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Rory McIlroy wins Masters playoff to complete the career Grand Slam

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Rory McIlroy turned another major collapse into his grandest moment of all, hitting a wedge into 3 feet for birdie in a sudden-death playoff Sunday to finally win the Masters and t...

Apr 13, 2025

Rory McIlroy wins Masters playoff to complete the career Grand Slam

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Rory McIlroy turned another major collapse into his grandest performance of all, hitting a wedge into 4 feet for birdie in a sudden-death playoff Sunday to finally win the Masters ...

Apr 13, 2025

Gabon’s coup leader Nguema elected president with 90% of votes cast, provisional results show

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) - Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon's interim president who staged a 2023 coup that ended a decadeslong political dynasty, has been elected president, according to provis...

Apr 13, 2025

Police: Someone set fire to Pennsylvania governor's residence; no one was injured

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Police say they evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the official governor's residence after someone set fire to the building. No one was injured. The fire broke out ...

Apr 13, 2025

Polls open in Ecuador's presidential runoff as voters choose between incumbent and a leftist lawyer

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuadorians are voting Sunday in the country's presidential election runoff, facing the choice between incumbent President Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa Gonzlez. It's the...

Apr 13, 2025

More than 20 people killed in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - More than 20 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, the city's acting mayor and Ukraine's General Prosecutor's Office said. Two ba...

Apr 13, 2025

Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed ...

Apr 12, 2025

At least 100 people killed in attacks on famine-hit camps in Sudan's Darfur, UN official says

CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's notorious paramilitary group launched a two-day attack on famine-hit camps for displaced people that left more than 100 dead, including 20 children and nine aid workers, in the Da...

Apr 12, 2025

Iran says 'indirect talks' begin with a US envoy over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) - Iran and the United States have begun negotiations in Oman over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program. Esmail Baghaei, a spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, made the announ...

Apr 12, 2025

Polls open in Gabon's first presidential election since the 2023 military coup

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) - Voters in Gabon headed to polling stations on Saturday in the first presidential election since a 2023 military coup ended a political dynasty that lasted over 50 years. Analy...

Apr 11, 2025