By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Argentina has secured a place in next year’s World Cup after a 0-0 draw at home against Brazil. That will give Lionel Messi one more shot at winning the only major trophy missing in his career. Argentina secured its spot at Qatar 2022 after Chile
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state-run media says Israel has carried out an attack on the country’s south with two missiles targeting an empty house and causing no casualties. The state-run news agency SANA says the missiles came from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and aimed at the building south of the capital Damascus early Wednesday.
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Accio, reunion. The cast of “Harry Potter” is coming together for a new special, set to premiere on HBO Max on Jan. 1. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and many more are expected to take part in “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” a special that will “celebrate the
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s here! It’s here! It’s here! More than two years after the release of “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” the trailer for the third film starring Tom Holland has arrived. The trailer, released Tuesday, features what the poster previously hinted: appearances from villains from past Spider-Man movies, like Electro, the Green Goblin
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s here! It’s here! It’s here! More than two years after the release of “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” the trailer for the third film starring Tom Holland has arrived. The trailer, released Tuesday, features what the poster previously hinted: appearances from villains from past Spider-Man movies, like Electro, the Green Goblin
Continue Reading MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Esmery Martinez had 19 points and seven rebounds, Kirsten Deans added 18 points and seven steals, and No. 22 West Virginia beat St. Francis (Pa.) 86-33. West Virginia scored the first 14 points of the game to start a 20-1 run through the opening seven minutes. Martinez had seven points and
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By The Associated Press NFL Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curley Culp announced Tuesday that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Culp played 14 NFL seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions. He was a six-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro, including first team in 1975. Culp was considered one of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NFL Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curley Culp announced Tuesday that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Culp played 14 NFL seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions. He was a six-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro, including first team in 1975. Culp was considered one of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NFL Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curley Culp announced Tuesday that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Culp played 14 NFL seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions. He was a six-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro, including first team in 1975. Culp was considered one of
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Isaac Mushila had 16 points off the bench to carry Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to a 65-59 win over IUPUI. B.J. Maxwell led the Jaguars on Tuesday with 14 points.
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe had a career-high 24 points with 16 rebounds, TyTy Washington scored 16 points and No. 13 Kentucky shot well for the second consecutive game to run away from Mount St. Mary’s 80-55. Sahvir Wheeler added 12 points and eight assists as the
Continue Reading STEVE BITTENBENDER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Emily Engstler scored 12 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for No. 10 Louisville, which earned its first victory of the season in an 82-25 rout over Bellarmine. The Cardinals (1-1) never trailed in the contest and put the game away early thanks to a 13-0 run midway
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil and Argentina have played to a 0-0 draw in World Cup qualifying and Uruguay has had a loss that will mean it finishes the year out of qualifying positions for a spot in Qatar. A Uruguay lineup containing veteran strikers Luis Suárez and Edinson
Continue Reading By MITCHELL NORTHAM Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Paolo Banchero started for Duke two days after he was cited for aiding and abetting impaired driving. The freshman finished with 10 points and eight rebounds in the seventh-ranked Blue Devils’ 92-52 win over Gardner Webb. Banchero was stopped by police early Sunday morning in nearby
Continue Reading AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police are asking the public for help in finding two vehicles believed to have been involved in a drive by shooting in a park near a suburban Denver high school that left six teenagers wounded. The victims in Monday’s shooting are boys and girls ranging in age from 14 to 18.
Continue Reading By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) —  The Chilean Senate has rejected an opposition-initiated impeachment process to remove President Sebastián Piñera over allegations that he favored the sale of a family property that hinged on the government not declaring the land a nature reserve. The lower house approved the impeachment charges, setting up
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 3,187 new cases of the coronavirus, nearly matching a one-day record set in September, a worrisome development in a country that eased social distancing rules in recent weeks to lessen the pandemic’s economic impact. Officials are now pushing to speed up the administration of booster shots
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Over 60 governments and 50 U.N. agencies and organizations have joined forces to press for restoration of school lunches to all 388 million primary school children who were receiving lunch before the COVID-19 pandemic. They also will push for school meals to be started for
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China and the U.S. have agreed to ease restrictions on each other’s journalists amid a slight easing of tensions between the two sides. The announcement in the official China Daily newspaper on Wednesday says the agreement was reached ahead of Tuesday’s virtual summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles couple who were convicted of trying to steal $20 million in COVID-19 relief funds have been sentenced to federal prison, although they remain fugitives. A judge on Monday sentenced Richard Ayvazyan to 17 years and his wife, Marietta Terabelian, got six years. Prosecutors say they and others used
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