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Former Spanish soccer federation chief Rubiales given a restraining order, denies wrongdoing to Spanish judge

MADRID (AP) - Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish soccer federation, has been given a restraining order and is prohibited from contacting the player he kissed on the lips last month at ...

Sep 15, 2023

Women's World Cup winners maintain boycott of Spain's national team

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The new coach of Spain's women's team delayed the announcement of her first squad Friday after nearly all of the country's World Cup-winning players maintained their boycott of...

Sep 15, 2023

One American, two Russians blast off in Russian spacecraft heading to International Space Station

MOSCOW (AP) - One American and two Russian space crew members blasted off Friday aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station....

Sep 15, 2023

West Virginia University gives final approval to academic program, faculty cuts

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia University gave final approval Friday to wide-ranging cuts in academic programs and faculty positions, the culmination of a impassioned back and forth between th...

Sep 15, 2023

UNESCO puts two locations in war-ravaged Ukraine on its list of historic sites in danger

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The U.N.'s World Heritage Committee on Friday placed two major historical sites in Ukraine on its list of such sites that it considers to be in danger. The iconic Saint Sop...

Sep 15, 2023

A daughter of long-detained activist in Bahrain is blocked from traveling to the island kingdom

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain tried to return to the island kingdom on Friday to press for her father's release but was turned away ...

Sep 15, 2023

Kim Jong Un arrives in Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur for expected visit to fighter jet plant

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Kim Jong Un arrived Friday in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in far eastern Russia and is expected to visit a plant that builds fighter jets as South Korea has said it's concerned his vi...

Sep 14, 2023

Zelenskyy is expected to visit Capitol Hill as Congress is debating $21 billion in aid for Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General Assembly. Zelenskyy's trip comes as Congress is ...

Sep 14, 2023

Republican David McCormick will run for US Senate again in Pennsylvania, sources tell AP

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Republican David McCormick is expected to announce his second bid for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, according to people familiar with his plans, taking on Democratic Sen. Bob Cas...

Sep 14, 2023

Iowa teen found guilty of 2nd-degree murder and manslaughter in deaths of 2 students at school

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa teenager was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the deaths of two students that he shot at a Des Moines alternative school earlier thi...

Sep 14, 2023