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Freddie Freeman's historic walk-off grand slam ball from the World Series to hit the auction block

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) - Freddie Freeman's historic walk-off grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series is hitting the auction block. The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman came to the plate o...

Nov 20, 2024

Court extends hold on Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's plan to make all of the state's public school classrooms post the Ten Commandments remains blocked under an order Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. Th...

Nov 20, 2024

Susan Smith asks parole board for her freedom after serving 30 years for drowning her children

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her two sons by rolling her car into a lake in 1994 with the boys strapped in their seats inside, asked a parole board...

Nov 20, 2024

Man convicted of murder in killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A Venezuelan man has been convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that fueled the national debate over immigration during this year's presi...

Nov 20, 2024

Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly...

Nov 20, 2024

Strike blamed on Israel kills 36 people in Syria's historic town of Palmyra, Syrian state media say

DAMASCUS (AP) - Syria's state-run media said a strike on the country's historic town of Palmyra on Wednesday killed 36 people and wounded more than 50, an attack that Damascus has blamed on Israel. Th...

Nov 20, 2024

Strike blamed on Israel kills 36 people in Syria's historic town of Palmyra, Syrian state media say

DAMASCUS (AP) - Syria's state-run media said a strike on the country's historic town of Palmyra on Wednesday killed 36 people and wounded more than 50, an attack that Damascus has blamed on Israel. Th...

Nov 20, 2024

Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in kee...

Nov 20, 2024

Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in kee...

Nov 20, 2024

US will allow Ukraine to use antipersonnel land mines against Russian forces

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that the Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to help fight off Russian for...

Nov 20, 2024