CHICAGO (AP) - Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo has returned to the lineup after missing the past four games because of a tight back.
He was batting cleanup Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field. He took batting practice Friday and texted manager Joe Maddon the next morning saying ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she's on her way to being "very well" following radiation treatment for cancer.
The 86-year-old justice was speaking Saturday at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington. The event came a little over a week after Ginsburg disclosed ...
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NEWCASTLE, England (AP) - Watford finally got its first point of the Premier League season in a 1-1 draw at Newcastle on Saturday.
Newcastle defender Fabian Schar canceled out Will Hughes' second-minute opener just before halftime in a game between the teams occupying 19th and 20th positions before kickoff.
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BERLIN (AP) - Alphonso Davies scored his first goal of the season as Bayern Munich bounced back to rout Mainz 6-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Bayern coach Niko Kovac handed first starts to Philippe Coutinho and Ivan Perisic, but it was their substitutes, Thomas Müller and Davies, who combined ...
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OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) - The oldest continuously operating movie theater in the world might figure to be in New York or Hollywood.
How about Kansas?
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Ottawa, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City, Missouri, is home to the Plaza 1907 Cinema, showing ...
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn University's raptor facility is selling some of the equipment used to handle eagles during their ceremonial flights before football games.
A statement from the school says the Southeastern Raptor Center at Auburn is holding online auctions for the cuffs, straps and lures used by handlers ...
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A call for reading material for an Ohio jail's newly reopened library resulted in thousands of donated books.
Rebecca McCutcheon is director of inmate services for Summit County Jail in northeastern Ohio. She told the Akron Beacon Journal that the jail collected close to 15,000 books ...
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DUQUOIN, Ill. (AP) - A Decatur stock car owner will start his final Ted Horn 100 race at the DuQuoin State Fair after 64 years in racing.
Dave Hardy's cars won back-to-back championships on the "Magic Mile" in DuQuoin in 2014 and 2015 behind driver Shane Cockrum of Benton.
Hardy ...
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VENICE, Italy (AP) - "Joker" is rated R but director Todd Phillips says everyone was very careful with how they used violence in the movie.
The film premiered Saturday at the Venice International Film Festival where it is competing for the Golden Lion Award. It examines how aspiring comedian Arthur ...
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VENICE, Italy (AP) - Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney says profiling exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky allowed him to explore power in Russia from the end of communism until now.
The resulting film, "Citizen K," premiered at the Venice International Film Festival Saturday.
Gibney says Khodorkovsky has a unique perspective on how ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Coco Gauff is on another captivating run at a Grand Slam tournament. Now she has get through defending champion Naomi Osaka to continue it.
The 15-year-old Gauff and the top-ranked Osaka meet in the U.S. Open's latest version of a Super Saturday, a third-round match that ...
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MONACO (AP) - Russian race walker Yekaterina Medvedeva has been banned for eight years for a second doping offense.
The 25-year-old Medvedeva was once one of Russia's most promising young athletes after winning the world under-20 title in 2012.
The Athletics Integrity Unit brought the case after finding Medvedeva's blood ...
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VENICE, Italy (AP) - Kristen Stewart says she only knew Jean Seberg as an image. She portrays the late "Breathless" actress in "Seberg," which premiered at the 76th Venice Film Festival Friday.
The film explores the FBI's surveillance program to target Seberg in the late 1960s for her association with ...
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MONACO (AP) - Manchester United will have a long trip to Kazakhstan as well as flights to Serbia and the Netherlands in the group stage of the Europa League.
The three-time champions of the more illustrious European Cup are back in the second-tier competition after finishing sixth in the Premier ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch port city of Rotterdam has been selected to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest.
The European Broadcasting Union announced Friday that Rotterdam edged the southern city of Maastricht in the race to host the annual music competition.
The Netherlands won the right to ...
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BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Basel forward Ricky van Wolfswinkel is to leave the hospital after successful brain surgery to treat an aneurysm.
The club says the operation was performed Tuesday and the Dutchman has been cleared to leave.
Van Wolfswinkel's aneurysm was discovered by chance during scans after he sustained ...
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BOSTON (AP) - A hearing is scheduled in the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali.
Batali is not required to attend Friday's hearing at Boston Municipal Court. A spokeswoman for Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins says the hearing will address legal motions.
Batali pleaded not guilty ...
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Springboks wing Aphiwe Dyantyi is facing a four-year doping ban after testing positive for anabolic steroids.
The South African anti-doping agency says Dyantyi's "B'' sample confirmed the results of a test he failed at a Springboks training camp on July 2.
Dyantyi won World ...
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MUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich is grooming former goalkeeper Oliver Kahn to be its future chairman and CEO.
The German champions say Kahn has been appointed to the executive board on a five-year contract starting in January. He won't take over as chairman and CEO until Karl-Heinz Rummenigge's contract expires ...
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Anthony Gordon has barely seen the field in three seasons at Washington State but the Cougars are his team now.
Gordon emerged as the starter from fall camp and will be under center Saturday when No. 23 Washington State opens the season against New Mexico State.
"He had a really ...
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he's operating under the assumption that Ezekiel Elliott will miss regular-season games because of a holdout, but doesn't think his star running back will be absent for all of them.
The Cowboys passed the most significant benchmark in Elliott's absence ...
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - For the first time in school history, No. 20 Iowa will open a season with a home game at night.
The game against Miami (Ohio) on Saturday night will also mark the debut of wide receiver Oliver Martin, a highly touted transfer who has finally ...
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's Princess Charlotte will soon be starting school, and she'll have her older brother to help her get used to a new place.
Kensington Palace said Thursday that the 4-year-old princess will attend her first day of school on Sept. 5.
Charlotte and 6-year-old Prince George will ...
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PARIS (AP) - Aymeric Laporte, a key member of Manchester City's Premier League title-winning team, might finally get to play his first game for France next month.
The center back was included in a 23-man squad named by the world champions on Thursday for upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Albania ...
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CLEVELAND, Miss. (AP) - Country music artist Garth Brooks is planning to speak to school children in Mississippi.
The Clarion Ledger reports that Brooks will discuss the "The Power of Songwriting" at the Grammy Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Sept. 24.
The event is part of the museum's "Backstage Pass" ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Germany coach Joachim Löw called up Luca Waldschmidt for the first time on Thursday and recalled Toni Kroos, Marc-André ter Stegen and Emre Can for European Championship qualifiers against the Netherlands and Northern Ireland.
The 23-year-old Waldschmidt, the leading scorer with seven goals at the Under-21 European ...
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Three games isn't usually a big enough window to make cast-iron judgments about any team in the Premier League.
Except, maybe, for Tottenham.
It's very early, sure, but something's amiss at last season's Champions League finalist.
Two of the team's best players, Christian Eriksen and Jan Vertonghen, are currently not ...
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ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) - Nicolás Leoz, a long-time South American soccer executive and FIFA official who had been under house arrest in Paraguay fighting extradition to the United States, has died. He was 90.
Leoz's lawyer, Ricardo Preda, told The Associated Press his client died Wednesday after a cardiac arrest ...
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ROME (AP) - A seven-goal thriller won by never-say-die Napoli over full-throttle Fiorentina. An entertaining six-goal draw between Roma and Genoa. Inter Milan's authoritative 4-0 shutout of Lecce in Antonio Conte's debut.
And not a single scoreless draw.
If there's anything to be learned from the opening weekend of Serie ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Alonso made a friendly offer to Kris Bryant in June, one that gave the Cubs star an appreciation for the Mets slugger's big heart, but even more so for the breakout rookie's big muscles.
During a series between the Mets and Chicago at Wrigley Field, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Kayla Alexander loved to draw since she was a child, when she was inspired by a patient teacher.
She continued to blossom as an artist as she grew, attending art camps at the encouragement of her mom. Then basketball entered her life, earning a scholarship to ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Dr. Seuss is hitting the road this fall with a large interactive exhibit that will immerse visitors in some of the writer's most iconic books.
Centered around a maze based on "Oh, the Places You'll Go," children and adults will be able to explore rooms based on ...
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GRAY, Maine (AP) - A Maine man critically injured in a weekend motorcycle crash in Auburn has died.
Family members tell the Sun Journal that 27-year-old Matthew Smith, of Gray, died at a hospital where he was taken after the crash on Sunday.
According to Auburn police, Smith attempted to ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Years after "Frozen" came out, some of us still can't walk through our home without accidentally prompting "Let it Go" to erupt from some unseen toy.
Elsa never really left us. But she's back.
If you haven't already been informed by some young girl (or boy) ...
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MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) - Baker Mayfield has a new teammate, and she rocks a headband, too.
The Browns' charismatic quarterback has entered a marketing partnership with Progressive and will star alongside his wife, Emily Wilkinson, in a national advertising campaign for the insurance giant in which the couple's new ...
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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) - On his first trip to war-torn South Sudan, Masai Ujiri, president of the Toronto Raptors basketball team, said he came to encourage the country's youth.
Ujiri told The Associated Press it's time to "erase the narrative" that sports cannot be promoted in South Sudan, as ...
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LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man was found guilty of murder in the 2014 stabbing of a high school student after a rival basketball game.
News outlets report Kierin Dennis was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday after a jury found him guilty of killing 17-year-old Da'Von ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois Gaming Board is seeking comments and suggestions on shaping the state's newly legalized sports betting industry.
The Gaming Board announced Tuesday that it had opened a public comment period. It will end Sept. 27. The board wants comments from the public, the gambling industry and ...
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Diana Taurasi admits she's been fortunate throughout her basketball career not to have been injured often. She was hard-pressed to remember many times she had to miss games because of an injury.
It's really only happened once before in her storied career when she sat ...
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - The day before Tony Gonzalez was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame earlier this month, he was asked about being a something of a pioneer at tight end. A guy who changed his position - and the game itself.
Gonzalez sort of shrugged.
...NEW YORK (AP) - Nick Kyrgios called the ATP "corrupt" on Tuesday night for fining him more than $100,000 this month for his behavior during a match.
Asked if that recent punishment from the men's tour - only the latest in a long series that also included a suspension - ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rapper Meek Mill pleads guilty to misdemeanor gun charge to resolve long-running case, won't spend more time in prison.
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Some suspended Mississippi State University football players who violated academic policies will be identified before this weekend's game.
Head football coach Joe Moorhead declined to specify the players to reporters Monday. The Bulldogs open the season Saturday against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Ragin' Cajuns; ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Five young poets, including a National Book Award winner, have each received grants worth just over $25,000.
Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine announced Tuesday that the Lilly Rosenberg Fellowships were given to Franny Choi, Jane Huffman, José Olivarez, Justin Phillip Reed and Michael Wasson. The 30-year-old ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A former defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks has been charged with illegally possessing firearms.
The U.S. attorney's office said Monday in announcing the charges against 40-year-old Saousoalii Siavii Jr. that he was twice stunned with a Taser after ...
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CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - Prince's estate will take over management of the late rock star's studio complex near Minneapolis.
Graceland Holdings, which runs Elvis Presley's tourist attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, had been operating Prince's Paisley Park in Chanhassen as a museum since October 2016.
Prince's oldest sibling, Sharon Nelson, says ...
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MONACO (AP) - Former world champion runner Marina Arzamasova has been provisionally suspended for doping after testing positive for a drug in development that is popular with body builders.
The Athletics Integrity Unit says the 31-year-old Arzamasova has been notified of the allegation, one month before the world championships in ...
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Red Star Belgrade fans have welcomed another wartime symbol to their stadium: a real battle tank used during the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia in 1990s.
The decommissioned Yugoslav army tank was parked in front of the Red Star stadium ahead of a Champions League qualifying match ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A Swedish prosecutor says he won't appeal a verdict against American rapper A$AP Rocky and his two bodyguards who were found guilty of assault for a June 30 street brawl in Stockholm.
Daniel Suneson said Tuesday the Stockholm District Court "has dismissed the plea of self-defense, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Tennis' future takes center stage on the second day of the U.S. Open.
The focus will be on youngsters seeking to wrest major titles from the game's Big Three, the return of defending champion Naomi Osaka and the first main-draw appearance at Flushing Meadows for 15-year-old ...
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Clemson fans should get used to seeing several new faces on defense this season, especially up front.
Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said some of the competition to replace the seven vacancies from last year's national championship squad is so tight "we don't know who's going to ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The International Volleyball Federation says it imposed a three-game ban on a Russia women's team coach for an offensive gesture he made after qualifying for the Olympics by beating South Korea.
Sergio Busato was photographed smiling and making a slant-eyed gesture with his fingers after Russia ...
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CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Officials say Carbondale has been chosen as one of several Midwest cities to host international artists for the next few years.
It's called Arts Midwest World Fest. Artists from around the world will stay for a week in Carbondale, performing and working with school groups.
The ...
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ZURICH (AP) - Track and field's elite Diamond League series is cutting one meeting to create a new 13-city schedule and will move to a single-venue finals night.
The IAAF governing body says Zurich will host an expanded, 24-event finals meeting in 2020 and '21. Other meetings can apply to ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana University is preparing for the reopening of its Bloomington campus art museum this fall following a $30 million renovation.
The current building for the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art opened in 1982 and was closed in May 2017 for the renovation project, which ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is applauding the Louisiana team that claimed its first Little League World Series title, tweeting: "Congratulations to Louisiana's Champions. See you at the White House!"
The team from suburban New Orleans beat Curacao 8-0 to win the title on Sunday.
The champions fought their ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville's minor league baseball team is changing the name of its ballpark to First Horizon Park.
The Nashville Sounds and First Horizon National Corporation announced the change for the stadium currently named First Tennessee Park.
A news release says the new name reflects the unification of ...
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It may be the oldest film festival in the world but at 76, the Venice International Film Festival is more relevant and divisive than ever.
Kicking off Wednesday in the normally sleepy beach town of Lido, this year's festival has already become a hotbed for discussion about the Oscar hopefuls ...
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Thousands turned out to a benefit hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle that honored victims of a mass shooting in Ohio.
The star-studded "Gem City Shine" took place Sunday in Dayton's Oregon District, the historic neighborhood that was marred by a 32-second rampage that killed nine people ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Las Vegas is going to take a chance on hosting major college sporting events.
The city is set to bid on nearly a half dozen different NCAA championship events, including women's basketball.
The NCAA will start accepting bids Monday on nearly two dozen sports championships over ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The 16-year-old with a ready smile stood up straight, threw back his shoulders and walked to the middle of the room.
He looked each person in the eye as he greeted them and then launched into his life story, including how he went from playing middle ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta police say six people injured by debris from a lightning strike at the Tour Championship have been treated and released.
Authorities say the injured were five were men and one female juvenile. One was treated at East Lake Golf Club. The other five were taken to ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Angelina Jolie says she's "so proud" that her 18-year-old son is leaving home to study biochemistry in South Korea.
The actress was seen in video released several days ago dropping her son Maddox off at Yonsei University in Seoul, and holding back tears.
"I didn't realize ...
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HOUGHTON, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Technological University soon will become the state's first public university to offer competitive gaming, or "esports," at the varsity level.
Esports are organized, multiplayer, online video game competitions. They're often viewed by non-participants, both in person and via livestream.
Athletic director Suzanne Sanregret says esports ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A new environmental foundation backed by Leonardo DiCaprio is pledging $5 million in aid to the Amazon, which has been swept by wildfires .
Earth Alliance was created last month by DiCaprio and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth. On Sunday, it launched the Amazon ...
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OXFORD, Maine (AP) - Operators of the Oxford 250 say there's an uptick in interest since the New Hampshire International Speedway lost one of its NASCAR dates.
Cassius Clark Jr., one of the drivers, said the race has drawn drivers from deeper into the south in recent years. He said ...
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LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. — Authorities say the son of a former NFL lineman wanted on murder charges in Minnesota for the shooting of his parents was arrested Saturday in Mexico.
The Todd County Sheriff's Office says 22-year-old Dylan John Bennett was arrested on second degree murder charges at a hotel ...
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MADRID (AP) - Doctors at the hospital where Spain's former monarch Juan Carlos I underwent heart surgery say he is making a satisfactory recovery almost 24 hours after the operation.
Lucía Alonso, the managing director of Madrid's Quironsalud University Hospital, said Sunday the 81-year-old king emeritus is awake and breathing ...
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SALZBURG, Austria (AP) - Plácido Domingo returns to the stage at the Salzburg Festival in his first appearance since nine women accused him of sexual harassment in a report by The Associated Press.
The case has divided the opera world. Two U.S. opera houses immediately canceled planned appearances. European opera ...
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Hawaii 45, Arizona 38
Al Franken has partnered with a talent agency to make paid public speeches, less than two years since sexual misconduct allegations forced his resignation from the U.S. Senate.
Mr. Franken, Minnesota Democrat, has recently been added to the roster of speakers who can be booked through United Talent Agency, Bloomberg ...
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BRIGHTON, England (AP) - Moussa Djenepo's stunning first Premier League goal set Southampton on course for its first points of the season with a 2-0 win at 10-man Brighton on Saturday.
Djenepo, signed from Standard Liege in the offseason, had only been on the field for 78 seconds as a ...
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HBO host Bill Maher on Friday celebrated the death of Republican megadonor David Koch, who passed away a day before at the age of 79 following a battle with prostate cancer.
"I guess I'm going to have to re-evaluate my low opinion of prostate cancer," the liberal comedian said during ...
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Lindsey Vonn and P.K. Subban can add a diamond (ring) to their gold (medals): The star athletes say they're engaged.
Vonn, a three-time Olympic champion in Alpine skiing, and Subban, a defenseman for the NHL's New Jersey Devils who won a Winter Games hockey title with Canada, posted the good ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - James Earl Jones, playing the writer Terrance Mann, rises from the wooden bleachers in the final scenes of "Field of Dreams."
He implores the bankrupt Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) to keep his magical baseball field carved into a cornfield on the outskirts of Dyersville.
"The ...
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's Prince Andrew has denied any knowledge of criminal behavior by one-time friend Jeffrey Epstein who killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
The Duke of York said in a statement Saturday that "at no stage during the limited time ...
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TUPPER LAKE, N.Y. (AP) - Organizers of a new semi-pro baseball team in the Adirondacks are rooting around for a new nickname after some residents grunted at the proposed moniker "River Pigs."
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports that Tupper Lake Village Board Trustee David Maroun posted on Facebook Thursday night ...
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BANGOR, Maine (AP) - The American Folk festival is getting underway in earnest on the riverfront in Bangor, Maine.
There's something for everyone with Korean percussion, an Albanian accordion player, Colombian Joropo music, Afro-Caribbean Garifuna music and Navajo music and dance.
The three-day event kicked off Friday evening and wraps ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Robert Downey Jr. says he had a wild Disneyland ride in his younger days.
The "Iron Man" and "Avengers: Endgame" star, among those honored Friday as Disney Legends, said his first visit to the Southern California resort included a brief detention for "smoking pot in a ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - U.S. men's basketball team loses to Australia, snapping 78-game win streak in major tournaments, exhibitions.
LONDON (AP) - Before there were supermodels, there were "mannequins" - living, breathing women who played an active role in designing haute couture by standing very, very still. Designers and artisans would pin, prod or tuck fabric and toiles to the mannequins to bring sketches and ideas to life.
In ...
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AMES, Iowa (AP) - The man who killed a former Iowa State University golfer has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.
A Story County judge pronounced the mandatory sentence Friday on 22-year-old Collin Richards. He'd pleaded guilty on June 14 to first-degree murder for the Sept. ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - With his characteristic bravado, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson believed in "Power" so much that he predicted the series would become a massive hit to cast members even before the first episode aired five years ago.
Since then, Jackson has joyfully watched as his words have come ...
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HELSINGBORG, Sweden (AP) - Sweden great Henrik Larsson has quit as manager of Helsingborg, with the Swedish top-flight club saying he had been subjected to verbal abuse that made his situation "unsustainable."
The former striker was two months into his second spell as coach of the team. Larsson's first stint ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Panthers are hoping Cam Newton's left foot injury isn't too serious.
"We're hoping it is not too bad," Panthers general manager Marty Hurney told the team's radio network after the game. "We'll find out more (on Friday). But I hope it's not too bad."
The ...
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NAPLES, Italy (AP) - Napoli has signed Mexico winger Hirving Lozano from PSV Eindhoven.
Napoli announced the deal Friday but did not disclose the transfer fee, which is reported to be up to 40 million euros ($44 million).
Lozano returns to the Champions League with the Carlo Ancelotti-coached Serie A ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - The mother of the 12-year-old boy who was shot near an Atlanta high school football stadium may never walk again.
Allison Wood told WSB-TV that her son Isaiah Payton was shot through his spine Saturday and may be paralyzed. Wood says Payton dreamed of playing high school ...
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Do a quick web search for "college football road trip" and a number of creative possibilities come up.
The Sporting News outlined an impressive journey that includes several quick turnarounds. The travel mileage is helpfully included. Herosports.com mapped out a schedule of nearly 50 games - and even offered an ...
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - There is now a "Rolling Stones Rock" on Mars, and it's giving Mick and the boys some serious satisfaction.
NASA named the little stone for the legendary rockers after its InSight robotic lander captured it rolling across the surface of Mars. Robert Downey Jr. took the ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Republican Jason Lewis is kicking off a U.S. Senate bid with a video that attacks Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and the so-called "Resistance" to President Donald Trump.
Lewis, a former conservative talk show host who lost his House re-election bid in 2018, announced his campaign in a ...
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GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) - A judge says a former Tennessee middle school teacher accused of sexually assaulting five male students can't attend his two 16-year-old daughters' soccer games.
News outlets report Sumner County Judge Mike Carter denied Robert Ring's request Wednesday to amend his bond restrictions.
The 49-year-old can attend ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Nazis knew everything about the city of Paris that they occupied - almost.
They didn't know about the bunker with a massive door as thick as a bank vault that served as a command post for the chief of the Resistance in the French capital. They ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The governing body of rowing says para-rower Dzmitry Ryshkevich died after his boat capsized during training at the world championships in Austria.
World Rowing cites a police statement that the flotation device on the 33-year-old Belarus athlete's boat had broken.
Although Ryshkevich freed himself from the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Leonard A. Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estee Lauder Companies, is working on a memoir about the cosmetics company that his mother founded and he helped build into an international empire.
HarperCollins Publishers announced Thursday that Lauder's book will come out next year. It's currently untitled.
...MADRID (AP) - Andy Murray will play in a second-tier Challenger Tour tournament hosted by Rafael Nadal's tennis academy.
The tournament says Murray has accepted an invitation to play.
Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion, had hip surgery in January. He returned to the court in June playing doubles - ...
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When it comes to credit card rewards, it's not all about gas, groceries and restaurants anymore. Issuers are moving beyond suburban staples to include millennial-friendly categories such as transit and streaming subscriptions.
The trend toward streaming rewards, in particular, is hard to miss, with cards from American Express, Chase and ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - If Lionel Messi listens to Real Betis and sits out another match, Barcelona will likely have to rely on Antoine Griezmann to finally get some points on the board.
Betis, which visits the Camp Nou on Sunday, responded to a tweet by Barcelona that Messi was ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A Polish minister says rescuers have found the body of a celebrity businessman who went missing after falling from his motorboat into a lake.
Piotr Wozniak-Starak, 39, who produced some of Poland's most popular movies, hadn't been seen since late Saturday. A search began early Sunday ...
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MIAMI (AP) - Rapper Kodak Black is expected to plead guilty to federal weapons charges.
A hearing is set for Thursday in Miami federal court.
The decision comes months after an original plea of innocence. Prosecutors in May charged the 21-year-old rapper for crimes that involve falsifying information on federal ...
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While record crowds at National Women's Soccer League games are evidence of a World Cup bump, players want the momentum to extend beyond the ticket office.
Portland drew a league-record 25,218 fans to a game against the defending champion North Carolina Courage earlier this month, and last weekend Sky Blue ...
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FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - Franck Ribery joined Italian club Fiorentina on Wednesday, another big signing for a team under new American ownership.
Fiorentina did not announce the length of Ribery's contract but Italian media reported that the 36-year-old Frenchman signed a two-year deal.
Ribery was a free agent after 12 ...
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MONACO (AP) - Russian race walker Sergei Bakulin, who was previously stripped of a world title for doping, has been banned again, this time for eight years.
The Athletics Integrity Unit says Bakulin's blood passport data showed signs of doping. It is the same rule that cost him the 2011 ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Larry Bird likes the mural but not the tatts.
A lawyer for the former NBA star has asked an artist to remove certain tattoos from a large painting of Bird on an Indianapolis multi-family residence. The tattoos include two rabbits mating on his right arm and a ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Lego is honoring Loyola University's Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt for her 100th birthday with a statue made of more than 10,000 plastic bricks.
Loyola's men's basketball team chaplain will celebrate her centennial year Wednesday. Greg Nuse, a model builder at Legoland Discovery Center, says he studied Sister ...
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STOCKHOLM (AP) - Female hockey players in Sweden will go ahead with their boycott of an international tournament in Finland because of their unhappiness about pay and working conditions.
Sweden was to play its first game of the Five Nations Tournament on Wednesday against Japan in Vierumaki, but the squad ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - As the deadline for Britain to quit the European Union approaches, thousands of people are expressing interest in a Brexit beach party in the Netherlands to say a fond farewell.
By Wednesday morning, nearly 10,000 people had signed up on Facebook to attend the proposed ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A free grocery store in Nashville founded by country star Brad Paisley and actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley has landed a $1.5 million grant from the state of Tennessee.
Belmont University announced Tuesday that the $1.5 million 2Gen Family Wellbeing Program grant from the Department of Human Services ...
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WATERLOO, N.Y. (AP) - The del Lago Resort & Casino will start accepting bets on sports.
The "sportsbook" opening ceremony Friday at the Finger Lakes casino will feature former NFL Pro Bowler and Syracuse University quarterback Donovan McNabb.
Casinos around the New York began taking sports bets after the state's ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - As good as he felt last week in Miami striking out 10 in seven scoreless innings, Clayton Kershaw felt equally as bad back home at Dodger Stadium.
"It's a humbling game," the Dodgers ace said.
Still, Kershaw navigated his way through six innings to pass Sandy ...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - When Michael B. Jordan first met with "Moonlight" writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, the two surprisingly discovered through an emotional conversation that both had more in common than they realized.
McCraney might jokingly attest, but Jordan said during a recent interview that their lengthy talk years ...
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Earl Monroe is in the Hall of Fame and has an NBA ring. He's also a big supporter of player rights, and he tells PodcastOne Sports Now that free agency movement among teams is helping create even more interest in the league.
A star in Baltimore and New York in ...
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MIAMI (AP) - An environmental analysis shows the proposed site for David Beckham's Major League Soccer stadium in Miami is far more toxic than previously expected.
The Miami Herald reports the analysis found arsenic contamination reaching more than twice the legal limit, and surface-level soil samples containing hazardous debris at ...
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"Old Bones" (Grand Central), by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
In "Old Bones" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, archaeologist Nora Kelly gets a visit from historian Clive Benton, who shows her a lost artifact tied to the fate of the Donner Party, the group of people trapped by a ...
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid says midfielder Brahim Díaz has been sidelined because of a right leg problem, becoming the latest name added to the team's injury list.
Madrid says tests conducted Tuesday show Díaz has a muscle injury in his thigh. The club has not said how long he ...
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JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Wendy Anderson, the wife of Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson, has died after a two-year fight with breast cancer.
Blake Anderson says his wife died Monday night, just hours after the school announced he would be taking a leave of absence. He said on Twitter : ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A hearing is set in the city of Chicago's effort to recover costs from actor Jussie Smollett after police said his claims of a racist and anti-gay attack were phony and staged.
The status hearing Tuesday is the first since the lawsuit was moved to federal court ...
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LONDON (AP) - Chilean tennis player Juan Carlos Saez has been banned for eight years for match-fixing.
The Tennis Integrity Unit says Saez refused to cooperate with its investigation and also failed to report "a corrupt approach" at a tournament.
Saez originally attracted the TIU's attention because of evidence of ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese public broadcaster NHK has obtained documents showing that former Emperor Hirohito repeatedly felt sorry about World War II and tried, unsuccessfully, to express his feelings by using the word "remorse" in a 1952 speech.
The records of conversations with Hirohito spanning several years were kept by ...
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois officials hope the start of beer sales in Memorial Stadium's general seating areas boosts slumping ticket sales for home football games.
The Illini announced in April that beer sales would be allowed for the first time this fall in the stadium's general seating ...
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's government is planning to pressure social media companies to do more to fight misinformation on vaccines following a spike in measles cases.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that while the country had a great record on fighting measles, things were suddenly "going in the wrong ...
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LOCUST GROVE, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia school board has apologized over ribbons distributed prior to a football scrimmage this month that showed the opposing school's mascot hanged by a noose.
News outlets report the Henry County Board of Education posted a Facebook statement Friday that said the message was ...
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SYLVANIA, Ga. (AP) - A rural Georgia community is still wrestling with the idea of putting a commercial landfill near their homes.
WSAV-TV reports the proposed landfill is leaving Screven County residents torn between economic benefits versus environmental concern.
Atlantic Waste Services says the landfill would occupy about 84 acres ...
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DETROIT (AP) - A copy of the original land contract for Motown Records' Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit will be unveiled as part of the music company's 60th anniversary celebration.
Officials with the Motown Museum, located where Berry Gordy Jr. launched his music empire, say they will share the rarely seen ...
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MADRID (AP) - Just like that, Gareth Bale is part of the solution for Real Madrid again.
After only one game back as a starter, the player who wasn't wanted by coach Zinedine Zidane a few weeks ago showed he can still contribute to the team.
Zidane started Bale in ...
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LONDON (AP) - Britain's Prince Andrew has rejected renewed suggestions he may have been involved in the alleged sex crimes of his one-time friend Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew says in a statement released by Buckingham Palace that he "has been appalled by the recent reports of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes. His ...
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Devin Fuller got his first taste of the NFL's business side during his rookie minicamp.
One of the receiver's would-be teammates had a bad practice. Not much later, that player got pulled out of a meeting. Not much after that, the player was no longer Fuller's teammate.
"I was like, ...
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MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) - For the fifth time in the last six years, August on the PGA Tour means no more Tiger Woods for the rest of the season.
Only now he's healthy.
He also is the Masters champion. And that makes it a season he wouldn't trade.
"Very special ...
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HONG KONG (AP) - At least eight K-pop stars from China and even one from Taiwan and one from Hong Kong are publicly stating their support for Beijing's one-China policy, eliciting a mixture of disappointment and understanding from fans.
Many of the statements came after protesters opposed to Beijing's growing ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The raunchy coming-of-age tale about a trio of 12-year-olds "Good Boys" is the first R-rated comedy in the last three years to open No. 1 at the box office.
"Good Boys" surpassed expectations to debut with $21 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...
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Sonny Dykes has spent most of his career coaching and recruiting football players in his home state of Texas and around the South. When he became a head coach in the Pac-12, he found an unfamiliar environment at some high school games in California.
"Kids have their phones during warmup ...
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DALLAS (AP) - A basketball jersey believed to have been worn by former President Barack Obama while he was at a Honolulu prep school has sold at auction for $120,000.
Heritage Auctions said the jersey sold Saturday night in Dallas to a collector of American and sports artifacts who didn't ...
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A major building at a South Carolina university is set for a $50 million overhaul.
The Post and Courier reports the state's Joint Bond Review Committee agreed last month to borrow $45 million to renovate the College of Charleston's main arts building, the Albert Simons ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - For Katie Roddy, there is no such thing as seeing a word and sounding it out.
Like others with dyslexia, Roddy's brain processes words differently.
She knows that now, at age 16. But as a young child, how do you explain to your well-meaning teachers and ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - When former UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field was asked to be part of the inaugural Aurora Games, she jumped at the chance. Celebrating the female athlete is right up her alley.
"The thing that really struck me is that we do celebrate these high-level athletes ...
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A university in suburban Detroit has turned a former meeting room into a high-tech haven for video game players.
Lawrence Technological University says the new LTU eSports arena in Southfield features 12 computers with monitors; a coach's station; and a large TV for spectators to ...
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BATLEY, England (AP) - An English rugby league club says one of its players has been found dead in his hotel room the day after a game in France.
Batley Bulldogs announced the death of Archie Bruce on Sunday.
The 20-year-old Bruce made his debut for Batley in a second-tier ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors today:
LITTLE BIG LEAGUE
Kris Bryant and the Chicago Cubs take on Josh Bell and the Pittsburgh Pirates in prime time at the MLB Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Cubs left-hander José Quintana (10-7, 4.11 ERA) is 6-0 in eight starts ...
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LONDON (AP) - Richard Williams, a Canadian-British animator whose work on the bouncing cartoon bunny in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" helped blur the boundaries between the animated world and our own, has died. He was 86 years old.
The Oscar-winning artist died from cancer at his home in Bristol, England, ...
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NORWICH, Conn. (AP) - A man has been charged in connection with an online bomb threat at a Connecticut minor league baseball stadium amid a dispute between the team's owner and a Muslim civil rights group.
Norwich police say they arrested 44-year-old James Quinn, of Waterford, after the bomb threat ...
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LONDON (AP) - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a winning goal for the second straight weekend as Arsenal beat Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.
In a match where offseason loanee Dani Ceballos excelled for Arsenal in midfield, Aubameyang provided the cutting edge in a dominant second half by the ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Ready, set, recite: The Boston Poetry Marathon is back.
The annual event began Friday and runs through the weekend at the Community Church of Boston in Copley Square. It gathers poets of all kinds from around the world.
Organizers say each poet gets eight minutes to read ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Casino Control Commission's draft rules for fantasy sports wagering would ban participants from using "autodraft."
The Columbus Dispatch reports the rules against individuals randomly selecting players for their rosters would apply only to contests in which participants put money on the line and the ...
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Officials say the public school that basketball superstar LeBron James helped create in his Ohio hometown eventually will expand to serve middle schoolers but won't add first and second grades as previously thought.
Akron's I Promise School aims to help at-risk children through academics and social ...
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PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) - Hundreds of bicyclists are set to take part in a grueling race up the highest peak in the northeastern United States.
The Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Saturday is a 7.6-mile (12-kilometer) ascent to the summit at 6,288 feet (1,915 meters).
Riders deal ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton brought his unique commentary and musings to the baseball booth Friday night. After nine innings, it was evident Chicago White Sox broadcasts might never be the same again.
Walton was the guest analyst because Steve Stone is taking this weekend's ...
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TOKYO (AP) - High levels of bacteria forced the swimming portion of a triathlon test event for the Tokyo Paralympics to be canceled on Saturday.
It's the second setback in the triathlon for organizers of next year's Olympic and Paralympics. A triathlon running event was shortened from 10 kilometers to ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - Mike Yastrzemski hit three home runs, including a tiebreaking solo shot in the 11th inning, and the San Francisco Giants recovered after squandering two late leads, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-9 Friday night.
The teams combined to hit a Chase Field record 12 home runs. The Diamondbacks ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Liverpool might need to play a 35-year-old free agent in goal against Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday after backup goalkeeper Adrian hurt his ankle in a freak incident during the team's post-match celebrations after the UEFA Super Cup.
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said a ...
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey judge is sorry for suggesting a woman sell nude photos of herself to "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner.
Middlesex County Assignment Judge Alberto Rivas made the comment in a dispute involving the girlfriend of a married man and his wife. The girlfriend was seeking ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A preliminary report into the collapse of part of the stadium roof at Dutch team AZ Alkmaar says that weld connections failing led to a section of the roof falling onto seats below.
The stadium was not in use at the time of the Aug. ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Grandstand acts at the Illinois State Fair have broken the record for most tickets sold.
Fair officials said Thursday that 59,023 tickets to grandstand acts have been sold. That tops the 2017 record by 661 tickets.
Kevin Gordon is the state fair manager. He says the ...
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) - The PGA Tour's West Virginia stop in September is offering free admission and prize giveaways to fans throughout the tournament.
The Greenbrier resort says in a news release that 30,000 tickets are being given away to A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier.
The cost ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria are leading a group of more than 150 writers, artists and leaders who have written a public "letter of solidarity" to U.S. Latinos after the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and an immigration raid in Mississippi.
The letter, published ...
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LANDOVER — Jay Gruden wouldn't coach Kelvin Harmon any differently.
The Redskins coach stood at the podium after Washington's 23-13 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals lamenting the fact the rookie wide receiver was called for two offensive pass interference calls, one of which caused Gruden to throw his challenge flag.
...OLIVE HILL, Ky. (AP) - A mountain music festival is planned at Carter Caves State Resort Park next month.
A statement from the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet says that the Fraley Mountain Music Gatherin ' will be held Sept. 4-7 and feature traditional music from the hills of ...
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Napheesa Collier wanted to make her mark as a rookie for the Minnesota Lynx. With nine games left in the regular season, she's done just that, putting herself on the short list of candidates for the WNBA Rookie of the Year award.
"It was a ...
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) - Four high school football players near Cleveland have been charged with taking part in the sexual assault of several teammates.
Prosecutors say an investigation into the hazing during a summer camp found multiple victims.
Berea (buh-REE'-uh) City School Superintendent Tracy Wheeler says the district isn't releasing ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - With the times she'd been running this season, Dutch athlete Madiea Ghafoor could have earned a trip to the World Championships in Doha next month as part of her country's 400-meter relay team. Instead, she is in a German jail awaiting trial on drug trafficking ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis cemetery where 1930s gangster John Dillinger is buried is objecting to his body's planned exhumation as part of a television documentary.
The Indianapolis Star reports Crown Hill Cemetery said in a statement Wednesday that it objects to the exhumation in part because it's concerned "the ...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says gun control measures being pushed by Gov. Tony Evers are ineffective and "very unlikely" to be taken up by the Legislature.
Vos said on the Jay Weber radio show Thursday on WISN-AM that he does not support universal background checks ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - A 13-year-old who was playing football in Pittsburgh collapsed while running off the field and died.
Police found Jordan Duckett unresponsive on Wednesday night.
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Allegheny County medical examiner will conduct an autopsy.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Off-road vehicle enthusiasts can explore Michigan's 3,700 miles (5,955 kilometers) of trails and five "scramble" areas that are open to them for no charge this weekend.
All rules pertaining to ORVs still apply. But riders on designated routes and trails will not need an ORV license ...
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BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) - Woodstock fans are expected to get back to the garden to mark the 50th anniversary of the generation-defining festival.
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is hosting a series of events Thursday through Sunday at the bucolic 1969 concert site, 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo's summer heat has forced an Olympic women's triathlon qualifying event to be shortened because of high temperatures that are likely to impact next year's games.
The International Triathlon Union reduced the running portion of the triathlon from 10 kilometers to 5 kilometers on Thursday because temperatures ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - New Orleans' Superdome, home to the Saints football team, will get $450 million in renovations if Louisiana officials agree to the financing plans.
Upgrades to the iconic, 44-year-old domed stadium are part of Gov. John Bel Edwards' ongoing negotiations with the NFL team, aimed at ...
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UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has postponed a joint meeting with the heads of European clubs and leagues that was to help determine the future format of competitions, including the Champions League.
The Associated Press has obtained letters sent Thursday morning by Ceferin to the heads of the European Club Association ...
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BERLIN (AP) - A 9-year-old girl is suing a centuries-old Berlin boys choir, arguing that her bid to join was only rejected because of her gender.
The State and Cathedral Choir is one of the most renowned boys choirs in Germany, founded in 1465 by Fredrick II of Brandenburg. Over ...
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LONDON (AP) - British investigators say soccer star Sala and pilot exposed to harmful levels of carbon monoxide in plane that crashed.
After starring roles for Freddie Mercury ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), Elton John ("Rocketman") and the Beatles ("Yesterday"), it's Bruce Springsteen's turn to join the mixtape that the movies have lately become.
But Gurinder Chadha's "Blinded by the Light" isn't about the Boss' life or how he recorded his hits. It's about hearing ...
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Dynamo Kyiv has fired coach Alexander Khatskevich a day after crashing out of Champions League qualifying.
Dynamo faced Belgian club Brugge in the third qualifying round and lost 4-3 on aggregate after a 3-3 draw Tuesday in the Ukrainian capital, which was formerly known as Kiev.
...STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Latest on A$AP Rocky's trial for assault in Stockholm (all times local):
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A Swedish court has found American rapper A$AP Rocky guilty of assault for his role in a June 30 street brawl in Stockholm.
The artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, earlier ...
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MADRID (AP) - After several summers of no major offseason signings, both Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid have spent big to revamp their squads in an attempt to dethrone Spanish champion Barcelona.
Eden Hazard arrived at the Santiago Bernabeu with the expectation of becoming Real Madrid's new leader. The Spanish ...
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ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A horse track casino in central Indiana is looking to add 170 new workers for the start of sports betting and the addition of live table games.
The hiring will increase the workforce size at Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino in Anderson by more than ...
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GARRETT, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana native who became one of Hollywood's top silent movie actors will be honored with a historical marker in his hometown.
The marker recently approved by the Indiana Historical Bureau will be installed next year for John Bowersox in the DeKalb County city of Garrett.
...OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Someday, years or even decades from now, at one of those celebratory reunions teams like to do, Stephen Curry knows he and Kevin Durant will reminisce with fondness about their three insanely successful years together on the Golden State Warriors.
They will reflect on the greatness, ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Josh Bell homered and had three RBIs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rally for a 10-7 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
José Osuna drove in two runs, and Bryan Reynolds added a solo homer for the Pirates, who have won consecutive games ...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A fictional caper about an antiquities heist set in an ancient Jordanian city has stirred widespread outrage over the film's portrayal of historical Jewish ties to Jordan, shining a light on the tenuous peace with neighboring Israel and prompting the government to suspend the movie's ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The WNBA has suspended Mercury center Brittney Griner three games for her role in a fight in the Dallas-Phoenix game Saturday that resulted in six players getting ejected.
The league punished Griner on Tuesday for throwing punches, escalating the incident and pushing Wings forward Kayla Thornton's ...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Coach Willie Taggart arrived at Florida State and ramped up expectations with the promise of "Lethal Simplicity."
But the Seminoles' offense was anything but fun to watch in 2018, averaging just 22 points per game.
Taggart knew after a 5-7 season that he would have to ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - In the summer of 1969, dreams of a new society played out in muddy wonder at the Woodstock music festival and in murderous parody during the Manson rampage in Los Angeles.
Over a 10-day period in August, hundreds of thousands of young people journeyed to Bethel, ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Octavia Spencer will be honored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network with its Inspiration Award at a gala later this year.
The group known as GLSEN announced Tuesday that the star of "Hidden Figures and "The Help" will receive the honor at the group's ...
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Former Major League baseball player Doug DeCinces has been sentenced to eight months of home detention and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for his role in an insider-trading scheme.
DeCinces, a former third baseman for the California Angels and Baltimore Orioles, was convicted in ...
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MATTAMISCONTIS TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) - State police say the driver in a fatal crash on Interstate 95 that killed his wife has been charged with drug possession.
Police say 31-year-old Joshua Bell, of Medway, was arrested Saturday after he was released from the hospital in Bangor.
Troopers said they found ...
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