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Irving scores 50 but misses last shot, Wolves top Nets in OT

NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving scored 50 points in a record-setting Nets debut, but lost his balance and missed a potential winning shot that allowed the Min...
2:45 24 October 2021
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Eager to leave scandal, Nissan shows off smooth-driving tech

YOKOSUKA, Japan — An electric car with smooth four-wheel drive and a virtual friend for the coming age of automated driving are among the technology i...
1:06 24 October 2021
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Manfred discounts drop in home runs during postseason

HOUSTON — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred discounts the drop in home runs during the postseason and expects to receive a new report from scientists ...
0:46 24 October 2021
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California utility begins another blackout amid fire fears

SAN FRANCISCO — Lights went out across large portions of Northern California on Wednesday, as the state's largest utility began its second massive bla...
0:13 24 October 2021
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Syria’s Assad gets a prize with US withdrawal, Russia deal

BEIRUT — Once again, Syrian President Bashar Assad has snapped up a prize from world powers that have been maneuvering in his country's multi-front wa...
23:22 23 October 2021
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Homeless people find friends, ease stress in tai chi class

SALT LAKE CITY — On a quiet morning outside a library in Salt Lake City, about 70 people are kicking and slicing at the air as they practice the ancie...
23:05 23 October 2021
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Protests rage in Chile despite president’s reform promise

SANTIAGO, Chile — Tens of thousands of protesters flooded Chile's capital, setting up flaming barricades and clashing with riot police Wednesday after...
22:02 23 October 2021
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No. 1 Michigan State will find out soon how it stacks up

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State's basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the preseason for the first time and is looking forward to validating the vo...
21:08 23 October 2021
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The Latest: Edison increase estimate of possible power cuts

SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on planned power shutoffs to prevent wildfires (all times local):
21:04 23 October 2021
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Rose McGowan sues alleging intimidation by Weinstein, others

LOS ANGELES — Actress Rose McGowan has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Harvey Weinstein and two of his former attorneys engaged in racketeering ...
20:14 23 October 2021
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Mom’s murder case raises questions about what doctors knew

DENVER — Olivia Gant's mother brought her to the emergency room when she was 2, saying the girl was having trouble eating.
20:04 23 October 2021
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Judge tells State Dept. to begin producing Ukraine records

WASHINGTON — A judge on Wednesday ordered the State Department to begin producing within 30 days documents related to the Trump administration's deali...
19:42 23 October 2021
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Lebanon protests receive backing from religious leaders

BEIRUT — Anti-government rallies received major support Wednesday from the country's Christian and Muslim leaders who described the weeklong protests ...
19:11 23 October 2021
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As teachers strike, Chicago mayor offers $838M deficit fix

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who's still trying to settle a nearly week-old teacher's strike, proposed a combination of debt refinancing, t...
19:09 23 October 2021
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Lizzo extends the writing credits for her hit ‘Truth Hurts’

NEW YORK — Lizzo is sharing writing credit on her hit song "Truth Hurts" with the creator behind the song's signature line, but not with two other wri...
19:02 23 October 2021
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Democrat Buttigieg used marijuana ‘a handful of times’

LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that he's used marijuana "a handful of times a long time ago," and that it...
18:44 23 October 2021
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PM Conte defends Italy’s intelligence contacts with US

MILAN — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said Wednesday U.S. Attorney General William Barr was seeking information about the activities of FBI agents as...
18:39 23 October 2021
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Cummings lying in repose at historically black college

BALTIMORE — Mourners, constituents and other well-wishers paid respects to U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings on Wednesday as his body lay in repose at a histo...
18:27 23 October 2021
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Leader of South Africa’s leading opposition party resigns

JOHANNESBURG — The first black leader of South Africa's largest opposition party resigned Wednesday in a blow to efforts to shed the liberal party's i...
17:57 23 October 2021
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2 Giuliani associates plead not guilty in campaign-cash case

NEW YORK — Two Rudy Giuliani associates, both wearing American flag lapel pins, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they used foreign money to mak...
17:56 23 October 2021
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The Latest: EU lawmaker backs 3-month Brexit extension

LONDON — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):
17:17 23 October 2021
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Biden: Trump has ‘no idea’ about working-class struggles

SCRANTON, Pa. — Joe Biden hammered President Donald Trump's treatment of the middle class as he campaigned Wednesday in his childhood hometown of Scra...
17:12 23 October 2021
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Black Baptist church shaped Cummings’ commitment

DETROIT — To many black clergy, Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was more than a formidable orator, civil rights champion and passionate public servan...
17:06 23 October 2021
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Federal judges seem skeptical of Trump arguments in tax case

NEW YORK — Three judges on a federal appeals panel appeared inclined Wednesday to reject arguments that President Donald Trump's tax returns can't be ...
16:27 23 October 2021
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Johnson’s future, and UK’s, rests on EU move on Brexit delay

LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has long argued that Brexit will let Britain "take back control" from the European Union.
16:25 23 October 2021
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Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire permanent

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will lift sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally agreed to permanently stop fighting Kurdish fo...
16:22 23 October 2021
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Missouri farmer charged in killing of Wisconsin brothers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri cattle farmer was charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of two brothers from Wi...
16:21 23 October 2021
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Someone to love: Rising Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi

NEW YORK — Breakthrough singer Lewis Capaldi is such a nice guy that after you and he breakup, he writes songs about the experience, then let's you pr...
16:13 23 October 2021
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Sri Lanka spy chief blamed for failures before Easter attack

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan parliamentary committee that investigated last April's Easter suicide bombings has concluded that the country's spy ...
16:08 23 October 2021
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Lawyer for Kavanaugh accuser to investigate Baltimore police

A former federal prosecutor who represented one of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's accusers will lead an independent review of a corrupti...
16:04 23 October 2021