LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (6-9) at KANSAS CITY (14-1)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE - Chiefs by 3 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Chargers 7-7, Chiefs 6-7
SERIES RECORD - Chiefs lead 64-56-1
LAST MEETING - Chiefs beat Chargers 23-20, OT, Sept. 20 in Los Angeles
LAST WEEK - ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - When Las Vegas is ready to move on, it typically does so in spectacular fashion, imploding old hotels to make way for new ones.
In that spirit, the city plans to usher in 2021 and close out a year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic by imploding ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Real Sociedad won 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao in a Basque Country derby to end its winless run and strengthen its hold on third place in the Spanish league on Thursday.
Cristian "Portu" Portugués scored the game's only goal in the fifth minute after Mikel Merino played ...
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The governors of the six New England states and New Jersey have extended a prohibition on interstate youth hockey through the end of January.
The governors took the action due to coronavirus outbreaks associated with youth hockey activities.
In a news release issued late Wednesday, the ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is suing the owners and operators of the Electron Dam, alleging ongoing violations of the Endangered Species Act.
Spring chinook, bull trout and steelhead in the Puyallup River are protected under the act, but the more than 100-year-old Electron Dam has for ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday's New Year's Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions.
But the department's playbook this year includes an unusual mandate: preventing crowds of any size from gathering in ...
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With the January transfer window opening, Premier League clubs have the chance to strengthen their squads for the second half of the season. But the high expectations from new recruits aren't always reflected in their performances on the field - as the struggles of these high-profile summer signings show:
GARETH ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp expects defender Joel Matip to miss the Premier League leader's next three matches because of an adductor strain.
The Cameroon player will likely be out of action for about three weeks after straining a muscle during Sunday's 1-1 draw against West Bromwich ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - When it comes to NFL broadcasts this season, pregame shows have faced the biggest adjustments. Besides having to do all profiles virtually due to COVID-19 protocols, there has been keeping up with late-breaking news and trying to hold the usual lively debates while being socially distanced.
...Here's a look at the upcoming week around the Big Ten Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND
No. 10 Iowa (8-2, 2-1) at No. 14 Rutgers (7-1, 3-1). The Hawkeyes rebounded confidently from their late lapse on Christmas night, when Minnesota overcame a seven-point deficit with 44 seconds left in regulation ...
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia backup forward Isaiah Cottrell will miss the rest of the season after tearing his left Achilles tendon, the team announced Wednesday.
The 6-foot-10 freshman sustained the injury in the first half of Tuesday's 73-51 win over Northeastern.
Cottrell averaged 1.6 points and 1.4 rebounds ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Jacksonville Jaguars will try to avoid a 15-game losing streak without their No. 1 quarterback, their leading rusher and possibly their best receiver.
Coach Doug Marrone said Wednesday that quarterback Mike Glennon will start the team's season finale at Indianapolis instead of Gardner Minshew. He ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - It's 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee. Two Stax Records musicians, guitarist Steve Cropper and singer Eddie Floyd, sit in a room inside the Lorraine Motel, struggling to fashion a song about love and superstition.
The pair try many references to ...
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Approaching his 36th birthday in February, Cristiano Ronaldo has no intention of slowing down.
"I still feel good, sharp and in a good moment in my life," the Juventus and Portugal star said in a video interview. "I hope to play many, many years more, but you never know."
The ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Public relations veteran Howard Rubenstein, who for decades polished and protected the images of New York celebrities and power brokers from George Steinbrenner to Donald Trump, has died. He was 88.
Rubenstein died Tuesday at home "in peace and in no pain," his son Steven Rubenstein ...
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For the first time since Lindsey Vonn's retirement, the U.S. women's ski team is no longer solely dependent on Mikaela Shiffrin for World Cup success.
Shiffrin was responsible for all 34 American podium results on the women's circuit in the past two seasons, but three months into the current campaign, ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Singer Petula Clark expressed shock and disbelief that her 1964 hit "Downtown" was aired just minutes before a bomb detonated in Nashville on Christmas morning.
"I was told that the music in the background of that strange announcement - was me - singing 'Downtown'! Of all ...
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PARIS (AP) - Superstar DJ David Guetta has been brought back to Earth by the coronavirus pandemic and says his music has benefitted as a result.
Back in his native Paris to record a New Year's Eve show, the composer of ear-worm dance hits said he has produced "tons ...
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ROME (AP) - Like elsewhere in Europe, museums and art galleries closed in Italy in the spring and again in the fall to contain the spread of COVID-19, leaving virtual tours as the best option for art lovers who wanted to see the treasures held by institutions such as the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - When the producers of the new animated children's series "Stillwater" asked Mallika Chopra to be the show's "mindfulness consultant," the meditation expert, author and speaker said she was immediately on board.
"What an amazing title to have, right?" Chopra recounted in a recent interview with ...
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LONDON (AP) - Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has been ruled out for a "few weeks" with a calf injury.
The Wales international sustained the problem in last week's League Cup quarterfinal win at Stoke and Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho said Tuesday he will have a spell on the sidelines.
Brazilian ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - One of television's hottest shows is also among its oldest.
It's not the first time that's been said about "60 Minutes" since its 1968 debut. In the frenzied news year of 2020, however, the success is a tribute to both durability and adaptability.
CBS' pioneering newsmagazine ...
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LONDON (AP) -
The Premier League has reported its highest number of positive coronavirus cases in a single week.
In a statement, the league says there were 18 positives after 1,479 tests on players and club staff from Dec. 21-27.
No individuals were identified but Manchester City had previously ...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A 26-year-old rising local rapper accused in the kidnapping of a South Florida couple in October can go free until his trial if he pays a $250,000 bond, a federal magistrate ruled Monday.
Attorney Gary Ira Rosenberg negotiated the bond Splash Zanotti, whose legal name ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Belarus on Tuesday announced the start of mass coronavirus vaccinations with the Russian-developed Sputnik V shot, becoming the second country after Russia to roll out a vaccine that is still undergoing late-stage studies to ensure its safety and effectiveness.
The first batch of Sputnik V arrived ...
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PARIS (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain fired coach Thomas Tuchel on Tuesday, paving the way for the expected hiring of Mauricio Pochettino.
The confirmation of Tuchel's dismissal - only four months after he led PSG to the Champions League final - came after days of reports that the German would be ...
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The Miami Heat just wrapped up two consecutive days of practice, which is significant for this reason: It might not happen again for a while.
How long? March isn't out of the question.
Practice time is something that will be in short supply around the NBA this season; teams are ...
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NFL
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Josh Allen passed for four touchdowns and the Buffalo Bills became the first AFC East foe to sweep the season series with the New England Patriots in two decades with a 38-9 victory.
A week after unseating the Patriots as AFC East division champions, ...
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The Saturday night after winning an afternoon home game is one of the best times to be a college football player.
Family and loved ones usually await with congratulatory hugs. Then there is a nice dinner, and maybe more celebrating with teammates and friends. Few things get a college town ...
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It took playing games on all seven days of the week, a wide receiver starting at quarterback, numerous schedule changes and constant revisions to health and safety protocols for the NFL to reach Week 17 on time.
That's a remarkable accomplishment during a global pandemic.
"Since March, the league, clubs, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Spencer Dinwiddie will have surgery to repair a partially torn ACL in his right knee, an early blow to a Brooklyn Nets team that hoped it had left its injury troubles behind.
Dinwiddie was hurt Sunday in Charlotte during the third quarter of the Nets' first ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - POLL ALERT: Stanford passes first real test to stay No. 1 in women's Top 25; NC State jumps UConn; Arkansas into Top 10.
NEW YORK (AP) - POLL ALERT: Gonzaga is clear-cut No. 1 in Top 25, then Baylor, Kansas; No. 6 Wisconsin leads 9 ranked teams from Big Ten.
2020 reminded us that the show mustn't always go on. Disrupted by the coronavirus, sports stopped cold three months in and then started up again in emptied-out stadiums, stumbling, skidding and finally staggering across the finish line - all the while shadowed by loss.
Celebrations were muted, crowd noise was ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - TikTok's crowdsourced "Ratatouille" musical has cooked up some serious talent for its one-night-only benefit concert, including roles for Tituss Burgess, Adam Lambert, Wayne Brady, André De Shields and Ashley Park.
"Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical" - fondly nicknamed the "Ratatousical" - will begin streaming on Friday at ...
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Henrik Lundqvist is scheduled to undergo open heart surgery, the 38-year-old netminder announced Monday morning.
Lundqvist signed for the Washington Capitals this offseason, but he announced Dec. 17 that a heart condition would keep him out of the upcoming season. Last week, general manager Brian MacLellan said Lundqvist has dealt ...
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"Full House" actor Lori Loughlin was released from prison Monday after spending two months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get her two daughters into college.
Loughlin was released from the federal lockup in Dublin, California, where she had been serving her sentence for her ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana, like the rest of the country, was hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. It also was pummeled by hurricane after hurricane and faced a variety of accusations of racial injustice.
The year's top stories:
COVID-19
The new coronavirus infected more than ...
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BEIJING (AP) - Police in Shanghai say they have detained a suspect in the case of the death by possible poisoning of the billionaire founder of a Chinese video game company that makes films based on the popular science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem."
Lin Qi, 39, died on ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - When Hannah Doss bought an old railroad trailer about three years ago, she figured she could convert it into an affordable, cozy place to live - a tiny house, one of the downsized, mobile domiciles that are so popular these days.
A few months later, while ...
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The Latest on Week 16 in the NFL (all times EST):
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There are 11 NFL games on Sunday's slate, the third of four consecutive days of action in Week 16.
The Saints, Buccaneers, 49ers and Dolphins have already won this weekend with Tampa Bay securing ...
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Tony Rice, the master bluegrass picker who drew fans worldwide for the chance to hear the quick, fluid sounds he conjured from his Martin D-28 guitar, has died at age 69.
Rice died Friday at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina, according to International Bluegrass Music Association spokesperson Casey Campbell. ...
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With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think.
And while she won the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam title, she also stood out for speaking out about racial injustice and ...
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Already down their four top wide receivers due to COVID-19 protocols, the Cleveland Browns will also be without starting rookie left tackle Jedrick Wills when they play the New York Jets on Sunday with a possible playoff spot on the line.
Wills was ruled out after the team got to ...
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CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - For 41 years, Richard Blakely's daily routine in the winter has mostly been the same.
Get up in the morning, do a sports update, then gas up the car and head to a gym somewhere in the area to call a basketball game.
Blakely's called thousands ...
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Before late April, Virginia Beach resident Shameika Stepney's year was about as "normal" as anyone else's. COVID-19 quarantines had been in effect for just over a month, forcing people to spend their days and nights indoors and looking for every safe opportunity to get a ...
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ROME (AP) - A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city who were partial to eating out.
Pompeii Archaeological Park's longtime chief, Massimo Osanna said Saturday that while some 80 such fast-foods have been ...
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LeBron James told the world in 2020 that Black Lives Matter. He helped convince many who had never voted to finally head to the polls. He found more ways to continue elevating the lives of people in his hometown.
If that weren't enough, he won another NBA championship.
James' on-court ...
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers have signed Japanese pitcher Kohei Arihara to a $6 million, two-year contract.
The right-hander spent six years with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. The Rangers paid a $1.2 million posting fee for Arihara, who can earn $50,000 in performance ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tulane University athletics are getting more than $1.5 million from the estate of a late fan, and $1 million of it will establish a fund to expand mental health support of Tulane's 350 student athletes.
The Alan H. Rosenbloum Mental Health Endowed Fund will provide ...
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Officials have chosen the former offices of Terre Haute's daily newspaper as the new location for the western Indiana city's new police headquarters.
The city has borrowed about $11 million to buy the 46,000-square-foot (14,020-square-meter) former Tribune-Star building from a construction company and renovate it. ...
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LEICESTER, England (AP) - Jamie Vardy's deflected strike in the 85th minute helped Leicester come from behind for a second time to draw 2-2 against Manchester United and keep hold of second place in the Premier League on Saturday.
Bruno Fernandes looked to be sending United to its seventh straight ...
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While the Premier League charges ahead, several lower-tier English soccer games have been suspended because of coronavirus cases.
Rotherham's scheduled Boxing Day game at Middlesbrough in the second-division Championship was suspended after the visitors had ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Chris Edmonds says Pittsburgh saved his life.
He came here 26 years ago as a high school junior, seeking refuge from the unforgiving streets of East Point just outside of Atlanta. His mother, a Pittsburgh native raising him alone, sent him back to her hometown to live ...
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CAIRO (AP) - Nearly two years after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, Sudan is taking steps to rejoin the international community from which it was long shunned. That includes its film industry.
For the first time in its history, Sudan has a submission for the Academy Awards. Produced by ...
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Ciaran Long found work delivering books to Northern Ireland's libraries. Luke Ferrara caught on with a team in France before switching to a squad in Poland.
Both would prefer to be skating with their British ice hockey teams - Long for the Belfast Giants and Ferrara for the Coventry Blaze.
...NEW YORK (AP) - Once worth nearly a billion dollars, opera-loving philanthropist Alberto Vilar is seeking financial relief from what his lawyers describe as a destitute existence following his 2018 release from prison.
Vilar's lawyers told a Manhattan federal judge in a letter Thursday that Vilar is "a broken ...
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Two years ago, on Christmas Eve, I was knocking on Brian LaFemina's door in Loudoun County to see if he and the group of suits he brought with him had indeed been fired by owner Dan Snyder as the new business team for then-Redskins — just nine months after they ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A liberal arts college in suburban Chicago has laid off 51 faculty and staff members and closed more than a dozen academic programs because of budget concerns exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Concordia University Chicago, located in River Forest, is offering retirement and severance packages to ...
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PARIS (AP) - Kylian Mbappé is publicly bidding farewell to coach Thomas Tuchel, even before Paris Saint-Germain does so.
The defending French champions have not confirmed Tuchel's firing but it was widely reported on Thursday, a day after PSG beat Strasbourg 4-0 and after Tuchel was questioned about comments he ...
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Manchester City players Gabriel Jesus and Kyle Walker have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The team said two staff members also tested positive and that all four are self-isolating in accordance with Premier League and ...
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PARIS (AP) - Ivry Gitlis, an acclaimed violinist who played with famed conductors, rock stars and jazz bands around the world and worked to make classical music accessible to the masses, has died in Paris at 98.
France's culture minister announced his death Thursday, hailing him as "a magnificent performer, ...
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A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND
No. 16 Virginia vs. No. 1 Gonzaga in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday. This made-for-TV matchup comes after both programs had to pause because of coronoavirus concerns early in December. Virginia (4-1) got back into ...
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A look at the upcoming week around the Southeastern Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND: Kentucky at Louisville, though there's scant competition. The Wildcats have dropped five games in a row for the first time since John Calipari took over in 2009. They're off to their worst start since the 1926-1927 ...
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For several NFL stars, speaking out against social injustice meant speaking to youngsters about racism.
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Titans running back Derrick Henry, Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett and Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell each spent time during the season chatting with students about a film that focuses ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Eric Curry texted his mom last week. He needed a headshot of her and his sister.
The photo request was not for a social media post or a scrapbook project, but rather an effort by the fifth-year senior forward to give his closest family members the ...
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BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) - Actor Ethan Hawke is throwing his support behind a fundraising effort by a Boston-area independent theater that has struggled to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
The four-time Oscar nominee in a short video made in a Rome hotel room urged people to back the Coolidge ...
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CHICAGO (7-7) at JACKSONVILLE (1-13)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS
OPENING LINE – Bears by 10
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Bears 7-7; Jaguars 6-8
SERIES RECORD – Bears lead 4-3
LAST MEETING – Jaguars beat Bears 17-16 on Oct. 16, 2016
LAST WEEK – Bears beat Vikings 33-27; Jaguars lost ...
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Well, had enough yet?
Don't look at the score.
How bad did it get?
Like nothing before.
B.C. (Before Coronavirus)
The Setup
An omen, maybe. Hard to say.
The drumbeat starts on New Year's Day.
The calendar flips, one quick turn
...When Lance LeGendre committed to Maryland, the former four-star prospect was seen by many as the quarterback of the future in College Park. For a team that has gone through quarterbacks at a breakneck pace — be it for injuries or ineptitude — there was hope LeGendre would stabilize things.
...NEW YORK (AP) - With a new Black editor in chief and ambitious promises to do better, a little corner of the Conde Nast universe is taking racial and cultural injustice one recipe at a time.
Since July, the small staff at Epicurious, a resource site for home cooks, ...
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A crippling pandemic, a racial injustice reckoning, a statehouse scandal and a divisive election. In any other year in Ohio, just one of those would have been the biggest story of the year.
But 2020 was no ordinary year. How unexpected was it? Even the Cleveland Browns were making a ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The top story in Tennessee in 2020 was the new coronavirus and its crippling grip on every facet of life, while a string of deadly tornadoes in March came in at No. 2 in an annual Associated Press survey of reporters, editors and broadcasters.
The COVID-19 ...
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A look at the upcoming week around the Big Ten Conference:
GAME OF THE (HOLIDAY) WEEKEND: No. 9 Wisconsin (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten) at No. 12 Michigan State (6-1, 0-1): This Christmas Day matinee - one of four Big Ten games taking place Friday - features the teams that shared ...
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A federal judge says she will grant an injunction to stop the University of Iowa from dropping women's swimming for the 2021-2022 school year.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose announced the decision Tuesday at the end of a two-day hearing on a Title IX complaint ...
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - A same sex-couple in North Carolina says the operator of a wedding venue told them that it could not hold their wedding ceremony based on its religious beliefs.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported Tuesday that Kasey Mayfield and Brianna May have been looking for a place ...
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LONDON (AP) - Atletico Madrid defender Kieran Trippier was banned from football for 10 weeks on Wednesday for breaching betting rules in a punishment from The English Football Association that applies worldwide.
The misconduct denied by Trippier happened in July 2019 - the month he left Tottenham for Atletico.
...MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama police officer has been fired after being arrested on a murder charge in what authorities describe as an off-duty shooting.
The Prichard Police Department said officer Johnathan Murphy, 35, was terminated following the slaying in nearby Mobile. The department is investigating, said a statement.
...The carrot was a first cup semifinal in 16 years. The opponent was a second-division club fielding a team mostly containing reserve players.
This was Newcastle's players' big chance to give their disillusioned fans something to smile about, three days before Christmas.
They blew it.
A listless performance in a ...
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LONDON (AP) - English women's soccer has seen a spike in coronavirus infections with 32 positives after tests on 864 players and club staff in the top two leagues.
It is the highest number of COVID-19 cases announced by the English Football Association from weekly tests at clubs in the ...
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BERLIN (AP) - A regional newspaper group in Germany has become the target of a cyberattack, preventing it from publishing its regular editions Wednesday.
The Funke media group said the attack, which began Tuesday, affected numerous computer systems at editorial offices and printing plants across the country.
"It involved an ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Churchill Downs Inc. has named a new president of Churchill Downs Racetrack, the home of the Kentucky Derby.
Mike Anderson, a vice president of operations at Churchill Inc., is the track's 14th president, the company said in a release.
Churchill said Anderson led the planning and ...
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The late Mickey Wright once recalled an LPGA Tour event where she was unable to sleep, all because of her location.
Louise Suggs was in the room next door.
Suggs, one of 13 women who founded the tour in 1950, was serving a term as LPGA president all while competing. ...
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The table tennis world team championships have been canceled because of the pandemic.
The championships were originally scheduled for March in the South Korean city of Busan but were then postponed three times.
The ...
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Is it a #MeToo-era revenge thriller? A 21st-century "Fatal Attraction"? A candy-colored feminist polemic, to strains of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? A black comedy? A comic tragedy?
None of the above - and all of the above. Which is to say: a film as bracingly original as Emerald Fennell's ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - The former owner of a Seattle professional indoor soccer team has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for a Kirkland rape and faces additional prison time when he's expected to plead guilty to orchestrating a federal tax fraud scheme.
A change-of-plea hearing for Dion Earl ...
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -
New Hampshire's largest art museum has closed until at least mid-January because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Officials at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester said they will reopen the museum when COVID-19 infection rates start to decrease, and noted that many museums around New ...
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LONDON (AP) - Colombia midfielder Jefferson Lerma has been charged with biting an opponent during a second-tier English league game, the Football Association said on Tuesday.
The alleged incident took place in the 83rd minute of a match between Lerma's side Bournemouth and Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship on Nov. ...
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GENEVA (AP) - FIFA has filed a criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over the finances of its loss-making soccer museum in Zurich.
FIFA said on Tuesday it suspected "criminal mismanagement by FIFA's former management and companies appointed by them" to work on the museum -- long seen as ...
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And ... it's back.
The NBA's new season starts Tuesday with a pair of games; Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets welcoming Durant's former team in Golden State, while the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers open with the Los Angeles Clippers in the renewal of rivals who share a building.
...Gonzaga has consistently scheduled difficult games under coach Mark Few to test itself early in the season.
This year has been no different.
The top-ranked Zags have played three Top-25 teams already and face another one Saturday against No. 16 Virginia, a week after beating then-No. 3 Iowa. Gonzaga already ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka evidently doesn't believe the increasingly outdated adage that sports and politics don't mix.
The 25-year-old Bayern Munich player has gained a reputation as an ethical campaigner for taking stands against racism and anti-Semitism.
Now, he's taking aim at the far-right Alternative für Deutschland ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers fired general manager Marty Hurney on Monday after the team lost eight of its last nine games and failed to make the playoffs for a third straight season.
Hurney's contract was set to expire after the season.
"I notified Marty that we would ...
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Massachusetts' biggest story of 2020 involved something so tiny it required an electron microscope to view.
The coronavirus pandemic hit the Bay State hard, killing more than 11,000 - the nation's ninth-highest death toll - and ravaging communities of color and long-term care facilities. Nearly 80 veterans died of COVID-19 ...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 27-Jan. 2:
Dec. 27: Actor John Amos ("The West Wing," "Roots") is 81. Guitarist Mick Jones of Foreigner is 76. Singer Tracy Nelson is 76. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 72. Jazz drummer T.S. Monk is 71. Singer Karla Bonoff is 69. Guitarist David ...
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GENOA, Italy (AP) - Italian club Genoa fired coach Rolando Maran on Monday as the team remained stuck in the relegation zone following a 2-0 loss to Benevento.
Genoa has just one victory in 13 games this season in Serie A and was in 19th place as it prepared to ...
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LORIENT, France (AP) - A groundskeeper at the stadium of French soccer team Lorient died on Sunday after lighting equipment fell on him following a game, the club said.
The accident occurred shortly after Rennes beat Lorient 3-0 at Stade du Moustoir in northwest France. The club did not immediately ...
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LONDON (AP) - Sir David Attenborough is a globetrotter, discovering far-flung lands and exotic species for TV audiences since the 1950s. The pandemic may have kept him at home for much of 2020, but it hasn't stopped the legendary host from continuing his work to get the world to act ...
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ALTA BADIA, Italy (AP) - Alex Vinatzer posted the fastest time in the opening run of the first men's World Cup slalom of the season on Monday, less than four weeks after having surgery for appendicitis.
The 2019 junior world champion from Italy, competing on the Gran Risa course for ...
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PARIS (AP) - France's interior minister has led high-profile condemnation of anti-Semitic abuse directed at the runner-up of Miss France 2021, who has Israeli origins.
Saying he was "deeply shocked by the rain of anti-Semitic insults," Gerald Darmanin noted in a tweet that police were now mobilized to investigate. ...
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No fans will be allowed inside FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, to watch either the NBA's Grizzlies or the Memphis men's basketball team due to rising COVID-19 cases.
The Grizzlies announced the decision Sunday morning, saying ...
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Florida standout Kyle Pitts, the team's best player and the top tight end in the country, is turning pro and skipping a potential bowl game.
Pitts made his announcement on social media Sunday, less than 12 hours after the 11th-ranked Gators lost to No. 1 Alabama ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Performance groups in Santa Fe have taken the adage "the show must go on" to heart during the coronavirus pandemic as they turn to a new stage: the internet.
With theaters shuttered, virtual performances have abounded on websites. The Lensic Performing Arts Center, the Santa ...
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A person with knowledge of the situation said the Utah Jazz and All-Star center Rudy Gobert have agreed on a contract extension that could be worth as much as $205 million over five seasons.
Gobert's deal has a player option for the fifth and final season, said the person who ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The owner of Dubai's struggling theme park operator is planning to sell itself to its majority shareholder, the company said in documents filed Sunday with the Dubai Financial Market, capping years of plummeting income and stocks.
Meraas Holding has made a cash offer to ...
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PROVO, Utah (AP) - The shadows of 2020 are about the only thing that remain of a rather unusual and chaotic year. But time passes quickly and it will soon be but a memory.
That is exactly what area residents were saying a decade ago when their year ended with ...
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MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) - Borussia Mönchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram has apologized for spitting in an opponent's face during a game as he faces a lengthy ban.
Thuram was sent off after spitting at Hoffenheim defender Stefan Posch during a confrontation between the pair Saturday, with the score at 1-1. Hoffenheim ...
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Jayden Daniels passed for a touchdown and had two of Arizona State's six rushing touchdowns in the Sun Devils' 46-33 victory over Oregon State on Saturday night.
Following a 70-7 blowout of rival Arizona, the Sun Devils' offense was explosive once again in the season finale ...
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SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) - Manchester City returned to winning ways by defeating in-form Southampton 1-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday.
Raheem Sterling turned home a Kevin De Bruyne cross early, and they held on after consecutive league draws.
Southampton went into the game third in the standings after ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Borussia Mönchengladbach striker Marcus Thuram was sent off for spitting in the face of an opponent and his side went on to lose to Hoffenheim 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Thuram spat in Hoffenheim defender Stefan Posch's face in the 77th minute after a disagreement between ...
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn University's nursing school is publishing a free book to tell the stories of some of its alumni and their work during the coronavirus pandemic.
Titled "Auburn Nursing - Living the Creed During the COVID-19 Pandemic," the book includes stories of Auburn-educated nurses who worked both ...
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Pelicans first-year coach Stan Van Gundy was hired less than two months before the Pelicans first preseason game earlier this week.
Never mind that he's taking over a roster that is loaded with young players and has been entirely overhauled since New Orleans hired David Griffin as executive vice president ...
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Rocky Lombardi, the quarterback who led Michigan State to its two victories, is looking to transfer to another school.
Lombardi told the Detroit Free Press that he's placed his name in the transfer portal.
He started nine games in four seasons, including victories this season ...
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URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A documentary about a University of Illinois scholar from China who was abducted and killed two years ago is now playing in virtual theaters.
Director Jiayan "Jenny" Shi said she wanted to turn the attention to Yingying Zhang and her family, given that much of the ...
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - Back in March, actor and singer Dustin Brayley was on stage performing the first of four concerts in Florida with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, a touring rock band, when officials suddenly canceled the remainder of their shows due to the novel coronavirus that was spreading around the ...
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PARIS (AP) - League leader Lille has been sold to a Luxembourg-based investment fund as the fallout from a collapsed television deal continues to impact French clubs financially.
Lille said in a statement that the sale from Gerard Lopez to Callisto Sporting, a subsidiary of Merlyn Partners, went through on ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been canceled for the first time in its history, with organizers admitting border restrictions forced by Sydney's new coronavirus outbreak made it impossible to stage the race.
"We are bitterly disappointed to cancel the race this year, especially considering the ...
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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - A skating duo - her from Boca Raton, him from Kazakhstan - hope to ice dance their way into the next Winter Olympics. And their path to competition runs through an ice rink in West Palm Beach, where a two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time ...
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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A sexual assault charged was dropped against New Orleans rapper Mystikal, who was released from jail on a $3 million bond almost two years ago.
On Thursday, a Caddo Parish grand jury returned a no true bill against Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin voiced regret Friday about the ruling that banned Russia from using its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics, but emphasized that the verdict would still allow the country's athletes to compete.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport halved a proposed four-year ban ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - During this brutal news year, Lester Holt has concluded that telling stories isn't enough.
The "NBC Nightly News" anchor frequently ends his broadcasts now with commentaries, an unusual departure for network evening newscasts that have more than a half century's track record of playing it straight.
...GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - The Green Bay Packers will honor workers who have been on the frontlines caring for coronavirus patients.
The team says it will welcome about 250 health care employees, first responders and their families to Lambeau Field for Saturday night's game against the Carolina Panthers. ...
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GELSENKIRCHEN (AP) - Schalke fired Manuel Baum as coach on Friday and turned once again to the experienced Huub Stevens.
The Dutch coach is returning to Schalke for his fourth stint for the last two games of the year.
Schalke is last in the Bundesliga standings with four points from ...
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LONDON (AP) - A news and photography agency has agreed not to take pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their son, Archie, the High Court in London was told at a hearing Friday.
The agreement is part of a settlement between the former Meghan Markle and U.K. ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA canceled next year's Under-17 European Championships for men and women on Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Both annual soccer tournaments had been scheduled for May, with Cyprus hosting the men and the Faeroe Islands making its continental hosting debut for the women.
"The current ...
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A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND
No. 23 Louisville at No. 12 Wisconsin. It's a belated matchup from the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The teams were set to play Dec. 9 but the game was postponed due to coronavirus issues within Chris ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - As a wave of antitrust actions surges against Google and Facebook, states in two lawsuits are stretching beyond the cases made by federal competition enforcers to level bold new claims. The states are taking new legal approaches as they join the widening siege against the two once ...
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Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies once again seem to be an afterthought heading into the NBA season.
There isn't much buzz about last year's NBA rookie of the year. At least there's not the attention the retooled Lakers, Kevin Durant's return to the court or Zion Williamson's sophomore campaign ...
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A real estate developer is looking to buy and renovate the Virginia Beach housing community where singer Pharrell Williams lived as a child.
Atlantis Preservation LP, an entity of the New York-based company Fairstead, has its eyes on the Atlantis Apartments complex, a sprawling subsidized-housing ...
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MILAN (AP) - Atalanta captain Alejandro "Papu" Gómez could be on his way out.
The 32-year-old Argentine has played a key part in Atalanta's recent rise to be among the top teams in Europe, and he even turned down lucrative offers in the offseason to stay. But his recent spat ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has acquired two emoji that have helped broaden diversity for users of the tiny pictures, becoming the third museum to add emoji to their digital collections.
The New York museum acquired the "person with headscarf" and "inter-skintone couple" emoji for ...
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A bill being introduced Thursday by four Democratic lawmakers would grant college athletes sweeping rights to compensation, including a share of the revenue generated by their sports, and create a federal commission on college athletics.
The College Athletes Bill of Rights is sponsored by U.S. Senators Corey Booker (D-N.J.), Richard ...
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GENEVA (AP) - Russia will find out Thursday if its name, flag and anthem will be banned from the next two Olympics and all world championships for up to four years because of state-backed doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport is preparing to publish a ruling which could also ...
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LONDON (AP) - Qatar's sports broadcasting network retained the rights to air all English Premier League games on Thursday for another three years in the Middle East amid a long-running dispute with Saudi Arabia over the pirating of broadcasts.
Doha-based beIN Sports has pursued action against the Saudis to stop ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani was charged by the English Football Association with misconduct on Thursday after using a Spanish term for Black people which he said was intended as an affectionate greeting.
The message was posted by the Uruguayan on Instagram after he scored twice ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - An online murder mystery. Law-themed opera arias. A snowman-building competition.
With dancing, drinking and fancy dinners a no-go because of virus concerns, companies are getting creative about their holiday office parties this year. The challenge is how to organize a virtual celebration that doesn't feel ...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Quarrel, rape, adultery. Tricky, greedy, sycophantic. Chinese singer Tan Weiwei chants each word methodically in a two-line string of vulgarities and insults.
The 16 words in her new song share something in common: The character for woman, "nu," is part of the Chinese character for ...
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LONDON (AP) - When 22-year-old Daisy Edgar-Jones ditched her British accent for the dulcet Irish tones of Marianne in "Normal People," the actor's stardom hit a new trajectory.
Based on Sally Rooney's bestselling novel, "Normal People" became one of the biggest and most talked about television shows of 2020, mesmerizing ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review a court decision that the NCAA has said blurred "the line between student-athletes and professionals" by removing caps on education-related money certain football and basketball players can receive.
The case will be argued in 2021 with a decision expected ...
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The State Prison in Concord has seen an increase of nearly 90 positive COVID-19 cases in a week, the commissioner of the Department of Corrections said.
The prison had 113 cases as of Tuesday, Commissioner Helen Hanks told WMUR-TV. No one has died of the virus.
...NEW YORK (AP) - When the coronavirus pandemic closed high schools, Broadway and TV star Laura Benanti knew it also meant most spring high school musicals would be scrapped.
So Benanti asked crestfallen young people across the country to record themselves performing their songs, post them on social media and ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Rules imposed by the International Skating Union that sanction athletes for taking part in events not recognized by the governing body are in breach of European Union competition law, the EU's general court said Wednesday.
The ruling is the latest episode in a case which started five ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a restitution case brought by heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was bought by the city of Amsterdam at an auction in 1940.
Amsterdam District Court upheld a 2018 ruling by ...
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MUSCAT, Oman (AP) - The 2030 Asian Games were awarded to Doha on Wednesday and the 2034 event went to Riyadh after a deal was struck between the rival nations.
The Qatari capital of Doha beat Saudi Arabian counterpart Riyadh for the 2030 Games in the vote at the Olympic ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a book coming out about six key experiences and perspectives. The title should be familiar to those who have followed the Massachusetts Democrat's career: "Persist."
Henry Holt and Company announced Wednesday that "Persist," which the publisher calls "a deeply personal book and ...
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RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - Eastern Kentucky University has announced an initiative that will allow undergraduate students to receive free text books during the next school year.
The EKU BookSmart program was developed by the university and is possible due to its partnership with Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, the school ...
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LONDON (AP) - When Andrew Lincoln steps onstage at London's Old Vic Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol," he looks out on an empty auditorium.
The spectators are beyond the theater walls, in houses and apartments, staring at screens. In this pandemic year, the Old Vic's seasonal production ...
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A look at things to watch this week in Pac-12 Conference basketball:
GAME OF THE WEEK: Arizona vs. Stanford, Saturday in Santa Cruz, California. The Cardinal (2-2) have yet to play at home and have relocated to Santa Cruz due to coronavirus restrictions in their home county. Stanford opened ...
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) - The Legoland theme park in Florida is planning an expansion next year including new rides, according to plans filed with the city nearest the attraction.
The details have not been revealed, but news outlets report Legoland will add about 4.5 acres (1.8 hectares) to its ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - A high school varsity girls basketball coach has been arrested on suspicion of sex abuse.
Lisa DeFluri, 31, was arrested by Springfield Police Monday morning and booked into Lane County Jail, The Register-Guard reported.
DeFluri has not yet been arraigned and officially charged in court. ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Jennifer Lopez will help bring in the New Year with a headlining performance in New York's Time Square for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021."
ABC and dick clark productions announced Tuesday that the pop star will perform live before the iconic ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A decade after publishing his memoir "Decoded," Jay-Z is forming a more lasting partnership with the book industry.
Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by the rapper, is starting an imprint with Random House called Roc Lit 101. In a joint announcement Tuesday, Random House ...
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Callum Smith had a front row seat to see his brother dismantled by Canelo Alvarez in a bruising light-middleweight title fight in 2016.
Ringside at a raucous AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Smith can recall in particular the accuracy of Alvarez's punches, the way he maneuvered his big brother, Liam, ...
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German soccer club Wolfsburg says right back William has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss Wednesday's match against Bayern Munich.
Wolfsburg says the 25-year-old Brazilian started feeling symptoms on Sunday and asked the ...
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LONDON (AP) - Social media and other internet companies face big fines in Britain if they don't limit the amount of harmful material such as child sexual abuse or terrorist content on their platforms, officials said Tuesday.
Under legislative proposals that the U.K. government plans to launch next year, tech ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - While popular K-pop bands like BTS and Blackpink have gone from strength to strength during the coronavirus pandemic, lesser-known acts are struggling.
The gap between the world famous and more obscure K-pop acts has never been greater - a situation exacerbated by the pandemic, which ...
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BERLIN (AP) - German police have arrested one of two fugitive twins wanted in connection with the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum last year
A spokesman for Dresden police, Marko Laske, confirmed Tuesday that a 21-year-old man had been arrested in Berlin late Monday. He said ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics is to start in just over three months, and it faces the same questions as the Olympics about being held safely during the coronavirus pandemic.
Organizers said Tuesday the relay is to begin on March 25 from the ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - An argument over who had the better high school basketball team preceded a fatal shooting outside a bar in Milwaukee, prosecutors said.
A criminal complaint charges Caesar Fuentes with one count of first-degree reckless homicide in the Dec. 6 death of 25-year-old Andra Nicholson Jr.
Nicholson ...
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PARIS (AP) - The initial assessment of Neymar's left ankle injury is "reassuring," Paris Saint-Germain said Monday.
The Brazil forward was taken off on a stretcher in stoppage time on Sunday when PSG lost at home to Lyon 1-0 to drop to third place in the French league.
After immediate ...
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LONDON (AP) - Justin Bieber has teamed up with a choir of London medical staff to record a special charity Christmas single.
The choir, made up of nurses, doctors and other health care staff working in the British capital's Lewisham and Greenwich public health service, joined the Canadian pop star ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Manchester United was paired with Spanish league leader Real Sociedad in the round of 32 of the Europa League on Monday.
United will play away first against Sociedad, which has been inspired this season by former Manchester City playmaker David Silva's homecoming to Spain.
In Monday's ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Barcelona will face Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 of the Champions League in a rematch of their classic encounter at the same stage four seasons ago.
The marquee matchup of Qatar-backed clubs that takes Neymar back to Barcelona headlined the knockout-stage pairings made Monday.
...PARIS (AP) - Gerard Houllier, a Frenchman who won three titles in one season as coach of English club Liverpool, has died. He was 73.
Liverpool announced the death on Twitter on Monday. French sports daily L'Equipe said Houllier died following heart surgery in France.
"We are mourning the passing ...
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BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese Football Association is capping salaries for domestic and foreign players in its top-flight Super League in what it describes as a bid to maintain "sustainable growth" over the long term.
Also under the new rules issued Monday, all professional teams will be barred from ...
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BEIJING (AP) - China's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that an assistant for the financial news service Bloomberg has been detained on suspicion of activities endangering national security.
Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Haze Fan's case is currently under investigation and that her "legitimate rights and interests have all ...
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SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Indian police have arrested the chief executive officer of a media group that owns a polarizing television news channel on charges of rigging the ratings system, a major component in determining what a channel can charge advertisers.
Police arrested Vikas Khanchandani, the chief executive of ARG ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Jimmy Collins, who coached Illinois-Chicago to the NCAA tournament three times in 14 seasons, died Sunday morning, the school announced. He was 74.
Collins led UIC to a 218-208 record from 1996 to 2010. The Flames posted four 20-win seasons and made the program's only NCAA tournament ...
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LONDON (AP) - Harry Kane and Son Heung-min combined for a goal for the 12th time this season before Premier League leader Tottenham conceded in the 81st minute to draw 1-1 at Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Kane collected a short pass from Son and sent in a speculative, swerving shot ...
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Northern Iowa says it won't play its scheduled men's basketball matchups with No. 13 Wisconsin or Marshall this week.
The Panthers (1-4) were scheduled to visit Wisconsin on Wednesday and Marshall on Saturday.
Northern Iowa ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Neither woman could bring themselves to watch the video of George Floyd's final moments, his neck pinned under a Minneapolis police officer's knee.
But as their city grieved, Leesa Kelly and Kenda Zellner-Smith found much-needed comfort in the messages of anguish and hope that appeared on ...
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