BEIJING Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out its paid driverless taxi service on Sunday, making it the first company to commercialize autonomous driving operations in China. Unlike previous Baidu autonomous driving demonstrations in Beijing, this was the first time there was no safety driver sitting ...

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ATLANTA The fatal shootings of eight people six of them women of Asian descent at Georgia massage businesses in March propelled Claire Xu into action. Within days, she helped organize a rally condemning violence against Asian Americans that drew support from a broad group of activists, elected ...

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LONDON Pernille Harders late header made the difference for Chelsea, and Lieke Martens scored twice for Barcelona, as they took a step closer to becoming European champions. Both teams advanced to the Womens Champions League final when Chelsea beat Bayern Munich 4-1 after Bara topped Paris ...

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MIAMI The teenage killer who lured a friend into a bathroom stall at their suburban Miami middle school 17 years ago and cut his throat has died in prison. Florida Department of Corrections online records show Michael Hernandez, 31, died Thursday. He had been incarcerated at Columbia Correctional ...

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TEHRAN, Iran Iran will free prisoners with Western ties in Iran in exchange for billions of dollars from the United States and the United Kingdom, state television reported Sunday. The U.S. immediately denied the report, while the U.K. did not respond. The state TV report quoted an anonymous ...

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PORTIMAO, Portugal Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton won the Portuguese Grand Prix for a 97th career win on Sunday and extended his championship lead over Max Verstappen to eight points. The Mercedes driver started from second on the grid behind teammate Valtteri Bottas, who finished third behind ...

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BERLIN At least 93 police officers were injured and 354 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in Berlin turned violent, the citys top security official said Sunday. More than 20 different rallies took place in the German capital on Saturday and the vast majority of them ...

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down. The law signed ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. The U.S. top trade negotiator will begin talks with the World Trade Organization on ways to overcome intellectual property issues that are keeping critically needed COVID-19 vaccines from being more widely distributed worldwide, two White House officials said Sunday. The White House...

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NEW YORK Corey Kluber handcuffed Detroit batters to gain his 100th career win with his most dominant performance since 2018, and the New York Yankees beat the Tigers 2-0 Sunday to complete their first series sweep this season and get back to .500. Kluber (2-2) looked like the pitcher who won AL Cy...

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NEW YORK Philadelphia Phillies reliever Jos Alvarado was suspended three games Sunday by Major League Baseball for inciting a bench-clearing dustup with the New York Mets. Alvarado also was fined an undisclosed amount, as were Mets outfielder Dominic Smith and pitcher Miguel Castro for their roles ...

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MANCHESTER, England Anti-ownership protests by Manchester United fans forced the postponement of a Premier League game on Sunday against Liverpool after the stadium was stormed and thousands more supporters blocked access into Old Trafford as they demanded the Glazer family sell the club. The ...

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SAN RAMON, Calif. On Monday, Apple faces one of its most serious legal threats in recent years: A trial that threatens to upend its iron control over its app store, which brings in billions of dollars each year while feeding more than 1.6 billion iPhones, iPads, and other devices. The federal court ...

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DETROIT Blake Coleman scored 16 seconds into the game, Mikhail Sergachev added another goal early in the second period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Sunday. Tampa Bays Christopher Gibson had 22 saves, filling in for star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. ...

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. Eight times this season, Sam Burns has been atop the leaderboard after every round except the one that mattered. That changed, finally, at the Valspar Championship. Burns got some help from Keegan Bradley hitting into the water on the 13th hole, and then the 24-year-old from ...

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PHOENIX Stephen Vogt hit a go-ahead, two-run triple, Josh Rojas and Daulton Varsho added RBI doubles and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for an 8-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. The game was tied at 4 when Josh VanMeter led off the D-backs eighth with a walk. David Peralta singled...

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TOKYO Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say theyre already near the breaking point dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Olympic officials have said they will need 10,000 medical workers to ...

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OKLAHOMA CITY Devin Booker scored 32 points, and the Phoenix Suns held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 123-120 on Sunday night. Former Thunder guard Chris Paul had 18 points and 11 assists, and Torrey Craig added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Suns, who shot 54%. Phoenix entered the night one-half ...

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BOSTON CJ McCollum scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and Portland held on for a 129-119 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday night, extending the Trail Blazers winning streak to four. Damian Lillard had 26 points and 13 assists for Portland. Carmelo Anthony finished with 13 ...

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DALLAS Buddy Hield scored 27 points, Marvin Bagley III had 23 points and nine rebounds and Sacramento beat Dallas 111-99 on Sunday night, giving the also-ran Kings a season sweep of the playoff-contending Mavericks. All three games were in a span of 15 days, which the Mavericks finished with a 6-0 ...

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PHILADELPHIA Pete Alonso capped New Yorks six-run eighth inning with a three-run double, and the Mets used a defensive meltdown by Philadelphia and a replay reversal to beat the Phillies 8-7 on Sunday night. Michael Conforto snapped a tie with a bases-loaded walk against Jos Alvarado, driving in ...

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Shares were mostly lower in Asia in thin trading Monday, with many markets including those in Tokyo and Shanghai closed for holidays. The declines follow a retreat Friday on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 gave up 0.7% but still closed out its best month so far this year. Markets have mostly climbed ...

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SAN DIEGO The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trumps presidency will be reunited in the United States this week in what Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls just the beginning of a broader effort. Two ...

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates Top Biden administration officials and U.S. senators crisscrossed the Middle East on Monday, seeking to assuage growing unease among Gulf Arab partners over Americas re-engagement with Iran and other policy shifts in the region. The trips come as the U.S. and Iran, ...

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ISLAMABAD The media is facing growing censorship, attacks and harassment in Pakistan that are threatening freedom of the press, a committee of journalists said Monday. The government said there are no curbs on journalists in the country. But Pakistan has long been a dangerous place for journalists. ...

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican boxer Flix Verdejo turned himself in to federal agents to face charges hours after authorities identified the body of a dead woman as his 27-year-old pregnant lover, officials said. The U.S. Attorneys Office said late Sunday that Verdejo was being charged ...

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YAZOO CITY, Miss. Multiple tornadoes were reported across Mississippi on Sunday, destroying homes and uprooting trees. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Just south of Yazoo City, Vickie Savell looked at the remains of her brand new mobile home, where she and her husband had just moved in ...

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AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Wireless company Verizon will sell Verizon Media, which consists of the once-pioneering tech platforms, to Apollo Global Management in a $5 billion deal. Verizon said Monday that it will keep a 10% stake in the new company, ...

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PORTLAND, Maine Sprawling wind farms located off the coast. Hydropower transmission lines that cut through some of Americas most beloved forests and rivers. Solar megaprojects of unprecedented size. As President Joe Bidens administration plans to fight climate change by weaning the ...

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BERLIN Bavarian officials on Monday canceled Oktoberfest festivities for a second year in a row due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, saying there are too many risks in hosting the celebrations which bring in visitors from around the world during a global pandemic. Bavarian Governor Markus ...

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