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NCAA’s Emmert presses Senate for ‘guardrails’ on athlete pay

WASHINGTON — NCAA President Mark Emmert urged Congress to step in and put restrictions on college athletes' ability to earn money from endorsements, t...
19:31 11 February 2022
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WHO chief ‘very encouraged’ by dip in Congo Ebola cases

DAKAR, Senegal — The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that experts are "very encouraged” after only three new cases of Ebola have be...
19:06 11 February 2022
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Virus fears play out ahead of shrinking global tech event

LONDON — The impact on travel and commerce from the viral outbreak in China is playing out ahead of one of the world's biggest technology fairs schedu...
18:59 11 February 2022
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Rains flood roads, swell rivers across the Deep South

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Roads were flooded and rivers were rising across the Deep South on Tuesday after a day of heavy rains that once again threatened a ...
18:57 11 February 2022
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Louisville, defending champ Vandy college baseball favorites

With almost all of its pitching staff back from the team that made the program's deepest postseason run, Louisville begins the season Friday ranked No...
18:22 11 February 2022
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Universal will release controversial ‘Hunt’ film in March

LOS ANGELES — Universal Pictures said Tuesday that it will release the social satire “The Hunt,” a film it canceled in the wake of criticism about its...
17:53 11 February 2022
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Klinsmann quits as Hertha Berlin coach, leaves club in chaos

BERLIN — Jürgen Klinsmann surprisingly resigned as coach of Hertha Berlin on Tuesday after only nine Bundesliga games.
17:39 11 February 2022
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London police deploy face scan tech, stirring privacy fears

LONDON — London police started using facial recognition cameras on Tuesday to automatically scan for wanted people, as authorities adopt the controver...
17:18 11 February 2022
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Many winter residential evictions banned in pricey Seattle

SEATTLE — Many residential evictions in pricey Seattle have been banned for the city's coldest and wettest months of December, January and February bu...
17:12 11 February 2022
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Daytona 500: A rich, storied history on the Fun Coast

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Daytona Beach became the unofficial “Birthplace of Speed” in 1903 when two men argued over who had the fastest horseless carriag...
16:56 11 February 2022
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China’s virus crisis hits global flows of letters, parcels

PARIS — Postal operators in the United States, China and elsewhere say the suspension of flights to slow the spread of a deadly new virus is having a ...
16:39 11 February 2022
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Puppy love: Westminster dog at the heart of a human romance

NEW YORK — It’s a love story that all starts with Spuds MacKenzie.
16:36 11 February 2022
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Spanish government renews efforts to legalize euthanasia

LISBON, Portugal — Spain’s new Socialist-led government has launched another attempt to legalize euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide.
16:27 11 February 2022
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Tapes of Avenatti threats highlight extortion trial closings

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti's recorded threats to reduce the value of Nike's stock if he wasn't paid millions of dollars highlighted a prosecutor's cl...
16:20 11 February 2022
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Harris, No. 1 South Carolina earn first win over UConn 70-52

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's Tyasha Harris really thought coming in she wasn't bothered by her losing history against UConn.
14:24 11 February 2022
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UK’s Johnson backs high speed railway despite opposition

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative government on Tuesday approved an overdue, over-budget plan for a high-speed rail line linking London with central and...
14:16 11 February 2022
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Virus cases in Hong Kong apartments recall SARS memories

HONG KONG — The diagnosis of four people living in a single Hong Kong apartment block who were sickened by a new virus is prompting worried comparison...
13:11 11 February 2022
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Thanks to plant breeders, camellia moves farther north

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Remind me not to plant camellias.
13:10 11 February 2022
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Ferocious storm in Europe kills 8, causes travel disruptions

BERLIN — Ferocious winds, with gusts over 200 kph (125 mph), lashed Corsica and whipped up a forest fire that flared overnight on the French Mediterra...
12:51 11 February 2022
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China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000

BEIJING — China remains mostly closed for business, as the daily death toll from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total above 1,...
12:28 11 February 2022
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UN meeting ponders fast-track drugs, vaccines for new virus

GENEVA — The World Health Organization convened outside experts Tuesday to fast-track promising tests, drugs and vaccines to help slow the outbreak of...
12:24 11 February 2022
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UK man linked to virus spread thanks doctors for recovery

LONDON — A businessman from England who contracted the new virus from China and may have spread it through his wide travels thanked Britain's National...
11:17 11 February 2022
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Swedish star fronts skateboarding’s move to mainstream

MALMO, Sweden — Oskar Rozenberg nonchalantly drifts around the skate park before unleashing a series of high-energy tricks — mounting a wall, sliding ...
11:14 11 February 2022
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala dies at 78

JOHANNESBURG — The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, ...
10:37 11 February 2022
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Ireland faces wrangling as Sinn Fein aims to form government

LONDON — Final results in Ireland’s general election show three parties in a virtual tie for seats, signalling weeks of tense negotiations ahead to fo...
10:36 11 February 2022
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Spain searches for 67 missing at sea, rescues 119 others

MADRID — Spain on Tuesday resumed the search for 67 migrants missing from a boat trying to reach European shores a day after maritime authorities resc...
9:27 11 February 2022
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Iran remembers 1979 Islamic Revolution amid high US tension

TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Tuesday amid some of the highest tensions ev...
9:21 11 February 2022
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Mandela’s release 30 years ago birthed a new South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Thirty years ago, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment by South Africa's apartheid regime and instantly...
8:53 11 February 2022
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Is figure skating becoming acrobatics on ice?

There are times when Brian Boitano marvels at what he sees on the ice.
8:28 11 February 2022
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Daimler profits slump as auto industry comes under pressure

FRANKFURT, Germany — Automaker Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, saw profit slump in 2019 and turned in a loss for the fourth quarter.
8:03 11 February 2022