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Aaron Judge is AP male athlete of year after setting HR mark

NEW YORK (AP) - Aaron Judge has always stood out. With the imposing size and muscular frame of an NFL tight end or NBA power forward, the 6-foot-7, 282-pound New York Yankees slugger towers over teamm...

Dec 30, 2022

Canadian men's university hockey teams provide safe prep for Ukraine's under-25 squad

Ukraine's under-25 men's hockey team needed a safe place to play ahead of an international tournament, and found it in Canada. University men's hockey teams in the Canada West conference will host Ukr...

Dec 30, 2022

Democrat wins Arizona attorney general race after recount

PHOENIX (AP) - A recount of votes has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh in the Arizona attorney general's race, one of the closest elections in state history. ...

Dec 30, 2022

As 'The King,' Pelé enchanted fans and dazzled opponents

SAO PAULO (AP) - Pel was simply "The King." He embraced "the beautiful game" of soccer in his 1958 World Cup debut for Brazil and never really let go. He won a record three World Cups and was widely r...

Dec 30, 2022

Court in Myanmar again finds Suu Kyi guilty of corruption

BANGKOK (AP) - A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the last of a string of crim...

Dec 30, 2022

Vatican: Benedict in stable condition, participated in Mass

ROME (AP) - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was in stable condition Friday after experiencing a health decline and was able to participate in a private Mass in his room, the Vatican said, as the faithful i...

Dec 30, 2022

Israel swears in Netanyahu as PM of hard-line government

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Thursday swore in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in the country's history. Netanyahu took the oath of of...

Dec 29, 2022

Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva on Thursday named Amazon defender Marina Silva as environment minister for his incoming government, indicating he will prioritiz...

Dec 29, 2022

Vatican: Benedict XVI lucid, stable, but condition 'serious'

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was lucid, conscious and stable, but that his condition remains serious a day after officials revealed that the 95-year-ol...

Dec 29, 2022

Ukraine facing another Russian missile attack

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Authorities in Ukraine say several regions of the country, including its capital, were facing a Russian missile attack Thursday. Air raid sirens rang out in many regions of the co...

Dec 28, 2022