orchestra comes about a month after the summer season was announced. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan approved a bill then ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
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Second-seeded Karolina Pliskova was eliminated from the French Open, ensuring that Naomi Osaka will hold onto the No. 1 ranking after the tournament.
Pliskova lost to No. 31 Petra Martic 6-3, 6-3 in the third ...
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DARDANELLE, Ark. (AP) - Officials say a levee along the Arkansas River has breached, prompting a flash flood warning and evacuation of a rural area in western Arkansas.
The levee breached early Friday at Dardanelle, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock. Yell County officials had anticipated the ...
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MADRID (AP) - Spanish police will use an anti-drone system ahead of Saturday's Champions League final in Madrid.
Authorities said Friday the system is aimed at detecting drone activity near the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, which will host the final between Liverpool and Tottenham. The command center for the anti-drone system ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The Swiss supreme court says it has rejected an appeal by former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke against a 10-year ban from soccer for financial wrongdoing.
The 58-year-old Valcke had argued that his punishment was excessive, and that he was denied a fair trial at the ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State University's full Board of Trustees is set to vote Friday on revoking the emeritus status of a team doctor found to have sexually abused young men throughout his two decades there.
Provost Bruce McPheron says the now-deceased doctor, Richard Strauss, would be the first ...
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia principal accused of plagiarizing Ashton Kutcher in an address to his school's graduating class says he didn't mean to use someone else's work.
The News and Sentinel reports Parkersburg High School Principal Kenny DeMoss issued a statement Wednesday saying he should have cited ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Germany coach Joachim Loew will miss the side's upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia to recover from a sporting accident.
The German soccer federation says "an artery was squeezed and it is necessary that he remains stationary. The treatment is going well, but the doctor ...
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - With James Rodriguez and Radamel Falcao as main team leaders, Colombia's coach Carlos Queiroz announced his squad for Copa America in Brazil on Thursday.
Both had muscle problems throughout the season which affected their performances for Bayern Munich and Monaco.
Most of Queiroz' base was inherited ...
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ASHBURN — Chase Roullier hasn't practiced with his teammates during OTAs, and there's a reason why. The Redskins center is recovering from shoulder surgery, which he underwent after the 2018 season.
Roullier started in all 16 games for the Redskins last year and was only player to play 100% of ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - From animatronic aliens to droidprints in the ground, Disneyland's latest addition immerses visitors in a brand new locale in the "Star Wars" universe.
Every detail of the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge land is meant to look and feel like it was plucked from a "Star Wars" ...
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BERLIN (AP) - After years of mismanagement, Hamburger SV is hoping experienced coach Dieter Hecking can lead the club back to the Bundesliga - and keep it there.
Hecking, respected across the league for his work at Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg and Nuremberg, signed a one-year deal with Hamburg this week, ...
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PARIS (AP) - Paris City Hall wants to name a small plaza after Princess Diana, at the site of the 1997 car crash that killed the cherished British royal.
The site already holds a golden flame-shaped monument in her honor, adjacent to the Alma Tunnel where the accident occurred.
The ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
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American teenager Amanda Anisimova is proving to be a jinx at Grand Slam tournaments for Aryana Sabalenka.
After previously beating the 11th-ranked Sabalenka in the third round of the Australian Open in January, the 17-year-old ...
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MADRID (AP) - The key to Liverpool's Champions League success this year may just be in the hands of Alisson Becker.
Liverpool paid a record $85 million fee for a goalkeeper to sign Alisson from Roma at the end of last season after predecessor Loris Karius made several costly mistakes ...
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BANGKOK (AP) - The late British writer and social critic George Orwell appears to be back in the good graces of Thailand's military rulers after a spell in the doghouse five years ago.
Deputy government spokesman Werachon Sukondhapatipak, summing up Prayuth's political thoughts as the country prepares to install a ...
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His left shoulder in a sling, Mohamed Salah stood in a line at the airport in Kiev with the rest of Liverpool's disappointed players as they made their way back from the Champions League final last year.
Heads were down. No one really wanted to talk. It was a fairly ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The founder and head of a Polish organization dedicated to helping victims of pedophile priests has resigned after allegations surfaced that he tried to extort money from a victim and demanded money from the producers of a documentary about clerical abuse.
The foundation "Have No Fear" ...
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TORONTO (AP) - Golden State coach Steve Kerr dropped the hint eight months ago that this season may be the end of the Warriors, at least as the team is currently configured.
He was speaking of the Warriors' run atop the NBA, with three titles in four years.
"It's not ...
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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Last summer in the Cape Cod League, when most everybody else focused on baseball and nothing more, Maverick Handley carved out extra time to work toward his pre-med path and future after sports.
Observe a surgery in his spare time? Absolutely.
Handley is a junior catcher ...
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for May 20-26
Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "NCIS," CBS, 12 million.
2. "Live: All in the Family-The Jeffersons," ABC, 10.4 million.
3. NBA Playoffs: Golden State at Portland, ESPN, 7.99 million.
4. "The Voice," NBC, 7.97 million.
5. "Nightline: All ...
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Thanks to the proliferation of film, comic book and cartoon characters, companies are bombarding consumers with an incredible selection of action figures. With tongue-in-cheek, let’s take a peek at some of the specimens worthy of a place in Zad’s Toy Vault.
X-Men Caliban ‘Build-A-Figure’
With the latest Marvel mutant ...
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LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Siena point guard Jalen Pickett has withdrawn his name from consideration for the NBA draft and will return to school for his sophomore year.
Pickett officially declared as an early entrant for the draft in April. He participated in the inaugural NBA G League Elite Camp ...
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Millie Bobby Brown may use brute force against demon monsters in "Stranger Things," but the teenage actress relies more on intelligence to outsmart the 500-foot-tall behemoths in the new Godzilla film.
Brown plays Madison Russell, the quick-witted 14-year-old daughter of two divorced scientists who are ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek says his doctors say he's in "near remission" of advanced pancreatic cancer and his response to the treatment is "kind of mind-boggling."
The 78-year-old TV personality tells People magazine he's responding very well to chemotherapy and the doctors have told him "they ...
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Hamburger SV has appointed former Borussia Mönchengladbach and Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking to lead the club back into the Bundesliga.
Hamburg says Hecking will be presented on Wednesday. The club did not give the length of his contract.
Hecking led Gladbach to fifth place and Europa ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Louvre museum in Paris has reopened to the public after it was closed for one day Monday, when workers complaining about overcrowding walked out.
Union representatives met Wednesday morning and decided to reopen the museum at 11am, some two hours after its regular opening time.
Hundreds ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Delta Dental is giving $5 million to help build a 5-acre (2-hectare) playground along the Detroit River in what will be Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park.
The money announced Wednesday for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy will go to the Delta Dental Play Garden.
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BRUSSELS (AP) - A Dutch court has outlawed the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, calling it a violent organization that is a danger to public order.
Wednesday's ruling by the Central Netherlands Court in Utrecht banned the Dutch arm of the gang and its international mother organization. It is the latest ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
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Ninth-seeded Elina Svitolina advanced to the third round of the French Open after her opponent pulled out of the clay-court Grand Slam because of an injury.
Svitolina was set to play 67th-ranked Kateryna Kozlova on ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's welcome signs along Interstate 10 could soon celebrate the New Orleans Saints.
Lawmakers agreed I-10 welcome signs at the Texas and Mississippi state lines should declare people have entered the "Home of the Who Dat Nation," referencing the nickname for Saints fans.
A 35-0 ...
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A breakdown of transfer waiver results over the last five years, according to data provided to The Associated Press by the NCAA:
ALL SPORTS
2014-15
- 246 waiver requests.
- 179 approved, 73%.
2015-16
- 106 waiver requests
- 64 approved, 60%.
2016-17
- 110 waiver requests.
- 80 approved, ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - Nomar Mazara and Ronald Guzman homered and the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 11-4 Tuesday night, improving to 3-1 this season when using an opener instead of a starting pitcher.
Reliever Jesse Chavez opened the game for Texas, striking out three of the four batters he ...
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MADRID (AP) - Spain says it will deploy unprecedented security measures for Saturday's "high risk" Champions League final in Madrid.
Spanish authorities say the police operation prepared for the final between Liverpool and Tottenham will be the biggest ever for a sporting event in the Spanish capital.
Officials say the ...
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Designers are playing with the idea of nautical decor in new ways, with furnishings and style notes that say "classic contemporary" instead of "kitschy cute."
There might be life preservers on the wall, but they're probably vintage, and paired with modern chairs. There might be art, but instead of the ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
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Juan Martin del Potro advanced to the second round of the French Open by beating 75th-ranked Nicolas Jarry 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 through wind and bits of rain.
Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, ...
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Under a wave of suspicion and criticism, Neymar will start his Copa America preparations on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old striker arrived at Brazil's training ground outside Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, but Tuesday will mark his first day of full training with the national team.
The clouds hovering over the Brazilian ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will receive a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Orchestra officials say the award will help support the orchestra's 2019-2020 season, helping make its music more accessible to more West Virginians.
The orchestra presents classical, pops and chamber-music ...
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HANNOVER, Germany (AP) - Hannover is bringing Mirko Slomka back as coach in its bid to secure an immediate return to the Bundesliga.
Hannover, which was relegated this season, has also promoted former forward Jan Schlaudraff to serve as sporting director.
Slomka and Schlaudraff are associated with Hannover's recent successful ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has a book coming out this summer, but he warns that it will not be a "tell-all" about President Donald Trump.
"Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead" will be published July 16, Random House announced Tuesday. Co-written with Bing West, ...
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PARIS (AP) - Naomi Osaka's bid for a third consecutive Grand Slam title finally gets started on Day 3 of the French Open.
The No. 1-seeded Osaka never has been past the third round in three previous appearances at Roland Garros.
She carries a 14-match winning streak at majors into ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Torey Krug worried afterward that his pregnant wife would not really like him flying down the ice and delivering a bone-crushing hit without a helmet on.
There wasn't anything he could do about it now.
Krug provided a signature moment of the Boston Bruins' 4-2 victory against ...
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When Snider Hockey was just getting started in the mid-2000s, someone asked Jim Britt a question that made his jaw drop.
"An administrator asked me, 'What are the girls going to do while the boys are playing hockey?'" Britt recalled.
The Philadelphia-based organization named after the late Flyers owner now ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Left-hander James Paxton is likely to rejoin the New York Yankees' rotation on Wednesday against San Diego, followed by CC Sabathia this weekend against Boston.
On a day of updates for many of the Yankees' 15 players on the injured list, reliever Dellin Betances threw his ...
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ISLES OF SHOALS, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire has had an artist in residence at the White Mountain National Forest for years. Now, it will have one at an island off its coast.
The nonprofit Star Island Corporation is launching a weeklong Artist-in-Residence program. Star Island is one of a ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The First Amendment right to free speech is no laughing matter, as illustrated by a new exhibit at the world's largest cartoon library.
The political cartooning display runs the gamut from a 1774 etching by Paul Revere criticizing Britain's use of tea as a political weapon ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Two famous shipwrecks mark the beginning and end of America's involvement in World War II: The USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the USS Indianapolis in July 1945 after delivering components of the atom bomb to Tinian.
But a third sinking in the middle ...
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A $250,000 state grant will help pay for a visitors' center at Rockford's Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Laurent House , which opened as a museum four years ago.
The Rockford Register Star reports the Laurent House Foundation is among more than a dozen recipients of Tourism Attraction ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A weightlifting gold medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics has been disqualified from the 2012 London Games for doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says its new anti-doping chamber stripped Ruslan Nurudinov of fourth place in London in the 105-kilogram weight class.
Nurudinov, ...
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SION, Switzerland (AP) - Former Liverpool defender Stephane Henchoz has been appointed coach of Swiss club Sion for next season.
Sion says in a statement Henchoz has a one-year contract with an option for a second campaign.
The former Switzerland center back is still preparing for the post-season relegation playoffs ...
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NARASHINO, Japan (AP) - Jun Endo turned 19 a few days ago and is headed to her first Women's World Cup.
The Japan forward has lots of company. Sixteen others on the 23-player roster are also going for the first time.
"I think age doesn't matter when it comes to ...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The role was so secret that Kevin Brassard didn't know what he was auditioning for.
Some character named Jack, he thought.
But when he found out the character was Indiana Jones, the 29-year-old actor knew he couldn't say no. He got the part.
"Heck, yes! Where ...
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PARIS (AP) - Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams - owners of a combined collection of 55 Grand Slam singles titles - are each in action on Day 2 at the French Open.
Each is embarking on a bid to achieve a milestone over the next two weeks at ...
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MADRID (AP) - A couple of weeks ago, few questioned Ernesto Valverde as Barcelona coach.
The team had just won a second straight Spanish league title under his command and was close to making it to the Champions League final after beating Liverpool 3-0 in the first leg of the ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - The University of Wisconsin says the wife and daughter of men's basketball assistant coach Howard Moore were killed in a Michigan automobile accident.
Wisconsin's athletic department said Moore's wife, Jennifer, and their daughter, Jaidyn, were killed in the crash on M-14 early Saturday in Washtenaw County's Superior ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - When AllianceBernstein was still operating under secret code name "Project Stella" in Nashville last year, the global financial firm's chief technology officers visited the city to see whether to locate its new headquarters here.
Among their stops was the Nashville Software School, a 7-year-old program that ...
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NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) - Three teens are dead after being struck by a car while waiting for a bus to a soccer tournament.
The Miami Herald reports the teammates were standing on a North Miami sidewalk in uniform when they were hit by the car Saturday morning.
They were ...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A more than $2.8 million donation to the University of Michigan Museum of Art will help enhance and develop the museum's exhibitions program.
The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Museum Fund will provide support for the museum's signature exhibitions. In recognition of the gift, the University ...
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Rod Bramblett, the longtime radio announcer for Auburn football and basketball games, and his wife were killed in a two-vehicle accident.
Lee County Coroner Bill Harris says in a statement that Rod Bramblett died Saturday night at UAB Hospital in Birmingham from a head injury. He ...
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Officials in Burlington are reminding motorists that a number of streets are closed during the running of the Vermont City Marathon.
Thousands of runners were expected for the Sunday race that began and ends near the Lake Champlain waterfront.
The Burlington Free Press reports parking in ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
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Tennis and tropical plants, an incongruous mix beautifully blended on the new Court Simonne Mathieu at Roland Garros.
The airy, sunken arena with two tiers of seating and surrounded on all four sides by steamy ...
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PARIS (AP) - Roger Federer is in action on the opening day of the French Open.
Returning to play at Roland Garros for the first time since 2015, Federer opens against 73rd-ranked Lorenzo Sonego in the third match on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Also Sunday, 2016 champion Garbine Muguruza faces 96th-ranked ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Melania Trump was perfectly cool Sunday at an air-conditioned interactive digital museum in Tokyo where she drew a purple fish and had it projected on a digital aquarium on the wall, as she and her host, Japanese first lady Akie Abe, joined dozens of schoolchildren while their ...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama country singer Dexter Roberts has come in third place on Season 16 of NBC's "The Voice."
Al.com reports that Roberts competed on celebrity country crooner Blake Shelton's team during the reality series. The 27-year-old from Fayette was beat out for the top spot by Maelyn ...
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LYON, France (AP) - French veteran Benoit Paire denied Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime his first ATP title with a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the Lyon Open final on Saturday.
It's the second clay-court title in two months for the 51st-ranked Paire, who also raised the trophy in Marrakech, Morocco, in ...
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - It's not often that an African house snake gets to live a rock and roll lifestyle. It's even rarer that the snake gets to do it in Alaska.
That's the life that Rocks has led.
The beloved snake has lived at Squirez Bar (formerly Squire's Rest) ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois General Assembly is entering the final week of its spring session. And not surprisingly, lawmakers have a slate of major issues left to tackle.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his Democratic legislative colleagues want to approve Pritzker's agenda before the legislative session's scheduled May 31 ...
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Ayanda Sibanda, a model with albinism, has invariably been called "yellow" or "white" by friends and even some relatives. But she hardly recalls anyone referring to her by her actual race.
"I am black, that's what I thought, but then I am always made to feel ...
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PARIS (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel has extended his contract at the French champion for another year until June 2021, despite a disappointing second half of the season.
The German coach replaced Unai Emery on a two-year deal last summer and helped PSG defend its league title this ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - One victim spoke out, and then another, and another. A statue of a pedophile priest was toppled in Gdansk, put back by his supporters, and finally dismantled for good. A feature film about clerical abuse was a box office hit.
Poland thought it had started confronting ...
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CANNES, France (AP) - History could be made when the top award of the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or, is handed out Saturday.
The Palme d'Or is decided by a nine-person jury, headed this year by the filmmaker Alejandro Inarritu. Their deliberations are done in secret, so what will ...
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COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - Joey Bosa is hoping to return to form with the Los Angeles Chargers wearing a new, yet familiar, number.
The defensive end has switched from No. 99 to 97. Bosa wore that number at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Ohio ...
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LONDON (AP) - The first day of school can be stressful but Princess Charlotte will have her older brother to lean on if necessary.
Kensington Palace said Friday that 4-year-old Charlotte will join her brother Prince George at Thomas's Battersea school in September.
Headmaster Simon O'Malley said the school is ...
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BRUGES, Belgium (AP) - The coach of Belgian champion Genk has turned his back on guaranteed Champions League soccer to join runner-up Club Brugge, which will play in the competition's qualifying rounds.
Brugge says Philippe Clement is returning to the club where he won the league title twice as ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Their histories, and lists of achievements, couldn't be more different.
Bayern Munich has won 54 major titles, while Leipzig has none. Bayern has been around for 119 years, Leipzig 10.
Luckily for Leipzig, though, those numbers won't mean much when the two teams meet in the German ...
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PARIS (AP) - French Open organizers say Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.
The reason for the Australian player's withdrawal was not immediately clear.
Last week, the 36th-ranked Kyrgios defaulted and was fined during his second-round match at the Italian Open after an outburst of rage.
...NEW YORK (AP) - Lada Gaga's multiple fashion reveals were a big moment at the Met Gala. They were also a sweet one for her friend Brandon Maxwell.
Maxwell was the designer by her side who peeled off all her layers on the pink carpet. He created the look and ...
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EAGLEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A high school baseball coach in Tennessee has been suspended over a video that shows him caressing a female student's back in an apparent side hug.
News outlets report Eagleville High School coach Travis Holland was suspended without pay this week pending a district investigation. But ...
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Charleston's world-renowned Spoleto Festival USA is opening 17 days of operas, plays, chamber music and jazz.
The arts festival opens at noon Friday with a ceremony at Charleston City Hall.
Spoleto will run through June 9.
The spotlighted performance is the opera "Salome." Spoleto plans a ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The Italian bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo looks stronger than the Stockholm-Are project in an IOC analysis of the candidates.
The IOC says its own polling in March showed "83% support in Italy" and "55% in favor in Sweden."
...They've won the Champions League together, were teammates for three Premier League title-winning campaigns, and stood shoulder to shoulder at World Cups and European Championships.
Whether in the blue of Chelsea or the white of England, Frank Lampard and John Terry were often inseparable.
Now, with their playing days over, ...
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LONDON (AP) - The Laver Cup is getting official status from the men's tennis tour.
The ATP says it has reached an agreement to make the tournament an official part of the yearly calendar, although no ranking points will be awarded to competitors.
Roger Federer and his management team played ...
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) - It was a gorgeous weekend for a bike race and Walnut Hill Park presented the best possible course, according to cyclists who flocked there from across the state.
The 2019 Connecticut Masters' Games Criterium Cycling Competition drew about 150 Sunday, whose skill and ability were ...
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NAHANT, Mass. (AP) - Brooklyn-based artist Wes Sam-Bruce had Johnson Elementary students flying through the air on Thursday.
Sam-Bruce, a Peabody Essex Museum artist-in-residence, was invited to the school by the Nahant Education Foundation (NEF) as part of its Tombolo Project launch. He was originally supposed to work with the ...
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MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - A man convicted in the stabbing death of another man after a fight in New Jersey during celebrations over the Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl win is now headed to prison.
Supreme Life received a 20-year term Wednesday
The 57-year-old Lumberton man was convicted in March ...
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YOUNGWOOD, Pa. (AP) - A woman will stand trial on allegations she beat her mother and shaved her head because she thought the older woman was listening to the Pittsburgh Steelers' game too loudly on the radio.
A judge ruled Wednesday that Delores Amorino was competent to stand trial.
But ...
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TOKYO (AP) - An Olympic official has made a guarantee that should please the heads of world sports federations who are concerned that Tokyo Games organizers might be cutting things they see as "decoration" but federations view as "essential."
Christophe Dubi, the executive director of the Olympic Games, says "the ...
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LONDON (AP) - Judith Kerr, author and illustrator of the bestselling "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" and other beloved children's books, has died at the age of 95.
HarperCollins chief executive Charlie Redmayne announced her death Thursday. The publisher did not provide details.
Kerr "was a brilliantly talented artist ...
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PARIS (AP) - A French judicial official says Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been placed under investigation for suspected corruption.
The official says the preliminary charge of "active corruption" was filed in mid-May. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person wasn't authorized to discuss the investigation ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Fair is cutting the cost of daily admission in half for adults attending in August on Sunday through Thursday.
Fair Manager Kevin Gordon announced this week that admission will be just $5, down from $10, on those days. Admission on Fridays and Saturdays ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Basketball stars Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Larry Finch and Nikki McCray-Penson are among the more than 20 athletes named to the inaugural class of the Memphis Sports Hall of Fame in Tennessee.
The hall says in a news release that fisherman Bill Dance, soccer star Cindy Parlow ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush was awarded an Australian record of 2.9 million Australian dollars ($2 million) damages by a Sydney judge on Thursday in defamation case against a newspaper publisher and journalist over reports he had been accused of inappropriate behavior toward an actress.
The 67-year-old Australian ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - It's been a busy offseason for the WNBA with big names changing places, a new commissioner and sadly a few injuries to some of the games' greatest players.
The league will tip off its 23rd season on Friday with many teams hoping to win the championship ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Defending champion Kashima Antlers and two-time winner Guangzhou Evergrande both advanced to the knockout round of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday.
Kashima rallied to beat already-qualified Shandong Luneng 2-1 in Group E, while Guangzhou defeated Daegu FC 1-0 in Group F.
Former Manchester United ...
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CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) - Country music star Hank Williams Jr. is offering a $6,000 reward for his grandfather's missing shotgun.
The singer known for hits including "Family Tradition" has posted a letter online saying he spent time growing up in south Alabama with his grandfather.
The letter says he can't ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Germany will be without Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos for its upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia.
Germany coach Joachim Loew left both of his Spain-based players - Kroos and Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen - out of his squad for the games in Minsk ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - British author Hilary Mantel is ready to complete her million-selling trilogy of Thomas Cromwell novels.
Henry Holt and Company announced Wednesday that "The Mirror & the Light" comes out in the U.S. on March 10, 2020, five days after HarperCollins Publishers releases it in the U.K. ...
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PARIS (AP) - French soccer club Guingamp says it will part ways with coach Jocelyn Gourvennec following the team's relegation to the second division.
Gourvennec, who previously coached the Brittany club from 2010-16, returned in November as a replacement for Antoine Kombouare.
Gourvennec led Guingamp to the League Cup final ...
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MADRID (AP) - American writer Siri Hustvedt, author of international bestsellers including "What I Loved" and "The Summer Without Men," has won this year's Princess of Asturias award for literature.
The Spanish award's jury said that Hustvedt's "ambitious" work "delves into aspects that depict a convulsed and disconcerting present from ...
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CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A U.S. soldier who had just returned home from overseas surprised his 8-year-old son from behind home plate as the boy stepped up to bat at a youth baseball game in Michigan.
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Abbott wore an umpire's mask and chest protector along ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) - Lights, camera, cut?
Some of Hollywood's biggest hit movies and equally big bombs have something in common: They were shot in Ohio, taking advantage of a 10-year-old tax credit incentive program.
Now some Ohio legislators want to dim the lights on a program aimed at luring filmmaking ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois hunters harvested more than 15,000 wild turkeys during the spring season, up from nearly 13,500 last year.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced the totals Tuesday. The preliminary statewide total of 15,189 turkeys includes the 1,364 birds harvested during the 2019 youth turkey season.
...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) - Tickets are on sale for the PGA Tour stop at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia.
The Greenbrier says in a news release that weekly grounds badges cost $125 for A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier from Sept. 9 to 15 in White Sulphur ...
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A colleague and friend of Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina says he has died at age 48.
Tom Maliti, the chairman of the Kwani Trust which Wainaina founded, says the author died Tuesday night in Nairobi after an illness.
Wainaina was one of Africa's best-known authors and ...
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STRASBOURG, France (AP) - Top-seeded Ashleigh Barty withdrew from the Internationaux de Strasbourg clay-court tournament on Tuesday because of a right arm injury.
Barty was replaced in the main draw by lucky loser Diana Marcinkevica.
The eighth-ranked Australian said she would not take any risk ahead of the French Open, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Susan E. Rice, the former national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has a book coming out this fall.
"Tough Love" will be published Oct. 8, Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday. She will reflect on challenges and controversies that arose during the Obama ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - What's next for "Game of Thrones?"
The author, whose work was adapted into the HBO series that drew a record-setting numbers of viewers for Sunday's finale, says it's "been a wild ride." George RR Martin wrote on Monday that it "was an ending, but it was ...
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LONDON (AP) - Champions League finalist Tottenham says it banned three season-ticket holders who offered to sell their match seats online for a profit.
Tottenham was allocated 16,000 tickets for the game against Liverpool at Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid on June 1.
The club says in a statement it is ...
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Administrators at Ohio State University should release the names of all coaches, trainers and personnel who knew of but failed to act on complaints about a now-dead team doctor who sexually abused male students for nearly two decades, said attorneys for some of the victims.
They ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's state veterinarian's office is investigating an outbreak of a blood parasite in a group of racing quarter horses.
The office says 22 horses have tested positive for equine piroplasmosis (pir-uh-plaz-MOH'-sis) in five locations within Bedford, Rutherford and Williamson counties.
It can take up to 30 ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A show choir from Ravenswood High School has won a contest sponsored by West Virginia first lady Cathy Justice.
Justice says in a news release that the Rave Revue show choir won the grand prize in the competition that involved performing a song about West Virginia.
...LOS ANGELES (AP) - "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia learned firsthand what the Red Nose Day's fundraising campaign means to children in need, and he's eager to spread the word.
"I saw how the money was being spent, and how it's impacting these kids on a very real level ...
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BERLIN (AP) - German authorities are handing over to Israel a trove of 5,000 documents kept by a confidant of Franz Kafka.
The papers include a postcard from Kafka from 1910 and personal documents kept by Max Brod, which experts say provide a window into Europe's literary and cultural scene ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Miguel Sano's two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.
Sano has homered twice in the past three games. He missed the first 41 games due to a right heel laceration before ...
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The Wizards' No. 1 choice for their general manager vacancy won't be joining them.
Denver Nuggets president of basketball operations Tim Connelly turned down an offer to join the Wizards, ESPN reported Monday. Washington had offered Connelly, a Baltimore native with strong roots to Wizards, the job on Friday.
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"The Never Game" (Putnam), by Jeffery Deaver
In Jeffery Deaver's "The Never Game," Sophie doesn't fit the profile of a runaway, and her father believes she's been abducted. He offers a $10,000 reward for her whereabouts, and that reward gets Colter Shaw to look into the case. He constantly calculates ...
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid says it has extended Toni Kroos' contract until the end of the 2023 season.
The 29-year-old midfielder, whose contract was to expire at the end of the 2022 season, joined from Bayern Munich after winning the World Cup with Germany in 2014. He has helped ...
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"Deception Cove," (Mulholland Books), by Owen Laukkanen
It would be easy for Owen Laukkanen's superb "Deception Cove" to evolve into just a dog story about the power and love of a devoted canine - and, indeed, it does include that. But "Deception Cove" also insightfully explores the recovery of former ...
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STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - Stuttgart has hired Holstein Kiel coach Tim Walter to take over for next season.
Stuttgart, which faces a playoff to stay in the Bundesliga, says the 43-year-old Walter signed a contract through June 2021 after agreeing to join from the second-division club.
Walter, who previously worked ...
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"Star-Crossed: A Novel" (Crown), by Minnie Darke
A journalist once considered adjusting her newspaper's horoscope to help an astrology-devoted friend. She didn't do it, but in her new novel, Minnie Darke imagines what happens when her lovesick protagonist acts on the same impulse she had. The result is an escapist ...
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BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) - Jury selection is starting in the trial of a Maine man accused of raping, beating and strangling a former Mount Desert Island High School classmate.
The trial of Jalique Keene will begin in Superior Court in Ellsworth after a jury is seated. Jury selection gets ...
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CANNES, France (AP) - The Cannes Film Festival is a wide-screen spectacle best captured in close-up.
As the Cote d'Azur extravaganza has unspooled over the last week, Associated Press photographer Petros Giannakouris has focused his camera lens on the smaller fashion details of the festival's famed red carpet.
His images ...
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Television star Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been sworn in as Ukraine's next president after he beat the incumbent at the polls last month.
The ceremony was held at Ukrainian parliament in Kiev on Monday morning.
Zelenskiy ditched the idea of a traditional motorcade and walked to the ...
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PARIS (AP) - Kylian Mbappe has opened the door for a move away from Paris Saint-Germain.
Just after receiving the award for the French league's player of the season, the 20-year-old World Cup winner said he wants more responsibility, either at PSG or "elsewhere with a new project."
Mbappe, who ...
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Like most aspiring broadcasters of his era, Mike Tirico remembers tuning into ABC every Saturday to watch Wide World of Sports, listening in rapt attention to the dulcet tones of Jim McKay.
"It was Channel 7 back in New York," Tirico recalled fondly, "and this was a time that was ...
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TROY, N.Y. (AP) - Longtime Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim and former Orange player Jim Lee are among 17 people to be inducted Sunday into the Upstate New York Basketball Hall of Fame.
Boeheim was an all-state performer at Lyons Central High School and was a two-year starter for the Orange. ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A 31-foot tall statue of Abraham Lincoln will make its debut this week in Springfield after stops in Chicago and Peoria.
The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports the 19-ton sculpture named "Return Visit" will be located in front of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum ...
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Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio insists "rumors are flying within league circles" that the New York Jets may try to hire Peyton Manning as their new general manager.
The Jets fired Mike Maccagnan from the role last week after more than four seasons. The timing caught criticism after ...
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ROME (AP) - Karolina Pliskova captured the biggest clay-clay-court title of her career by beating Johanna Konta 6-3, 6-4 Sunday in the Italian Open final.
Adding to a very consistent year from the 2016 U.S. Open runner-up, the victory will move Pliskova up to No. 2 in the rankings and ...
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - The Dutch royal family and prime minister are leading an unusual outpouring of praise for the 25-year-old singer who brought the Netherlands its first victory in the Eurovision song contest since the 1970s.
Duncan Laurence beat out over-the-top, camp-filled performances from across Europe and beyond to win ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Real Madrid put a fittingly poor ending to its worst season in recent memory after losing its last match of the Spanish league on Sunday.
Many of the frustrated fans at the Santiago Bernabeu jeered Madrid's players after the 2-0 loss to Real Betis. Most of ...
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LAS VEGAS — Sammy Shore, an actor and standup comedian who co-founded the Comedy Store, died Saturday. He was 92.
Through a spokeswoman, Shore's family said he died at his Las Vegas home surrounded by family. He was the father of actor-comedian Pauly Shore.
Shore's nearly seven-decade career stretched from ...
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FJADRÁRGLJÚFUR, Iceland (AP) - With one magical video, Justin Bieber has made a pristine Icelandic canyon famous around the world. And that's the problem.
Icelandic environmental officials have had to close off the Fjadrárgljúfur canyon to protect it from the hordes of Bieber fans who are determined to visit the ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Vincent Kompany says he is leaving Manchester City after 11 seasons.
The Belgium defender announced his decision on his social-media channels on Sunday, a day after captaining City in its FA Cup final win over Watford. That clinched a domestic treble, unprecedented in the men's game ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - The Minnesota Twins' offense has been rolling all season. They had their best game yet Saturday night against the Seattle Mariners.
C.J. Cron and Jonathan Schoop each hit two home runs and Byron Buxton had a grand slam as the Twins cruised to an 18-4 victory. Miguel ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - New video shows actor Arnold Schwarzenegger being assaulted during a public appearance in South Africa.
The video posted by broadcaster eNCA shows the 71-year-old standing and filming children at a sporting event in Johannesburg when a man makes a flying kick into his back. Schwarzenegger stumbles forward. ...
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - The Latest on the PGA Championship on Saturday (all times local):
11 a.m.
Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth have a recent history playing together in a major, but not a long one.
They were in the same group for the opening two rounds of the Masters ...
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) - Sculptures made from illegal snare traps that threaten wildlife in Africa are on display at the Detroit Zoo.
The exhibition "Snares to Wares: Capacity for Change " is on view at the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery at the zoo in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak ...
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ROME (AP) - Johanna Konta rallied past sixth-seeded Kiki Bertens 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 in nearly three hours on Saturday to reach the Italian Open final for the biggest clay-court result of her career.
Konta's only previous final on clay came recently in Rabat, Morocco, where she lost the title match ...
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CANNES, France (AP) - Alfonso Cuaron has introduced a restoration of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Mexican filmmaker was notably absent from Cannes last year when his "Roma" was expected to premiere here. But when Netflix and the festival couldn't agree on distribution terms for ...
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BANGOR, Maine (AP) - The outgoing commander of the Maine Air National Guard has retired after a military career that spanned more than three decades.
Brig. Gen. Scott Young said he was honored to be a part of the "MAINEiacs," the nickname for the 101st Air Refueling Wing in Bangor. ...
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DALLAS (AP) - The more than 70 years of fashion created by the famed House of Dior will be examined in an exhibit opening in Dallas that will feature almost 200 dresses.
"Dior: From Paris to the World" opens Sunday at the Dallas Museum of Art. The exhibit will ...
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Edward Hopper's final painting is on view at the Currier Museum of Art.
"Two Comedians," showing the artist and his wife taking a bow onstage, once belonged to singer Frank Sinatra.
Hopper painted the work in 1966 at age 83, when he and his wife were ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Victims of a now-dead Ohio State team doctor are reacting with shock, grief and anger at investigative findings that validated a heinous pattern of sexual abuse that many of them say they experienced as young men and then worked to forget for decades.
Their reactions follow ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Until recently the Ugandan pop star and opposition figure known as Bobi Wine could count on news crews trailing him. As his popularity grew in the past year, his activities were increasingly covered live by broadcasters satisfying public interest in his anti-government movement known as People ...
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LONDON (AP) - It's been an eventful first year of marriage for Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle, now known formally as the Duchess of Sussex.
The besotted couple wed on May 19, 2018 before rapt crowds outside of Windsor Castle, with one of the largest TV audiences ever ...
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MADRID (AP) - The Spanish soccer federation says it has not considered replacing national coach Luis Enrique despite his long absence for personal reasons.
Luis Enrique missed the first round of qualifiers for the European Championship this year and will miss the next round in June because of an undisclosed ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - If anyone is kicking themselves that they missed seeing the musical "Kinky Boots," relax - it's coming to a movie screen nearby this summer.
Fathom Events plans to show a performance from the London cast in nearly 500 movie theaters across America on June 25 and ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA says it's working "to help find cheaper solutions" for Arsenal and Chelsea fans going to the Europa League final in Azerbaijan.
Fans of the English clubs have criticized their limited flight and hotel options for the May 29 game in Baku.
Return tickets cost around ...
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MORRISTOWN, Ariz. (AP) — Her owners say Grumpy Cat, whose sourpuss demeanor became an internet sensation, has died at age 7.
Posting on social media Friday, Grumpy Cat's owners wrote that she experienced complications from a urinary tract infection and "passed away peacefully" Tuesday "in the arms of her mommy."
...BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - With the World Cup looming and women's soccer gaining ground around Europe, UEFA launched a new five-year plan for the sport on Friday.
The strategy document, Time for Action , sets out how the European soccer body aims to double the number of women and girls ...
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PARIS (AP) - Paris' Louvre museum is paying tribute to the architect of its giant glass pyramid, I.M. Pei, who has died at age 102.
The Louvre's employees will gather Friday afternoon under the pyramid to commemorate Pei.
The President-director of the Louvre, Jean-Luc Martinez, has expressed his "huge sadness."
...LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation providing $26 million for land purchases and outdoor recreation projects.
The payments come from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund , which consists of royalties for development of state-owned oil, natural gas and other minerals.
The board that oversees ...
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) - A thoroughbred retirement farm in Kentucky has welcomed former graded stakes winner Saudi Poetry as its newest resident.
Old Friends farm says Saudi Poetry was donated by former thoroughbred trainer Jeff Morris and his long-time friend, author Laura Hillenbrand.
The farm says the 22-year-old mare arrived ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Big Bang Theory" closed out its run as television's top-rated comedy with an emotional final episode that saw some big changes for the show's group of geeky misfits.
The long-running series on CBS concluded with two final episodes, "The Change Constant" and "The Stockholm Syndrome," ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - Viral video star C.J. Cron and Byron Buxton fueled a seven-run fourth inning with homers, and Michael Pineda pitched the Minnesota Twins past the Seattle Mariners 11-6 on Thursday night.
The Twins hit four home runs to extend their streak to 11 straight games with a long ...
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - The Latest on the PGA Championship on Thursday at Bethpage Black (all times local):
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Tiger Woods got off to a struggling start to the PGA Championship when he double-bogeyed his first hole, the 10th, in the opening round.
Woods, fresh off his Masters victory ...
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CANNES, France (AP) - Tilda Swinton feels most at home at the Berlin Film Festival, but she's steadily become a regular at the Cannes Film Festival.
"I'm racking them up," she says cheerfully the day after the premiere of Jim Jarmusch's zombie movie "The Dead Don't Die."
"I like this ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., says it is expelling two students linked to an admissions scandal involving the school's former tennis coach.
Former coach Gordon Ernst has pleaded not guilty to accepting $2.7 million in bribes to designate at least 12 applicants as tennis recruits, whether or ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Rolling Stones are ready to get back on the road after postponing their North American tour because Mick Jagger needed medical treatment .
The rockers announced Thursday the No Filter tour will kick off in Chicago with two shows on June 21 and 25. All ...
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - The Latest on the PGA Championship (all times local):
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Tiger Woods is back at Bethpage Black after a late decision to skip the final round of practice at the PGA Championship.
Woods had planned to play the front nine early Wednesday morning, but never ...
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LONDON (AP) - Prince Harry has settled privacy and data protection claims against a news agency that hovered over his home in a helicopter, taking photos directly into his living room and bedroom.
Buckingham Palace says Thursday that Harry accepted substantial damages and an apology from Splash News and Picture ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Despite needing a "small miracle" to win the Bundesliga title on the final day of the season, Borussia Dortmund already has its celebration party planned.
Bayern Munich, which leads Dortmund by two points and has a huge advantage on goal difference, is favored to win its record-extending ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA says its club finance investigators have sent their Manchester City file to independent judges for a verdict.
The English champion faces a one-year ban from the Champions League, potentially next season.
The club finance panel opened its formal case against City in March "for potential ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be among the 2019 headliners at the Essence Festival, which is marking its 25th anniversary.
The festival is scheduled July 4-7 in New Orleans, with ticketed concerts inside the Superdome and free empowerment and cultural activities at the city's convention ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Georgia and Hollywood are worlds away from one another, physically and culturally, but irresistible tax incentives have turned the state into a filming powerhouse dubbed "Hollywood of the South." Productions as big as Marvel Studios' superhero blockbusters and shows like "Stranger Things" and "The Walking Dead" ...
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Ralph Krueger has officially been named the new coach of the Buffalo Sabres as the franchise seeks to return to the playoffs after an eight-year absence.
The Sabres announced the hire on Wednesday. General manager Jason Botterill says in a statement that Krueger has adapted to ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - "The Big Bang Theory" finale has yet to air and CBS is already back in business with its creator.
The network said Wednesday that its fall lineup will include a new sitcom from Chuck Lorre that stars Billy Gardell, who co-starred in "Mike & Molly."
Other ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian soccer federation has hired former Croatia international Igor Stimac as coach.
Stimac, a defender on the national team when Croatia reached the World Cup semifinals in 1998, has signed a two-year contract.
India has never qualified for the World Cup but federation president Praful ...
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ROME (AP) - After four decades of dormancy, male tennis players in Italy are finally showing signs of becoming as good as the women have been.
Marco Cecchinato got things rolling by reaching the French Open semifinals last year - the first Italian man to reach the last four of ...
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MADRID (AP) - Retired American Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn has won Spain's Princess of Asturias award for sports.
The judges said on announcing the prize Wednesday that Vonn "has throughout her career made extraordinary contributions to the world of sports."
Vonn's achievements include a women's record of 82 World Cup ...
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FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) - A judge has denied bail to the man charged in the home invasion of a former "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member.
The judge on Tuesday cited 51-year-old James Mainello's extensive criminal record including convictions for armed robbery and burglaries.
Prosecutors say two men were ...
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LONDON (AP) - British broadcaster ITV has canceled a long-running and popular daytime reality show after the death of a guest who failed a lie-detector test during a recording.
ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall said Wednesday that "The Jeremy Kyle Show" was being scrapped "given the gravity of recent events."
...BEIJING (AP) - Chris Coleman has become the first coach fired in the 2019 Chinese Super League season.
Hebei China Fortune made the move Wednesday after the club posted just one win from nine games and with fans calling for the 48-year-old ex-Wales coach to be fired.
The big-spending Hebei, ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has delayed an annual trip to Los Angeles to promote Georgia's film industry as movie executives, producers and actors criticize the state's new abortion ban.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the delay announced Tuesday comes about a week after Kemp signed a bill into ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Whether it was the right time to leave Michigan for the Cleveland Cavaliers, John Beilein wasn't sure.
One thing he had no doubt about was this: It was the right move to make.
Beilein decided it was time to jump to the NBA and see if he ...
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QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - Transit police in Massachusetts are looking for a group of men who appear to Boston Bruins fans they say "viciously beat" and seriously injured a man at a trolley stop.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police say the attack occurred at the North Quincy Station at about ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. John Bel Edwards is promoting President Donald Trump's visit to southwest Louisiana with a new regional TV ad that calls the visit a sign the state's economy is thriving.
The Republican president is traveling Tuesday to Cameron Parish to promote the region's booming energy ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A free e-book collection allows fans of Tracy Chevalier, JoJo Moyes and more than 40 other writers to read early excerpts of their upcoming books.
"Buzz Books 2019: Fall/Winter," published Tuesday, features such works as Chevalier's "A Single Thread" and Moyes' "The Giver of Stars." Other ...
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BOSTON (AP) - A former University of Southern California soccer coach is expected to plead guilty to allegations that she created fake athletic profiles for the children of wealthy parents in the college admissions bribery scheme.
Laura Janke is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday in Boston federal court.
Authorities say ...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Transit is advising fans of the Korean pop group BTS to expect delays of up to two hours if they plan to use mass transit after the group's concerts at MetLife Stadium on Saturday and Sunday.
The agency says the rail line from ...
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ROME (AP) - Roma captain Daniele De Rossi has surprisingly announced he is leaving his hometown club after 18 years.
Roma made the announcement on its website, adding De Rossi will hold a news conference later Tuesday.
The 35-year-old midfielder is expected to continue playing abroad following his final two ...
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CANNES, France (AP) - The 72nd Cannes Film Festival is set to open Tuesday with the premiere of Jim Jarmusch's zombie comedy "The Dead Don't Die" and the introduction of Alejandro Inarritu's jury.
This year's Cannes arrives with the usual swirl of celebrity and controversy. Debuting at the French film ...
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