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Them again: Djokovic and Nadal to meet in Italian Open final

ROME (AP) — Maybe the new generation of tennis players isn’t quite so ready to end the eras of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal....
19:48 15 May 2021

Popovich misses game to attend Duncan’s Hall enshrinement

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Gregg Popovich took Saturday off, for good reason. There was no way he was going to miss Tim Duncan’s enshrinement into the B...
19:01 15 May 2021

Police fire tear gas on banned Palestinian march in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Saturday in Paris as protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip defied...
18:53 15 May 2021

Juve beats Inter to keep alive CL bid, Atalanta qualifies

ROME (AP) — Juventus kept alive its Champions League qualification hopes by winning at Serie A champion Inter Milan 3-2 on Saturday, when Atalanta cli...
18:30 15 May 2021

Soldiers who perished on secret mission are memorialized

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top secret mission to Vietnam, three years before President Lyndon John...
17:41 15 May 2021

US climate envoy Kerry meets with pope on climate crisis

VATICAN CITY (AP) — John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, met privately with Pope Francis on Saturday, afterward calling the pope a “compel...
17:08 15 May 2021

Statement: AP ‘horrified’ by Israeli attack on its office

NEW YORK (AP) — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets o...
16:52 15 May 2021

Lewandowski ties Bundesliga goal record; Hertha finally safe

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski equaled the Bundesliga’s record of 40 goals in a season and Augsburg, Mainz and Hertha Berlin all ...
16:04 15 May 2021

India police jail 21 Kashmiris amid pro-Palestinian rallies

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said Saturday that 21 people were arrested for disturbing public order by expressing solida...
15:58 15 May 2021

‘There was no going back’: Migrants send kids into US alone

LA JOYA, Texas (AP) — Marely had traveled for 13 days, trekking with her mother from Central America to the busiest corridor for illegal U.S.-Mexico b...
15:37 15 May 2021

Lafay claims 1st pro victory, Valter keeps Giro lead

SANFRAMONDI, Italy (AP) — French cyclist Victor Lafay won the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia for the first victory of his professional career and A...
15:35 15 May 2021

Leeds routs Burnley 4-0 to boost top-10 hopes in EPL

BURNLEY, England (AP) — Leeds extended Burnley’s winless run at home to nine games with a 4-0 victory on Saturday that bolstered their bid for a top-1...
15:31 15 May 2021

US warns extremists may strike as virus restrictions ease

WASHINGTON (AP) — A national terrorism alert issued Friday warns that violent extremists may take advantage of the easing of pandemic restrictions to ...
15:09 15 May 2021

Nepal scales back Hindu chariot festival amid virus surge

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A drastically truncated version of a Hindu chariot festival took place Saturday in Nepal’s capital amid strict COVID-19 restri...
14:16 15 May 2021

Pennsylvania’s spring primary: ballot issues, judicial races

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Beyond a slew of local races on ballots, Pennsylvania’s primary election on Tuesday will determine the future of a governor’s a...
12:32 15 May 2021

Israeli military accused of using media to trick Hamas

JERUSALEM (AP) — Early Friday, just after midnight, the Israeli military put out an ominous statement to the media: “IDF air and ground troops are cur...
8:16 15 May 2021

Masks off, Poles cheer reopening of bars and restaurants

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poles pulled off their masks, hugged their friends and made toasts to their regained freedom as restaurants, bars and pubs reope...
7:41 15 May 2021

Israeli strike on Gaza kills 7, unrest spreads to West Bank

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least seven Palestinians early Saturday in the deadliest single strike since t...
6:07 15 May 2021

With 2 days left, there’s much left to decide in the NBA

The play-in field isn’t quite set....
4:13 15 May 2021

Chileans choose assembly to draft a new constitution

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The face of a new Chile begins taking shape this weekend as the South American country elects 155 people to draft a constitutio...
4:00 15 May 2021

Mavericks beat Raptors to clinch top-6 spot, avoid play-in

DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic had his 11th triple-double of the season with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and the Dallas Mavericks guaranteed them...
3:46 15 May 2021

Hoskins hits 3-run double, Phillies beat Blue Jays 5-1

DUNEDIN, Fla (AP) — Rhys Hoskins hit a three-run double during a five-run seventh inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 ...
3:30 15 May 2021

Bang! Breen among media members honored by Hall of Fame

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Mike Breen remembers the way he was taught the game of basketball, and quickly learned that it is best when the five players ...
1:37 15 May 2021

The Latest: Israeli airstrike on Gaza house kills at least 7

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the stepped-up fighting between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers (all times local):...
0:30 15 May 2021

Aide: Fund created after Whitmer’s election paid for trip

DETROIT (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s private round trip to Florida to see her ailing father was paid for from a fund that’s used for travel not cove...
22:23 14 May 2021

Torres hat trick as City earns record 4-3 win at Newcastle

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Ferran Torres scored a hat trick as newly crowned champion Manchester City won a record 12th straight away game in the Engli...
21:24 14 May 2021

DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and sp...
21:03 14 May 2021

Let’s face it: Washington adjusts to new mask guidance

WASHINGTON — Jill Biden says finally going mask-free feels like “we're moving forward.” A Republican senator says going unmasked "certainly helps the ...
20:58 14 May 2021

Gas crunch from cyberattack intensifies in nation’s capital

Gas shortages at the pumps have spread from the South, all but emptying stations in Washington, D.C., following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a...
19:59 14 May 2021

Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias

PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use o...
19:49 14 May 2021