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The Latest: Baghdad residents say 3 blasts hit Green Zone

BEIRUT — The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local):
20:05 5 January 2022
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UK’s Johnson: Iranian general ‘threat to all our interests’

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the Iranian general killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq was “a threat to all our interests” ...
19:16 5 January 2022
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Graham urges Senate rules change to speed impeachment trial

WASHINGTON — Seeking to break a deadlock over President Donald Trump’s impeachment, a top Republican said Sunday he will push a change in rules that w...
18:12 5 January 2022
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Trump’s threats draw Iran’s cultural sites into tensions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's ancient and rich cultural landscape has become a potential U.S. military target as Washington and Tehran lob thre...
18:02 5 January 2022
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California eyes climate bond to prepare for disasters

SACRAMENTO, CAlif. — In a state burdened by billions of dollars in wildfire damage, California lawmakers are hoping for an advance loan before the nex...
16:26 5 January 2022
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Aussie PM defends response to fires; weather brings respite

SYDNEY — Cooling temperatures and calmer winds brought some relief Sunday to Australian communities raked by wildfires, but the heat stayed on Prime M...
15:53 5 January 2022
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Parity party has college basketball’s best on constant edge

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The season was barely a week old when Michigan State lost to Kentucky in the Champions Classic, a defeat of the nation's No. 1 team t...
15:53 5 January 2022
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On short notice, US fast-response force flies to Mideast

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Being a U.S. soldier in a fast-response force sometimes means being sent halfway across the world within a day, leaving no time to ...
14:30 5 January 2022
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Frosty encounter as England defender Stones meets his critic

MANCHESTER, England — Invited into the locker room of English champion Manchester City after their game, the journeymen players of fourth-tier English...
14:03 5 January 2022
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Local authorities: Mysterious illness in China is not SARS

BEIJING — The mysterious respiratory illness that has infected dozens of people in a central Chinese city is not SARS, local authorities said Sunday.
13:46 5 January 2022
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Weinstein’s reckoning: Trial looms 2 years after #MeToo wave

NEW YORK — More than two years after a wave of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein ushered in the #MeToo movement, the disgraced movie...
13:06 5 January 2022
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Spanish leader fails to form left-wing government on 1st try

MADRID — Spain’s interim Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez failed Sunday on the first of two chances to win the endorsement of the Spanish Parliament to fo...
12:03 5 January 2022
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Indonesia’s flooded capital disinfected to fend off disease

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Soldiers and health workers sprayed Indonesia's capital with disinfectant on Sunday to fend off possible diseases spread by massi...
11:05 5 January 2022
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Wildfires threaten unique critters on Australian ‘Galapagos’

SYDNEY — It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But de...
9:28 5 January 2022
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1 of 2 escapees from troubled Mississippi prison in custody

One of two prisoners believed to have escaped from one of several Mississippi prisons recently rocked by violence is back in custody, authorities said...
9:02 5 January 2022
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Palestinians face mounting barriers to peaceful protest

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Abdullah Abu Rahma has been arrested by Israeli soldiers eight times in the last 15 years, spending weeks or months in prison an...
6:10 5 January 2022
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Derrick Henry, Titans stun Patriots 20-13 in wild-card upset

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When the eerie Foxborough fog lifted, it became clear that New England's reign atop the NFL was ending.
5:48 5 January 2022
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Carey scores 24 to lead No. 2 Duke past Miami 95-62

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Vernon Carey Jr. scored 24 points in 25 minutes playing against his hometown team for the first time, and No. 2 Duke shot a seaso...
3:20 5 January 2022
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Texans roar past Bills for 22-19 win in OT

HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson’s teammates talked all week about how they never feel as if they’re out of any game when No. 4 is on the field.
3:13 5 January 2022
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Schauffele holds onto a 1-shot lead at Kapalua

KAPALUA, Hawaii — Xander Schauffele finished stronger than everyone around him Saturday, and it was good enough to keep a one-shot lead going into the...
1:44 5 January 2022
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Protests across US condemn action in Iran and Iraq

WASHINGTON — Demonstrators in dozens of cities around the U.S. gathered Saturday to protest the Trump administration's killing of an Iranian general a...
23:51 4 January 2022
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Azubuike leads No. 3 KU to 60-53 win over No. 16 W Virginia

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Udoka Azubuike had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Devon Dotson and Marcus Garrett made crucial plays down the stretch, and third-ranked K...
23:26 4 January 2022
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Winning streak ends for ‘amazing but human’ Shiffrin

ZAGREB, Croatia — Even Mikaela Shiffrin enjoyed Petra Vlhova’s frenetic run which ended the American’s six-race winning streak in World Cup slaloms on...
23:25 4 January 2022
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Irving rehabbing shoulder after shot, still may need surgery

NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving will keep rehabbing his right shoulder in hopes of rejoining the Brooklyn Nets this season, though acknowledged that he may ne...
23:20 4 January 2022
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Howard leads Marquette to 71-60 win over No. 10 Villanova

MILWAUKEE — Villanova coach Jay Wright said Marquette guard Markus Howard played on a different level from anyone his team could throw at him Saturday...
23:00 4 January 2022
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Hammonds, Edwards lead Georgia past No. 9 Memphis 65-62

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tom Crean and Georgia finally grabbed a win over an AP Top 25 team despite the Bulldogs' two leading scorers struggling with their sh...
22:23 4 January 2022
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Mississippi says two inmates escaped from troubled prison

Mississippi authorities were searching for two prisoners believed to have escaped Saturday from one of several prisons rocked by violence that has lef...
21:48 4 January 2022
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Bourdais, Hinchcliffe casualties of cruel IndyCar offseason

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Sebastien Bourdais spent a day in early November helping IndyCar iron out the wrinkles on its newest safety innovation. He'd bee...
19:58 4 January 2022
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Rod Stewart, son, accused of battery in New Year’s Eve fight

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rock icon Rod Stewart and his son are facing simple battery charges after an altercation with a security guard during a privat...
17:34 4 January 2022
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Djokovic clinches Serbia’s win; Nadal’s Spain beats Georgia

BRISBANE, Australia — Novak Djokovic got more than he bargained for in his first competitive match of 2020 before fending off Kevin Anderson 7-6 (5),...
17:07 4 January 2022