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Fowler, Clark share U.S. Open lead, major champs chasing them

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rickie Fowler made his biggest birdie when no one expected it with a 70-foot putt. Wyndham Clark responded with a bold play for a birdie on the final hole to catch him Saturday and ...

Jun 17, 2023

Blinken arrives Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tensions

BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the wor...

Jun 17, 2023

Vegas Golden Knights victory parade expected to rival New Year's Eve on Strip, planners say

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Tens of thousands of Vegas Golden Knights fans, maybe more, are expected at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and a rally to mark the team'...

Jun 17, 2023

Saudi FM in Tehran as part of restoration of diplomatic ties after a 7-year rift

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Saudi Arabia's top diplomat arrived in the Iranian capital on Saturday, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Mideast rivals, Iranian state media re...

Jun 17, 2023

Sudan officials say airstrike kills 17, including 5 children, in capital Khartoum

CAIRO (AP) - An airstrike in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Saturday killed at least 17 people, including five children, health officials said, as fighting continued between rival generals seeking to con...

Jun 17, 2023

At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near th...

Jun 17, 2023

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92

NEW YORK (AP) - Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliati...

Jun 16, 2023

Abortion providers in North Carolina file federal lawsuit challenging state's new restrictions

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Abortion providers in North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Friday that challenges several provisions of a state law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in the dwi...

Jun 16, 2023

Truck driver guilty of killing 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue in deadliest attack on Jews in US history

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A truck driver who expressed hated of Jews was convicted Friday of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find, killing 11 congregants in an act of antise...

Jun 16, 2023

After George Floyd’s killing, DOJ probe finds Minneapolis police show pattern of violating rights

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Justice Department has found that Minneapolis police engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discriminating against Black and Native American people followin...

Jun 16, 2023