Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros try for their 12th straight win Saturday, which would tie the team record. Altuve homered on the first pitch of the game Friday night as the Astros won their 11th …
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By The Associated Press
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5/14/22
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Liberty coach Sandy Brondello was on her way to morning shootaround when she heard the news that Russia had extended Brittney Griner’s pre-trial detention another 30 days. The two-time Olympic gold …
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By DOUG FEINBERG
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5/14/22
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A federal judge has blocked part of an Alabama law that makes it a felony to give gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors. U.S. District Judge Liles Burke issued a …
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By KIM CHANDLER
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5/14/22
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A SpaceX rocket carrying 53 satellites for the Starlink internet constellation has blasted off from California. The Falcon 9 booster lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:07 p.m. Friday …
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5/13/22
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Okinawa on Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15, 1972, ending 27 years of U.S. rule after one of the bloodiest World War II ground battles was fought on the southern …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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5/13/22
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Public schools were closed and evacuation bags packed this week as a stubborn wildfire crept toward the city of Los Alamos and its companion U.S. national security lab – where assessing apocalyptic …
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By MORGAN LEE
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5/13/22
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Newly released records show at two least two people connected to a planned Tennessee execution that was abruptly put on hold April 21 knew the night before that the lethal injection drugs the state …
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
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5/13/22
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New reports detail the personal finances of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The disclosures are released annually by the White House for top officials. Biden’s report, which …
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN
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5/13/22
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A man charged with shooting up a New York City subway train last month in an attack that wounded 10 people has pleaded not guilty to terrorism and other charges. Frank James entered the plea Friday …
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By TOM HAYS
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5/13/22
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Nurses were traveling from around the country to protest outside the courtroom where a former Tennessee nurse will be sentenced for causing the death of a patient. RaDonda Vaught was found guilty in …
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5/13/22
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A lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office said Friday that the office is “nearing the end” of its three-year investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business …
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK
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5/13/22
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Former Vice President Mike Pence will campaign with Georgia’s incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp the day before this month’s GOP primary in his most significant political break with former …
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By JILL COLVIN
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5/13/22
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It’s been a wild week in crypto, even by crypto standards. Bitcoin tumbled, stablecoins were anything but stable and one of the crypto industry’s highest-profile companies lost a third of its …
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By MATT OTT and KEN SWEET
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5/13/22
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The European Union's foreign affairs chief says the EU is giving Ukraine another $520 million to buy heavy weapons to fend off the Russian invasion. Josep Borrell said the funds would take the …
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By FRANK JORDANS
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5/13/22
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The Spanish government has approved a new plan aimed at reining in soaring energy prices. It signed off Friday on a temporary cap on natural gas prices that it said would immediately reduce the cost …
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5/13/22
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The Justice Department says a federal grand jury has charged a milling company with fraud and conspiracy in connection with an explosion at a Wisconsin corn plant that killed five workers in 2017. …
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By TODD RICHMOND
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5/13/22
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Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra and its members' folk-hip hop anthem to their war-torn nation is the oddsmaker’s favorite to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Twenty-five bands are set to compete …
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By COLLEEN BARRY
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5/13/22
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For more than two decades, California’s Orange County has debated whether to build a seaside plant to convert ocean water into drinking water in the hopes of buffering against ever-drier weather …
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By AMY TAXIN
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5/13/22
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European gas prices have risen after Russian state-owned exporter Gazprom said it would no longer send supplies to Europe via a pipeline in Poland, citing new sanctions that Moscow imposed on …
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5/13/22
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Northern Ireland’s second-biggest political party says it will block the formation of a working Belfast legislature, deepening political deadlock over post-Brexit trade rules. The Democratic …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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5/13/22
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