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Boeing crew capsule returning to Earth after aborted flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing aimed to bring its Starliner crew capsule back to Earth on Sunday to end its first test flight, a mission cut short by a...
22:40 21 December 2021
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Carter, NCA&T rout Alcorn State 64-44 in Celebration Bowl

ATLANTA — Kylil Carter passed for six touchdowns and North Carolina A&T racked up enormous offensive totals to beat Alcorn State 64-44 in the Cele...
22:35 21 December 2021
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Texans win AFC South title with victory over Bucs

TAMPA, Fla. — Bradley Roby returned one of Jameis Winston’s four interceptions for a touchdown and Ka’imi Fairburn snapped a fourth-quarter tie with h...
21:54 21 December 2021
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Macron vows to keep fighting extremism in West Africa

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — France's President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to boost the fight against Islamic extremism in West Africa as French troops kille...
20:38 21 December 2021
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Man City beats Leicester, shows stomach for EPL title fight

If any team has a chance of stopping Liverpool marching to a first English league title in 30 years, it looks to be Manchester City rather than Leices...
19:42 21 December 2021
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No. 1 KU falls to No. 18 Villanova on Samuels’ 3-pointer

PHILADELPHIA — Jermaine Samuels hit a winning 3-pointer with 20.5 seconds left to lead No. 18 Villanova to a 56-55 victory on Saturday over Kansas, th...
19:28 21 December 2021
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Buttigieg leads 2020 rivals in Wall Street contributions

WASHINGTON — The financial sector, blamed by progressives for spawning the 2008 economic collapse, is lining up behind Pete Buttigieg’s presidential c...
18:01 21 December 2021
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Buttigieg playing catchup in reaching Nevada voters of color

LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is working to make inroads with Latino, black and Asian American voters in Las Vegas this...
15:25 21 December 2021
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Kansas city’s move against paper strikes some as retaliation

TOPEKA, Kan. — A growing community near Kansas City has decided to stop publishing its legal notices in its hometown newspaper, describing the move as...
15:14 21 December 2021
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House vote locks in impeachment as issue in ’20 Hill races

WASHINGTON — The day after nearly every House Democrat voted to impeach President Donald Trump, the chief of the House Republican campaign committee s...
14:57 21 December 2021
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Second Amendment Sanctuary push aims to defy new gun laws

BUCKINGHAM, Va. — A standing-room only crowd of more than 400 packed the meeting room, filled the lobby and spilled into the parking lot recently in r...
14:23 21 December 2021
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India suspends internet and phone services to quell protests

NEW DELHI — Indian authorities have stepped up phone and mobile internet shutdowns in some parts of the country in an effort to thwart a groundswell o...
11:04 21 December 2021
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More protests as India grapples with citizenship law fallout

NEW DELHI — Police in the Indian capital charged more than a dozen people with rioting and the government asked broadcasters to refrain from using con...
8:03 21 December 2021
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New Zealanders hand in 50,000 guns after assault weapon ban

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand authorities said Saturday their country will be a safer place after owners handed in more than 50,000 guns durin...
5:51 21 December 2021
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Buttigieg backers defend ‘wine cave’ fundraiser

RUTHERFORD, Calif. — The California winemakers who hosted a dinner at a “wine cave” for Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg are defending t...
5:13 21 December 2021
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Klobuchar steps up hits on Buttigieg with Iowa vote looming

CENTERVILLE, Iowa — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has argued for weeks that Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of a small Indiana city, doesn't have enough expe...
5:05 21 December 2021
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Australia battles ‘catastrophic’ wildfires as PM rushes home

PERTH, Australia — Australia’s most populous state was paralyzed by “catastrophic” fire conditions Saturday amid souring temperatures, while one perso...
3:45 21 December 2021
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Trump signs $1.4 trillion in spending, avoids shutdown

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump signed off Friday on nearly $1.4 trillion in spending that will keep the government funded through Sept...
3:32 21 December 2021
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Man who kidnapped Wisconsin teen: She was ‘terrified of me’

MINNEAPOLIS — A man convicted of kidnapping a Wisconsin girl and killing her parents told police after his arrest that he never thought Jayme Closs wo...
1:39 21 December 2021
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NBA sends teams proposal for 78-game season, other changes

MIAMI — The NBA has sent a proposal to teams calling for a 78-game regular season, along with an in-season tournament for all teams and a reseeding of...
1:21 21 December 2021
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Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos

NEW YORK — Twitter has identified and removed nearly 6,000 accounts that it said were part of a coordinated effort by Saudi government agencies and in...
1:18 21 December 2021
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Swimming reinvents itself with glitz and cash of pro league

LAS VEGAS — In a darkened arena on the Las Vegas Strip, swimming is being reinvented. Some of the sport's biggest names are competing in the grand fin...
0:20 21 December 2021
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DHS watchdog finds no wrongdoing in deaths of 2 migrant kids

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog found no wrongdoing or misconduct by immigration officials in the deaths of two m...
23:52 20 December 2021
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Son of Russian spies relieved to keep Canadian citizenship

TORONTO — The son of a Russian spy couple who lived clandestine lives in Canada and the United States said Friday that he wants a future in Canada aft...
23:34 20 December 2021
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Police say Texas mother found dead was strangled, baby safe

AUSTIN, Texas — More than a week after a 33-year-old Texas mother and her infant daughter vanished, authorities said Friday they found the woman dead ...
23:28 20 December 2021
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Boy kidnapped in 1964 found through ancestry sites

CHICAGO — A Michigan man recently identified as the newborn boy snatched from his mother in 1964 by someone posing as a maternity-ward nurse was found...
22:44 20 December 2021
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Acclaimed author and journalist Ward Just dead at 84

NEW YORK — Ward Just, a highly regarded political and war correspondent for The Washington Post who later drew upon his experiences for such acclaimed...
22:19 20 December 2021
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South Dakota ballot will include medical marijuana measure

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota voters will decide on a measure to allow medicinal marijuana after a petition to put the issue on the November ballot...
21:59 20 December 2021
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Trump adviser: Expect more aggressive poll watching in 2020

MADISON, Wis. — One of President Donald Trump’s top re-election advisers told influential Republicans in swing state Wisconsin that the party has “tra...
21:15 20 December 2021
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Montana vape shop turns to home kits to dodge flavored ban

HELENA, Mont. — A Montana vape store chain has announced plans to offer customers do-it-yourself vaping kits to combat the state's new temporary ban o...
20:56 20 December 2021