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Barbie makes doll of hijab-wearing Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad
NEW YORK - The maker of Barbie has announced it will sell a doll modeled after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an American fencer who competed in last year’s Olympics while wearing a hijab. Mattel Inc. said t...
Nov 13, 2017
Half of US adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines
ANAHEIM, Calif. - New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults. High pressure, ...
Nov 13, 2017
Arrivederci Italy: Azzurri lose World Cup playoff to Sweden
MILAN - Players from both teams slumped to the ground, the Swedes in exhausted ecstasy, the Italians in losers’ agony. On a starry night in Milan, four-time champion Italy failed to qualify for ...
Nov 13, 2017
Judge, Bellinger unanimous picks as Rookies of the Year
The only major question was whether it would be unanimous - and it was. Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger are baseball’s Rookies of the Year, after their record-setting home run binges left no need...
Nov 13, 2017
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge named American League rookie of the year
NEW YORK - Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger have been voted unanimously as baseball’s Rookies of the Year after their record-setting home run binges lifted the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dod...
Nov 13, 2017
Catholic cardinal condemns "forces of division" and fear
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops decried what he said were “the forces of division” in the country, as he called Monday for immigration policies that keep families ...
Nov 13, 2017
France eyes setting age for sexual consent; 13 suggested
PARIS - A bill being prepared by the French government could set a minimum legal age for sexual consent for the first time, and the country’s justice minister said Monday that she thinks 13 year...
Nov 13, 2017
Lake Louise men's World Cup downhill a go after 2016 cancellation
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - The men’s World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, Alta., has been given the green light a year after warm weather wiped out the race. FIS, the world governing body of skiing, con...
Nov 13, 2017
UN urges countries to stop conflicts during winter Olympics
The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution by acclamation Monday urging all countries to stop hostilities and observe a truce during the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea - a m...
Nov 13, 2017
Lawsuit cites "inhumane" conditions in St. Louis jail
ST. LOUIS - A lawsuit filed Monday alleges inmates at a medium-security jail in St. Louis live in “inhumane conditions” that include rodent feces in food, infestations of bugs and snakes, ...
Nov 13, 2017