Several senior House GOP members join push for Trump impeachment

The Democratic effort to impeach President Trump for a second time took a dramatic turn as several senior House Republicans joined the push to remove the president.
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US team out of men's handball worlds with coronavirus

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The United States men's handball team has been forced to withdraw from the world championships in Egypt after a coronavirus outbreak.

The International Handball Federation said late Tuesday there were "several positive results after the obligatory COVID-19 tests" found on the U.S. team before the squad ...
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Germany says it has handed over 14 works from Gurlitt trove

BERLIN (AP) - German authorities have now handed over all 14 works from the art trove accumulated by late collector Cornelius Gurlitt that so far were proven to have been looted under Nazi rule, the government said Wednesday.

"Piano Playing," a drawing by Carl Spitzweg, was handed over to ...
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Aryna Sabalenka wins 3rd straight title in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Aryna Sabalenka won her third straight tour title and 15th straight match by beating Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-2 Wednesday in the Abu Dhabi Open final.

The fourth-seeded Belarusian, who won indoor tournaments in Ostrava and Linz at the end of last season, last ...
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US won't observe Uganda's election as accreditations denied

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The United States ambassador to Uganda said Wednesday the embassy has canceled plans to observe the country's tense presidential election on Thursday, citing a decision by electoral authorities to deny accreditation to most members of the observation team.

Ambassador Natalie E. Brown expressed "profound disappointment" in ...
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Lack of marquee games to make NCAA tourney selection harder

Geno Auriemma is used to having marquee non-conference matchups to test his UConn Huskies during the regular season.

That hasn't happened this year as the Huskies haven't played a team outside the Big East who is ranked because of the coronavirus pandemic. UConn had games scheduled early on against No. ...
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Rough road: Playing during pandemic means 'long days' in NBA

When Washington coach Scott Brooks was a player and would ask coaches about their profession, he would always got the same response: It is a lonely job.

Never more so than now, probably.

As if playing games in arenas that are somewhere between mostly and entirely empty during a still-raging ...
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