By JOHN LEICESTER, SAMUEL PETREQUIN and WILLIAM JARRETT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The date was May 7, 2017. Addressing cheering supporters, the newly elected leader of France, Emmanuel Macron, made a promise that now, in his waning 18 months as president, lies in tatters. The rival that Macron defeated that day, Marine Le Pen,
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By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Seattle 12½ 12½ (40½) at TENNESSEE at DETROIT 9½ 12½ (49½) NY Giants at BALTIMORE 14½ 13½ (44½) NY Jets at CHICAGO 1½ 2½ (46½) Pittsburgh New England 5½ 7½ (49½) at CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY 4½ 3½ (49½) Indianapolis at GREEN BAY 6½
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Simone Guimarães, a retired 52-year-old teacher in Rio de Janeiro, lost at least five relatives to COVID-19: her husband, sister, two brothers-in-law and the godfather of her grandchild. She also lost friends and neighbors. She woke to the news on Saturday that
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By BEN FINLEY, OPE ADETAYO and SAM METZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians, signaling a broader strategy since he ordered preparations for possible military action and warned that the United States could go in “guns-a-blazing” to wipe out
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By ASSANA SAMBU AND CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau will vote on Sunday in a presidential election marked by political and ethnic tensions with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo seeking a second term that would make him the nation’s first leader elected to successive terms. The presidential and parliamentary elections come at
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By MELINA WALLING Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous people filled the streets, paddled the waterways and protested at the heart of the venue to make their voices heard during the United Nations climate talks that were supposed to give them a voice like never before at the annual conference. As the talks, called
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By MELINA WALLING, ANTON L. DELGADO and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — After two weeks of negotiations, this year’s United Nations climate talks ended Saturday with a compromise that some criticized as weak and others called progress. The deal finalized at the COP30 conference pledges more money to help countries adapt to
Continue Reading Saturday No. 1 UConn (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Utah, Sunday. No. 2 South Carolina (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Queens, Sunday. No. 3 UCLA (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Southern University, Sunday. No. 4 Texas (5-0) did not play. Next: at No. 3 UCLA, Wednesday. No. 5 LSU (6-0) did not
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Midday” game were: 2, 4, 5, 7 (two, four, five, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s chaotic political universe has at least one consistent law that rises above any other: The president has no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia lawmaker who announced plans to leave Congress in January, is the latest figure to
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — As Franco Parisi tells it, he has suddenly become the most sought-after man in Chile. A populist economist who placed third in Chile’s presidential election last weekend, Parisi told The Associated Press on Saturday that he has been fielding calls all week from left-wing government officials
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s enlisting the help of legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to spruce up the courses at Joint Base Andrews — adding a site long known as the “president’s golf course” to his long list of construction projects. The president took an aerial tour of
Continue Reading EAST Albany (NY) 31, Monmouth (NJ) 24 Assumption 23, Indiana (Pa.) 20 Brown 35, Dartmouth 28 CCSU 35, Mercyhurst 28 Colgate 38, Bucknell 19 Columbia 29, Cornell 12 Duquesne 20, Robert Morris 17 Holy Cross 42, Georgetown 7 Howard 44, Norfolk St. 15 Kutztown 52, Bentley 0 LIU Brooklyn 24, Wagner 17 Lagrange 24, Framingham
Continue Reading All Times EST First Round Saturday, November 22 Kutztown 52, Bentley 0 Assumption 23, Indiana (Pa.) 20 Frostburg St. 21, Johnson C. Smith 7 California (Pa.) 27, Virginia Union 24 Albany St. (Ga.) 35, Valdosta St. 30 Benedict 25, Wingate 24 West Florida 43, North Greenville 19 Newberry 45, Kentucky St. 24 Ferris St. 65,
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By AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With his new 28-point plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump is resurfacing his argument that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn’t “have the cards” to continue on the battlefield and must come to a settlement that heavily tilts in Moscow’s favor.
Continue Reading No. 1 Ohio St. (11-0) beat Rutgers 42-9. Next: at No. 18 Michigan, Saturday. No. 2 Indiana (11-0) did not play. Next: at Purdue, Friday. No. 3 Texas A&M (11-0) beat Samford 48-0. Next: at No. 17 Texas, Friday. No. 4 Georgia (10-1) beat Charlotte 35-3. Next: at No. 15 Georgia Tech, Friday. No. 5
Continue Reading Saturday No. 1 Purdue (6-0) did not play. Next: vs. Eastern Illinois, Friday. No. 2 Houston (5-0) did not play. Next: at Syracuse, Monday. No. 3 UConn (4-1) did not play. Next: vs. Bryant, Sunday. No. 4 Arizona (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Denver, Monday. No. 5 Duke (6-0) did not play. Next: vs.
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — For the first time in its 60-year history, the Sooner Schooner, the University of Oklahoma’s iconic covered wagon mascot, was driven by a Native American woman. Brianna Howard, a junior at OU and a citizen of the Choctaw Nation, first drove the Schooner onto the field
Continue Reading Saturday, Nov. 22 EAST Albertus Magnus 65, Lehman 57 Amherst 80, Sarah Lawrence 46 Ashland 82, Indiana (PA) 80 Assumption 115, Franklin Pierce 70 Bethany (WV) 87, Mount Aloysius 81 Boston University 75, Harvard 74 Brooklyn College 69, Mount Saint Vincent 63 Buffalo State 75, Houghton 72 Carnegie Mellon 78, Penn State-Erie 62 Catholic University
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By ROB GILLIES and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Lawmakers critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians
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A Texas A&M committee agreed that the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity. The internal committee ruled that the university didn’t follow proper procedures and didn’t prove there was good cause
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Nov. 23 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 1 p.m. ESPN — Shriners Children Charleston Classic: Clemson vs. Georgia, Championship – Palmetto Bracket, Charleston, S.C. 2 p.m. CBSSN — Greenbrier Tip-Off Tournament: Butler vs. Virginia, Mountain Division, White Sulphur Springs, W.V. 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 11 5 .688 — New York 9 6 .600 1½ Philadelphia 9 6 .600 1½ Boston 8 8 .500 3 Brooklyn 3 12 .200 7½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 10 6 .625 — Atlanta 10 7 .588 ½ Orlando 10
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 14 2 .875 — 10-0 W-12 7-1 6-1 10-2 Toronto 11 5 .688 3 9-1 W-6 4-2 7-3 10-2 Cleveland 11 6 .647 3½ 7-3 W-1 7-3 4-3 10-5 Miami 10 6 .625 4 7-3 W-3 7-1 3-5 6-3 New
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Toronto 11 5 .688 — 9-1 W-6 4-2 7-3 10-2 New York 9 6 .600 1½ 7-3 L-1 8-1 1-5 6-6 Philadelphia 9 6 .600 1½ 5-5 W-1 5-3 4-3 8-6 Boston 8 8 .500 3 5-5 L-1 4-4
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 22 13 8 1 27 66 70 Tampa Bay 21 12 7 2 26 66 60 Ottawa 21 11 6 4 26 70 69 Boston 23 13 10 0 26 74 74 Montreal 21 11 7 3 25 72 76
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