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PGA Tour, Europe to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf feud

The PGA Tour ended its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia's golf venture and now is joining forces with it, making a stunning announcement Tuesday of a merger that creates a commercial operation with t...

Alex Rawnsley Jun 06, 2023 FILE - Team champions David Puig, Sebastián Muñoz, Mito Pereira, Captain Joaquín Niemann of Torque GC and their caddies celebrate on stage with the team trophy during LIV Golf DC at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Sterling, Virginia. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.(Photo by Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP, File) Chris Trotman/liv Golf

Pope briefly in hospital for scheduled tests two months after bronchitis, returns to Vatican

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis went to the hospital Tuesday for tests and returned back to the Vatican, witnesses and news reports said, two months after he was hospitalized with an acute case of bronchitis...

Jun 06, 2023

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam near Kherson, warns of widespread flooding

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine they control, alerting residents further along the Dnipro River to evacuate and w...

Jun 05, 2023

Golden Knights take 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup Final with 7-2 win over Panthers

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jonathan Marchessault scored twice and started an early blitz that chased the NHL's hottest postseason goalie, and Adin Hill continued his stellar play as the Vegas Golden Knights sei...

Jun 05, 2023

Oklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A state school board in Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state's attorney genera...

Jun 05, 2023

Second flight carrying migrants lands in Sacramento; California officials say Florida set up travel

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Another group of approximately 20 migrants have arrived in Sacramento on a private flight. The plane arrived on Monday morning, said Tara Gallegos, a spokeswoman for Californ...

Jun 05, 2023

It will take days to collect debris from plane that flew over Washington, crashed in rural Virginia

WASHINGTON (AP) - Four were killed when an unresponsive plane that flew over the nation's capitol crashed in Virginia, leaving behind "highly fragmented" wreckage in a mountainous area that will take ...

Jun 05, 2023

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu rules out 2024 presidential bid, citing already crowded GOP field

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Monday that he will not seek the presidency in 2024. The 48-year-old Republican governor, a frequent critic of former President Donald Trump, made the announcement...

Jun 05, 2023

Davenport, Iowa, officials: 3 bodies recovered at apartment collapse site; no others thought missing

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Three bodies have been recovered from the site of a collapsed six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, and no other people are thought to be missing, city officials sai...

Jun 05, 2023

Former Vice President Pence filing paperwork launching 2024 presidential bid in challenge to Trump

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Vice President Mike Pence is filing paperwork on Monday declaring his campaign for president in 2024, setting up a challenge to his former boss, Donald Trump, just two years aft...

Jun 05, 2023