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Europe strikes back in Ryder Cup and ties record for largest lead

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) - Europe swept the opening session of the Ryder Cup for the first time in its history, a beating so thorough that none of the foursomes matches reached the 18th hole. A...

Sep 29, 2023

Baltimore Archdiocese says it will file for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect

BALTIMORE (AP) - The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced Friday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization days before a new state law goes into effect removing the statute of limitations on chi...

Sep 29, 2023

Navy to start randomly testing SEALs, special warfare troops for steroids

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November, taking a groundbreaking step that militar...

Sep 29, 2023

Michigan teen shooter eligible for life in prison, no parole, for killing 4 students, judge rules

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A teenager who killed four students at Michigan's Oxford High School is eligible for life in prison with no chance for parole, a judge said Friday. Judge Kwam Rowe announced the ...

Sep 29, 2023

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90, sources tell the AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the "Year of the Woman" and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in...

Sep 29, 2023

Explosion at rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet kills 21 people in southwest Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 21 people and wounding ...

Sep 29, 2023

Mom of Colorado man killed by police after taking ‘heroic’ actions to stop gunman settles with city

DENVER (AP) - A Colorado city has reached a $2.8 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a man mistakenly killed by police in 2021 after taking heroic actions to stop a gunman who had s...

Sep 28, 2023

Sweden's leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden's prime minister on Thursday said that he's summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces can help police deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has sho...

Sep 28, 2023

Dutch police say 2 people are killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A lone gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam on Thursday, killing two people and seriously inju...

Sep 28, 2023

House Republicans start making their case for President Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans launched their first formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden saying they intend to "provide accountability" as they make their case to the p...

Sep 28, 2023