Former Miami booster among those with sentences commuted by Biden
AP Sports Writer Nevin Shapiro, the former Miami booster whose rogue involvement with the school led to a massive NCAA investigation and significant…
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Reynolds gives Wrexham locals early Christmas gifts and watches team play with famous guests
WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Ryan Reynolds has treated Wrexham’s locals to an early Christmas present on his latest trip to north Wales and he brought…
Continue ReadingPelosi has hip replacement surgery at a US military hospital in Germany after a fall
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had hip replacement surgery Saturday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany…
Continue ReadingStorms encase Iowa and eastern Nebraska in ice and generate first tornado warning in San Francisco
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A major ice storm created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska this weekend and…
Continue ReadingWomen’s right activists rally in France ahead of Gisèle Pelicot’s rape trial verdict
AVIGNON, France (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered in the southern French town of Avignon ahead of the verdict in a mass-rape trial in which…
Continue ReadingPalestinian refugees return to Yarmouk amid questions about their place in the new Syria
Associated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — Palestinian refugees, whose homes in the Yarmouk camp near Damascus were destroyed during Syria’s civil war,…
Continue ReadingFilipino woman on Indonesia death row recalls a stunning last minute reprieve and ‘miracle’ transfer
Associated Press YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an…
Continue ReadingEnbridge pipeline spills 70,000 gallons of oil in Wisconsin
OAKLAND, Wis. (AP) — Officials say roughly 70,000 gallons of oil from a pipeline spilled into the ground in Wisconsin. The problem was discovered…
Continue ReadingCharles Dickens’ characters come alive in a Dutch town enamored with the English author
Associated Press DEVENTER, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950…
Continue ReadingFormer Manhattan prosecutor to represent suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has added a prominent defense lawyer to his legal team as…
Continue ReadingOne person fatally shot at US Army base in Georgia in ‘isolated’ incident
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. Army installation in Georgia was locked down after a person was shot and killed in what base authorities described as an…
Continue ReadingUS officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Blinken says
AP Diplomatic Writer AQABA, Jordan (AP) — American officials have been in direct contact with the terrorist-designated rebel group that led the…
Continue ReadingHere’s what to know about the US push for stability in post-Assad Syria
AP Diplomatic Writer AQABA, Jordan (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up perhaps his last Middle East mission as America’s top…
Continue ReadingCyclone Chido kills several in French territory of Mayotte before heading for Africa’s east coast
Associated Press MORONI, Comoros (AP) — Officials say the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean has suffered extensive damage from…
Continue ReadingTrump gets warm welcome as he watches Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny
Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump huddled with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday’s…
Continue ReadingUkrainian drones strike Russia as Kyiv reels from consecutive massive air attacks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drone strikes on southern Russia killed a 9-year-old boy and set fire to a major oil terminal, officials said…
Continue ReadingIran sentences an Iranian-American journalist to 10 years in prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years on prison after finding him…
Continue ReadingEx-Bolsonaro Cabinet minister arrested in Brazil over alleged coup plot
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have arrested Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s…
Continue ReadingSerbia’s main gas supplier that is controlled by Russia faces US sanctions, president says
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says the United States plans to introduce sanctions against Serbia’s main gas supplier that is…
Continue ReadingUS Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa in Japan to Guam under plan agreed 12 years ago
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on…
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