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Mexican midfielder Andrés Guardado will miss qualification against the United States

FILE – Betis’ Andrés Guardado celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal in the European League round of 16 first leg match between Zenit and Betis at the Gazprom Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 17, 2022. Guardado will miss Mexico’s World Cup qualifier against the United States next week with striker Rogelio Funes Mori […]

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Russia’s invasion upends Olympic ‘neutrality’ – if it existed

FILE – International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters Sunday, September 27, 2015. The International Olympic Committee has always been political, from sheikhs and royals to a seat at the United Nations to push for peace talks between the […]

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South Korean golfers lead after 3 rounds at LPGA Singapore

In Gee Chun of South Korea plays a shot from the eighth tee during her third round match at the Women’s World Golf Championship at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Miller) Paul Miller PA SINGAPORE In Gee Chun shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to lead a trio of […]

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Wall Street heads for declines as the ruble plunges

The New York Stock Exchange is seen in New York, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Markets open mostly higher on Wall Street on Friday after a wild ride a day earlier. The S&P 500 gained 0.4% early on, after even bigger gains in Europe. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Seth Wenig PA NEW YORK US markets pointed to […]

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Gergiev, friend of Putin, out of the US tour of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

FILE – In this Wednesday, May 1, 2013 file photo, Valery Gergiev attends a ‘pre-premiere’ performance, presented to theater veterans and senior executives at the new Mariinsky Theater on the eve of its official opening in St. Petersburg, Russia . Gergiev, a conductor close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will not lead the Vienna Philharmonic […]

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US stocks fall, heading for second straight weekly loss

Currency traders watch monitors in the foreign exchange trading room at the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Asian stocks fell on Friday after a retreat on Wall Street as stocks Growing concerns that Russia could invade Ukraine have rattled global financial markets. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Ahn Young Joon […]

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Winter Olympians stand up for climate, peace amid muted activism

FILE – Taylor Gold of the United States competes in the men’s halfpipe final at the 2022 Winter Olympics Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file) Gregory Bull PA BEIJING After a morning training session at the Big Air Shougang site of the Winter Olympics, British snowboarder Katie Ormerod stopped by […]

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In Olympic curling gold medal rematch, Sweden defeats USA

Christopher Plys of the United States smiles during a men’s curling match against Sweden at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/=03372652=) Brynn Anderson PA BEIJING The US men’s curling team doesn’t dwell on the last time it faced Sweden at the Olympics. It’s thinking about next time. In a […]

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The Mexican skater is a rare Latin American in the Winter Olympics

Donovan Carrillo of Mexico competes in the men’s short program figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Natasha Pisarenko PA BEIJING They said he should play football. They said figure skating was for girls only. They said winter sports made no sense in the temperate […]

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Defense and QBs shine in 20-10 National Bowl win

Team USA running back Dameon Pierce of Florida (27) heads the ball during the first half of an NCAA Senior Bowl college football game, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) Butch Dill PA MOBILE, Ala. The passers did their best to steal the show from quarterbacks Desmond Ridder and Kenny Pickett […]

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Nathan Chen, US figure skating team at the Beijing Olympics

Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu of China compete in the ice dance team program of the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Natasha Pisarenko PA BEIJING It was supposed to be a foregone conclusion that Russia’s mighty stable of figure skaters, including world champions […]

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Tribes: Settling the opioid case will promote healing

Shawna Priest, a member of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, sits in the child care area of ​​the Jamestown Healing Clinic where she works as a medical assistant, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Sequim, Wash., as she talks about the battles her son and daughter have had with opioid addiction. The tribe is building a full-service […]

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Chloe’s change: Olympic champion Kim aims for second gold on her terms

FILE – Chloe Kim of the United States celebrates her gold medal after the women’s halfpipe final at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 13, 2018. Kim is eyeing a second gold medal in the halfpipe on his terms at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Kim claimed […]

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Antetokounmpo’s triple-double helps Bucks beat Wizards 112-98

Montrezl Harrell (6) of the Washington Wizards heads for the basket against Wesley Matthews of the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash) Aaron Gash PA MILWAUKEE Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists for his fourth triple-double of […]

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Federal: Kansas woman led all-female Islamic State battalion

FILE – The U.S. Courthouse is seen in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. A woman who once lived in Kansas has been arrested after federal prosecutors accused her of joining the Islamic State group and lead an all-female battalion of militants armed with AK-47s. The U.S. Attorney in Alexandria announced Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, […]

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Ohio lured Intel’s chip factory with $2 billion incentive package

Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger, left, speaks with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine during the announcement Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in Newark, Ohio, that Intel will invest $20 billion to build two computer chip factories on a 1,000-acre site in Licking County, Ohio, just east of Columbus. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon) Paul Vernon PA Columbus, Ohio Ohio offered […]

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Tsitsipas beats Fritz to end US men’s hopes in Australia

Taylor Fritz of the United States reacts during his fourth round match against Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/ Andy Brownbill) Andy Brownbill PA Melbourne, Australia For Taylor Fritz, the difference between reaching the Grand Slam quarter-finals for the first time and […]

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Baltic countries to ship Washington-approved weapons to Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers stand at a checkpoint near the pro-Russian rebel separation line, Mariupol, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Blinken said the United States would be open to a meeting between Putin and the US President. Joe Biden, if it would be “useful and productive”. The two met once in person in Geneva and […]

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US begins offering 1 billion free COVID tests, but many more are needed

A United States government website is seen on a computer, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Walpole, Mass., that features a page where people can order free at-home COVID-19 tests. The website, COVIDTests.gov, allows people to order four home tests per residence and have them delivered by mail. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Steven Senne PA WASHINGTON For […]

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Federal testing website launching next week, 4 tests per household

President Joe Biden speaks about the government’s response to COVID-19, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo /Andrew Harnik) Andre Harnik PA WASHINGTON The federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will begin accepting orders Wednesday […]

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Man accused of storming the Capitol made rap videos about the riot

FILE – Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. Federal authorities say a man charged this week with storming the U.S. Capitol performed songs rapping about the riot in videos posted on his YouTube channel. A relative told the FBI that Billy Knutson was a rapper […]

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Former Senate chief Harry Reid sits in state on Capitol Hill

President Joe Biden speaks at a memorial service honoring former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas on January 8, 2022. Reid will rest in State on Capitol Hill. Reid will be commemorated in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday as his colleagues and guests pay their respects to the former […]

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Coach Chameleon: Saban’s greatness lies in his adaptability

Alabama’s Jameson Williams (1) holds up the winner’s trophy as coach Nick Saban, right, and Brian Robinson Jr., left, watch after the NCAA College Football Playoff semifinal game Cotton Bowl vs. Cincinnati on Friday, December 31, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. Alabama won 27-6. (AP Photo / Jeffrey McWhorter) Jeffrey McWhorter PA INDIANAPOLIS Nick Saban stepped […]

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Chen, Zhou join Brown to form United States team for Olympics

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc compete in the pair free skating program at the US Figure Skating Championships Saturday January 8, 2022 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo / Mark Zaleski) Marc Zaleski PA NASHVILLE, Tennessee. Six-time US champion Nathan Chen and Vincent Zhou are back at the Olympics, joined by longtime fan favorite Jason Brown […]

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Omicron explosion causes service outage nationwide

John Marro, the dean of students at PS 347, The American Sign Language and English Lower School, in New York, takes students’ temperatures as they arrive on the first day after vacation, Monday, January 3, 2022. New York Schools the city reopened on Monday after the holidays despite an upsurge in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo […]

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Thousands of flights canceled, delayed at the start of the work week

FILE – Travelers sit at a gate at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, November 20, 2018, in Linthicum, Maryland. A winter storm moving through the mid-Atlantic combined with the pandemic to continue to frustrate air travelers whose return vacation flights have been canceled or delayed in the early days of the new year. More than […]

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Stocks are slightly higher as traders return from vacation

A forex trader walks past screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the exchange rate between the US dollar and the South Korean won, in the foreign exchange trading room at the headquarters of KEB Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Monday December 27, 2021. Asian stocks were mixed on Monday […]

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Peak of COVID-19 worsens extreme poverty and hunger problems in Africa

Elderly people, many without masks or not well fitted, line up tight waiting to withdraw their pensions in Harare, Zimbabwe on Monday, December 13, 2021. In Zimbabwe and other African countries , the resurgence of the virus threatens the very survival of millions of people who have already been pushed to the brink by a […]

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Pause on student loan payments extended to May 1

FILE – Students walk on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania, October 21, 2020. The Biden administration on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 extended a moratorium on student loans that allowed millions of Americans postpone paying down debt during the pandemic. As part of the action, payments on federal student loans will […]

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Column: NHL skips Olympics again, cites COVID-19 uncertainty

FILE – Canadian defenseman Shea Weber, left, stumbles over United States forward David Backes in the third period of a men’s ice hockey semi-final game at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games on Friday, February 21 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The NHL players will ultimately not participate in the next Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. A […]

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Asian stocks fall amid concerns over virus and Fed policy tightening

A woman walks past the electronic board of a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday, December 20, 2021. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Monday amid concerns over the latest variant of the coronavirus and the stricter Federal Reserve policy. (AP Photo / Koji Sasahara) Koji Sasahara PA BEIJING Asian stock markets followed […]

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AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Rauw Alejandro, higher level

Singer / rapper Rauw Alejandro, named one of AP’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year, poses for a portrait at the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas on November 18, 2021 (AP Photo / Chris Pizzello) Chris Pizzello Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP LOS ANGELES He started out wanting to be a star soccer player, but […]

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Global stocks advance after Fed steps up stimulus withdrawal

A forex trader watches monitors in the forex trading room at KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, December 16, 2021. Stocks climbed in Asia on Thursday, following the gains on Wall Street, after the the Federal Reserve said it would speed up its withdrawal from the economic stimulus. (AP Photo / […]

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Biden, Putin to discuss next week as tensions rise over Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses lawmakers in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Ukraine marks the 30th anniversary of the independence referendum. (AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky) Efrem Loukatsky PA MOSCOW President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet by phone on Tuesday as tensions between the United States and Russia escalate over […]

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Joséphine Baker, 1st black woman honored at the French Pantheon

FILE – Famous singer and jazz dancer Joséphine Baker after her performance at the “Dagmar” theater in Copenhagen in 1932. France inducts Joséphine Baker – a Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French Resistance fighter and civil rights leader – in her Pantheon, the first black woman honored in the final resting place of France’s most revered luminaries. […]

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No.19 Houston visits UConn (1 win) in season finale

New Connecticut football head coach Jim Mora is featured during an NCAA college basketball game between Connecticut and Arkansas on Sunday, November 14, 2021, in Hartford, Connecticut (AP Photo / Jessica Hill) Jessica hill PA HARTFORD EAST, Connecticut. The Houston No.19 will travel to UConn on Saturday in an attempt to avoid the overconfidence that […]

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Australia gets ‘preferred’ status for Rugby World Cup in ’27

Australia’s James O’Connor lines up a penalty kick during the International Rugby Union match between Wales and Australia at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on Saturday 20 November 2021 (AP Photo / Rui Vieira ) Rui Vieira PA LONDON The Rugby World Cup looks set to return to Australia for 2027, leaving the United States […]

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Global equities generally higher as lockdowns and inflation loom

A man walks past the electronic board of a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday, November 22, 2021. Stocks were mixed in Asia on Monday after ending the week largely down on Wall Street, despite the first Nasdaq close above 16,000. (AP Photo / Koji Sasahara) Koji Sasahara PA Markets opened higher in Europe on […]

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New hurdle for COVID-19 home testing – the holiday season

Boxes of BinaxNow home COVID-19 tests performed by Abbott and QuickVue home tests performed by Quidel are shown for sale on Monday, November 15, 2021, at a CVS store in Lakewood, Washington, south of Seattle. After weeks of shortages, retailers like CVS say they now have a sufficient supply of rapid COVID-19 test kits, but […]

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Defense chief vows to counter Iran during visit to Bahrain

FILE – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, Tuesday, September 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington . Austin, the top US defense official, will pledge on Saturday (November 20) to prevent Iran from obtaining […]