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Texas Tech men’s basketball coach steps down following suspension for ‘racially insensitive’ comment

By Jacob Lev, CNN Texas Tech men’s head basketball coach Mark Adams has stepped down from his role, the university announced on Wednesday, days after he was suspended for what the school called an “inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment.” Texas Tech director of athletics Kirby Hocutt determined that the comment was “unintentional and an

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China’s Xi calls for ‘more quickly elevating’ armed forces

BEIJING (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping has called for “more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class standards,” in a speech days after he warned the country was threatened by a U.S.-led campaign of “containment, encirclement and suppression of China.” China must maximize its “national strategic capabilities” in a bid to “systematically upgrade the

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Former NBA star Shawn Kemp released without charges after being detained in connection with a drive-by shooting incident

By Amy Simonson, CNN Former Seattle SuperSonics star Shawn Kemp, who was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting incident Wednesday, was released from jail and no charges will be filed at this time, according to a spokesperson for a prosecutor’s office in Washington state. In a statement emailed to CNN on Thursday, Pierce County

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3 Los Angeles police officers were shot in a confrontation with a suspect, who has died, LAPD says

By Taylor Romine and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Three Los Angeles Police Department officers were wounded Wednesday when gunfire erupted during a confrontation with a suspect, who was later pronounced dead, officials said. Two of the officers were expected to be released from the hospital Thursday, according to an LAPD statement. The third officer still was

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