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Luke Donald urged to stay as European captain for Ryder Cup defence as new generation emerges

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) - European captain Luke Donald was delivering his Ryder Cup victory speech in front of a giddy crowd at Marco Simone when his celebrating players standing beside him st...

Oct 02, 2023

UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangs

Associated Press (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. The resolution drafte...

Oct 02, 2023

Ex-MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer, woman who accused him of assault in 2021, settle legal dispute

Former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer and a woman who accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her in 2021 have settled their legal dispute, Bauer's attorneys said Monday. "Both of their resp...

Oct 02, 2023

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel in medicine for enabling development of mRNA vaccines

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Katalin Karik is a professor at Saga...

Oct 02, 2023

California governor to name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat

LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom will name Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat held by the ...

Oct 01, 2023

Roof of a church collapses in northern Mexico, and Catholic officials say some people are dead

MEXICO CITY (AP) - The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass on Sunday, killing an undetermined number of people among approximately 30 parishioners believed trapped in the rubbl...

Oct 01, 2023

Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57

BOSTON (AP) - Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win...

Oct 01, 2023

Biden says there's 'not much time' to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must 'stop the games'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Sunday that American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he sought to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort. But tim...

Oct 01, 2023

Ryder Cup in Rome stays right at home for Europe

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) - Europe won back the the Ryder Cup on Sunday, just like it always does before its raucous crowd, with Rory McIlroy leading the way and Tommy Fleetwood delivering the w...

Oct 01, 2023

A fire at a nightclub in Spain's southeastern city of Murcia kills 13

MADRID, Spain (AP) - A fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring several others, authorities said. The fire started around 6 a....

Oct 01, 2023