Racist abuse of Vinícius Júnior highlights entrenched problem in soccer
By TALES AZZONI and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers MADRID (AP) — The vicious, relentless and high-profile racist insults directed at Brazilian…
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Pride becomes a minefield for big companies, but many continue their support
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Many big companies, including Target and Bud Light’s parent, are still…
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Permit-to-purchase: Oregon’s tough new gun law faces federal court test
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal trial over Oregon’s voter-approved gun control measure opened Monday in Portland,…
Continue ReadingPermit-to-purchase: Oregon’s tough new gun law faces federal court test
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal trial over Oregon’s voter-approved gun control measure opened Monday in Portland,…
Continue ReadingCalifornia officials: Florida picked up asylum-seekers on Texas border and flew them to Sacramento
By TRÂN NGUYỄN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials say the state of Florida has twice picked…
Continue ReadingSoccer authorities move toward tougher sanctions for racial abuse over last decade
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — When Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the field to protest being racially abused by an opposing…
Continue ReadingSoccer authorities move toward tougher sanctions for racial abuse over last decade
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — When Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the field to protest being racially abused by an opposing…
Continue ReadingUndercover observers track racism, discrimination at European soccer games
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Among the thousands of fans in the stands at Europe’s biggest soccer games are…
Continue ReadingUndercover observers track racism, discrimination at European soccer games
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Blend in. Stay alert. Feign excitement if you must. Among the thousands of fans…
Continue ReadingRacism on the soccer field took a toll on Black players in England
By JAMES ROBSON and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers MANCHESTER, England (AP) — When racism was rife in English soccer and hooliganism was on the…
Continue ReadingRacism on the soccer field took a toll on Black players in England
By JAMES ROBSON and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers MANCHESTER, England (AP) — When racism was rife in English soccer and hooliganism was on the…
Continue Reading‘Like entering a forest’: Inside Asia’s largest timber building
Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — Singapore has long billed itself as a “garden city,” a term coined in the 1960s by the country’s…
Continue ReadingAustralia to triple size of protected marine park to area larger than Germany
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Australia plans to triple the size of an ecologically important marine park and close off an area larger than…
Continue ReadingFact checking Nikki Haley’s CNN town hall in Iowa
CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley participated in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Sunday. Though the former…
Continue ReadingJobert’s home run in eighth leads LSU to 6-5 win over Oregon State at Baton Rouge Regional
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Brayden Jobert hit a leadoff home run in the eighth inning, lifting LSU to a 6-5 victory over Oregon State on Sunday in a…
Continue ReadingFact checking Nikki Haley’s CNN town hall in Iowa
By CNN Staff (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley participated in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Sunday. Though the former South…
Continue ReadingAward-winning Hong Kong journalist wins appeal in rare court ruling upholding media freedom
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won an appeal quashing a conviction related to research…
Continue ReadingJoran van der Sloot será entregado a las autoridades estadounidenses el 8 de junio, dicen autoridades de Perú
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Las autoridades peruanas le dijeron a CNN que Joran van der Sloot será entregado a las…
Continue ReadingIndiana State tops Iowa for second time, wins Terre Haute Regional
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Simon Gregersen struck out six of the 10 outs he recorded to close out Indiana State’s 11-8 win over Iowa to win the…
Continue ReadingSeries tied: Heat roar back in the 4th quarter, beat Nuggets 111-108 in Game 2 of NBA Finals
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer DENVER (AP) — Staring down a 2-0 deficit in the NBA Finals, as the visitors in a hostile arena where no road…
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