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Snyder fined $60 million by NFL for sexually harassing employee, financial improprieties

Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder sexually harassed a team employee and oversaw team executives who deliberately withheld millions of dollars in revenue from other clubs, and he has agreed to pay a $60 million fine, the league announced Thursday

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Crowd favorite Tommy Fleetwood shares the British Open lead. Rory McIlroy is among the survivors

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — The British Open showed again Thursday that even after 163 years, golf's oldest championship can still deliver a few surprises.

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Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad after man threatens to burn Quran in Stockholm

BAGHDAD (AP) — Protesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, overrunning the diplomatic compound and starting a fire.

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A woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic pleads guilty to arson

CHEYENNE, Wyo.

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Russia seeks a 20-year prison term for Kremlin foe Navalny in closed trial, ally says

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian prosecutors asked a court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 20 years in prison on extremism charges, his ally Ivan Zhdanov said Thursday.

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Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after his escape from a prison work center. Jemaine Cannon, 51, received a lethal injection at 10:01 a.m.

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Women's World Cup security heightened ahead of opening match following deadly shooting in Auckland

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Security was heightened ahead of Thursday night's opening Women's World Cup game after a gunman killed two people at a downtown construction site in Auckland, roughly 12 hours ahead of co-host New Zealand's match against

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Prominent Egyptian rights activist with ties to Italy is pardoned and released from jail

CAIRO (AP) — A prominent Egyptian rights activist with ties to Italy was released from jail Thursday, days after he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, according to his family and a rights defender.

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A gunman in New Zealand has killed 2 people ahead of Women's World Cup tournament

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — A gunman killed two people at a downtown construction site in New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland on Thursday, as the nation prepared to host games in the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament.

Jul 19, 2023 5:30 PM Read more >

Pfizer reports North Carolina pharmaceutical plant damaged by tornado, no serious injuries

PHOENIX — A tornado heavily damaged a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S.

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