CUZCO, Peru (AP) - Efraín Valles guided world leaders, pop stars and a princess on exclusive tours through the land of the Incas. He now makes ice cream to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Valles, once one of the most sought-after tour guides in Cuzco high in Peru's Andes, is ...
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SHEFFIELD, England (AP) - Kyle Walker consigned boyhood club Sheffield United to another Premier League loss by driving home a long-range shot to earn Manchester City a 1-0 win at Bramall Lane on Saturday.
The right back, who has been one of the few City players to be consistently impressive ...
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A slain Florida fire performer was a prolific seller of illegal drugs, authorities say in court documents.
Investigators in Tampa say after 31-year-old Jared Asa Semp was killed in September they found drugs including psilocybin mushrooms, methamphetamine, cocaine, LSD tabs and THC wax. They also found ...
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
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Wimbledon champion Simona Halep has tested positive for COVID-19 and says she has "mild symptoms."
The 29-year-old Romanian player said on Twitter that she is self-isolating at home and "recovering well from mild symptoms."
She ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Leanza Cornett, who was Miss America in 1993 and later a TV host, has died from injuries suffered in a fall at her Florida home. She was 49.
The Miss America pageant announced the death on its Facebook page. The Jacksonville resident died Wednesday, two ...
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BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The Select Board in Bennington has adopted a policy on artwork and other displays on public property that was recommended after it approved the painting of a Black Lives Matter street mural this summer.
The Select Board has been reviewing and revising a policy that ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - New Zealand beat Australia 43-5 in a rugby union test match to clinch the Bledisloe Cup for an 18th straight year.
The All Blacks scored six tries to one, with flyhalf and man-of-the-match Richie Mo'unga scoring two tries and notching 23 points himself as the All Blacks ...
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Tensions boiled over into unrest late Friday following a vigil for a Black man shot and killed by law enforcement in a city near Portland, Oregon, in southwestern Washington state.
Mourners gathered in Hazel Dell, an unincorporated area of Vancouver, Washington, where family and friends say ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville has thousands of Lynyrd Skynyrd stories, and this is one of them: It's about two local men who saw a good thing in a young band from the Westside - "the tightest little bar band you ever heard," they liked to say - and how ...
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Lewis Hamilton was a nine-year-old karting driver when he learned his idol Ayrton Senna died after crashing into a concrete wall during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
More than a quarter of a century later, Hamilton still has vivid memories of when his father broke the news as the ...
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Forward Sam Waardenburg, the Miami Hurricanes' leading rebounder a year ago, will miss the entire season after injuring his left foot during practice.
He is expected to be sidelined about six months, the Hurricanes said Friday.
The 6-foot-10 Waardenburg has made 35 starts over ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Nobby Stiles, a tenacious midfielder who won the World Cup with England in 1966 and the European Cup with Manchester United in 1968, has died. He was 78.
Stiles' family said Friday that he died following a long illness.
"The Stiles family are sad to announce ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The annual hoopla around the celebrity-studded Met Gala is so intense, it's often forgotten who the real star is: the fashion exhibit inside.
This year, it's the only star. A stylish Costume Institute show at the Metropolitan Museum has opened, six months behind schedule. But what's ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Opposing defenses are learning success can be had when blitzing Teddy Bridgewater and the Panthers.
In what has become a common theme in recent weeks, the Falcons brought the heat against Bridgewater, sacking him three times and forcing him to throw the ball away on several ...
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It's been over two months since movie theaters started reopening in the U.S., but there is still a fair amount of consumer confusion about moviegoing in the COVID-19 era.
Movie studios and theater owners have found themselves in the unique position of having to re-educate audiences on how to see ...
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CAIRO (AP) - African soccer confederation president Ahmad Ahmad tested positive for the coronavirus and began self-isolating at a hotel in Cairo on Friday.
Ahmad, who is also a FIFA vice president, had been in Morocco for the Confederation Cup club final Sunday and started showing "mild flu symptoms" after ...
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NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) - An emergency room physician in western Pennsylvania who attacked a hockey referee during a recreational game has accepted an agreement that will get the charges dropped.
Dr. Jeremy Gilbert, 43, on Thursday agreed to two years' probation and to attend anger management counseling sessions under ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Fans living in Japan who bought tickets for the postponed Tokyo Olympics have been guaranteed refunds, the local organizing committee said Friday.
This does not apply to fans who have purchased tickets outside Japan through so-called Authorized Ticket Resellers appointed by national Olympic committees. Many have already ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Matthews stood before a yellow sign in their backyard, pink and blue balloons stacked to the sky, and waited patiently with their backs to a long, white runway for their dogs to make their grand appearance.
As soon as they heard ...
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NEW ORLEANS (4-2) at CHICAGO (5-2)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE - Saints by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Saints 2-4; Bears 4-3
SERIES RECORD - Saints lead 16-15
LAST MEETING - Saints beat Bears 36-25, Oct. 20, 2019 at Chicago
LAST WEEK - Saints beat Carolina 27-24; ...
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A tweet by the Girl Scouts congratulating new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett drew such outrage from Barrett's critics that the youth organization swiftly deleted it – only to draw a new backlash from Barrett's supporters.
The original tweet, posted Wednesday evening, said, "Congratulations Amy Coney Barrett on becoming ...
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TENNESEE (5-1) at CINCINNATI (1-5-1)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE - Titans by 3 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Titans 2-4, Bengals 5-1
SERIES RECORD - Titans lead 40-34-1
LAST MEETING - Titans beat Bengals 24-20 on Nov. 12, 2017 in Nashville
LAST WEEK - Titans lost to ...
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BANGKOK (AP) - Pro-democracy demonstrators in Thailand returned Thursday to the capital's business district, staging something akin to a street fair to bring attention to their contention that the country's monarchy holds too much power and influence.
Their rally on the city's Silom Road was billed as a sort of ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Public relations firms hired by the Department of Health and Human Services vetted the political views of hundreds of celebrities for a health education advertising campaign on the coronavirus outbreak, according to documents released Thursday by a House committee.
None of the celebrities agreed to participate - ...
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Here are some things to watch in Week 8 of ACC conference play:
GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 15 North Carolina at Virginia. Long billed as the south's oldest rivalry, the 125th meeting of the programs comes in prime time with both schools looking to get back on track. The ...
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Five games in and a little over a week away from its showdown with top-ranked Clemson, No. 4 Notre Dame's passing attack is beginning to show life again heading into Saturday's game at Georgia Tech.
Few expected the Fighting Irish to struggle there, particularly with ...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst tested positive for COVID-19.
School officials said athletic director Barry Alvarez and chancellor Rebecca ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Talu Massey is among the millions of Americans who voted before Nov. 3, resulting in record-breaking early turnout.
But it's far from the Detroit resident's first election. Very far. She voted for FDR, after all.
The 103-year-old is proud of her lengthy voting record, saying it's ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fans jubilant over the Dodgers' World Series win danced in the streets and set off fireworks across Los Angeles, while in some areas the celebrations were marred by vandalism and looting.
Police declared an unlawful assembly early Wednesday in a downtown neighborhood where windows were ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City, Missouri, police say a would-be robber is in custody after picking the wrong guy to victimize - a Judo champion.
WDAF-TV reports that 36-year-old Josh Henges was in the Midtown area Monday night when someone came up from behind, grabbed his shoulder ...
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LONDON (AP) - The Duchess of Sussex is seeking to delay the start of the trial in her privacy lawsuit against a British newspaper over its publication of excerpts from a letter she wrote to her father.
The former Meghan Markle made the request ahead of a preliminary hearing ...
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - NBA star Chris Paul led nearly 2,500 people on a march to an early-voting site at a historically Black college in North Carolina where he also takes classes.
Paul was part of the "March to the Polls Part 2" event held Tuesday at Winston-Salem State University, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Villanova is the pick to win the Big East again, according to the league's coaches.
The Wildcats, who shared the regular-season title last year with Creighton and Seton Hall, received nine first-place votes on Wednesday. It's the sixth time in the past seven seasons that Jay ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The late Whitney Houston has earned her third diamond-certified album, becoming the first Black artist to achieve the feat.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Legacy Recordings announced Wednesday that Houston's 1987 sophomore album, "Whitney," has reached diamond status, which is equivalent to selling ...
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Major League Baseball owners will vote Friday to approve the sale of the New York Mets to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because details ...
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Cleveland, Buffalo and Chicago have piled up wins early this season, even if they haven't come in dominating fashion.
Those three teams are all 5-2 after seven games despite being outscored by the opposition. The Browns have been outscored by 21 points thanks to blowout losses to Pittsburgh and Baltimore, ...
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LONDON (AP) - A British judge will rule next week on whether Johnny Depp was libelled by a tabloid newspaper that branded him a wife-beater - an accusation his lawyer called a "reputation-destroying, career-ending" false allegation.
Britain's judicial office announced Tuesday that judge Andrew Nicol will deliver his verdict in ...
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TROY, Ala. (AP) - Standing by a blue pickup truck at a rally near the birthplace of the late civil rights icon John Lewis, Alabama Sen. Doug Jones urged voters to look at his record from his three years in office and not what he called Republican distortions about him.
...COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A California man's anger over his sports teams' setbacks went far beyond the average fan's emotions and must be punished with time in prison, the government said ahead of the man's sentencing in federal court.
Daniel Rippy, of Livermore, California, used Facebook Messenger to threaten a ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The teenager who recorded the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in May will be honored in December by PEN America, the literary and human rights organization.
Darnella Frazier will be presented the PEN/Benenson Courage Award.
"With nothing more than ...
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BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian opposition groups lobbed hundreds of missiles and artillery rockets at government posts in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, in retaliation for a deadly attack that killed dozens of their fighters a day earlier.
The renewed violence has undermined an already shaky cease-fire in place since March ...
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MIAMI (AP) — Authorities found the body of an aspiring hip-hop artist inside the trunk of a Virginia man's car after he crashed on a Miami highway, police said.
Robert Deupree Avery Coltrain, 25, was arrested and charged with illegal transport of human remains and second-degree murder in the death ...
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran summoned a French diplomat in protest at what it says is France's support for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, state media reported on Tuesday, in the latest fallout over France's response to the beheading of a teacher.
The report by state TV ...
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia University Medicine says parking for the football game on Saturday will be restricted to the campus of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, and no tailgating will be permitted.
No. 16 Kansas State visits the Mountaineers at noon on Saturday in a Big 12 matchup.
Milan ...
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Can I celebrate Halloween during the pandemic?
Yes, but probably not like you normally would. Health experts say some Halloween traditions like crowding on doorsteps for candy and inching your way through haunted houses heighten the risk of spreading COVID-19 and should be avoided.
But there are ways to ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - TWICE, a popular K-pop group known for its catchy lyrics and colorful aesthetics, has released its second full album, a collection that invites listeners into the band's more daring side.
"Eyes Wide Open," released Monday, features 13 songs, including the lead single "I Can't Stop ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Bruce Springsteen - who released his 20th album "Letter to You" last week - discusses trending on Twitter, his first guitar, his first concert and the pain of the pandemic in outtakes from a recent interview with The Associated Press. Read the interview here.
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WEST UNION, W.Va. (AP) - Many in West Virginia proudly say they live in the original social distancing state.
The coronavirus often seemed like a distant phenomenon best viewed on a TV screen in living rooms in the remote mountain towns that dot the state's expanses of wilderness.
But as ...
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"Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship," by Harvey Araton (Penguin Press)
In 2018, the sportswriter Harvey Araton wrote an obituary for The New York Times about a diehard New York Knicks fan whose choice seats behind the team bench had made her as much of a ...
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Manchester City's weary players boarded a plane to France on Monday, the southern city of Marseille being the latest stop on their gruelling and seemingly interminable fixture schedule in a pandemic-disrupted season like no other.
There will have been no senior strikers on the flight, with Sergio Aguero injured again ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Mac and cheese, 18th-century style. A seven-course meal using only ingredients from a convenience store. A meal that is literally on fire.
Four episodes into her new YouTube show, "Stump Sohla," part of the expanding "Babish Culinary Universe" channel, Sohla El-Waylly has yet to be stumped ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Law enforcement officers pulled over more than 100 vehicles in a crackdown on drag racing in downtown Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs this past weekend.
Authorities issued 29 citations and booked 22 people as area law enforcement agencies partnered to stop drag racers. A dozen firearms were ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Veteran striker Lee Dong-gook finally called time on his record-breaking career on Monday at the age of 41.
The Jeonbuk Motors forward announced via social media that he will retire after Sunday's game against Daegu FC.
Lee is the K-League's all-time leading scorer with 228 ...
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LONDON (AP) - While most music stars are rescheduling tour dates to 2021, Harry Styles is looking farther ahead and making plans to headline his own arena - one he's putting his money and ideas into.
Styles is one of the investors in a £350 million pound ($456.6 million) ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The NFL has fined the Tennessee Titans $350,000 for violating protocols leading to the league's first COVID-19 outbreak during the season, a person familiar with the discipline told The Associated Press.
The Titans had 24 people, including 13 players, test positive for COVID-19 between Sept. ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Las Vegas Raiders will be able to play four of their starting offensive linemen Sunday against Tampa Bay after they got one more day of negative tests for COVID-19.
A person familiar with the results says Kolton Miller, Denzelle Good, Rodney Hudson and Gabe Jackson ...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - A passenger in a car driven by Migos rapper Offset was arrested in Beverly Hills, California Saturday evening on charges of carrying a concealed, loaded firearm in public, police said.
The Beverly Hills Police Department tweeted that 20-year-old Marcelo Almanzar is being held on a ...
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Pounded by the coronavirus pandemic, Alabama's economy will contract 3.4% this year but could be on a normal trajectory toward recovery by the first half of 2021, according to a forecast by the University of Alabama.
The assessment by economists Samuel Addy and Ahmad Ijaz said ...
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Attorneys for the American Conservative Union have threatened legal action against filmmaker Sacha Baron Cohen for infiltrating CPAC, accusing him of staging stunts there for his latest “Borat” movie that included the appearance of an actor dressed as a Ku Klux Klansman.
An Oct. 21 letter called ...
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ALCAÑIZ, Spain (AP) - Franco Morbidelli won the Teruel MotoGP for his second win of the season after pole-sitter Takaaki Nakagami crashed on the first lap on Sunday.
Morbidelli crossed the finish line more than two seconds ahead of Álex Rins, with Joan Mir coming in third place after starting ...
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PROVO, Utah (AP) - Imagine a man jamming out to trap music in his studio as he rhythmically goes to town on a canvas.
This is how Stephen Clawson, a senior art major at Brigham Young University, does his paintings in the basement of his grandmother's home, also known as ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - The Melbourne Storm led 22-0 at halftime and went on to beat the Penrith Panthers 26-20 in the National Rugby League grand final on Sunday.
The result ended a 17-game winning streak for the Panthers.
The match could be the last for champion Melbourne skipper Cameron ...
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - It was improbable enough that light-hitting journeyman Brett Phillips would connect for Tampa Bay against Dodgers All-Star closer Kenley Jansen.
What followed was outright inconceivable.
Phillips' tying single with two outs in the ninth inning turned into a game-ending hit when the Los Angeles Dodgers ...
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CARSON, Calif. (AP) - Greg Bell had 19 carries for 111 yards and a touchdown, Chance Bell scored on runs of 5 and 19 yards, and San Diego State beat UNLV 34-6 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.
San Diego State had 424 total yards, including ...
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The Las Vegas Raiders latest batch of COVID-19 tests all came back negative and their game against Tampa Bay is set to to be played Sunday, a person familiar with the results told The Associated Press.
The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the league doesn't release test results, ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Children's Museum of Indianapolis will close its popular "Dinosphere" for more than a year to freshen it up with new fossil finds and a walk-through aquarium featuring reproductions of ancient sea creatures.
The exhibit will be closed from February 2021 until March 2022 as part of ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - In-person voting in the presidential election began across New York state on Saturday at polling locations including Manhattan's Madison Square Garden and Brooklyn's Barclays Center, where the NBA's Nets play.
Statewide, there are about 280 locations where people will be able to cast their vote. Early ...
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Two years ago, the three congregations sharing space at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue relocated after an anti-Semitic gunman killed 11 worshippers. Last March, the congregations dispersed from their new locations due to the coronavirus pandemic and switched to virtual services.
On Tuesday, as they again mourn those killed ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) - Half a century later, Brooks Robinson recalls every part of the play: a bullet off the bat of Reds slugger Lee May that hugged the foul line and seemed a sure hit until - 15 feet past third base - Robinson lunged to his right to backhand ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler stepped out of a Humvee on a foggy morning in northwest Georgia wearing an American flag trucker hat to accept the endorsement of a congressional candidate who has expressed support for baseless QAnon conspiracy theories and made disparaging comments about Black people, Muslims ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has decided against traveling to South Korea to accept a peace prize in person because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Saturday.
Bach was named the winner of the Seoul Peace Prize last month and was scheduled ...
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The French women's basketball team owned by NBA great Tony Parker had its season stalled yet again by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lyon team rescheduled its first five games of the league season because it had six COVID-19 cases.
Parker's team announced this week that its latest tests were all ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday.
The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservative leader was tested the day before and his result was positive. He said the president feels well and is in isolation.
...BUDAPEST (AP) - Thousands of Hungarians marched on the streets of the capital Friday to protest government actions they claim strips one of the country's most prestigious universities of its independence.
The march, organized on a national holiday commemorating the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956, follows weeks of protests by students ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Elvis Presley Enterprises against the city of Memphis over a delay in approval for expansion plans at Graceland.
U.S. District Judge Samuel Mays dismissed the complaint Thursday, saying the company had suffered "no immediate injury," The Commercial ...
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LONDON (AP) - British police say they have recovered a 15th-century Chinese vase valued at 2.5 million pounds ($3.3 million) that was stolen in Switzerland last year.
The Metropolitan Police force said Friday that they have arrested two men over the theft of the Ming dynasty vase. It is thought ...
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The sliding track built for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is about to get its first test.
With athletes from many nations - including the U.S. - unable to take part because of coronavirus and travel concerns, the certifying process for the track at the Yanqing Sliding Center northwest of ...
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Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has teamed with DonateAToy.org for his own charity, Fore Life, Inc., a Florida-based not-for-profit organization that uses the game of golf and its character-building skills to empower vulnerable youth to help them survive and succeed.
"When the pandemic forced us to cancel ...
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New York (AP) - When Chelsea Handler decided to pursue therapy, the comic may not have realized the level of introspection she'd encounter.
"It was nice to find out why I've been such a b---- for so long, and to also gain self-awareness. To know that, 'Oh, I came across ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts has ordered the shutdown of every indoor ice skating facility in the state for two weeks in response to several COVID-19 clusters linked to ice hockey games and practices.
The order takes effect Friday and lasts until Nov. 7, the state Department of Public Health announced ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Matt Blair, one of the greatest linebackers in Minnesota Vikings history and a six-time Pro Bowler who played in two Super Bowls, has died. He was 70 years old.
His death was announced by the team. Blair, who had been suffering from dementia, died Thursday after an ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian Prime minister Alexander De Croo stopped short Friday of imposing another full lockdown, as the country did in March, but introduced a series of new restrictive measures as the number of COVID-19-related hospital admissions and deaths continues to soar.
Already severely hit during the first wave ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - With long waits making headlines during early voting across the country, professional sports venues have emerged as bright spots, repurposing huge spaces mostly devoid of fans into efficient and relatively safe polling places.
Featuring rows and rows of voting machines, ample space for social distancing and ...
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Strange things are happening in the English Premier League, and the improbable rise of Aston Villa might be the most surreal of them all.
The only team with a 100% record, Villa has made its best start to a top-division campaign in 90 years by winning its first four games. ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Time is running out before Election Day as New Mexico election regulators push the political support group Cowboys for Trump to disclosure its financial backers.
The horseback-riding, New Mexico-based support group for President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged a U.S. District Court not to dismiss ...
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Pope Francis' endorsement of same-sex civil unions drew mixed reactions Thursday in the Philippines, Asia's bastion of Catholicism, with a retired bishop saying he was scandalized by it while an LGBT group welcomed the pontiff's remarks with relief.
President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said the Philippine leader ...
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Here are some things to watch in Week 7 of Atlantic Coast Conference play:
GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 23 North Carolina State at No. 14 North Carolina. The one-loss teams located 35 miles apart meet with the winner staying within sight of unbeaten ACC leaders Clemson and Notre ...
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LONDON (AP) - Banksy's playful take on a famous Impressionist painting has sold at auction for 7.6 million pounds ($9.8 million), the second-highest price ever paid for a work by the British street artist.
"Show Me the Monet" sold to an unidentified bidder at Sotheby's in London on Wednesday evening, ...
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CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) - Two Virginia high school football players were stabbed Tuesday evening while they tried to protect their coach from the father of another player, authorities and officials said.
Chesterfield police charged Turon M. Savoy, 46, with two counts of malicious wounding in the incident, news outlets ...
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - The Mafia is becoming legitimate in Buffalo - the Bills Mafia that is.
The Bills last week filed an application to trademark the fan base's adopted nickname in preparation to launch a series of branded merchandise and apparel available at Buffalo's team store and sold ...
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Randy Arozarena was a one-man show getting the Tampa Bay Rays to the World Series. Big swings, bat flips, bustin' moves - he did it all - and his fast hands and fanciful feet didn't need much help capturing an AL pennant.
Winning the Fall Classic, though, that could ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The food concessions provider for Kauffman Stadium and the Kansas City Convention Center has announced it will lay off more than 550 workers at both venues as efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus disrupt business.
Food services contractor Aramark recently notified state regulators ...
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OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - Two of Wisconsin's biggest annual music festivals are shutting down for good following COVID-related cancellations this summer.
The company that puts on the 25-year-old Country USA and the 9-year-old Rock USA in Oshkosh said this week it plans to file for bankruptcy. The events have featured ...
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LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina family has settled a lawsuit filed after a 14-year-old high school football player collapsed after an intense practice and died, news outlets reported.
The suit, filed against Lexington County School District 1 over the death River Bluff High School student Lewis Simpkins, was ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch king issued a video message Wednesday saying he had "regret in the heart" and he shouldn't have flown to Greece for a family vacation last week, a trip that was quickly broken off amid public uproar back home where people are being urged ...
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LONDON (AP) - The U.S. antitrust crackdown on Google might seem like deja vu for European Union regulators.
By U.S. standards, the Justice Department's move to sue Google this week for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising was a bold move. But it treads on ground already broken ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - At least 11 women were trampled to death when a stampede broke out Wednesday among thousands of Afghans waiting in a soccer stadium to get visas to leave the country, officials said.
Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the governor of the eastern Nangarhar province, said another ...
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MURFRESSBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Middle Tennessee State University's Center for Popular Music is hosting an online conversation on the life and legacy of Jimi Hendrix that will be available free to the public on Wednesday.
The conversation features Department of Recording Industry professor Mike Alleyne, author of the 2020 book ...
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - A trio of new hosts will lead fans through a new look at this year's CMT Music Awards, which replaced the live arena audience with performances in scenic outdoor locations around Nashville, Tennessee.
Country singers Kane Brown and Ashley McBryde join "Modern Family" actor Sarah Hyland ...
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Jonathan Doerer pays careful attention to the nuances of his stance, swing path and ball contact - and not just in football.
The Notre Dame kicker also frequents the driving range, a habit that increased when he was home in North Carolina over the spring ...
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's competition watchdog will consider its own antitrust case against Google, the commission chairman said Wednesday after the U.S. Justice Department sued the company for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising.
Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims described the U.S. case filed Tuesday ...
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"Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise" by Scott Eyman (Simon & Schuster)
Self-trained English actor Archie Leach pulled off the role of a lifetime: becoming Hollywood legend Cary Grant. Why the child of a broken family hid behind the silver screen's definition of easy charm and handsome masculinity is another story ...
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Nick Saban's postgame dance during Alabama's celebration of a big win was short-lived, then it was back to business.
A video of the second-ranked Crimson Tide coach's dance moves after that 41-24 win over No. 4 Georgia made the Internet rounds. It only lasts a few seconds before a grinning ...
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Billy Porter is busy, pandemic or not.
He's just appeared in a virtual play about nurses on the front lines. His series "Pose" is returning to production. He's soon to appear in the "Cinderella" remake. He's writing a memoir - a project he calls the hardest thing he's ever done. ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department announced charges against Russian intelligence officers in cyberattacks that targeted a French presidential election, the Winter Olympics in South Korea and American businesses. The case implicates the Kremlin unit that interfered in the 2016 U.S. election but is not related to the November vote.
...LOS ANGELES (AP) - Glenn Close will receive an honorary AARP award for her work with a charity that brings awareness to mental illness.
AARP announced Tuesday that Close will be the first to receive an honorary Purpose Prize Award during a virtual ceremony on Dec. 3. The Oscar-winning actress ...
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former Marshall football player has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for sending videos of children engaged in sexual conduct to an undercover FBI agent.
Jeremiah Taylor, 32, of Huntington was sentenced in federal court for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Mike ...
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When Odil Ahmedov left Shanghai SIPG to join fellow Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda in August, the midfielder didn't have to travel anywhere to meet his new coach and colleagues.
He merely moved to a different part of the hotel both teams had called home since July, and took ...
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Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
- You have to admire the moxie of Netflix and director Ben Wheatley for taking on Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca," which already has a masterpiece Alfred Hitchcock ...
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ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - A cool, windy weekend made the opening two days of South Dakota's pheasant season a tough go for most hunters, an official with the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks said.
Many hunters were happy with the number of birds they saw, but it ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A sexual assault suspect was arrested early Monday on the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Hollywood after a confrontation with officers, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
The incident began around 10 p.m. Sunday when officers from the city of Fullerton attempted to detain the suspect ...
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PARIS (AP) - Players, coaches and referees at French league matches this weekend will wear a black armband in tribute to the French history teacher who was killed near Paris last week in a suspected terror-related attack.
The French league said in a statement Monday that a minute of silence ...
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MIAMI (AP) - At LIV, one of the most glamorous, star-studded nightclubs in one of the world's biggest party destinations, there's a velvet-roped VIP area, and then there's a secret VIP area. The parties at the club are so legendary they have inspired lyrics from Drake, Kanye West and Rick ...
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GENEVA (AP) - Back in the Champions League after a 25-year gap, Ferencváros aims to revive its even longer European history while facing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
There was a time when the Hungarian champion beat Juventus in a European final and its star forward won the Ballon d'Or ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Seven years after his death to cancer at age 18, a Minnesota singer-songwriter has returned to the top of the iTunes chart with his inspirational tune "Clouds."
The Star Tribune reports that "Clouds" by Zach Sobiech took over iTunes' No. 1 slot from Justin Bieber on ...
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They are among the poster boys for analytics in European soccer, a team that scores nearly half of its goals from set pieces and operates a "justice league" that has nothing to do with superheroes.
Now, FC Midtjylland - an upstart that has already upended the Danish game in its ...
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LONDON (AP) - The chair of Britain's Hay literary festival said Sunday the event will not return to Abu Dhabi after one of the festival's curators alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the tolerance minister of the United Arab Emirates while working with him. Lawyers for the minister later ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgium, Netherlands and Germany have launched a joint bid to host the 2027 women's soccer World Cup.
Under the slogan, "Three Nations, One Goal," the three federations on Monday said they will detail their plans in an official document by the end of the year before starting ...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Joe Judge won't have a lot of time to enjoy his first win as New York Giants coach.
In fact, the 38-year-old Judge barely had time to celebrate as the Giants rode a wild final four minutes, a decisive play by Mr. Irrelevant and a ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Phil Mickelson became the third player and second this year to win his first two starts on the PGA Tour Champions, slamming the door on Mike Weir with a back-nine surge Sunday in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.
Mickelson closed with a 7-under 65 to finish ...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — More than a quarter into the season, Ron Rivera hasn't been afraid to make controversial calls regarding his football team. He's made a change at quarterback. He's not called timeouts. He's gone for it on fourth downs.
But on Sunday, none of Rivera's decisions were as ...
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Clemson easily held off Alabama on Sunday to retain the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press college football poll, extending its longest run atop the poll to seven weeks.
The Crimson Tide ran away from Georgia on Saturday night to make the case to be No. 1, but it wasn’t ...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Ron Rivera and Jack Del Rio are making changes to Washington's defense.
After the unit has given up at least 30 points in four straight losses, Washington swapped out a number of different players for Sunday's game against the New York Giants — benching safety Troy ...
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Mac Jones passed for 417 yards and four touchdowns and No. 2 Alabama's aerial assault picked apart No. 3 Georgia's heralded defense in the second half of a 41-24 victory Saturday night.
The Crimson Tide (4-0), with coach Nick Saban stalking the sideline after a COVID-19 scare, ...
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager's sweet swing. Walker Buehler's calm. Kenley Jansen's resurgence.
The Los Angeles Dodgers got what they needed — again.
"We did what we had to do to force a Game 7," Justin Turner said.
They sure did.
Seager homered again, Buehler pitched six scoreless innings and ...
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DENVER (AP) - Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said the city will invest $3 million into the STAR Program in 2021, which pairs mental health experts with social services on certain 911 calls.
The operation will be moved to the city's public health department, according to Department of Finance spokesperson Julie ...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Andrey Rublev and Borna Coric overcame Canadian opposition to reach the final of the St. Petersburg Open on Saturday.
Third-seeded Rublev rallied to beat second-seeded Denis Shapovalov 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, and Coric also recovered in the semifinals to beat Milos Raonic 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Rublev ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Substitutes Marco Reus and Erling Haaland came on to end Borussia Dortmund's barren run against Hoffenheim with a 1-0 victory in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Dortmund hadn't won any of the last five meetings between the sides, but Haaland ran on to a ball headed from midfield ...
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Leipzig midfielder Amadou Haidara tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Bundesliga club before its match in Augsburg that the 22-year-old Haidara returned a positive result in the routine pre-game check.
The German club said the ...
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - A new sculpture honoring military women and military working dogs is being unveiled outside Arlington National Cemetery.
The life-size bronze sculpture called "The Pledge" is being placed at the Women In Military Service For America Memorial, located at Arlington National Cemetery's entrance.
An unveiling ceremony is ...
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ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) - Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, legendary Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer, "Roots" and "Good Times" star John Amos, and actors Flip Wilson and Danny Aiello will be among those inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Sunday.
The induction ceremony, usually ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Protesting has long been as American as apple pie, with one of the primary ways of amplifying a protest's message and movement coming through music.
Think Bob Dylan's "Hurricane," Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son," Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name" or countless others throughout ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) - He was 21 and balding, with a quirky name and a Hall of Fame arm that would set him apart if the other stuff didn't. In the early years of the Baltimore Colts, Yelberton Abraham (Y.A.) Tittle wowed football fans who rallied around the young quarterback of ...
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GDYNIA, Poland (AP) - Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya broke her own world record in the women's-only half marathon Saturday, clocking 1 hour, 5 minutes and 16 seconds.
The 27-year-old Jepchirchir improved on her record by 18 seconds on a four-lap course, taking gold at the World Athletics half marathon championships ...
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THE HAGUE (AP) - The Dutch royal couple were back in the Netherlands Saturday after their vacation trip to Greece had to be abandoned because of an uproar back home, where people are urged to stay at home as much as possible.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima said in ...
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SOELDEN, Austria (AP) - Marta Bassino and Federica Brignone posted the fastest times in the first run of a women's World Cup giant slalom Saturday as the Italian team set the pace in the season-opening race.
Bassino dealt best with flat light on the partly foggy Rettenbach glacier to time ...
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LONDON (AP) - It was a moment of magnificence Tottenham had become accustomed to seeing Gareth Bale produce: A shot unleashed from 25 yards, curling into the top corner of the net.
As so often, Bale was Tottenham's savior on May 19, 2013. But the match-winner against Sunderland wasn't enough ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Gregory Maguire attributes the first grain of the idea for his new book "A Wild Winter Swan" to "Mary Poppins" author P.L. Travers.
He met her 25 years ago as he was getting ready to publish the hugely popular "Wicked," written from the perspective of the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Josh Hawley is working on a book about one of the Missouri Republican's ongoing targets.
Simon & Schuster announced Friday that Hawley's "The Tyranny of Big Tech" will be released June 21. Hawley has frequently criticized Facebook, Twitter and other social media giants for everything ...
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VIENNA (AP) - The usual jitters before Alpine skiing's World Cup season opener won't be limited to the racers this weekend.
Organizers, sponsors and fans will be just as anxious about the 2020-21 campaign, which starts amid rising numbers of coronavirus cases across Europe.
Even before its traditional start in ...
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Zumretay Arkin posed a question in a recent on-line meeting with Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., the prominent International Olympic Committee member who oversees preparations for the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.
"Why should China, a country running concentration camps with at least 1 million Muslim Uighurs being detained, be allowed ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville Predators will use a half-million-dollar grant to develop girls' hockey and learn-to-skate programs in Middle Tennessee during the next two years.
The girls' hockey program will allow 350 girls to participate in a 15- to 20-week training program led by USA Hockey certified coaches ...
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MONTPELLIER, France (AP) - French soccer club Montpellier reported 12 positive tests for COVID-19 among its players and staff on Friday.
Montpellier said eight players and four staff members have now been isolated according to protocols in place during the coronavirus pandemic.
The club did not comment on the ...
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Liverpool, the English port city that gave the world the Beatles, weathered decades of industrial decline before becoming a celebrated symbol of urban renewal. Now, the coronavirus is putting the city's hard-won revival in jeopardy, and raising tensions between the north of England and the wealthier ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski returned to Poland, the country of his youth, and paid tribute on Thursday to a Polish couple who took him in and protected him when he was a child, saving him from the Holocaust.
Stefania and Jan Buchala were posthumously declared as ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Falcons shut their facility Thursday following one new positive test for COVID-19. The team remains scheduled to play at Minnesota on Sunday.
Defensive tackle Marlon Davidson was placed on the COVID-19/reserve list this week, and the addition of a second unidentified person caused the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The cow art is gone, as is the red balloon, but the calming style of the children's classic "Goodnight Moon" shines through in the whimsical parody poking fun at lockdown life "Good Morning Zoom."
"Good morning light, and a world not quite right," the 2020 version ...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - U.S. tennis player Sam Querrey was placed in isolation by Russian authorities after testing positive for the coronavirus but left the country on a private plane, organizers of the St. Petersburg Open said on Thursday.
The tournament said Querrey and his wife tested positive on ...
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Bruce Springsteen, "Letter to You" (Columbia)
Has Bruce Springsteen written a "Letter to You" to say goodbye?
The Boss turned 71 just last month. Although his fitness, spirit and the actuarial tables would suggest he has plenty of music left in him, it's hard to miss the valedictory feel and ...
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LONDON (AP) - Vilified by the Premier League, government, and even their own supporters, the American owners of Liverpool and Manchester United created a power-grab strategy that appeared unsavory and divisive at a time of financial turmoil in English soccer.
But John Henry and Joel Glazer formed a plan, however ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Sexual minority groups and human rights activists launched a petition on Thursday calling for an LGBT equality law in Japan in hopes that it can be enacted next year, when the country is to host the Olympics and will be the focus of international attention.
"In this ...
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Here are things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 6:
GAME OF THE WEEK
Boston College at No. 23 Virginia Tech. This is the only game on the week's schedule to match a pair of one-loss teams, meaning the loser will slide significantly back in an ACC ...
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FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) - A national museum dedicated to the U.S. Army is scheduled to open next month in northern Virginia.
Plans for The National Museum of the United States Army have been in the works for more than a decade; construction began in 2017.
The five-story, 185,000-square foot ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rudolph and his still-shiny nose are getting a new home, and it's bound to be a lot nicer than the Island of Misfit Toys.
The soaring reindeer and Santa Claus figures who starred in in the perennially beloved stop-motion animation Christmas special "Rudolph the Red ...
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Facing public skepticism about rushed COVID-19 vaccines, U.S. health officials are planning extra scrutiny of the first people vaccinated when shots become available - an added safety layer experts call vital.
A new poll suggests those vaccine fears are growing. With this week's pause of a second major vaccine study ...
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OTTAWA (AP) - Skate Canada, the second event of the Grand Prix series, has been canceled amid concern of rising COVID-19 cases in Ontario.
The event was scheduled for Oct. 30-31 in Ottawa with no fans in attendance, but the decision was made to scrap the competition by the city, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Laila Ali is applauding athletes who speak out about social issues. She thinks her father would, too.
Ali was to host the virtual Women's Sports Foundation awards on Wednesday night, recognizing athletes and leaders working toward social justice and racial equality.
"I think all people ...
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The Southeastern Conference has the game of the week. The American Athletic Conference might have the most interesting set of games.
The marquee event of the college football weekend is No. 3 Georgia at No. 2 Alabama in a game that could very well be first of three meetings between ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three-time Brazilian Olympian Sheilla Castro is coming out of retirement to play in a new U.S. professional volleyball league early next year.
She also hopes to make another Olympic team after already capturing two gold medals during a decorated career.
At 37, Castro will be ...
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SAO PAULO (AP) - Neymar and Luis Suárez rewrote some record books and Argentina is breathing easier thanks to Lionel Messi.
In South American qualifying for the World Cup on Tuesday night, Neymar became Brazil's second leading goal scorer after a hat trick in a 4-2 win at Peru. Neymar ...
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Simone Leigh is renowned for creating artworks that transcend race and gender to celebrate Black women and give them a voice. Now she's sculpting her way into history.
She'll be the first Black woman ever to represent the U.S. at the prestigious Venice Biennale arts festival, the State Department's Bureau ...
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Marshall University has scheduled a series of events next month to mark the 50th anniversary of the worst disaster in U.S. sports history.
The Marshall football team's chartered plane crashed short of an airport near Huntington while returning from a game on Nov. 14, 1970. Among ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese director who shot to stardom with a zombie movie featuring a delightfully long single shot has for his latest project turned to a video tool that's become an everyday part of this pandemic era: the Zoom call.
Shinichiro Ueda's new 26-minute film was filmed remotely ...
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Portuguese soccer federation said Tuesday.
The federation said Ronaldo was doing well and had no symptoms. It did not say when he tested positive.
Ronaldo played in the 0-0 draw at France in the Nations League on ...
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Barcelona basketball player Nikola Mirotic says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is out of the team's Euroleague game at Valencia Basket.
Mirotic says he is "well and following doctors' instructions."
Barcelona head coach ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Grammy-nominated gifted lyricist Rapsody has written "maybe 15 verses this year to reflect the times" - as she put it - about the Black experience. So when Disney asked the rapper to pen a new tune for a new EP honoring Black lives and social justice, ...
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