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Arizona Cardinals spoil Tua Tagovailoa’s return from concussion with game-winning field goal as time expired

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The Arizona Cardinals spoiled Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s return from last month’s concussion Sunday. Down 27-25 in the fourth, kicker Chad Ryland nailed a 34-yard field goal as time expired to deliver the 28-27 win for Arizona. Tagovailoa was playing in his first game since September 12. He

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Japan plunged into political uncertainty after voters deliver dramatic defeat to longtime ruling party

By Helen Regan and Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the country’s longtime ruling party in elections Sunday, plunging the world’s fourth largest economy into a rare period of political uncertainty. Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed almost continuously since 1955, has lost its parliamentary majority in the

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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ misses projections as superhero films’ grip on theaters loosens

AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Venom: The Last Dance” showed less bite than expected at the box office, collecting $51 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, significantly down from the alien symbiote franchise’s previous entries. Projections for the third “Venom” film from Sony Pictures had been closer to $65

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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate hospitalized with severe health issues

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists say Iranian authorities have allowed imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to be hospitalized after almost nine weeks of feeling sick. Mohammadi is being held at Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, which houses political prisoners and those with Western ties. She already had been serving a 30-month sentence,

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Vance calls Russia an American adversary but won’t label Moscow as an enemy

Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says Russia is a U.S. adversary but suggests it’s counterproductive to approach Moscow as an enemy. The Ohio senator also said Donald Trump is committed to NATO, the transatlantic military alliance seen as the bulwark preventing further Russian aggression in Europe, although the

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Polls close in Uzbekistan’s parliamentary election held without real opposition

Polls have closed in Uzbekistan’s parliamentary election that featured no real opposition to the Central Asian country’s strongman president. That’s despite a recent overhaul of the electoral system and years of reform that have included economic liberalization and easing censorship. Shavkat Mirziyoyev retains a tight grip on power in the country of 37 million. He

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They came to America looking for better lives — and better schools. The results were mixed

AP Education Writer AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The school system in Aurora, Colorado, is striving to accommodate more than 3,000 new students mostly from Venezuela and Colombia. Teachers have been helping them by translating vocabulary and handing out written instructions in Spanish. Outside the classrooms, it’s a different story. City Council has tried to dissuade

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