ANKARA, Turkey Turkey’s top diplomat said today that Washington has promised Ankara that U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces will only be involved in a siege of the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Raqqa in Syria but would not enter the city itself, once it is freed of IS militants. The remarks by Mevlut Cavusoglu reflect Turkey’s […]
November 2016
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Killings spark reckoning over status of Arab women in Israel
LOD, Israel After years of abuse and death threats, Duaa Abu- Sharkh had finally divorced her husband, agreeing even to give up custody of her four young children and family property to escape his violent grip. Then, one night in late September, as the 32-year-old mother was dropping off her kids after a rare visit, […]
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Rask’s 32 saves lead Bruins past Sabres, 4-0
BOSTON The way Tuukka Rask is playing, the Boston Bruins just need a little bit of scoring from their top offensive players on the power play to be in good shape. They got both on Monday night. Rask rebounded from his first loss with 32 saves for his second shutout, Brad Marchand and David Krejci […]
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What’s next for the Bobcats?
RICHMOND Meranda Martin had quite the career. This past Saturday, she played in her fourth consecutive Class D State Championship as a senior captain of the Richmond High School girls soccer team. She’s now lost a mere six matches in her career. Her final game ended in a painful 2-1 double overtime loss, but it […]
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Mookie Betts up for AL MVP
NEW YORK Fresh off leading the Chicago Cubs to their first World Series title in more than a century, slugger Kris Bryant and several teammates could soon be hoisting more hardware. Bryant is among the top three vote-getters for the NL MVP award, with Cubs manager Joe Maddon and pitchers Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks […]
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Ageless Brady keeps rolling along at 39
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Tom Brady has made no secret of his desire to play into his 40s. He’s reached the halfway point of his 17th NFL season, and at age 39 heads into the Patriots’ bye week performing at a level that puts him in the conversation to become the league’s oldest MVP. He started the […]
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Raiders head into bye week as first-place team
ALAMEDA, Calif. Two years after starting the season with 10 straight losses, the Oakland Raiders head into their bye week in a far different place: first place. Fresh off a 30-20 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos that left them all alone in first in the AFC West, the Raiders now get […]
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UFC’s Jon Jones suspended a year
LAS VEGAS UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will serve a doping ban until next July after an arbitration panel denied his appeal of a positive test. Widely considered the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, Jones was pulled from a July bout against Daniel Cormier shortly after news about the positive drug test. Jones claimed […]
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Islanders ice Canucks; Panthers take Lightning
NEW YORK Cal Clutterbuck and Andrew Ladd scored 1:39 apart midway through the third period to lift the New York Islanders over Vancouver 4-2 on Monday night, giving the Canucks their ninth straight loss. Jason Chimera and Nikolay Kulemin also scored and Jaroslav Halak stopped 30 shots for the Islanders, who won for just the […]