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No. 6 Baylor wins 9th in row 83-57 win over Jackson State

WACO, Texas — Jared Butler scored 18 points, Freddie Gillespie had another double-double and No. 6 Baylor won its ninth game in a row, beating Jackson...
22:36 30 December 2022
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Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board

FORT MADISON, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg said Monday that he “would not have wanted to see” his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company...
22:27 30 December 2022
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Mexico’s Zapatistas host “Women Who Fight” gathering

CARACOL MORELIA, Mexico — More than 3,000 women came together in an autonomous Zapatista enclave in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas over the week...
22:20 30 December 2022
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Cliffs, jungle a big hurdle for feds in Hawaii copter crash

HONOLULU — The remote and rugged terrain on the Hawaiian island of Kauai where a sightseeing helicopter crashed, killing all seven people aboard, coul...
22:09 30 December 2022
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Marijuana dispensary opens in Nevada-Utah border city

SALT LAKE CITY — The first recreational marijuana dispensary opened Monday in a northeastern Nevada border city known for its casinos, but Utah reside...
20:32 30 December 2022
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Gonzaga stays No. 1 in men’s AP Top 25; Oregon into top 5

A light holiday schedule led to a rare quiet week atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll.
19:05 30 December 2022
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Queen Elizabeth’s daughter is hardest-working royal, again!

LONDON — Being a member of the British royal family isn't the easiest job on earth, if TV shows and movies provide accurate pictures. But how much do ...
18:50 30 December 2022
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Spain: Socialists pin future government on Catalan’s release

MADRID — Two left-wing parties striving to form Spain's first coalition government in decades joined forces Monday announcing plans to hike taxes on t...
18:07 30 December 2022
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Iowa woman accused of racist attacks to undergo mental tests

DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge Monday approved a competency evaluation of a woman accused of hate crimes in the Des Moines area, including intentionally r...
17:48 30 December 2022
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Turkey seeks parliament approval to dispatch troops to Libya

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's government on Monday submitted a motion to parliament seeking approval to deploy troops to Libya, arguing that the conflict ...
17:47 30 December 2022
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Sports quirks in 2019: Golf balls, oddballs, watches, pants

Sometimes the general managers and player personnel directors on Mount Olympus look down on some lucky soul and declare: This is your moment.
17:17 30 December 2022
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Lifetime returns to R. Kelly with a new powerful series

NEW YORK — Few TV documentary series can boast having a more powerful real world impact than “Surviving R. Kelly.”
16:51 30 December 2022
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Beckham’s Inter Miami taps Diego Alonso as first coach

MIAMI — David Beckham’s new MLS team finally has its first coach, with Inter Miami hiring Diego Alonso.
16:38 30 December 2022
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Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes dies at age 75

LONDON — Comedic writer and actor Neil Innes, who created a Beatles parody group called the Rutles and frequently worked with the members of Monty Pyt...
16:10 30 December 2022
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Ex-judicial candidate disciplined for anti-Muslim comments

MIAMI — A retired Florida lawyer and former judicial candidate has been disciplined by the Florida Supreme Court for making disparaging comments on so...
15:37 30 December 2022
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Forest ecologist helps refashion Barbie dolls as scientists

SALT LAKE CITY — When Nalini Nadkarni was a kid, she’d run home from school, climb into one of the eight maple trees in her parents’ backyard and spen...
15:29 30 December 2022
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California’s Gov. Newsom had ‘baptism by fire’ in 1st year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — During his inaugural address last January, California Gov. Gavin Newsom made only a passing reference to wildfires and never ment...
14:34 30 December 2022
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French unions behind strikes get public funds

PARIS — As France's strikes entered their 26th day Monday, some in the country are questioning if the labor unions that are driving the crippling stop...
14:29 30 December 2022
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Fred Graham, pioneering legal affairs journalist, dies at 88

WASHINGTON — Fred P. Graham, who covered the Supreme Court and momentous legal affairs of his era for The New York Times, CBS News and Court TV, has d...
13:26 30 December 2022
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Liz Weston: When leasing a car is the more frugal option

If you need a car, the most frugal option is to buy one that’s 2 to 3 years old, pay cash and drive it until the wheels fall off.
12:14 30 December 2022
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Sudan sentences 27 to death for torturing, killing protester

CAIRO — A court in Sudan on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country's security forces to death for torturing and killing a detained protester durin...
10:58 30 December 2022
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2020 Watch: Messy primary finally meets election year

ATLANTA — The presidential politics calendar turned to 2020 nearly a year ago. This week, the actual date catches up. What we’re watching as the prese...
10:21 30 December 2022
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Putin weighs future options as he marks 20 years in power

MOSCOW — As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks two decades in power , he boasts about his achievements but remains coy about his political future ...
9:40 30 December 2022
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Taliban attack Afghan forces in country’s north, killing 14

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban targeted a pro-government militia compound in northern Afghanistan before dawn on Monday, killing 14 members of the A...
8:57 30 December 2022
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New Year’s fireworks OK’d in Sydney as wildfire risk worsens

PERTH, Australia — Sydney will set off its iconic New Year's fireworks display after being granted an exemption to a total fire ban Monday as other Au...
8:08 30 December 2022
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Congressman John Lewis says cancer is his latest battle

ATLANTA — As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 196...
6:58 30 December 2022
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After brain surgery, Jimmy Carter returns to hometown church

PLAINS, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter publicly appeared Sunday at the Georgia church where he worships for the first time since undergoing brain...
6:50 30 December 2022
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In Afghanistan, jailed Taliban await peace, their freedom

PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan — Thousands of Taliban prisoners jailed in Afghanistan as insurgents see a peace deal being hammered out between the United...
6:11 30 December 2022
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As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — Guess who's getting used to working with robots in their everyday lives? The very same warehouse workers once predicted to be los...
5:13 30 December 2022
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Saints finish 13-3 but miss out on first-round bye

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It turns out 13 wins weren't enough to earn the New Orleans Saints a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs.
4:38 30 December 2022