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MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season

NEW YORK (AP) - Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball's latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season that will begin Apr...

Mar 10, 2022

North Korea testing new ICBMs, US says, warns more coming

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration says two North Korean missile launches in recent weeks were test firings of a powerful new long-range ICBM and warned Thursday that a full-range test could s...

Mar 10, 2022

Trial opens for ex-USC coach in college bribery scandal

BOSTON (AP) - A decorated former water polo coach at the University of Southern California is going on trial for his alleged role in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal. Opening statement...

Mar 10, 2022

US VP Harris embraces call for war crimes probe of Russia

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday embraced calls for an international war crimes investigation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and the bombing of civilians, in...

Mar 10, 2022

Sanctions on Abramovich see restrictions placed on Chelsea

LONDON (AP) - Unpreceded restrictions were placed on Chelsea's ability to operate by the British government on Thursday after owner Roman Abramovich was targeted in sanctions. Abramovich was among sev...

Mar 10, 2022

WHO: Maternity hospital among 18 Ukraine medical centers hit

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) - An airstrike on a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol wounded women waiting to give birth and buried children in the rubble as Russian forces intensified their sie...

Mar 09, 2022

White House warns Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration publicly warned Wednesday that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine as the White House rejected Russian claims of illegal chemi...

Mar 09, 2022

In Brazil, artists and activists protest against mining bill

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Thousands of Brazilians gathered outside Congress on Wednesday to protest a set of bills they say threaten the Amazon rainforest by encouraging deforestation and industrial activ...

Mar 09, 2022

MLB cancels 93 more games, gap narrows in bargaining

NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred canceled 93 more games Wednesday, increasing pressure on locked out players and appearing to close the remaining chance to play a full 162-game schedu...

Mar 09, 2022

Endurance: Explorer Shackleton's ship found after a century

LONDON - Researchers have discovered the remarkably well-preserved wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, in 10,000 feet of icy water, a century after it was swallowed up by Anta...

Mar 09, 2022