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IOC call with Chinese tennis star Peng raises more questions

A video call between Olympic officials and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose nearly three-week disappearance from public view sparked an outcry, was meant to reassure the world that she was safe...

Nov 22, 2021

Vermont Democratic US Rep. Peter Welch to seek Senate seat

Vermont's sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat Peter Welch, announced Monday that he will run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy. Welch's decision...

Nov 22, 2021

5 dead after SUV speeds into Christmas parade in Wisconsin

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - Five people died and more than 40 people were injured when an SUV sped through a barricade and into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee. Waukesha authorities confirmed the d...

Nov 21, 2021

More than 20 injured when SUV plows into Christmas parade

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - An SUV plowed into a Christmas parade in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha on Sunday, injuring more than 20 people, the city's police chief said. Chief Dan Thompson said the inves...

Nov 21, 2021

Far-right lawmaker, ex-protester to meet in Chilean runoff

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Two onetime outsiders hailing from opposite extremes of the political spectrum received the most votes Sunday in Chile's presidential election but failed to garner enough suppor...

Nov 21, 2021

US missionaries say 2 of 17 abductees freed in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Two of 17 abducted members of a missionary group have been freed in Haiti and are safe, "in good spirits and being cared for," their Ohio-based church organization announc...

Nov 21, 2021

Libyan interim PM submits bid for presidential elections

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Libya's interim prime minister filed a request Sunday to run for president despite being technically barred from the upcoming elections. Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is mea...

Nov 21, 2021

Sudan military leaders reinstate deposed prime minister

CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military and civilian leaders reached a deal to reinstate Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was deposed in a coup last month. According to the deal, signed Sunday, the military w...

Nov 21, 2021

Video of missing Chinese tennis star posted online

BEIJING (AP) - Missing tennis star Peng Shuai reappeared in public Sunday at a youth tournament in Beijing, according to photos released by the organizer, as the ruling Communist Party tried to quell ...

Nov 20, 2021

Venezuelan musicians set world's largest orchestra record

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Thousands of Venezuelan musicians, most of them children and adolescents, have earned the title of the world's largest orchestra. The record was set by 8,573 musicians. Guinn...

Nov 20, 2021