By EMILIE CHETTY Associated Press VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — Opposition leader Patrick Herminie won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in a runoff vote, according to official results released early Sunday. Herminie garnered 52.7% of the vote, with Ramkalawan taking 47.3%, the results showed. Herminie represents the United Seychelles party, which
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Midday” game were: 3, 5, 6 (three, five, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said Saturday that combining the TV rights of all conferences to sell together wouldn’t serve as a quick fix for college sports and might not be a fix at all. Sankey, speaking before the Florida-Texas A&M football game, outlined why
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Saturday At Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas Qualifying after two rounds Top Fuel 1. Shawn Langdon, 3.684 seconds, 338.88 mph vs. 16. Mitch King, 4.030, 302.30; 2. Shawn Reed, 3.685, 333.56 vs. 15. Kyle Satenstein, 3.948, 278.79; 3. Justin Ashley, 3.688, 338.02 vs. 14. Doug Foley, 3.826, 321.41; 4. Antron Brown, 3.695,
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79. A family member told The Associated Press that Keaton died in
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EAST Albright 38, Alvernia 14 Amherst 34, Bowdoin 7 Army 24, Charlotte 7 Assumption 24, Pace 7 Bates 35, Tufts 28 Bentley 59, Post 0 Bluefield State 30, Lincoln (Pa.) 27 CCSU 24, Robert Morris 12 Case Western 62, Allegheny 21 Catholic 20, Juniata 17 Charleston (WV) 20, Wheeling Jesuit 13 Christopher Newport 69, Castleton
Continue Reading No. 1 Ohio St. (6-0) beat No. 17 Illinois 34-16. Next: at Wisconsin, Saturday. No. 2 Miami (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Louisville, Friday. No. 3 Oregon (5-1) lost to No. 7 Indiana 30-20. Next: at Rutgers, Saturday. No. 4 Mississippi (6-0) beat Washington St. 24-21. Next: at No. 10 Georgia, Saturday. No. 5
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By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For months, bubbling trade tensions between China and the U.S. seemed to calm to a simmer, with words like “thaw” and “truce” swapped in for warnings of economic “war.” Now, hostilities appear to be returning to full boil. A series of tit-for-tat moves this week
Continue ReadingOSLO, Norway (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters lit flares and waved flags as they marched to the stadium ahead of Norway’s 5-0 World Cup qualifying win over Israel on Saturday. Public broadcaster NRK said around 1,000 protesters arrived at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. A banner about the war in Gaza was carried by the protesters
Continue ReadingBy FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ Associated Press POZA RICA, Mexico (AP) — Some people in the low-lying working class neighborhoods of Poza Rica heard the wall of water before they saw it. The loudest sound was from the cars crashing together as they were swept along by the water that had escaped from the banks of the
Continue ReadingGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war and as a ceasefire holds in its second day. The footage taken by The Associated Press on Saturday shows few buildings still standing in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood. The rest appear to be gutted. Piles
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — At least 237 people were arrested Saturday in Ivory Coast during a protest against what activists called the country’s authoritarian drift, according to a statement by the Minister of the Interior and Security on national television. Protesters reported the use of tear gas and makeshift roadblocks near the planned start
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy as part of a new phase of treating the aggressive form of prostate cancer he was diagnosed with after leaving office, a spokesperson said Saturday. “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marc Maron drops the 1,686th and final episode of his “WTF” podcast Monday. The show began with the comic and actor mainly interviewing stand-up comedians. Maron would go on to talk to legends of music and Hollywood, and a sitting president. Here’s a look at
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Oct. 12 AUTO RACING 10 a.m. FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Texas Motorplex, Ennis, Texas (Taped) 4:30 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: NHRA: The Texas NHRA FallNationals, Texas Motorplex, Ennis, Texas (Taped) 5:30 p.m. USA — NASCAR Cup Series: The South Point
Continue Reading All Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 20 7 6 66 57 33 Cincinnati 19 9 5 62 49 40 Inter Miami CF 18 7 8 62 76 53 Charlotte FC 18 13 2 56 53 46 New York City FC 17 11 5 56 49 42 Nashville 16 11
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 3 3 0 0 6 11 5 Boston 3 3 0 0 6 10 5 Montreal 3 2 1 0 4 10 8 Toronto 2 1 1 0 2 8 8 Detroit 2 1 1 0 2 7 8 Ottawa
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Boston 3 3 0 0 6 10 5 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Florida 3 3 0 0 6 11 5 3-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 Carolina 2 2 0 0 4 10 6 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 Montreal 3 2 1 0 4 10
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 3 0 1.000 — Toronto 2 1 .667 1 Boston 1 1 .500 1½ Brooklyn 1 1 .500 1½ Philadelphia 0 3 .000 3 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 2 0 1.000 — Atlanta 1 1 .500 1 Charlotte 1
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Florida 3 3 0 0 6 11 5 3-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 Boston 3 3 0 0 6 10 5 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Montreal 3 2 1 0 4 10 8 0-0-0 2-1-0 1-1-0 Toronto 2 1 1 0
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 153 113 3-1-0 1-0-0 3-1-0 1-0-0 2-1-0 New England 4 2 0 .667 150 120 1-2-0 3-0-0 2-2-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 Miami 1 5 0 .167 134 174 1-2-0 0-3-0 1-4-0 0-1-0 1-2-0 N.Y.
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 153 113 New England 4 2 0 .667 150 120 Miami 1 5 0 .167 134 174 N.Y. Jets 0 6 0 .000 123 170 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 5 1 0 .833 194
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A shelling and drone attack by the Sudanese paramilitary forces hit a shelter in a besieged city in the Darfur region, killing at least 53 people, a doctors’ group said Saturday. The onslaught was the latest in Sudan’s more than two-year war. The Sudan Doctors’ Network, a
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By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, SAM METZ, SARAH EL DEEB and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza ceasefire held in its second day as tens of thousands of Palestinians returned to their neighborhoods Saturday and Israelis cheered Monday’s expected release of remaining hostages. “Gaza is completely destroyed. I have no
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Conservative leaders feel they now have the political will to remove key pieces of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972 to
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military’s most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in coming weeks. The parade, which began
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At a five-star resort tucked in the mountains of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the cryptocurrency industry was celebrating a historic start to the year on Capitol Hill. Its priorities were sailing through Congress with unusual speed and one senator did not hesitate to say why. Sen. Tim
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L’HAY-LES-ROSES, France (AP) — France’s newly re-appointed prime minister acknowledged Saturday that there weren’t ″a lot of candidates″ for his job — and that he might not last long in the post given the country’s deep political divides. Sebastien Lecornu, renamed by President Emmanuel Macron late Friday after a week of political chaos, called for
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens’ famed Acropolis Hill, visitors can now enjoy something not seen in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding-free view of the Parthenon temple. The scaffolding set up along the 5th century B.C. temple’s western façade for conservation work about 20 years
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By The Associated Press Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused blackouts across much of the country, and European leaders agreed to proceed toward using hundreds of billions of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s war effort.
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