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UConn vs Tennessee rivalry renewed in women’s hoops Thursday

NEW YORK — For more than a decade, the rivalry in women's basketball was Tennessee and UConn.
16:30 22 January 2022
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Unusual study details woes among veterans of foster care

NEW YORK — Americans who have spent time in foster care are far more likely than other adults to lack a college degree, health insurance and a stable ...
16:29 22 January 2022
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Cardinals WR Fitzgerald purchases minority stake in Suns

PHOENIX — Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has purchased a minority stake in the NBA's Phoenix Suns.
16:18 22 January 2022
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Fans hold on to paper planners, citing comfort, creativity

In a digital and increasingly paperless age, fans of paper planners remain enthusiastic and steadfast.
15:57 22 January 2022
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Hall of Fame HS basketball coach Morgan Wootten dies at 88

HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Morgan Wootten, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who built DeMatha High School into a national powerhouse and mentored several futur...
15:52 22 January 2022
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Spirit Tourism: Britain sees spike in visits to distilleries

Many people these days are thirsting not just for a drink but for knowledge about where it comes from. ``Spirit tourism’’ is booming across the United...
15:38 22 January 2022
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Erosion, floods make some final resting places not so final

WEYBRIDGE, Vt. — When Revolutionary War soldier Josiah Clark was buried in a small Vermont cemetery near a river bank in 1835, it was supposed to be h...
15:34 22 January 2022
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‘Sesame Street’ comforts children displaced by Syrian war

NEW YORK — “Sesame Street” in the past year has tackled everything from foster care to substance abuse. Now its latest effort is trying to help childr...
15:07 22 January 2022
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Biden downplays tensions with Sanders over Social Security

MASON CITY, Iowa — Joe Biden sought on Wednesday to ease tensions with Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders after the two candidates exchanged...
15:06 22 January 2022
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Gaultier bids the runway adieu on final day of couture

PARIS — As Jean Paul Gaultier prepared to bid adieu to the Paris couture runway with a fashion show and glitzy after-party at the Chatelet Theater, Jo...
15:05 22 January 2022
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Wife: China’s ex-Interpol boss jailed for reformist views

PARIS — In her first comments about her husband's jail sentence, the wife of the former Interpol president imprisoned in China has dismissed his bribe...
14:54 22 January 2022
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Will Grammy voters take the ‘Old Town Road’ on Sunday?

NEW YORK — The 2020 Grammy Awards are shaping up to be the night of the new kids, with Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X leading in nominations.
14:35 22 January 2022
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Everyone invited: `Great Gatsby’ copyright to end in 2021

NEW YORK — For decades, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and other characters from “The Great Gatsby” have been as real to millions of readers as people in ...
14:18 22 January 2022
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Greek islanders strongly protest overcrowded refugee camps

ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of Greek residents and business owners joined a strike and protested Wednesday on the Greek islands hardest hit by migratio...
13:44 22 January 2022
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Soccer players union promises to defend Olympic protesters

GENEVA — Soccer players who defy Olympic rules by making protest gestures at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be supported by their global union.
13:21 22 January 2022
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Why tech has been slow to fight wildfires, extreme weather

SAN FRANCISCO — For two years running , California’s wildfires have sent plumes of smoke across Silicon Valley. So far, that hasn't spurred much tech ...
12:38 22 January 2022
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Years after SARS, a more confident China faces a new virus

BEIJING — As a viral outbreak spread from the central Chinese city of Wuhan this week, the ruling Communist Party's political and legal affairs commis...
12:25 22 January 2022
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Coco Gauff sets up Osaka showdown in Australia; Serena wins

MELBOURNE, Australia — Plenty was going badly for Coco Gauff in the second round of the Australian Open.
11:49 22 January 2022
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Awake? Senators struggle to stay focused on impeachment

WASHINGTON — Adam Schiff was still speaking — about witnesses, documents, future presidents and the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He'd said i...
11:36 22 January 2022
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AP PHOTOS: After Auschwitz, survivors still bear witness

Seventy-five years after the killing stopped at Auschwitz, the survivors still bear witness, and many observe the rising hatred and anti-Semitism in t...
9:27 22 January 2022
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Auschwitz survivor who was just 2 at liberation nurses scars

MUNICH — Only 2 years old and so ill she had to stay on for weeks after liberation, Eva Umlauf was one of the youngest prisoners to be freed from Ausc...
8:22 22 January 2022
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Battle for India’s new citizenship law moves to top court

NEW DELHI — India's top court on Wednesday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nat...
7:59 22 January 2022
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China virus outbreak may wallop economy, financial markets

BANGKOK — News that a new virus that has afflicted hundreds of people in central China can spread between humans has rattled financial markets and rai...
7:41 22 January 2022
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No. 4 SDSU beats Wyoming 72-55 to match Leonard’s 20-0 start

SAN DIEGO — Malachi Flynn scored 18 points and Yanni Wetzell dominated inside with 14 points for No. 4 San Diego State, which used a suffocating defen...
6:08 22 January 2022
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The Latest: 7-time champion Djokovic advances to 3rd round

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Latest on the Australian Open (all times local):
5:34 22 January 2022
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Ugly brawl breaks out at end of Kansas State-Kansas game

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown Tuesday night with a wild melee behind the basket that included punc...
2:14 22 January 2022
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AP EXPLAINS: How India ended up in turmoil over citizenship

NEW DELHI — India has been embroiled in protests since December, when Parliament passed a bill amending the country's citizenship law. The new law pro...
1:07 22 January 2022
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Virus prompts temperature checks, extra cleaning at airports

BEIJING — Many countries are checking the temperatures of arriving airline passengers and adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to ...
0:59 22 January 2022
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More US troops under medical evaluation after missile attack

WASHINGTON — Additional U.S. troops have been flown out of Iraq for closer evaluation of potential concussion injuries from the Iranian missile attack...
0:23 22 January 2022
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Bloomberg calls for Trump’s removal in new impeachment ad

NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg launched a new impeachment-focused television ad Tuesday urging the Senate to remove Pr...
23:42 21 January 2022