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EU's top court says some FIFA rules on international transfers are contrary to the bloc's law

The European Union's top court said Friday that some FIFA rules on player transfers are contrary to European Union legislation relating to competition and freedom of movement, in a ruling that will li...

Oct 04, 2024

Liz Cheney campaigns with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan

RIPON, Wisc. (AP) - Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump's fiercest Republican antagonists, rallied with Kamala Harris on Thursday at the site in Wisconsin where the modern Republican Party was born, as th...

Oct 03, 2024

Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers' 1996 murder conviction

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of the Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 y...

Oct 03, 2024

Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Kirk strengthened Thursday into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and waves caused by it could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend, foreca...

Oct 03, 2024

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark a near-unanimous choice as WNBA's Rookie of the Year

NEW YORK (AP) - Caitlin Clark has been named the WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote, giving the Indiana Fever back-to-back winners after Aliyah Boston won the honor last season. A nation...

Oct 03, 2024

Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme

A judge sentenced a former Colorado county clerk to nine years behind bars Thursday for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the 2020 pres...

Oct 03, 2024

Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is in the hands of a jury after a nearly monthlong fe...

Oct 03, 2024

Human connections bring hope in North Carolina after devastation of Helene

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) - Sarah Vekasi is a potter who runs a store in Black Mountain, North Carolina, called Sarah Sunshine Pottery, named after her normally bubbly personality. But these days she'...

Oct 03, 2024

Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is in the hands of a jury after a nearly monthlong fe...

Oct 03, 2024

Boat capsizes in eastern Congo lake, killing at least 50 people, witnesses say

GOMA, Congo (AP) - A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press. It was not immediately clea...

Oct 03, 2024