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Domingo won’t perform at Tokyo Olympics cultural events

TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee said Friday opera legend Placido Domingo has said he won't perform at pre-Olympics cultural events in ...
7:29 8 November 2021
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Olympic champ’s heartfelt speech marks end of an era at WADA

KATOWICE, Poland — The only reason Beckie Scott's going-away speech to the World Anti-Doping Agency wasn't her finest moment was because of all that l...
7:01 8 November 2021
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France reopens contested Jewish tomb in east Jerusalem

JERUSALEM — French authorities reopened one of Jerusalem's most magnificent ancient tombs to the public for the first time in over a decade, despite a...
6:25 8 November 2021
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Top US diplomat struggles to shrug off impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tries to shrug off the impeachment inquiry that has ensnared the State Department and raised questions abo...
5:22 8 November 2021
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Brazil’s ex-president could be freed after top court ruling

SAO PAULO — Brazil's Supreme Court delivered a ruling that could release almost 5,000 inmates still appealing their convictions, including former Pres...
5:13 8 November 2021
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Venezuelans charting escape selling off past at flea markets

CARACAS, Venezuela — Having decided it's time to abandon her crisis-torn homeland, Yenika Calderon spreads out her worldly possessions in the middle o...
5:02 8 November 2021
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AP Explains: Why is Evo Morales facing protests in Bolivia?

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia is being wracked by its biggest protests in decades following a disputed Oct. 20 election in which President Evo Morales dec...
5:01 8 November 2021
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Celtics beat Hornets 108-87 in Walker’s return to Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jayson Tatum scored 23 points, and Kemba Walker got a win in an emotional return to Charlotte as the Boston Celtics defeated the Hor...
3:50 8 November 2021
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Pens rally to win 4-3 in OT, ending Isles’ 10-game streak

NEW YORK — Bryan Rust scored his second goal of the game in overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied past the Islanders 4-3 on Thursday night in B...
3:12 8 November 2021
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Brazil top court’s ruling could free ex-President Da Silva

SAO PAULO — Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday reached a narrow decision that could release almost 5,000 inmates who are still appealing their convict...
1:52 8 November 2021
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The captain becomes a player as Tiger Woods picks himself

Tiger Woods will have an ear piece, a radio and his golf clubs at the Presidents Cup.
1:20 8 November 2021
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Graft ruling for Malaysian ex-leader a test for government

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An important court ruling Monday in the first corruption trial of former Malaysian leader Najib Razak will be a test of the l...
1:15 8 November 2021
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Google digitizes artworks in Puerto Rico for 1st time

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The 1953 painting by Rafael Tufiño Figueroa features his mother with a red scarf on her head, a determined look on her face an...
0:59 8 November 2021
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Colorado ex-Gov. Hickenlooper’s travel ethics probe released

DENVER — A report from the Colorado Ethics commission released Thursday came to no conclusion about whether former governor and current U.S. Senate ca...
0:35 8 November 2021
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California’s worst wildfire transforms city that didn’t burn

CHICO, Calif. — Amber Blood got to Chico on Nov. 8, 2018, wearing pink slacks and her favorite white peacoat. It was all she had left.
0:34 8 November 2021
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Gap CEO Art Peck steps down amid slumping sales, stock price

NEW YORK — Gap's announced Thursday that CEO Art Peck is stepping down as the company struggles to turn around a long-standing sales slump.
0:28 8 November 2021
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Report on Uber crash questions testing of self-driving cars

DETROIT — Documents released this week by a federal agency raise questions about whether a self-driving Uber SUV that ran down a pedestrian last year ...
23:42 7 November 2021
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‘A campaign of slander’: Takeaways from impeachment witness

WASHINGTON — A senior State Department official offered some of the most pointed testimony to date in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, alleging that P...
23:26 7 November 2021
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What You Need to Know: Testimony from State Dept. official

WASHINGTON — For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees a...
23:23 7 November 2021
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Interior proposes coveted deal to ex-client of agency head

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful rural water distri...
23:08 7 November 2021
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Kanye West vows to move Yeezy manufacturing to the Americas

NEW YORK — A few fun facts about Kanye West: He's running for president in 2024, he recited color psychology to wife Kim Kardashian West as she sat in...
22:45 7 November 2021
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump assails a process he swore to uphold

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies are crying foul over an impeachment process firmly rooted in the Constitution they swore to uphold.
22:37 7 November 2021
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LSU-Alabama holds high stakes for QBs in Heisman contention

BATON ROUGE, La. — Another high stakes tilt between LSU and Alabama could once again prove pivotal in Heisman Trophy voting.
22:35 7 November 2021
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US gov’t rep unhappy with WADA lobbying effort

KATOWICE, Poland — A key American delegate at the World Anti-Doping Agency meetings lashed out at the agency's director for using government money in ...
21:52 7 November 2021
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PG&E falls into deeper hole in 3Q with $1.6 billion loss

Pacific Gas & Electric reported another huge loss on Thursday as the fallout from catastrophic wildfires blamed on its outdated transmission lines...
21:43 7 November 2021
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Celebrities, others ask Texas to halt inmate’s execution

HOUSTON — Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who is facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn't commit are mount...
21:25 7 November 2021
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Hopes rise that lifting tariffs could allow US-China accord

BEIJING — Prospects appear to have brightened for a preliminary breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war after the two sides agreed to reduce some pun...
20:24 7 November 2021
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Freshman ground gainers making impression in the Big 12

In a conference best known for producing Heisman-winning quarterbacks and Biletnikoff Award-winning receivers, Big 12 freshmen are making their names ...
19:54 7 November 2021
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Senate panel advances judicial nominee on party-line vote

WASHINGTON — A divided Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed a top aide to President Donald Trump for a federal appeals court post Thursday, despite com...
19:23 7 November 2021
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Seattle set new standards for MLS, now gets to host final

SEATTLE — As much as his lingering doubts want to convince him otherwise, Adrian Hanauer knows what's about to take place Sunday and the numbers aren'...
19:20 7 November 2021