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Ukrainian badminton player chasing first Paralympic medal with an unexpected guest in the stands

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Oksana Kozyna’s Paralympic debut was sure to have some unexpected moments, but the surprise she received might beat anything that could have happened on the court. The Ukrainian para badminton player was raised in an orphanage for disabled children in Dnipro, Ukraine, alongside teammate Oleksandr Chyrkov. Before her first singles

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Thousands rally in Serbia accusing populist government of cracking down on anti-lithium activists

Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Several thousand people have rallied in Serbia, accusing the populist government of a crackdown against environmental activists opposed to a European Union-backed lithium mining plan in the Balkan country. The protest outside the headquarters in central Belgrade of the state RTS television come just weeks after tens of thousands

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GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in key states, hoping to siphon off Harris votes

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Italo Medelius was leading a volunteer drive to put Cornel West on North Carolina’s presidential ballot last spring when he received an unexpected call from a man named Paul who said he wanted to help. Though Medelius, co-chairman of West’s “Justice for All Party,” welcomed the assistance, the offer would

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‘Deadpool’ tops charts yet again as ‘Reagan’ beats expectations on sluggish Labor Day weekend

Associated Press “Deadpool & Wolverine” ruled the box office on a weekend of quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close. The record-smashing Marvel hit took first place on the charts, followed by “Alien: Romulus” and “It Ends With Us.” Dennis Quaid in “Reagan” opened in fourth

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GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in key states, hoping to siphon off Harris votes

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In battleground states, a network of Republican political operatives and lawyers is trying to shape the November’s election in favor of former President Donald Trump. They’re propping up liberal third-party candidates such as Cornel West and Jill Stein in the hopes that those candidates will siphon off votes from Democrat

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Trump issues statement from Gold Star families defending Arlington Cemetery visit and ripping Harris

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign issued a statement Sunday from the Gold Star military families who invited him to Arlington National Cemetery as they defended the Republican presidential nominee and insisted that Vice President Kamala Harris is the candidate politicizing fallen U.S. service members. It’s the latest volley in an extended back

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Abilene Christian University football team involved in Texas bus crash, leaves 4 injured

Associated Press/Report for America Members of the Abilene Christian University football team  were injured after a team bus crashed Saturday night in Lubbock, Texas. One player, two coaches, and the driver were transported to University Center in Lubbock to treat minor injuries, according to a statement by the ACU athletics department. The team was returning

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is hitting the road to promote her new memoir, ‘Lovely One’

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is embarking on a high-profile, nationwide tour to promote her new memoir, “Lovely One.” Jackson, 53, is using the book, publisher Random House says, to trace her family’s rise from segregation to her confirmation as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court

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