PARIS (AP) - A tennis player at the French Open was visibly startled by a sonic boom Wednesday just as he was about to serve a ball.
Before the cause of the loud bang was known, there was a brief moment of panic outside the grounds of Roland Garros in ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Mac Davis, who crafted the Elvis hits "A Little Less Conversation" and "In the Ghetto" before launching his own successful artist career, has died. He was 78.
His longtime manager Jim Morey said in a press release that Davis died in Nashville on Tuesday ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Latest from the French Open (all times local):
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Dominik Koepfer was about to serve in his match against Stan Wawrinka on Court Suzanne Lenglen when he was startled by a sonic boom.
Koepfer's shoulders dropped into a defensive position and he stopped his ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - In RVs, rental homes and five-star resorts, families untethered by the constraints of physical classrooms for their kids have turned the new school year into an extended summer vacation, some lured by the ailing hotel industry catering to parents with remote learners through "roadschooling" amenities.
With ...
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PARIS (AP) - Saying she is "struggling to walk," Serena Williams ended her latest bid for a 24th Grand Slam title and withdrew from the French Open before her second-round match Wednesday because of an injured Achilles heel.
Williams hurt herself during her semifinal loss at the U.S. Open three ...
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LUCKNOW, India (AP) - An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 people who had been accused of crimes in a 1992 attack and demolition of a 16th century mosque that sparked Hindu-Muslim violence leaving some 2,000 people dead.
Four senior leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Election officials plan to use the FedExForum sports arena in Memphis, Tennessee, to count absentee ballots cast in the Nov. 3 election.
The NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, which play their home games at the arena, released a statement Saturday saying that the Shelby County Election Commission plans ...
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - U.S. Marshals in Georgia have arrested a Georgetown University football player accused of killing a man in Washington, D.C.
Federal agents took Dijon Williams, 21, into custody at a Lawrenceville home Monday, U.S. Marshals spokesman Inspector Frank Lempka told news outlets.
Williams was charged with first-degree ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has named Mikako Kotani as its new sports director. She takes over the position on Thursday.
Kotani won two bronze medals in synchronized swimming - now called artistic swimming - at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
She replaces ...
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Disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein may well spend the rest of his life in prison. But that doesn't mean workers in Hollywood have faith that other harassers and abusers will be similarly punished.
Instead, three years after the explosive Weinstein scandal launched the #MeToo movement, a survey by the Hollywood Commission, ...
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Jane Igharo's "Ties that Tether" (Penguin Random House)
Jane Igharo's "Ties That Tether" tells the story of Azere, a Nigerian immigrant living in Canada who at 12, made a promise to her dying father that she would only marry a Nigerian man.
Azere's mother regularly reminds her of this ...
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Working from home during the coronavirus pandemic has become a global phenomenon - and a necessity for one Premier League soccer manager.
David Moyes, the coach of English club West Ham, is in the strange position of calling the shots during his team's games from his living room while he ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of schoolteachers will receive $500 grants from author James Patterson to help students build reading skills, especially as schools struggle to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Whether students are learning virtually at home or in the classroom, the importance of keeping them reading cannot be ...
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PARIS (AP) - The Latest from the French Open (all times local):
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Second-seeded Karolina Pliskova advanced to the second round of the French Open by beating Mayar Sherif 6-7 (9), 6-2, 6-4.
Sherif was the first Egyptian player to qualify for the main draw at Roland Garros.
...The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
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The Swedish government has decided to increase the number of spectators allowed to attend sporting events from 50 to 500 as of Oct. 15.
Swedish Sports Confederation chairman Bjorn Eriksson says the decision is "a ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia State Patrol arrested rapper Lil Yachty this month after he was allegedly caught driving more than 150 mph (241 kph) on an Atlanta highway.
Troopers pulled over a white Ferrari with the 23-year-old rapper, whose name is Miles McCollum, behind the wheel on Sept. 21, State ...
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Doug Pederson is having second thoughts about playing for the tie, but he might end up thankful he didn't risk falling to 0-3 by going for it on fourth-and-long or trying the long field goal.
The Eagles (0-2-1) lined up for a 59-yard field goal on fourth-and-7 with 19 seconds ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Four years ago when he first moderated a general election presidential debate, Chris Wallace was firm and funny in trying to get Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to stop talking simultaneously.
"I'm not a potted plant here," he said. "I do get to ask some questions."
...ATLANTA — The Falcons suffered their second straight fourth-quarter collapse after leading by two touchdowns, this time to backup quarterback Nick Foles and the Chicago Bears, who rallied from a 16-point deficit for a 30-26 win on Sunday that could spell the end for Atlanta coach Dan Quinn.
Foles replaced ...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 4-10:
Oct. 4: Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 91. Actor Felicia Farr ("The Player," "Kotch") is 88. Author Roy Blount Jr. is 79. Author Anne Rice is 79. Actor Lori Saunders ("Petticoat Junction") is 79. Actor Clifton Davis ("Madam Secretary," "Amen") is ...
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MAINZ, Germany (AP) - Bundesliga club Mainz fired its coach Achim Beierlorzer on Monday after the team lost its first two Bundesliga games and players boycotted a training session.
Mainz said assistant coach Jan-Moritz Lichte will take charge of the team "until further notice" and the club will continue an ...
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MADRID (AP) - It was a difficult breakup for Luis Suárez and Barcelona.
Suárez had a hard time accepting that he was not wanted anymore. Barcelona worried it made the wrong decision by allowing him to join one of its rivals.
It didn't take long for both sides to ...
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STOCKHOLM (AP) - The governments of Sweden, Finland and Estonia said Monday they will jointly assess what that they called "new significant information" in connection with one of Europe's deadliest peacetime maritime disasters, the sinking of a ferry in the Baltic Sea in 1994 that killed 852 people.
A television ...
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - The 64 days spent in the NHL playoff bubble feel like six months to Barclay Goodrow.
"It's tough," the Tampa Bay Lightning forward said. "It's been a grind."
It's a grind he and players won't do again next season. The league and Players' Association will meet ...
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Sue Bird remembers thinking when she was younger as Seattle was winning its first championship in 2004 that it was easy to get there and the Storm would be back often.
The WNBA's career assist leader, who is a few weeks shy of turning 40, has the Storm back in ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - After what looked like a game-turning, fourth-down stop in the fourth quarter, the New Orleans Saints fumbled away a chance to pull ahead of the potent Packers.
The momentum-squandering play led to a rare Sunday night home loss and the mistake-prone Saints' first two-game losing streak ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Must an observant Jew who has lost his sense of taste and smell because of COVID-19 recite blessings for food and drink? Can one bend the metal nosepiece of a surgical face mask on the Sabbath? May one participate in communal prayers held in a courtyard from ...
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When former NFL quarterback Michael Vick went with some of his family members to try to vote in 2011, the former No. 1 draft pick who made a career on his elusive ability on the football field was sacked by news he didn't expect: He wasn't eligible.
"I found out ...
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Andrey Rublev charged back from 5-3 down in the deciding set of the Hamburg Open final to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday and head to the French Open with his third title of 2020.
The Russian took the win 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 after Tsitsipas double-faulted on ...
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HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) - With Election Day rapidly approaching, a west Kentucky artist has teamed up state Rep. Charles Booker's Hood to the Holler organization and other musicians from around the state and nation to promote civic engagement through a virtual music festival on Oct. 1.
Shaina Goodman, a Hickman ...
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SHEFFIELD, England (AP) - Patrick Bamford scored an 88th-minute goal off his nose to earn Leeds a 1-0 win over Sheffield United, which slipped to a third straight loss to open the Premier League season on Sunday.
Bamford met a left-wing cross by Jack Harrison with an attempted header that ...
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GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) - Schalke fired former United States international David Wagner as coach on Sunday after starting the Bundesliga season with two defeats and failing to stop a run of 18 games without a win.
"We had all hoped that we could improve on the pitch together with David ...
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Four teams, two National League playoff spots.
And the AL Central champion.
Besides postseason seeding, that's what remains to be decided on the last scheduled day of this bizarre baseball season. It could all come down to the wire at once in a wild rush, too, with every meaningful ...
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PROVO, Utah (AP) - Zach Wilson threw for a career-high 392 yards and two touchdowns, leading No. 18 BYU to a 48-7 victory over Troy on Saturday night.
Wilson's previous career high was 317 passing yards against Western Michigan in the 2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Against Troy, he ...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Here's a list of just some of the things the Los Angeles Lakers have gone through in the last 12 months: playing through a politically charged situation in China during the preseason and more massive fallout after returning home, the death of Kobe Bryant ...
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Dean Kremer is a budding celebrity in Israel and a developing star in the big leagues.
Kremer this month became the first Israeli citizen to pitch in the majors. Not only that, the Baltimore Orioles prospect tossed six innings of one-hit ball in a starting role against the storied New ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman is not worried about Lionel Messi's commitment to the team despite his ongoing conflicts with the club leadership.
Koeman said Saturday that he cared about Messi's proven efforts on the field - and not his criticisms of the board for stopping ...
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BETHANY BEACH, Del. (AP) - Juggler Carlos Mir left the Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Hotel this month, believing he had spun himself what would ultimately prove to be a second Guinness World Record.
So did the Delmar resident's wife Heather Mir, Ocean Suites staff and a handful of hotel guests.
...HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - By day, Grant Penrod peruses town in suit and tie as a lawyer, but when dusk falls he transforms into Gnat King Cruel, an alien come to Earth along with his trusty crew of bandmates who together are known as Crab Action. Smeared in face paint ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - TO MOVE SPOT SATURDAY
Louisiana lawmakers say the focus for their special session starting Monday centers on the coronavirus pandemic and Hurricane Laura recovery, but the session agenda is so broadly written that dozens, if not hundreds of bills, on a long list of topics ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - In a momentous week, President Donald Trump painted a fantastical portrait of a coronavirus that affects "virtually nobody" among the young as he faced a grim U.S. milestone of 200,000 deaths and he asserted a constitutional basis that doesn't exist for rushing a replacement for the late ...
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ROME (AP) - Two months of physical training. Then three months of practice on clay courts. Followed by two straight titles on the red dirt.
Amid all the tumult of the coronavirus pandemic, Simona Halep might very well have found the perfect formula to prepare for the French Open.
When ...
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MIAMI (AP) - To the late songstress and civil rights activist Nina Simone, the role of an artist was quite clear:
"An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times," she once told an interviewer.
Although filmed decades ago, Simone's words feel especially prescient in 2020 ...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Bam Adebayo has not wanted much credit for anything this season, always deferring to others in the Miami Heat locker room when things are going well.
Things didn't go well Friday night.
And Adebayo wanted - demanded, really - all the blame.
His stat ...
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LONDON (AP) - With her usual No. 23 jersey already claimed, Christen Press had a decision to make when she joined Manchester United.
It was a quick call.
"I picked 24," the United States forward said on a video call. "It was a best of the bunch and obviously has ...
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POWNAL, Vt. (AP) - The Pownal Board of Health wants the fire-damaged grandstand building at the long-closed Green Mountain Racetrack to be demolished.
The Bennington Banner reports the board, which is made up of the town health officer and the Select Board, began the legal process on Thursday.
...NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) - Newberry College has announced that they will be adding women's triathlon as a new sport starting next fall, becoming the first school in South Carolina to sponsor the sport, officials said.
On Wednesday, the school said they received a grant from the USA Triathlon Foundation, ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A new statue that depicts the late pope St. John Paul II throwing a rock into red water has provoked debate in his native Poland and revived memories of a 1999 Italian sculpture that showed him crushed under a rock, to which the new work was ...
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Cyprus is ramping up coronavirus testing for soccer players and shutting down smaller stadium locker rooms following the emergence of large clusters of COVID-19 infections at two first division teams.
Officials from the health ministry ...
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MARSEILLE, France (AP) - Marseille signed Brazilian striker Luis Henrique on Friday as the French club reinforced its attack ahead of returning to the Champions League.
Financial terms were not revealed but French media valued the transfer at around 10 million euros ($11.5 million).
Marseille ended runner-up in the ...
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LONDON (AP) - Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, are expecting a child next year, Buckingham Palace said Friday.
In a tweet from the royal family's account, the palace said it is "very pleased'' to announce that the couple are expecting a baby in early 2021.
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PARIS (AP) - Already repeatedly trimmed, crowd sizes for the French Open have been reduced again - to just 1,000 spectators per day - because of the worsening coronavirus epidemic in Paris.
The new limit, reduced from 5,000 per day, was first announced by Prime Minster Jean Castex on Thursday ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Norway's 83-year-old King Harald V was admitted to the main hospital in Oslo on Friday, the Norwegian palace said, without giving any further information about his condition.
The palace said his son, Crown Prince Haakon, has stepped in and taken over his father's duties, including a ...
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The stakes have not recently been what they used to be for the Florida State-Miami rivalry, but the Seminoles and Hurricanes usually put on a good show.
Before Miami won easily last year, the 'Canes and 'Noles played five straight games decided by five points or fewer.
A pandemic-altered college ...
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - The past few days have gone exactly as Cam Newton expected them to inside the Patriots' team facility after his first loss as New England's starting quarterback.
"It wasn't a lot of smiling going on. Still not a lot of smiling going on," Newton said ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A radio reporter taken into custody while covering a demonstration the night two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were shot will not be criminally charged, the county's district attorney's office said Thursday.
Josie Huang, a journalist for NPR affiliate KPCC, was slammed to the ground ...
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TENNESSEE (2-0) at MINNESOTA (0-2)
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OPENING LINE - Titans by 2 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Titans 0-2; Vikings 0-2
SERIES RECORD - Vikings lead 9-4
LAST MEETING - Vikings beat Titans 25-16 on Sept. 11, 2016, at Tennessee
LAST WEEK - Titans beat Jaguars ...
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) - With bars and nightclubs limiting capacity and closing early in the St. Louis area due to the coronavirus pandemic, neighboring establishments in St. Charles are seeing so many large and unruly crowds that the city is taking a cue from the 1984 movie "Footloose" and ...
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Dillon Gabriel and and his Central Florida teammates aren't spending time worrying about their national ranking. Instead, the No. 13 Knights just keep piling up wins.
UCF opens American Athletic Conference play Saturday with a trip to East Carolina, looking for its 37th win in 41 games dating to the ...
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Turner Sports will continue broadcasting Major League Baseball after agreeing to an extension of rights through the 2028 season.
The seven-year agreement will take effect in 2022 and includes a Tuesday night game as well as additional postseason games. It also includes expanded digital rights for Bleacher Report and other ...
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DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) - There's a new stat grabbing Bundesliga fans' attention. It's not expected goals, distance run or passing accuracy, but the coronavirus infection rate.
The return of fans to the German soccer league last week came with a catch. If there are too many infections in the host ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sir Harold Evans, the charismatic publisher, author and muckraker who was a bold-faced name for decades for exposing wrongdoing in 1960s London to publishing such 1990s best-sellers as "Primary Colors," has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 92.
His wife, fellow author-publisher Tina Brown, said ...
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Chelsea has signed goalkeeper Édouard Mendy to take its summer transfer window spending over $280 million, putting the future starting position of Kepa Arrizabalaga in doubt.
The 28-year-old Mendy has joined from French side Rennes, the club said Thursday, for a reported fee of 22 million pounds ($27.75 million) on ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - An enigmatic painting from Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the pandemic.
Botticelli's 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is ...
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Here are things to watch in Week 1 of play in the Southeastern Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 23 Kentucky at No. 8 Auburn in the opening week for the Southeastern Conference:
It's the only Top 25 matchup in the SEC this week, and both teams would love to ...
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TOKYO (AP) - A tiny but playable Rubik's Cube, so little it fits on your fingertip, has gone on sale in Japan for 198,000 yen, or about $1,900, for delivery starting in December.
Billed as a "super-small" Rubik's Cube, it was created to mark the 40th anniversary of when ...
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Miranda July doesn't seem to have fair-weather fans. There are those who are obsessed. And there are those who don't know who she is. There is no in between.
Even after acclaimed films like "Me and You and Everyone We Know" and "The Future," the author and director is ...
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On just a day's notice, journeyman boxer Jamie Quinn caught a train to London for a four-round bout. On the way, he learned that they switched opponents and made it a six-rounder.
The news might unnerve some fighters, but Quinn has shown he is ready for just about anything during ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - This fall, the seven deadly sins will be found all along an iconic Miami Beach thoroughfare - but they'll be socially distanced, thankfully.
Miami New Drama plans to offer short new plays about each of the sins in seven vacant storefronts along Lincoln Road ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Police have recovered the body of a 4-year-old boy who fell into the Harlem River during a soccer practice on Randall's Island.
The body of Brendan Mitchell was found floating near the Randall's Island ferry dock on Tuesday, police said. The boy went into the water ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Champions League winner Bayern Munich dominated the shortlists announced Wednesday for UEFA's 2019-20 season awards in European soccer.
Bayern forward Robert Lewandowksi, who scored a career-best 55 goals for his club last season, and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer were nominated for men's player of the year in ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A teenage singer from Lebanon this week became the latest to join a global pop band formed by Simon Fuller, the man behind the Spice Girls and "American Idol," which aims to transform young unknowns into internet superstars.
That may seem a grandiose ambition ...
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MILAN (AP) - The Italian fashion industry is moving to inject optimism into luxury's dismal year, staging 23 live runway shows and 37 presentations during a hybrid live-digital Milan Fashion Week that aims to excite consumers and connect with the buying network.
Fendi, Dolce&Gabbana and Blumarine open the first ...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - It didn't take Jae Crowder very long after joining the Miami Heat to figure out who the veteran leader of the team was.
"Udonis Haslem," he said.
Correct. But who was the person that taught Haslem how to be that locker-room voice, that sage, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A "behavior change" company founded by Arianna Huffington is teaming with Hachette Book Group on a series of wellness guides. The first release, "Your Time to Thrive," comes out in March.
"With 'Your Time to Thrive,' we've brought together the latest science, storytelling and ancient ...
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MADRID (AP) - It had been a quiet transfer window for Atlético Madrid.
The Spanish club didn't plan on making any big signings or selling any of its top players from last season. After all, it had just gone through one of its biggest revamps under coach Diego Simeone following ...
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ROME (AP) - Authorities are investigating whether Barcelona striker Luis Suárez was illegally helped to pass an Italian language exam last week in order to receive a European passport that could help him transfer to a new club.
While Suárez is not under investigation, the director and general director of ...
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A stoppage-time goal by Gabriel Jesus did more than just clinch a significant win for Manchester City at Wolverhampton.
It capped a record-breaking round of scoring in the English Premier League, too.
A total of 44 were scored in a wild second round of games from Saturday to Monday, surpassing ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The award ceremony for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, traditionally held at the Oslo city hall on Dec. 10, will instead be held in scaled-down form at the city's university because of the coronavirus outbreak.
"It is a strange and challenging year in many ways. ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Denny Hamlin has joined Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan to form a NASCAR team with Bubba Wallace as the driver, a high-profile pairing of a Black majority team owner and the only Black driver at NASCAR's top level.
The partnership was announced Monday night in coordinated ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country's war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance.
The group's founder says she sees their whirling dance, known as Sema, as a way of carving out a space ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors today:
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ONE AND DONE
Tampa Bay can clinch its first AL East crown since 2010 with a win at the New York Mets or a Yankees loss to Toronto. Blake Snell (4-1, 3.05 ERA), the 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner, ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - As the light outside faded, the glittering casinos on the Las Vegas Strip came to life Monday evening through the giant lanai doors in the new home of the Raiders.
If the backdrop was spectacular, so was the scene on the field. There were the Raiders ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres used her opening monologue of the new season of her daytime talk show to addressed allegations of a toxic work environment, apologizing for things "that never should have happened."
"I know that I'm in a position of privilege and power and I realize ...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders says he will become Jackson State's football coach.
Sanders made the announcement Sunday night on the first episode of the "21st & Prime" podcast with Jamie Dukes on Barstool Sports. The player known as "Prime Time" during his career added, ...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3
Sept. 27: Today's Birthdays: Actor Kathleen Nolan is 87. Actor Claude Jarman Jr. ("The Yearling") is 86. Singer-guitarist Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 77. Singer-actor Meat Loaf is 73. Actor Liz Torres ("Gilmore Girls") is 73. Actor A Martinez ("LA ...
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TOKYO (AP) - A consulting company working for the Tokyo Olympic bid committee paid about $370,000 to the son of then-influential IOC member Lamine Diack before - and after - the Japanese capital was picked in 2013 to host the 2020 Games, news agency Kyodo reported on Monday.
The payment ...
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LONDON (AP) - Lawyers for a British newspaper publisher that's being sued for invasion of privacy by the Duchess of Sussex argued Monday that she made personal information public by cooperating with the authors of a book about her relationship with Prince Harry.
The former Meghan Markle is suing the ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Ilkay Gundogan has become the latest Manchester City player to test positive for the coronavirus.
The Premier League club gave no details of Gundogan's condition on Monday, only saying he would be self isolating for 10 days based on government protocols.
"Everyone at the club wishes ...
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MADRID (AP) - Everyone seemed pleased when Real Madrid sealed the deal to loan Gareth Bale to Tottenham this weekend.
It was a transfer that all parts wanted to make happen - Bale wasn't happy in Madrid and the club didn't plan on using him.
But a day after the ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Film agencies in Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced an agreement Monday to collaborate on television production, the latest development to follow a U.S.-brokered deal between the countries to normalize relations.
The Abu Dhabi Film Commission, an Emirati government agency, said it reached ...
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Golfers like to say they win when it's their week, when a swing adjustment suddenly clicks or because they're driving the ball and putting it just that little better than everyone else. Bryson DeChambeau has a different take: He thinks every week belongs to him.
Over the course of ...
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It was Regina King, winning her fourth career Emmy on Sunday, who perhaps summed up the proceedings the most succinctly - and accurately: "This is freaking weird."
Why, yes, being handed your Emmy inside your home, by a person you didn't know was coming, with fellow nominees zooming in from ...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Meyers Leonard was bent forward at the waist, standing a few feet away from Miami coach Erik Spoelstra on the Heat sideline, screaming with every bit of the volume that his deep and booming voice can generate.
This is his role right now for ...
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SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) - Son Heung-min was set up four times by Harry Kane for his highest-scoring Premier League game as Tottenham beat Southampton 5-2 on Sunday.
After Kane demonstrated his vision and technique to produce more assists than he managed all of last season, the striker grabbed the fifth ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - A Nashville band with Georgia roots is documenting the hidden history of music in Nashville, with a book out this month that was inspired by their songs.
Granville Automatic, named for a 19 century typewriter, formed in Atlanta before moving to Nashville in 2014.
"The Hidden History ...
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former star basketball star at Albertus Magnus College has been shot and killed in Hartford, authorities said.
The Hartford Courant r eports that Jaqhawn Walters, 24, was shot shortly after noon Saturday on Main Street. Friends drove him to a hospital, where he was pronounced ...
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ROME (AP) - Chasing her first title in Rome, top-seeded Simona Halep reached her third Italian Open final after beating Garbiñe Muguruza 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Sunday to improve her record in tennis' restart to 9-0.
Muguruza struggled with her serve and double faulted on the final two points of the ...
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LONDON (AP) - Leicester is signing winger Cengiz Under on a season-long loan from Roma.
The 23-year-old Under was due to join up with his new teammates and manager Brendan Rodgers ahead of Sunday's game against Burnley. The move is subject to Premier League and international clearance.
Under made his ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The glitch at the virtual creative arts Emmy telecast was minor, but it may have provoked flashbacks for the host of Sunday's more ambitious main TV awards ceremony.
Jimmy Kimmel, who will preside over the 72nd prime-time Emmy Awards on ABC (8 p.m. EDT), was emcee ...
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A look at what's happening around the majors today:
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GONE STREAKING
The Yankees can clinch their fourth consecutive postseason berth and set a new mark for supremacy in their rivalry with Boston in the finale of a series at Fenway Park.
New York has won 10 straight games ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A statue of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be built in her native Brooklyn, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday.
Ginsburg died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. A legal trailblazer and champion of women's rights, she became ...
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The Big Ten's third football schedule of the 2020 season is highlighted by Michigan-Ohio State on Dec. 12, the final day of the conference's regular-season and the latest date the rivals have ever played.
The Big Ten released an eight-games-in-eight-weeks schedule on Saturday that will start the weekend ...
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The U.S. government is cracking down on the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, starting by barring them from app stores on Sunday.
President Donald Trump has cited concerns about Chinese government snooping as his administration prepares to follow through on executive orders that could make it increasingly difficult, if ...
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WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) - Wolverhampton manager Nuno Espirito Santo said Saturday that Portugal forward Diogo Jota is joining Liverpool, a move which will add depth to the Premier League champions' attacking options in a congested season.
"I know Diogo was really happy here," Nuno said, "but it's normal that players ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored a hat trick and James Rodriguez netted his first goal in English soccer as Everton beat West Bromwich Albion 5-2 in an incident-filled Premier League match featuring two red cards - including one for visiting manager Slaven Bilic.
It was Everton's second straight ...
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ISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Out in the mountains just a stone's throw from where she grew up, you can usually find Minnie Adkins, 86, sitting in a recliner holding a knife.
With a towel on her lap and a soft piece of wood in one hand, the elderly but spunky ...
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ROME (AP) - Top-seeded Simona Halep became the first semifinalist at the Italian Open when Kazakh opponent Yulia Putintseva retired midway through their match due to a lower back injury Saturday.
Halep was ahead 6-2, 2-0 when Putintseva decided she was in too much pain to continue -- having already ...
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Walmart, Amazon and other corporate giants donated money to a Tennessee state lawmaker's reelection campaign after she used social media to amplify and promote the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to an Associated Press review of campaign finance records and the candidate's posts.
The corporate support for a QAnon-promoting politician is ...
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Aston Villa has signed Burkina Faso forward Bertrand Traore from French top-flight club Lyon subject to international clearance, the Premier League club announced on Saturday.
No fee was disclosed but media reports put it at around 17 million pounds ($21.9 million).
"We're delighted that Bertrand has ...
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) - Scientists and officials are using Cape Coral's cyanobacteria slicks as a living laboratory to test ways to fight freshwater algae blooms with potentially global impact.
A team including city staff and nationally prominent researchers have deployed a variety of algae-fighting measures in several canals, lakes ...
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LONDON (AP) - It's the September fashion week season, and in any other year London would be abuzz with fashionistas zipping across town in Mercedes Benzes, hobnobbing with celebrities at glittering catwalk shows before sipping champagne at late-night parties.
This is no typical year, though, and London Fashion Week is ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The structure of how college basketball will be played during the coronavirus pandemic is unclear, but leaders in Des Moines may push for the city to serve as a "bubble" site if that option is chosen.
The Des Moines Register reports that leaders are ...
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PARMA, Italy (AP) - Parma became the latest Serie A team with foreign ownership Friday when the U.S.-based Krause Group purchased a 90% stake in the club.
"The acquisition of Parma Calcio 1913 is the fulfillment of a long-held dream," said Kyle Krause, the chairman and CEO of the Krause ...
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A look at what's happening around European soccer on Friday:
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The Bundesliga season begins as Bayern Munich hosts Schalke in its first game since beating Paris Saint-Germain last month to win the Champions League. The game was meant to mark the return of fans to the Bundesliga for the ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer expressed his unhappiness Friday at the Football Association's handling of Mason Greenwood surrounding the teenage striker's first call-up by England in the offseason.
Solskjaer said United tried to prevent the 18-year-old Greenwood from joining up with England, believing he needed ...
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Jon Cooper experienced difficulty in finding the right words.
Emotionally spent following a 2-1 overtime Eastern Conference final series-clinching win over the New York Islanders, the usually articulate Tampa Bay Lightning coach searched putting into perspective what it meant to be returning to the Stanley Cup Final with much ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Louisville Orchestra says it will launch an innovative fall season with four virtual concerts that will stream live and then be available for on-demand viewing.
The virtual concerts are the orchestra's way of safely making music and serving Louisville during the coronavirus pandemic, music director ...
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PARIS (AP) - Can mandatory masks offer enough protection in lecture halls so packed that late arrivals have to sit on the floor?
That's what worries many students at the centuries-old Sorbonne University in Paris as the coronavirus is on the rebound across France.
At least a dozen COVID-19 clusters ...
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PARIS (AP) - Can mandatory masks offer enough protection in lecture halls so packed that late arrivals have to sit on the floor?
That's what worries many students at the centuries-old Sorbonne University in Paris as the coronavirus is on the rebound across France.
At least a dozen COVID-19 clusters ...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Miami center Bam Adebayo went into the locker room at halftime of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals knowing that he wasn't doing enough.
He didn't need to see video. Or talk to Heat teammates. Or check the stats.
He only needed to ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - British author Victoria Hislop was granted honorary Greek citizenship Thursday and met with the prime minister of Greece.
Hislop has used Greece as the setting for several of her historical novels. In her first book, "The Island," published in 2005, the action takes place near the ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japan's new prime minister has gotten the word out to the president of the International Olympic Committee that he is behind next year's delayed Tokyo Games.
Yoshiro Mori, the head of the local organizing committee and also a former prime minister, said Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Elton John is opening up his vault and releasing an expansive collection of rarely heard and unreleased tracks.
John announced Thursday that the eight-CD collection, "Elton: Jewel Box," will be released on Nov. 13. The collection includes "Sing Me No Sad Songs," an unreleased studio demo ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - About one in six Ohio school districts asked the state for permission to add additional spectators for fall sporting events, exceeding the limits set by Gov. Mike DeWine in last month's sports order, records show.
The Health Department approved all requests quickly, often on the same ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Street artist Banksy has lost a legal battle with a a greeting card company along with a European Union trademark for one of his most iconic artworks.
The cancellation division of the EU's intellectual property office said in a ruling this week that Banksy's trademark for "Flower ...
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid is keeping most of the same players to try to win back-to-back Spanish leagues for the first time in more than a decade.
Madrid begins its title defense on Sunday at Real Sociedad with practically the same squad that a few months ago lifted its ...
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VIENNA (AP) - Government stimulus programs designed to keep countries afloat during the coronavirus pandemic offer "a tremendous opportunity" to build a clean-energy economy, actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday.
Schwarzenegger called on governments not to "invest in the past," saying that "forward-looking decisions" are needed now ...
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ZURICH (AP) - The first FIFA men's world rankings for five months were still led by Belgium on Thursday after the shutdown of European teams during the coronavirus pandemic ended in September.
Belgium leads an unchanged top four nations from 2018 World Cup winner France, Brazil -- which has ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA men's world rankings for September (previous position in parentheses):
1. Belgium (1)
2. France (2)
3. Brazil (3)
4. England (4)
5. Portugal (7)
6. Uruguay (5)
7. Spain (8)
8. Croatia (6)
9. Argentina (9)
10. Colombia (10)
11. Mexico (11)
12. Italy (13)
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TOKYO (AP) - Netflix is producing and shooting an original series set in Japan about a journalist who challenges authority, hoping to woo this nation that's hooked on watching good old TV.
Good timing. The series' heroine is based on a muckraking real-life reporter, Isoko Mochizuki, who has doggedly ...
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When golfers fall asleep imagining how they'd play this course or that, they're almost never dreaming about Winged Foot. That includes Tiger Woods. The place is a nightmare for him, too.
Then again, if the aim is to stage the toughest test in golf, in the midst of a ...
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CINCINNATI (0-1) at CLEVELAND (0-1)
Thursday, 8:20 p.m., Fox
OPENING LINE – Browns by 8 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Bengals 0-1; Browns 0-1
SERIES RECORD – Bengals lead 51-42
LAST MEETING – Bengals beat Browns 33-23 on Dec. 29, 2019 in Cincinnati.
LAST WEEK - Bengals lost to Chargers ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Most directors insist on having final edit approval of their films. Not the creators of "Wireless."
The series on the mobile-platform Quibi employs an ingenious way to tell a story on a smartphone: You see different things on the screen depending on whether you hold your ...
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Pioneering sports administrator Joanne Washburn, who spent 39 years at Washington State and was involved in a landmark lawsuit to bring equality to women's sports, has died at the age of 83.
The university said Washburn died on Tuesday in Pullman.
"Jo Washburn should be remembered ...
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ROME (AP) - A restoration of one of Michelangelo's sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artist's tool marks, that had been hidden under centuries of dust and wax.
Florence's Museo dell'Opera del Duomo said Wednesday that the cleaning of the Bandini Pieta, which ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Roving grown-ups tossing candy at kids waiting on lawns. Drive-thru Halloween haunts. Yard parties instead of block parties and parades. Wider paths through corn mazes.
The family holiday so many look forward to each year is going to look different in the pandemic as parents and ...
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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Big Ten reverses course, announces plan to play football beginning Oct. 24 weekend; 8-game season for each team.
NEW YORK (AP) - The author of the million-selling debut novel "The Nest" has another story of family drama coming out next year.
Ecco announced Wednesday that Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's "Good Company" will be published in May. The novel tells of a seemingly happy married couple whose relationship is ...
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ROME (AP) - Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo had his coaching qualification approved by the Italian soccer federation on Wednesday.
Pirlo completed his final exams and earned his UEFA Pro coaching badge on Monday.
The qualification, following a year-long course, is required for a coach to lead a team in Serie ...
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LONDON (AP) - Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio are among celebrities taking part in a 24-hour Instagram "freeze" on Wednesday to protest against what they say is parent company Facebook's failure to tackle violent and hateful content and election misinformation.
They were among the high profile names ...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Just about everyone had L.A. vs. L.A. written in for the Western Conference finals.
Then along came the resilient Denver Nuggets, who crashed the party.
Behind Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic, the Nuggets advanced to the conference finals for the first time since ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In a pre-pandemic world, the Academy of Country Music Awards advertised itself as country music's night to party with gambling, after-parties and a Las Vegas-style attitude.
This year the red carpet, crowds and gambling are all r eplaced with COVID-19 tests, temperature checks and face ...
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Stipulated: "Watchmen" will win the Emmy Award for best limited series and Regina King, its indomitable center, will be honored at Sunday's largely virtual ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Most everything else about the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards is a question mark, including how smoothly the pandemic-constrained telecast (8 p.m. ...
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The Washington Capitals are hiring Peter Laviolette to be their next coach, giving him a three-year deal, according to multiple reports.
Laviolette, who most recently coached the Nashville Predators for five-plus seasons, gives the Capitals an experienced coach with Stanley Cup-winning experience. Laviolette, 55, won the Stanley Cup with the Carolina ...
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LONDON (AP) - Black actor John Boyega has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for perfume brand Jo Malone after the company decided to hire a Chinese actor to replace him in an ad he created.
The "Star Wars" star wrote on Twitter Tuesday that the brand's ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -
A burger shop in the South Korean capital is a bit different from typical fast food restaurants: Its key staff are robots.
From order to pick-up, customers don't need a single face-to-face interaction. All they need to do is to click the menu ...
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. HURRICANE SALLY'S PLODDING PATH Forecasters, stressing "significant" uncertainty, are nudging the storm's predicted track to the east, easing fears in New Orleans while raising concerns in the Florida Panhandle's westernmost counties.
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Elvis Andrus was once that kid for the Texas Rangers, the 20-year-old shortstop whose big league debut forced one of the franchise's most popular players to change positions.
Andrus is now 32, and his 12th season is done because of lingering lower back issues. That has raised questions about ...
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DENVER (AP) - Timeout: Why wasn't Vic Fangio calling his timeouts?
The Denver Broncos coach was taken to task on television and social media for his late-game clock management Monday night after a 16-14 loss to Tennessee. Struggling kicker Stephen Gostkowski made a 25-yard field goal in the closing seconds ...
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This season's bobsled and skeleton world championships were awarded to Altenberg, Germany, and moved out of Lake Placid, New York, on Tuesday because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and potential travel complications.
The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation said it made the move "to protect the health of athletes ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Blues Foundation has named a new leader.
The Memphis, Tennessee-based organization said Monday that Patricia Wilson Aden has been selected as its new president and CEO. She will begin leading the foundation on Oct. 1.
Aden has served as president and CEO of the African ...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - For those who find it "inconceivable" for President Donald Trump to serve a second term, Wisconsin Democrats offered a star-packed live-streamed script reading of "The Princess Bride" to help Joe Biden's campaign in the key battleground state.
The original cast of the beloved 1987 film reunited ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - After opening a free grocery store earlier this year, country music star Brad Paisley and his wife are expanding their efforts to fight hunger in America.
Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, have pledged to donate 1 million nutritional meals this month. The initiative is ...
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MADRID (AP) - With the future of Luis Suárez uncertain, young forward Francisco Trincão has an early chance to shine with Barcelona.
The 20-year-old Trincão just joined the team but could get some extra playing time as the club ponders what to do with Suárez, who was told by new ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic this spring, Sharawn Vinson often woke up crying. A recurring thought was making the unemployed single mother desperate: That her kids could go hungry.
There was also fear of contracting the virus, which has disproportionately hit low-income Black ...
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BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) - Qatari soccer executive Nasser al-Khelaifi and former FIFA official Jérôme Valcke arrived at federal criminal court in Switzerland on Monday at the start of their corruption trial.
Al-Khelaifi, the president of Paris Saint-Germain and chairman of Doha-based broadcaster beIN Media Group, and Valcke came to court ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - University of Louisville football coach Scott Satterfield is participating in an auction that will benefit local charities.
Satterfield, his wife, Beth, and a local charity will team up for the "Visor for the Ville" program, the university's athletic department said in a news release.
After each ...
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Hunter Biden, son of Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden, worked for a Shanghai investment firm involved in government- and military-linked deals that bolstered the Chinese military, including the purchase of an American auto parts maker, according to a new documentary film.
The younger Mr. Biden, a lawyer and investment ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japan is celebrating Naomi Osaka's victory at the U.S. Open, especially her array of corporate sponsors.
But like much of Japan, they are more muted in backing - or understanding - her campaign against racial injustice in the United States. Unlike the U.S., Japan has relatively few ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The start of Australia's National Basketball League has been pushed back to early 2021 because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NBL Executive Chairman Larry Kestelman issued a statement Monday to confirm the start date will be delayed to January because of uncertainty arising from the ...
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A mild winter and plentiful food have put Michigan's deer herd in good shape, making for what wildlife officials expect will be a promising fall hunting season.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said in its annual forecast that conditions across the state are as ...
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - This year's Black New England Conference is going online and is discussing Black women's leadership and activism.
The theme of the conference is "Black Women Rock: Leading the Charge for Social and Political Change." It is scheduled for Sept. 25-26.
Speakers and discussion leaders ...
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An Upper Peninsula firefighter marched the steps of a college ice arena for more than two hours to honor the first responders who died on 9/11.
Cory Lightfoot typically goes to Lambeau Field, the home of the Green Bay Packers, to hit the stairs in an annual 9/11 anniversary event. ...
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) - University of Connecticut officials have discussed creating helmet stickers, warm-up T-shirts and altering athletic uniforms in other ways to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
The school last month committed to joining others in the Big East conference in adding BLM patches to basketball ...
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - An Israeli court sentenced top model Bar Refaeli on Monday to nine months of community service and sentenced her mother to 16 months in prison, ending a prolonged tax evasion case that had sullied the image of a once beloved national icon.
Refaeli entered the ...
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ESPN is hoping that one of the architects of rock n' roll can bring some new energy to their "Monday Night Football" show with fewer fans in the stands this year.
The new season starting Monday will feature a new version of Little Richard's hit "Rip It Up" featuring new ...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — A small number of protesters carrying signs and shouting into megaphones blocked at least two buses chartered by the NBA from briefly from entering the Walt Disney World campus on Saturday night, with the group saying it wanted LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and other top ...
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Whether it was at Winged Foot where Phil Mickelson lost his best chance to win the U.S. Open is up for debate.
It certainly was the most memorable, if not spectacular.
A tee shot off the hospitality tent that caromed into yellow grass that had been trampled by a week's ...
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LONDON (AP) - Kim Darroch is astonished.
Britain's former U.S. ambassador, whose career ended abruptly when his frank views on President Donald Trump were leaked, spent 40 years as a diplomat. But he says he's never before seen a British government saying it plans to break international law.
"It's all-round ...
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Coastal Carolina might want to start scheduling a trip to Kansas every season.
Grayson McCall threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores, the Chanticleers forced the Jayhawks into three early turnovers, and the coach Jamey Chadwell's bunch rolled to a 38-23 victory early ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - With the smell of wildfire smoke seeping into her Los Angeles home, Regina King was getting ready for the premiere of her feature film directorial debut at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The Oscar-winning actor, who sat in the director's chair for "One Night in Miami," ...
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ROME (AP) - Four-time champion Serena Williams withdrew from the upcoming Italian Open citing the Achilles issue that bothered her in a loss to Victoria Azarenka in the U.S. Open semifinals, organizers at the Foro Italico announced Saturday.
Williams took a medical timeout for a tape job on her Achilles ...
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