MEDELLIN, Colombia Simultaneous tear-filled tributes were held at packed stadiums in Colombia and Brazil for the victims of this week’s air tragedy that claimed 71 lives when a chartered plane crashed while ferrying a scrappy, small-town soccer team to the finals of a prestigious South American tournament. The tributes took place Wednesday night as crash […]
December 2016
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Protesters: Police shooting may be legal, but isn’t right
CHARLOTTE, N.C. A prosecutor’s decision to clear a Charlotte police officer in the killing of a black man left some African-American community leaders saying while the shooting may have been legal, it wasn’t right. Many of them called on Charlotte police to change their policies to encourage officers to use non-deadly force, improve their negotiating […]
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Syrians fleeing government advances in Aleppo shelled
BEIRUT A series of artillery rounds lobbed Wednesday on Syria’s eastern Aleppo district killed 26 civilians, including seven children, as they fled a government ground offensive in the besieged enclave. It was the second time the Jub al-Quba neighborhood, in the historic district of the rebel-held eastern side of the city, was struck in as […]
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Fidel Castro ashes complete first leg of cross-country trip
SANTA CLARA, Cuba Fidel Castro’s ashes are completing the first leg of a more than 500-mile (800-kilometer) journey across Cuba, traveling in a flag-draped cedar coffin through small towns and cities where his rebel army fought its way to power nearly 60 years ago. Just after 7 a.m. on Wednesday, an honor guard placed the […]
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Iraq’s special forces control 19 Mosul neighborhoods
AL-QASR, Iraq Iraqi special forces fighting Islamic State militants on the eastern side of Mosul have retaken 19 neighborhoods from the extremist group since the battle for the city began last month, a senior Iraqi commander said on Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Haider Fadhil of the special forces told The Associated Press his men were now […]
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HIV vaccine search resumes with test in South Africa
SOSHANGUVE, South Africa The latest attempt in the long, frustrating search for a vaccine against HIV began in South Africa on Wednesday, as scientists test a beefed-up version of the only shot ever to show a glimmer of protection. The stakes are high. It’s the first study of its kind begun in seven years, and […]
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Mt. Ararat basketball starts anew
TOPSHAM How do you replace Shyheim Ulrickson? How do you replace a finalist for Maine’s Mr. Basketball award that put up over 1,500 career points? The short answer is you don’t. It was always going to be a difficult season for the Mt. Ararat High School basketball team and now that season has arrived. Ulrickson, […]
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Saints skate away from Dragons
AUBURN St. Dominic Academy and Brunswick both opened their respective seasons with big wins, but when they faced off in the second game of the season Wednesday night only one team was going to keep its unbeaten start going, save for a tie. Brunswick coach David Boucher said his team knew it had its hands […]
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MLB players and owners reach deal
IRVING, Texas Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract Wednesday night, a deal that will extend the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years since the ruinous fights in the first two decades of free agency. After days of near round-the-clock talks, negotiators reached a verbal agreement about 3 1/2 […]