NEW YORK (AP) - The country's biggest TV networks - ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX - are suing Locast, a streaming service that transmits their broadcasts for free.
The companies say that Locast is violating their copyrights. Locast has held that under the law, it is allowed to stream the ...
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers from around Connecticut say they've reached a compromise on proposed legislation that could lead to a tribal casino in Bridgeport.
The legislators on Wednesday unveiled the Connecticut Jobs and Revenue Act, which requires the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes to spend ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The agent for New Orleans Saints leading receiver Michael Thomas says Thomas and the Saints have agreed on a new five-year, $100 million contract.
Andrew Kessler of the agency Athletes First, who joined colleague David Mulugheta in negotiating the deal with the Saints, says the contract ...
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Yasiel Puig's time with the Cincinnati Reds was brief, thanks to a three-team trade Tuesday that sent him to the Cleveland Indians.
But in an ironic twist rarely seen in sports, Puig was still playing in the Reds' game when the news broke — and he participated in a ninth-inning brawl ...
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Boxing is the topic on the latest installment of PodcastOne Sports Now , where co-hosts Tim Dahlberg and Jim Litke discuss how difficult it is to reconcile a love for the sport with the deaths of two fighters in recent weeks.
Dahlberg talks about his latest column on the subject ...
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Radio host and father of three Mario Lopez is facing criticism for comments he made about young transgender children and the emotional "repercussions" they could face later on in life.
Mr. Lopez made the comments during an interview with former Turning Point USA director Candace Owens on her eponymous radio ...
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LONDON (AP) - Medieval is meeting modern as English Heritage tests video review technology for jousting.
English Heritage, a charity which manages monuments and castles, says accuracy is vital in jousting, a sport in which participants on horseback charging at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (48 kph) ...
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A video rental store that is believed to be among one of the last of its size on the East Coast is set to close in Virginia.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that the Naro Expanded Video Archival Library in Norfolk will close by the end of August.
...LAS VEGAS (AP) - Before he played for the Detroit Pistons and then went on to be a successful WNBA coach, Bill Laimbeer spent a season playing a Sleestak on the hit television show "Land of the Lost."
He played one of the nearly 7-foot tall reptilian creatures in the ...
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Matt Olson homered with one out in the 10th inning off Josh Hader and the Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.
Blake Treinen (5-3) pitched a 1-2-3 10th with two strikeouts, including slugger Christian Yelich on a ...
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Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson issued a mea culpa this week after he initially praised a line from a speech by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and joked that the two were cousins.
The Rock was promoting his new movie "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw" on "Good Morning ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Through flowers, foliage and works of art, a big botanical garden show distills the genius of influential Brazilian artist and landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx.
Curvy, graphic pathways draw visitors in, winding through eye-catching tapestries of bright, almost sculptural plant forms. Exotic water lilies resemble rimmed ...
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What's for breakfast? How about a nice, big bowl of Ovi O's?
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin soon will appear on cereal boxes at a Giant food store near you as the face of a "collector's edition" cereal called Ovi O's, set to hit store shelves closer to hockey season.
...NEW YORK (AP) - Million-selling novelist Julia Alvarez's next book is a story of identity and immigration that she felt compelled to write.
"Afterlife" will be published next April, Algonquin Books announced Tuesday. The novel centers on a literature professor whose grief for her late husband and encounter with an ...
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Prosecutors say they submitted a murder indictment against the former head of Hungary's swimming federation for allegedly ordering the 1998 killing of a rival media mogul.
Budapest Chief Prosecutor Tibor Ibolya said Tuesday in a statement that Tamas Gyarfas decided to have Janos Fenyo killed over ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's transportation agencies are boosting services to accommodate tens of thousands of people attending Lollapalooza.
The Metra commuter train and the CTA subway agencies will expand capacity for one of the nation's most popular music festivals. It takes place from Thursday through Sunday in Chicago's Grant Park.
...CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is promising a "robust security plan" to protect patrons at this weekend's Lollapalooza music festival.
Lightfoot's promise Monday came a day after a shooting at a California food festival that killed three people and wounded 12.
Lightfoot says she'll participate in an exercise ...
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Former Norfolk State University president and grandfather of NFL star Russell Wilson has died.
The Seattle Seahawks quarterback remembered his 94-year-old grandfather Dr. Harrison B. Wilson on Instagram , describing him as an educator and mentor. Wilson posted: "Going to miss you Grandpa."
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VERONA, N.Y. (AP) - The Oneida Indians will start allowing sports betting at their upstate New York casino this week.
The Oneida Indian Nation and Caesars Entertainment plan a grand opening event on Thursday at their Turning Stone casino in Verona.
New York is the ninth state to permit and ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors today:
STILL A MET (FOR NOW)
Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard (7-5, 4.33) is set to start against the White Sox, and it could be his final appearance with the club. The hard-throwing 26-year-old changed his bio on Twitter over the weekend to ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Elena Delle Donne has always been a dog lover. Now, the WNBA All-Star captain has partnered with PETA to raise awareness on adopting shelter dogs in an ad campaign.
"My wife had adopted Rasta when she was in college. And I was lucky enough to meet ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A person familiar with the situation says the Washington Mystics and Las Vegas Aces on Aug. 5 will finish their game that was suspended earlier this month because of an earthquake.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because no official ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Martin Scorsese's big-budget mafia epic "The Irishman" will premiere as the opening night film at the 57th New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced Monday.
The selection, with the premiere set for September 27, gives Scorsese a hometown launch for one of his most ...
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The "Linsanity" phenomenon is now more than seven years old, but the subject of that craze has hung around the NBA since then. Now, he's worried his time may be up.
Jeremy Lin said he feels that the NBA has "kind of given up on" him during a motivational speech ...
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has signed an eight-year, $76 million contract extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The team announced the deal - worth an average of $9.5 million per season - with the Vezina Trophy winner on Monday.
Lightning vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Kathy Griffin says two days into the fallout of her 2017 photo posing with a fake severed head of President Donald Trump, she knew she should document what was happening.
She was losing jobs, featured on headline news and the topic of widespread scrutiny, not to ...
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The World Golf Championships event in Tennessee is changing dates and will be played between the final two majors next year.
That was part of the 2019-20 schedule the PGA Tour released Monday, which features only four empty weeks from the Sept. 12 start ...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Some extras on the Alabama movie set of "Son of the South" say they haven't been paid, months after the filming.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports producer Stan Erdreich cited "unforeseen accounting issues, but said they are now resolved. Erdreich says now it's a matter of getting ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - One man was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting during a rap video production in Philadelphia.
Police say unidentified gunmen opened fire as the victims were about to shoot the video on Sunday night.
Police say a 21-year-old was shot in the head and ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo will remain free to all until mid-century under an agreement zoo operators reached with the city's park district.
The Lincoln Park Zoological Society, which operates the zoo, and the Chicago Park District, which owns the zoo's land and buildings on the city's North ...
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STOCKHOLM (AP) - Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy brand of eco-activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate change, said Monday that she plans to take her message to America the old-fashioned way: by boat.
...RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - FedEx Field is a concrete relic of stadiums past with a clock ticking on its status as an NFL building.
The Washington Redskins' training camp home away from home is only six years old and yet it's also on borrowed time.
On the field, Washington is ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jalen Ramsey thinks some people took his training camp entrance way too seriously.
Ramsey said Sunday the stunt, which included an armored truck and a comedian posing as its driver, was merely meant to lighten the mood and have a little fun before Jacksonville's two-week grind.
...LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Lion King's strong circle of life has reached into a second weekend.
According to studio estimates Sunday, Disney's photorealistic remake brought in $75 million to again finish at the top of the North American box office. Its domestic total of $350 million makes it the ...
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ALMA, Neb. (AP) - State and federal officials are planning a project that's aimed at improving the fishing at Harlan County Reservoir in south-central Nebraska.
The project would improve fish passage in and out of isolated coves when the water level drops during late summer. The project would be funded ...
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BOSTON (AP) - New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia is back on the injured list because of right knee inflammation.
The 39-year-old left-hander also was on the IL because of knee inflammation from May 23 to June 2.
He allowed five runs and nine hits over 4 1/3 innings in ...
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Defending champion Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Andrey Rublev to win the Hamburg European Open for the second straight year on Sunday.
The fourth-seeded Georgian won 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, serving out the final game to love.
Basilashvili is the first player since Roger Federer in 2005 to claim ...
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GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - A city in the Mississippi Delta is installing speakers to play the blues or other types of regional music near downtown shops and restaurants.
Greenwood Mayor Carolyn McAdams tells the Greenwood Commonwealth the music will bring another mood, or ambience, to downtown.
The city is installing ...
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RICHMOND — Alex Smith won't be playing football anytime soon, but the 35-year-old veteran is still finding a way to make an impact on the Redskins' quarterback room. Coach Jay Gruden said Sunday that Smith has been a "calming influence" while the rest of the team's signal-callers compete for the ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Matt Ryan was in only his second season in 2009 when he kept hearing newly acquired tight end Tony Gonzalez insist he was open on plays.
"I would go back and watch the film and he was like completely covered," Ryan said.
Covered? The Atlanta Falcons quarterback ...
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A newlywed woman from Belarus who was swept away by a river in Alaska was trying to reach an abandoned bus made famous by the book and film "Into the Wild."
Veramika Maikamava, 24, and her husband, Piotr Markielau, also 24, on Thursday were heading for the ...
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - WBC champion Jose Ramirez saw an opening - and quickly ended the world super lightweight unification bout against WBO champ Maurice Hooker.
Ramirez delivered a series of brutal punches, pinning hometown favorite against the ropes in the sixth round before referee Mark Nelson stepped in and ...
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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Utah's Olympic Park has announced an $11 million expansion to renovate training facilities and strengthen the state's bid to host a second Winter Olympics.
Officials said at a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday that the project will add as many 10 new ski runs over the next ...
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A sound reminiscent of the Scottish highlands began filling the Mississippi riverfront when floodwaters subsided in June.
Early on, when River Drive was still closed and the riverfront was otherwise quiet, the sound of bagpipes could often be heard drifting down the Mississippi. The source was ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Washington Redskins have placed left tackle Trent Williams on the reserve/did not report list and signed journeyman lineman Corey Robinson.
Williams is holding out of training camp. Coach Jay Gruden said Saturday he hasn't heard from Williams, who has been a no-show since training camp ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - The Latest on the opposition protest in Moscow (all times local):
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Russian police are wrestling with demonstrators and have arrested hundreds in central Moscow during a protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council.
The dispute comes as the ...
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BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A musical event in the middle of an intersection in Bennington will mark two birthdays in the arts community.
The Bennington Banner reports that on Saturday morning at 10:30, traffic will stop at the Four Corners for the performance of "The Bennington Stomp" by four pianists ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - French skating champion Mae-Berenice Meite has been added to the lineup of the inaugural Aurora Games.
Meite, a five-time French national champion, will join Mirai Nagasu, the first U.S. woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics, and 13-year-old Alysa Liu, the youngest U.S. women's ...
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PARIS (AP) - France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech giants like Google and Facebook - despite U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine.
After Trump slammed the "foolishness" of the tax in a tweet Friday and promised reciprocal action, French Finance Minister ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors today:
DRIVE FOR FIVE
Four days in a row, a player has hit three home runs. Who can make it five? AL MVP Mookie Betts had his fifth career three-homer game - one shy of the big league record - in Boston's ...
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Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
This week's gallery includes A confrontation between police and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, wildfires ...
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ERIE, Pa. (AP) - When R.J. Messenger announced in a lengthy but cryptic social media post in late June that he was putting on hiatus Iron Empire Clothing, the successful apparel company he co-founded in 2014, to focus on a new venture, he was amazed how many rumors he started ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Venus Williams was just a kid at a World TeamTennis clinic the first time she tried to impress Billie Jean King. Years before she hit No. 1 in the world, Williams tried to show off in front of her tennis idol.
"When it was my turn to ...
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Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month call the accusations from other women no coincidence, but "the culmination of a decades-long pattern of behavior."
Cosby, a long-beloved actor and comedian, was convicted in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.
He turned ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say a man has been charged with child porn after he left his cellphone at a Springfield store, where an employee stumbled across disturbing images while trying to identify the phone's owner.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that 35-year-old David Rawlings was charged this week with ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Eden Hazard doesn't like comparisons. They've dogged him throughout his career, especially when talk turns to Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar. But, when asked to compare himself to the man replacing him in the Chelsea midfield, American wunderkind Christian Pulisic, Hazard was happy to elaborate.
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month say the accusations from other women are no coincidence, but "the culmination of a decades-long pattern of behavior."
The 82-year-old comic actor is the first celebrity convicted and sent to prison in ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has banned another African soccer official for taking bribes to help match-fixer Wilson Perumal.
FIFA says former Sierra Leone federation official Abu Bakarr Kabba has been banned for five years and fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($50,400).
In a swathe of recent cases linked to the Singaporean ...
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - A charitable organization founded by former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is donating about $3.2 million to renovate a baseball and softball complex at his Michigan high school.
The Kalamazoo Public Schools district announced the donation Thursday from the Turn 2 Foundation. Planned work includes ...
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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) - Top-ranked Sung Hyun Park shot a bogey-free 66 to take the clubhouse lead at 9-under 133 Friday in the second round of the Evian Championship.
The lead could have been more but Park three-putted the 18th for the second straight day at Evian Resort Golf Club.
...MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The National Civil Rights Museum says this year's Freedom Award recipients are musician John Legend, feminist writer Gloria Steinem and human rights activist Hafsat Nabiola.
The Memphis, Tennessee-based museum announced in a news release Thursday the winners of its annual awards honoring civil and human rights ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - John Fogerty has pulled out of Woodstock 50 just weeks before the troubled anniversary event is supposed to take place.
A representative for the singer tells The Associated Press that Fogerty, who performed at the original 1969 festival with Creedence Clearwater Revival, will now only perform ...
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LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) - A trio of Americans lead the Senior British Open alongside an Englishman after the first round.
Wes Short Jr., Scott Dunlap and Scott Parel hold a one-stroke lead with Paul Broadhurst after the rain-affected first round was completed on Friday.
The four leaders shot ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The heat is on for organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Several days after marking one year to go before the opening ceremony, the notorious Tokyo heat kicked in just in time for a beach volleyball test event that gave organizers a chance to implement their heat ...
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - The NBA and the Detroit Pistons have settled a lawsuit with the family of a G League player who died after collapsing during a game last year.
Zeke Upshaw played for the Grand Rapids Drive, a G League affiliate of the Pistons. He died two days ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Drake has two new partners: SiriusXM and Pandora.
The two companies which merged earlier this year announced Thursday that they have signed a new creative partnership with the superstar rapper.
The new deal includes "a dedicated station, curated music, and collaborations with creative talent." The roll-out ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Flamengo midfielder Diego will undergo surgery for a left ankle fracture.
The Brazilian team says the former Porto, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Wolfsburg and Fenerbahce player will be operated on as soon as possible in Rio de Janeiro.
The 34-year-old Diego was injured in Flamengo's 2-0 ...
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Kentucky will visit 2019 NCAA Tournament runner-up Texas Tech and Kansas will host Tennessee on Jan. 25 as part of the seventh annual Big 12/SEC Challenge.
The other Jan. 25 matchups between these two conferences include Kansas State at Alabama, TCU at Arkansas, Iowa State at ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Soccer star Megan Rapinoe has scored again, this time with a book deal.
Penguin Press announced Thursday that Rapinoe's book, currently untitled, will be published in Fall 2020. Penguin is calling the book a "perfect vehicle" for an "honest, thoughtful, unapologetic" take on everything from soccer ...
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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - Receiver Allen Hurns, coming back from a gruesome leg injury, is at the Miami Dolphins training camp in hopes of landing a job.
The free agent broke his left ankle in the playoffs last season with Dallas. Dolphins coach Brian Flores said Thursday the team will ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA is seeking a business partner that will help smaller soccer clubs get their fair share of transfer fees.
FIFA says "one of the key worrying trends" in soccer is that clubs don't get training compensation and solidarity payments when players they developed are transferred later in ...
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra has a new music and artistic director.
The Savannah Morning News reports Keitaro Harada is replacing founding Artistic Director Peter Shannon, who resigned last year. The orchestra made the announcement Tuesday.
Harada signed a multi-year contract and is set to conduct the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — There's little slowing down the Washington Nationals of late. Not a doubleheader, not a rain delay. And on Wednesday, not the Colorado Rockies.
Patrick Corbin pitched six shutout innings for his first victory in nearly a month, and the Washington Nationals completed a day-night doubleheader sweep with ...
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SANGATTE, France (AP) - Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's a man on a homemade "flyboard," gliding over the English Channel in his boldest undertaking yet.
After careful preparations, aviation buff and inventor Franky Zapata took off Thursday from the French coastal town of Sangatte fastened to the ...
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DENVER (AP) - For decades, the question at the Summer Olympics hasn't been whether the United States will top the medals table, but by how much.
If anyone on U.S. soil has a problem with that - and given the headlines of the last few years, plenty of people do ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - More former football players and other ex-athletes are suing Ohio State over allegations that they were sexual assaulted by a university doctor during exams decades ago.
Like at least a six other pending federal lawsuits , the case filed Monday says school officials knew about concerns ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - It's been 38 years since a man named Ken Rex McElroy was shot to death by an angry crowd in the dusty farming community of Skidmore, Missouri.
McElroy was widely regarded as a gun-toting bully who menaced the community. As many as 60 people witnessed his ...
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LONDON (AP) - Andy Murray will team up with brother Jamie to play doubles at the Citi Open in Washington as he continues his comeback from hip surgery.
Murray posted a video on Twitter confirming he will partner with Jamie in the tournament, which starts Saturday.
The former No. 1-ranked ...
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HOUSTON (AP) - Rose Kelley was jogging through Memorial Park one summer evening when she saw a group of women practicing football. One of the women spotted Kelley, with her sturdy frame and strong legs, and figured her for an athlete.
The Houston Herricanes had found their latest recruit.
The ...
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - One-time Kansas signee Jayden Russell says he has been granted a release from his letter of intent and is "exploring different options."
The 6-foot-3-inch (1.8-meters-7.6-centimeter) 190 pound (86.18 kilogram) defensive back made the announcement Tuesday night on Twitter. He explained that Kansas told him that there ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine has formally launched his presidential bid for the 2021 election.
The singer, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, announced his challenge to longtime President Yoweri Museveni while being cheered by scores of supporters. Wine leads a popular movement ...
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LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) - A private school teacher and baseball coach in Georgia is being accused of possessing child pornography.
News outlets report 37-year-old Brandon Lybrand was arrested Tuesday and faces computer electronic pornography and child exploitation charges.
A news release from the Troup County Sheriff's Office says the investigation ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA banned a senior African soccer official for 10 years on Wednesday for financial wrongdoing, including taking funds from a campaign tackling Ebola.
FIFA said its ethics judges banned Musa Bility, a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) executive committee, for 10 years and fined ...
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SAINT INGLEVERT, France (AP) - The man who wowed the crowd on Bastille Day, whirling over France's invited leaders on his flyboard, is undertaking final checks for his biggest challenge: to soar across the English Channel.
Franky Zapata told reporters Wednesday that it's all systems go but conceded it's "not ...
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LONDON (AP) - The International Tennis Federation says Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia has been provisionally suspended for failing a doping test.
The ITF says the 99th-ranked Haddad Maia had traces of two banned anabolic agents known as SARMs in a doping sample provided on June 4 at the ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Kole Calhoun had a homer and two doubles before he threw out Cody Bellinger at the plate to end the Los Angeles Angels' 5-4 Freeway Series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.
Mike Trout hit a 454-foot tiebreaking homer and also made a ...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A former South Carolina prosecutor jailed for wire fraud has launched a blog to document what he's calling his "redshirt year" in prison.
The term is used in sports when a college athlete sits out for a season. It's unclear if Dan Johnson will be able ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA 2K League has partnered with internet giant Tencent to stream games in China for the first time.
The league announced the deal Tuesday. Tencent is the league's first distribution partner in China and will offer condensed postseason and finals games for the 2019 season. ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Her name was "Lucille," and in B.B. King's hands she gave voice to the "King of the Blues."
Julien's Auctions announced Tuesday that King's black Gibson ES-345 prototype guitar is among the items from his estate that will go up for bid on Sept. 21.
Julien's ...
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LONDON (AP) - Here are five things you may not know about Boris Johnson, who is set to become Britain's next prime minister :
HE HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A CONFIDENT CHARACTER: While Johnson is known for his booming voice, boisterous behavior and creative use of language (including Latin and ...
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LONDON (AP) - Production of "Fast & Furious 9" has been halted after a stuntman for the action movie was severely injured in England.
Work on the latest installment of the long-running The Fast and the Furious franchise was put on hold Monday following the accident at the Warner Bros. ...
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NILES, Mich. (AP) - The father of a 7-year-old southwestern Michigan boy says his son drowned at a birthday party at a home after he apparently accidentally fell into a pool.
A vigil was held Monday night at a baseball field in Niles for Ayden Smith, who played there as ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - California attorney Michael Avenatti is due to return to a New York court to face charges accusing him of cheating porn star Stormy Daniels out of $300,000 in a book deal.
The pretrial hearing Tuesday is likely to be routine, with a discussion of when written ...
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HONG KONG (AP) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has rejected claims that the Premier League champions were arrogant and disrespectful during their preseason visit to China last week.
China's state-run news agency Xinhua published an editorial in English that criticized the conduct of the team during the Premier League ...
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Three newspaper executives have been posthumously inducted into the Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame.
John M. Jones III was publisher of The Greeneville Sun who expanded his company, Jones Media, into a family-owned group of eight newspapers. Adams Publishing Group acquired Jones Media in 2016.
John ...
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EAGLEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former Tennessee high school baseball coach filmed rubbing a student's back has resigned.
The Daily News Journal reports ex-Eagleville High coach Travis Holland resigned last week after a May internal investigation ended with him stripped of his coaching duties and transferred to another school.
Holland ...
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The University of Kentucky has overbooked its dorms by hundreds of students and is now scrambling to create makeshift dorms and double up private rooms usually reserved for resident advisers.
News outlets report about 2,400 returning students want to stay on campus, along with a majority ...
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ARCADIA, Mich. (AP) - An exclusive golf course in Michigan no longer encourages players to hit balls into Lake Michigan after a diver found hundreds in the water.
A description on the Arcadia Bluffs website of the 12th hole overlooking the lake had said, "Go ahead and do it, everyone ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - When celebrities are mistaken for other A-list faces, many take it in stride.
For Christina Hendricks, it's all about the red hair. Hendricks says she's been mistaken for fellow redhead and Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain.
But blondes have their moments too. Sienna Miller says she's often ...
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OPEN CAMP: July 25, Jacksonville, Florida
LAST YEAR: One of league's most disappointing teams in 2018. Coming off berth in AFC championship game, Jaguars looked nothing like championship contender after 3-1 start. They routed New England in AFC title game rematch in September, but then lost every ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are hosting an official visit and state dinner in September for the prime minister of Australia.
It's only the second state dinner Trump has held since he became president. The first was for France in April 2018.
The White ...
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"Lady in the Lake" (William Morrow), by Laura Lippman
Everyone wants to feel that he or she has an impact on the world or to have just one other person believe - no, know - that what he or she does is important, which is featured heavily in Laura Lippman's ...
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The Washington Wizards removed Tommy Sheppard's interim label and made him their full-time general manager, but they didn't stop there.
Former Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson III and former Cleveland Browns executive Sashi Brown will join the front office in a revamping of basketball efforts dubbed "Monumental Basketball," Monumental Sports ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — He seemed almost like he was out of Central Casting — tall and patrician, with a cultivated above-the-fray presence. And in fact, former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau inspired some television casting of his own, as the model for the avuncular character of prosecutor Adam ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Draw Monday for Champions League's third qualifying round:
League Path
First Leg
Aug. 6-7
Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey) vs. Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) or Olympiakos (Greece)
Krasnodar (Russia) vs. Porto (Portugal)
Club Brugge (Belgium) vs. Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) or Basel (Switzerland) vs. LASK (Austria)
...LONDON (AP) - The younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester has been kept in custody at a bail hearing.
Hashem Abedi appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Monday via video-link from Belmarsh Prison in southeast London.
Judge Nigel Sweeney ...
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ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to staff its "pocket park" during next month's Upper Peninsula State Fair.
The park is a 1-acre (0.4-hectare) site within the fairgrounds in Escanaba. It caters to youngsters who are seeking outdoor adventure or to learn ...
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ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani official says an army helicopter has rescued an Italian and a Russian climber stranded on a treacherous peak in the country's north.
Karrar Haidri, the secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, says Francesco Cassardo of Italy and Konstantin Sidorov of Russia were found on ...
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - A large crowd is beginning to gather for Sunday's Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown.
Local officials are predicting a crowd of around 50,000, and despite sweltering heat, most spots in the field outside Clark Sports Center already have been staked out. Temperatures are ...
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington will stop publishing a Monday print edition in a cost-cutting move.
The newspaper says starting Aug. 5, its Monday edition will be available on its website, along with its app and electronic edition that shows print pages in a digital format.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has scheduled a Fishing With Friends event for Thursday at Omaha's Zorinsky Lake.
It's an opportunity for people with little or no fishing experience to learn some skills. Bait, equipment and instruction will be provided. Participants can learn how to ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Two men, both in their 50s, sat five feet apart at a long conference table on the 7th floor of Memphis City Hall.
By appearance, the difference between them was striking.
One, Earl Wilson, 51, is mid-sized and stocky. His hair is a light gray, almost ...
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Rebecca Ruth Chocolate factory has been serving the community sweets for nearly a century. Charles Booe, who has been managing the business since he purchased it from his father in 1997, recently found a way to incorporate his lifelong love of art into his career as ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Fiona Ferro beat her friend and French club teammate Alizé Cornet 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 in the Ladies Open Lausanne final on Sunday to win her first WTA singles title.
The 98th-ranked Ferro plays for the same club in Nice as No. 48 Cornet, who described her ...
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LOUDON, N.H. (AP) - Aside from those zooming around the track, more than 33,000 vehicles will be heading to and from New Hampshire Speedway and transportation officials are ready.
The state Department of Transportation will be implementing a traffic control plan for fans attending Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ...
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NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Helped by President Donald Trump's putting advice, Jim Herman had two eagles in a 10-under 62 to maintain a one-stroke lead Saturday in the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship.
"I haven't been playing bad, I just haven't been rolling the ball very well," Herman said. "So, to start ...
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) - The Latest on the British Open (all times local):
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Ashton Turner is the first player to complete 72 holes of the British Open, not necessarily a badge of honor because he was in last place going into Sunday. He made the most of ...
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) - Shane Lowry of Ireland is one round away from capturing the British Open, and he's not afraid to think about what it could mean.
Lowry is coming off the best day of his career when he shot 8-under 63 before a raucous gallery at Royal ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese police have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect as soon as he regains consciousness from injuries in a deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio.
Kyoto police said Sunday they are ready to arrest 41-year-old Shinji Aoba on arson and murder allegations. Aoba is accused ...
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BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago woman has been charged with selling counterfeit items after police found nearly 2,000 pieces branded with names including Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Burberry.
Buffalo Grove police say 44-year-old Roksolana Pulley of Buffalo Grove was charged Thursday with selling counterfeit goods from a ...
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SKOWEHGAN, Maine (AP) - A Maine company has been named the official ice cream of the New England Patriots.
Gifford's Famous Ice Cream said it'll be producing a special flavor for the six-time world champs that'll be sold at Gillette Stadium and elsewhere around the region.
Gifford's is a fifth-generation, ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Hours after learning that 14-year-old Jaykwon "Bobby" Sharp had been shot and killed, Michael Whitlow lay motionless in bed, weeping and staring at the ceiling, wondering whether he had done enough.
Wondering whether 10 years of helping kids stay off the streets and on a basketball ...
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SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) - A newspaper that has operated under the same family for 150 years in Ohio has been sold to Wheeling, West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers.
Ogden is buying the Sandusky Register along with the Norwalk Reflector from Sandusky Newspapers Inc.
The family has owned the Register since 1869 ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Attacking midfielder Pablo Hernandez scored in the fifth minute of injury time on Saturday to give Leeds a 2-1 win over the A-League's Western Sydney Wanderers.
The 34-year-old Spaniard cut in from the right side of the goal, fought off several challenges and drilled the ball into ...
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) - The Latest on the British Open (all times local):
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Xander Schauffele is happy to be only five shots behind going into the third round of the British Open. He's just not happy with what he sees as inequity over testing that caused him ...
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Local Fairbanks artist and printmaker Sara Tabbert was not an artistic kid, she said. But one wouldn't guess that by taking a look around her 20-by-20-foot cabin studio tucked away in the black spruce forests of Goldstream Valley. Painted wood panels and framed prints line the ...
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) - Royal Portrush had all of Saturday morning to recover from the reality that Rory McIlroy is no longer part of this British Open.
In a second round so packed with emotion that it felt like Sunday, McIlroy nearly recovered from his opening 79 by coming ...
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BEIJING (AP) - Veteran Hong Kong actor Simon Yam has been stabbed while attending an event in southern China.
Police say his injuries are not life-threatening and a suspect has been detained. The motive is unclear.
His manager Lester Mo says Yam was stabbed in the stomach on Saturday and ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - August Wilson, poet, playwright and Pittsburgher, wrote in the language of the blues. He learned it in his hardscrabble youth spent in the Hill District, and he learned it from the recordings of artists such as Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, the Mother of the Blues.
It was music ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rough edges are rounded smoother here on the shore of Lake Erie. Wind races across its shallow waters from Canada, pushing waves that can punch the rocky beach like a boxer on a speed bag. An introverted boy with idle hands used to roam along its edge, ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court has ruled that the defense in a gang-related murder trial can obtain private postings from social media companies.
The Los Angeles Times reports the court's decision Wednesday upheld a ruling by the judge overseeing the San Francisco trial and noted that the ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to kicking a cat like a ball on a Kansas City high school football field in an act that was captured on video and posted to Snapchat.
The Kansas City Star reports that Johnathan Taylor, of Kansas City, was ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Sportswear maker Adidas Group has been added as a defendant in a lawsuit against a former Iowa youth basketball coach now serving a 180-year prison sentence for sexually exploiting hundreds of former players.
The civil lawsuit was initially filed in state court in Iowa in ...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Officials say former New York Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus has died in Arkansas of apparent heat stroke. He was 32.
Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs says Petrus died Thursday night at a North Little Rock hospital. He says Petrus had worked outside all day ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Former Japan head coach Akira Nishino says he wants to help Thailand's national team become a regional power as its new manager.
"I was honored to receive this chance," Nishino said at a news conference on Friday. "I went to Thailand last month and could see their ...
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DALLAS (AP) - Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight got more than a small bottle of water when they boarded their plane.
They received a Nintendo Switch system and a download code for the digital version of the "Super Mario Maker 2" game to enjoy as Flight 2246 traveled from ...
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TURIN, Italy (AP) - Juventus new signing Matthijs de Ligt is not fazed at becoming the most expensive defender in Serie A history at the age of 19.
De Ligt completed a 75 million euro ($85 million) transfer from Ajax on Thursday, signing a five-year contract with Juventus.
At his ...
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TALLASSEE, Ala. (AP) - A former Alabama police officer has been sentenced to prison for slamming a compliant handcuffed man into the ground and then slamming the man's head into his patrol car.
News outlets report 27-year-old Michael Brandon Smirnoff was sentenced Thursday to 22 months in prison. Smirnoff pleaded ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - When Mike Locksley was hired in December as Maryland's head football coach - the first black head coach in program history - he knew the timing was perfect.
Locksley, a Washington D.C. native, was Maryland's offensive coordinator and then interim coach for the latter half of the ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese police are searching for clues into why a man set a Kyoto anime studio on fire, gutting the building and crushing the hearts of many comic fans around the world.
The man, screaming "You die!" stormed into Kyoto Animation on Thursday, doused it with a flammable ...
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) - The Latest on the British Open (all times local):
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Brooks Koepka is trying to extend an amazing run in the majors that is not limited to winning three out of the last six.
Koepka is never too far from the lead. He was ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Fire officials say five people were rescued from Lake Michigan after their boat crashed into a break wall near Chicago's Maggie Daley Park.
The Chicago Fire Department says two of the passengers were injured when they were ejected Wednesday night from the 25-foot (7.6-meter) powerboat onto the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Prize-winning crime novelist Laura Lippman has several new books planned, not all of them fiction.
Lippman has reached a five-book deal with her current publisher, William Morrow. The deal, announced Thursday, includes three novels, a short story collection and a book of personal essays, her first-ever ...
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Comedian Jon Stewart ripped Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Mike Lee Wednesday night for holding up an extension for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
"It's absolutely outrageous, and you'll pardon me if I'm not impressed in any way by Rand Paul's fiscal responsibility virtue signaling," Mr. Stewart said to ...
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TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese fire official says nearly 30 people are confirmed or presumed dead after Kyoto animation studio fire .
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A limited-edition license plate is being offered to celebrate the University of Virginia men's basketball team's 2019 national championship.
The state Department of Motor Vehicles worked with UVA to offer a license plate featuring the national champion's logo.
The plate is now available for purchase at ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA says Iran's soccer federation supports letting women attend 2022 World Cup qualifying games of its men's national team, though government approval is still needed.
FIFA is working with Iranian authorities to overcome a ban on women entering stadiums for men's games since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
...SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The South Korean men's national soccer team's path to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will include a crucial road match against North Korea, but it's unclear whether a rare match between the Koreas in Pyongyang will materialize considering the political tension between the rivals.
...HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - The Southeastern Conference is experiencing a rare moment of football stability: There are no new head coaches in the league for the first time since 2006.
The respite might not last long.
Auburn's Gus Malzahn and Vanderbilt's Derek Mason are among those under a significant amount ...
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PARIS (AP) - France's Louvre museum has taped over the name Sackler as donors to a wing of the building after protests against the family blamed for the opioid crisis in the United States.
An Associated Press photographer late Wednesday saw the name taped over on signs in the eastern ...
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) - The Latest on first round of The British Open (all times local):
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Darren Clarke considered the opening tee shot on home soil to be an honor.
That doesn't mean it was ceremonial.
The 50-year-old Clarke, whose game was honed at Royal Portrush as ...
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) - Darren Clarke never hit a tee shot at Royal Portrush quite like this.
The silver claret jug on display next to him, Clarke hit the opening tee shot Thursday as the British Open returned to Irish soil for the first time in 68 years. And ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A suburban Copenhagen court has ordered the importer in Denmark of Volkswagen to pay 1.5 million kroner ($226,000) to Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei for "unjustified use of artwork in an advertisement."
The Glostrup City Court says Skandinavisk Motor Co. A/S used one of Ai's large-scale ...
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) - Players who are exempt and expected to compete in the 148th British Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland on July 18-21. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible:
BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONS: Francesco Molinari, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Zach Johnson, ...
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LONDON (AP) - A British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Iran has been transferred to a hospital mental health facility, her husband said Wednesday.
Richard Ratcliffe said in Britain that his wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has been moved to the mental health ward of Iman Khomeini hospital under the control of the Iranian ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - North Korea and South Korea have been drawn together in an Asian qualifying group for soccer's 2022 World Cup.
The Korean neighbors will play each other home and away in the five-nation Group H that includes Lebanon, Turkmenistan and Sri Lanka.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen ...
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A former Vineland elementary school teacher has admitted recording boys with a hidden camera at a summer camp and taking an explicit photo of a student.
Thomas Guzzi Jr. pleaded guilty Tuesday to official misconduct, manufacturing child pornography and distributing child pornography files.
The 39-year-old was ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - City officials in Indianapolis are signing off on a deal for nearly $300 million in public subsidies toward renovation of the Indiana Pacers' downtown arena.
The Indianapolis City-County Council's approval comes after state legislators endorsed the plan this spring as part of the Pacers' agreement to stay ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Draw made Wednesday for the second round of Asian qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, and 2023 Asian Cup:
Group A_China, Syria, Philippines, Maldives, Guam.
Group B_Australia, Jordan, Taiwan, Kuwait, Nepal.
Group C_Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Cambodia.
Group D_Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Palestine, Yemen, Singapore.
...ROME (AP) - Author Andrea Camilleri, creator of the best-selling Commissario Montalbano series about a likable, though oft-brooding small-town Sicilian police chief who mixed humanity with pragmatism to solve crimes, died in a Rome hospital Wednesday. He was 93.
Italian RAI state TV, which produced wildly popular TV versions of ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors today:
PULLING TOGETHER
The grieving Angels go for their sixth consecutive victory since the All-Star break when they host Houston again. Los Angeles (50-46) has won eight of 11 since the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs and moved four games above .500 ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dust off your Captain Marvel cosplay, San Diego Comic-Con is here.
The four-and-a-half day convention kicks off Wednesday when the show room floor opens to thousands vying for exclusive merchandise, from art to toys. Later, Warner Bros. will get things going with a ScareDiego event promising ...
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TURIN, Italy (AP) - Matthijs de Ligt has undergone medical exams with Juventus ahead of an expected 70 million euros ($80 million) transfer from Ajax.
Juventus shared photos and videos on social media of De Ligt's arrival in Turin late Tuesday and of fans awaiting him outside the club's training ...
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Each Overwatch League franchise will host two to five homestand weekends in 2020 as the esports league launches an unprecedented home-and-away schedule spanning three continents.
The esports league on Tuesday revealed plans for each of its 20 teams to host homestand series, similar to events staged by teams this year ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Jennifer Lopez kept her word to fans who were disappointed when a power outage in New York City forced her to postpone her concert over the weekend.
Lopez returned to the stage Monday at Madison Square Garden, saying she was going to celebrate "no matter what." ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Netflix has decided to remove a graphic suicide scene from the Season 1 finale of its show "13 Reasons Why" as the series prepares to launch its third season.
Show creator Brian Yorkey says in a statement on Twitter the intent in portraying the suicide in ...
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) - Brooks Koepka's biggest asset during this year's British Open won't be in his bag, it'll be on his bag.
The four-time major winner will be walking around Royal Portrush, a course new to most of the players in the field, with a native expert helping ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - An appeals court in Amsterdam says it needs more time to rule on the ownership of a valuable trove of historical artefacts loaned to a Dutch museum by four museums in Crimea shortly before the region's 2014 annexation by Russia.
In an interim ruling on ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA says Mechelen can enter the Europa League, though it will monitor any fresh developments in the Belgian match-fixing scandal.
Mechelen earned its Europa League group-stage place by winning the Belgian Cup last season while under investigation for suspected fixing of top-tier league games late in ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russian volleyball player Pavel Moroz has been given an 18-month doping ban.
The Russian anti-doping agency says the sanction is backdated to Nov. 12, 2018, around the time when the 32-year-old Moroz reportedly gave a positive sample.
The agency has not said what banned substance was found.
...HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs are once again aiming to unseat Alabama in the Southeastern Conference.
The Bulldogs appear at SEC media days Tuesday and are seeking a third straight SEC East title. Starting quarterback Jake Fromm is a big reason for the optimism. Fromm ...
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VERNON, N.Y. (AP) - Woodstock 50 organizers will have a chance to appeal an upstate New York town's denial of a permit to hold the music festival.
The Town of Vernon's planning board is set to hear an appeal Tuesday night, exactly a month before the festival would begin.
The ...
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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) - Sports betting is getting under way in upstate New York.
Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady plans to cut the ribbon on its betting lounge Tuesday morning.
Other upstate casinos are expected to follow in the coming weeks and months.
Tioga Downs Casino Resort in the ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Yosef Maaroof wanted one more Russell Westbrook memory in Oklahoma City.
When he learned Thursday night the Thunder were planning to send Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul and draft picks, the 20-year-old Tulsa resident planned to make the two-hour drive to Oklahoma City ...
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"Raised in Captivity" (Penguin Press), by Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman seems like a great hang. He's the guy at the party who has everyone spitting out their drinks as they laugh while trying to swallow - the one who is never at a loss for words in a game of ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving gave the Brooklyn Nets two big victories in one night.
"They hit the Mega Millions and the Powerball," former NBA star Charles Oakley said.
In the first hours of free agency, the Nets added two of the best players available to ...
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"This Side of Night" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by J. Todd Scott
In Texas' Big Bend country, Sheriff Chris Cherry, the protagonist of J. Todd Scott's previous two novels, may finally have run into more than he and his smattering of small-town peace officers can handle.
War between Mexican cartels has ...
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MADRID (AP) - FC Porto says goalkeeper Iker Casillas will join its staff while he continues his recovery from a heart attack.
Porto said Monday that the 38-year-old Casillas will take on a role that "ensures the connection between the players, the coach and the club officials."
Casillas suffered a ...
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Simona Halep's Wimbledon championship has lifted her from No. 7 to No. 4 in the WTA rankings, and runner-up Serena Williams moved up to No. 9, her best placing since returning to the tour last season after having a baby.
Coco Gauff's magical run from a ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Bobi Wine, Uganda's pop star-turned-opposition leader, said on Monday he will challenge longtime President Yoweri Museveni in elections set for 2021.
"I will challenge President Museveni on behalf of the people," he said in an interview with The Associated Press.
But Wine, whose real name is ...
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - State regulators are continuing a ban on baiting and feeding deer in Michigan's Lower Peninsula in an effort to prevent spread of chronic wasting disease.
The ban was among rules for this year's hunting season adopted by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission last week.
The panel ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Sport's highest court will rule this month on how to resolve the chaotic African Champions League final.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it set a July 31 deadline for a final decision after both clubs appealed to be awarded the title.
The second-leg game ...
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BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) - Divers and snorkelers gathered underwater to listen to music and coral reef protection messages in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival was staged Saturday at Looe Key Reef, an area of the sanctuary about six miles south of ...
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After the New Jersey Devils acquired P.K. Subban, Taylor Hall texted Ray Shero a green checkmark.
"Like, 'Check that box off,'" Shero said. "I guess that's good."
The Devils have a much longer checklist to complete to convince Hall to re-sign and not leave as a free agent next summer. ...
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They'll hand out T-shirts to the Summer League winners following the championship game between Memphis and Minnesota in Las Vegas on Monday night, and then things will finally slow down a bit in the NBA.
Maybe.
And probably not for long.
It's been a hectic month since Toronto won the ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Spider-Man: Far From Home" is celebrating another weekend at No. 1. Fresh counterprograming like the horror movie "Crawl" and the action-comedy "Stuber" barely made a dent in the web-slinger's earnings.
Studios on Sunday estimate that the "Spider-Man" sequel added $45.3 million, bringing its domestic total to ...
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Pablo Picasso's artwork will be displayed on a large scale at the Cleveland Museum of Art for the first time in nearly two decades.
The museum will host the international traveling exhibition, "Picasso and Paper" from May 24 to Aug. 23, 2020.
Museum officials say the exhibition ...
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Tony Thomas watched the pitch pass the catcher and bounce to the backstop. Then, he realized he could take off for first.
The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs outfielder reached the bag and made history Saturday, becoming the first player in baseball history to steal first base.
A new rule implemented ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Yu Kobayashi, Manabu Saito and Hiroyuki Abe scored as defending champions Kawasaki Frontale beat J-League leaders FC Tokyo 3-0 on Sunday.
Kobayashi scored his 100th career goal on a header in the 20th minute, Saito doubled the advantage 10 minutes after the break and Abe sealed the ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Authorities say two men opened fire at a crowded west Philadelphia playground, wounding seven people.
Police say several hundred people were at Baker Playground in the city's Overbrook neighborhood, where a cookout and basketball games were taking place, when the gunfire began just before 9 p.m. Saturday.
...WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - The newest champion at Wimbledon is a big fan of the All England Club's oldest traditions.
The tennis whites, the strict rules, even the green grass. And the flowers. Don't forget the thousands of blooming petals dotted around the grounds in the very Wimbledon shades of ...
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NEW YORK — Carli Lloyd of the U.S. women's national soccer team celebrated her recent World Cup victory with a lap dance from J. Lo.
Jennifer Lopez pulled Lloyd from the audience to the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday night, working her sensual moves ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - On the anniversary of a 1977 blackout that left most of New York City without power, a massive power outage on a hot Saturday night in Manhattan preemptively brought the curtain down on Broadway shows and packed streets with people wielding cellphones as flashlights amid a ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Former Cleveland Indians outfielder Leonys Martin has signed a one-year deal with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League.
MartÃn, who overcame a life-threatening bacterial infection last summer, was designated for assignment last month by the Indians. He was batting .199 with nine home runs and ...
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DENVER (AP) - Derek Dietrich, Yasiel Puig, and Curt Casale homered and the Cincinnati Reds put together five-run outbursts in the sixth and seventh innings to rally past the Colorado Rockies 17-9 on Saturday night in a game delayed more than three hours at the start because of lightning and ...
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LONDON (AP) - For the past three years, the only way Sergei Starodoubtsev experienced the NFL was by watching highlights of JuJu Smith-Schuster and other players on Instagram.
That the 17-year-old found himself sharing a field with the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver - he was the one in workout clothes, ...
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NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) - What does it take to make a mind-meltingly cool guitar?
Answer: 4,000 M&M's. And a lot of time.
Brian King knows a little bit about it after making his own colorful custom guitar build a few months ago. The Norfolkan calls it one of his "mad ...
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Simona Halep beats Serena Williams in straight sets to win Wimbledon title.
WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) - New statues of astronaut Neil Armstrong will be displayed and an education center dedicated in his name as his small Ohio hometown celebrates its native son's history-making moon mission 50 years ago this month.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine plans to take part in festivities Sunday at ...
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