SOUTHAMPTON, England Leicesters bid for Champions League soccer suffered a minor setback when it had to settle for a 1-1 draw with 10-man Southampton in the English Premier League on Friday. Jonny Evans 68th-minute header earned third-placed Leicester a point on the south coast following ...

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SANTA FE, N.M. State legislators bristled on Friday at vetoes by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that block legislative authority over new federal pandemic aid, and said they may seek a court ruling to defend Legislatures authority over that spending. Pandemic relief legislation signed...

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The Las Vegas Raiders traded up in the second round to fill their second big need in the draft by taking TCU safety Trevon Moehrig with the 43rd pick. The Raiders sent pick No. 48 and a fourth-round pick to San Francisco to move up five spots in the NFL draft on Friday night to []
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. After Malathaat outdueled Search Results down the stretch to win the 147th Kentucky Oaks by a neck, runner-up jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. patted Malathaats mount, John Velazquez, on the shoulder to congratulate him. We just got beat today, Ortiz said. She ran a really solid effort ...

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MIAMI Six American oil executives jailed in Venezuela more than three years ago on corruption charges were granted house arrest on Friday in a gesture of goodwill toward the Biden administration as it reviews its policy toward the politically turbulent South American country. The partial release of ...

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DETROIT The Detroit Lions selected defensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike of Washington in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday night. Onwuzurike played mostly nose tackle with the Huskies. He was a second-team All-American in the preseason, but he opted out of the 2020 season. Its the ...

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LAKE FOREST, Ill. The Chicago Bears are in a trading mood: They moved up in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night to take Oklahoma State right tackle Teven Jenkins with the 39th overall pick. The Bears had traded up to select quarterback Justin Fields in the first round and this []
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The latest on the second and third rounds of the NFL draft on Friday night. (all times EDT): ___ 9 p.m. Notre Dame All-America linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah was picked with the 52nd overall pick in the second round by Cleveland. The Browns fans in attendance at the draft were pumped to get the ...

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PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Steelers are intent on giving Ben Roethlisberger as many weapons as possible before he calls it a career. The Steelers selected Pat Freiermuth from Penn State in the second round of the draft on Friday night, ignoring major concerns along the offensive line to address depth...

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CLEVELAND The Browns traded up seven spots in the second round to select versatile Notre Dame linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah with the No. 52 overall pick in the NFL draft on Friday night. Cleveland dealt the No. 59 pick and one of its two third-round selections (No. 89) to Carolina to slide up ...

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PHILADELPHIA Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris each scored 18 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 126-104 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. Dwight Howard had a team-high 19 points and 11 rebounds for the 76ers, who routed the Hawks for the second straight game. ...

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The latest on the second and third rounds of the NFL draft on Friday night. (all times EDT): ___ 10:53 p.m. Ohio State guard Wyatt Davis was picked in the third round by the Minnesota Vikings with the 86th pick, Davis is the grandson of Hall of Famer Willie Davis. The elder Davis was a []
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TAMPA, Fla. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Kyle Trask in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night and will groom the Florida quarterback to potentially become Tom Bradys successor. Its totally surreal for me. Im just trying to soak it in and enjoy the moment, said Trask, who ...

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FRISCO, Texas The Dallas Cowboys focused on defense like never before in the NFL draft under Jerry Jones. The Cowboys used their first five picks on defensive players, four of them coming on a busy Friday night. Dallas had never gone that far into the draft without picking an offensive player since ...

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The latest on the second and third rounds of the NFL draft on Friday night. (all times EDT): ___ 11:55 p.m. The Denver Broncos wrapped up the second day of the NFL draft by using a compensatory pick to take Ohio State linebacker Baron Browning with the 105th overall pick. It was a big day []
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MINNEAPOLIS Alex Kirilloff hit the first two home runs of his major league career, including a three-run drive that broke open the game in the third inning and led the Minnesota Twins over the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals 9-1 on Friday night. Kirilloff, who debuted last Sept. 30, hit his ...

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LOXLEY, Ala. You could call the Rev. Louis Johnson the pastor of disaster. In fact, hes working on his Ph.D. at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and hes planning to write his dissertation on church emergency preparedness. Hes had plenty of first-hand experience. When Johnson was a teenager...

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SAN DIEGO Yu Darvish struck out 12 and the San Diego Padres, helped when a replay review turned a Giants grand slam into a foul ball, beat San Francisco 3-2 on Friday night. Darvish (3-1) allowed one run and four hits, including Buster Poseys homer, in 6 1/3 innings. He gave up a []
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NEW YORK Sabrina Ionescu is excited to be playing basketball again nearly eight months after spraining her ankle 21/2 games into her rookie season with the New York Liberty. The No. 1 pick in the 2020 draft is raring to go after a long rehab process. Her team will tip off the 25th []
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BEIJING An extreme thunderstorm hit an eastern Chinese city, leaving 11 dead and 102 injured, with strong winds causing buildings and trees to collapse. Nantong city, located in the eastern province of Jiangsu, was among the hardest-hit when the extreme weather swept the Yangtze Delta on Friday ...

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More than 400 people have been charged with federal crimes in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. But prison time may be another story. With new defendants still flooding into Washingtons federal court, the Justice Department is under pressure to quickly resolve the least serious of cases. ...

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. Tracy Swartout takes on a massive role and makes Western North Carolina history as she becomes the new Blue Ridge Parkway superintendent this spring. Swartout, a 21-year veteran of the National Park Service, takes over reins May 23 of the busiest unit of the National Park Service, ...

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With employers hiring, consumers spending and companies raising some prices, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is embarking on a high-stakes gamble. Powells bet is that the Fed can keep rates ultra-low even as the U.S. economic recovery kicks into high gear and that it wont have to quickly raise ...

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NEW YORK Don Mattingly starred in the action-packed 1980s. Now the Miami Marlins manager, Donnie Baseball worries about a record lack of hits and not just from his teams bats. I dont think its cyclical at this point, he said. Theres so much swing and miss, its kind of off the charts. []
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ROME Two Italian ports faced an influx of hundreds of migrants on Saturday, as a charity ship sailed toward a Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers boats, while Italian coast guard and border police brought 532 others to a tiny island. The maritime rescue...

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Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy says he is very much aware of quarterback Aaron Rodgers concerns with the organization and acknowledges team officials have flown out to meet the reigning MVP on multiple occasions. Murphy added that the Packers want to keep Rodgers in Green Bay in 2021 and beyond. ...

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MAPLEWOOD, N.J. Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Chers mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died. She was 89. Dukakis died Saturday morning in her home in New York City, according to Allison Levy, her agent at ...

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CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Bengals focused on their lines during this years NFL draft. If they got it right, Joe Burrow should enjoy much better protection in his second season. Burrow, the top overall pick in 2020, had his rookie year cut short when his pocket collapsed on him during a Week ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Tennessee Titans have completed their extreme makeover of one of the NFLs worst defenses. Gone are seven players who started at least three games last season, including three in the secondary to create salary cap space. In are free agent signees linebacker Bud Dupree, ...

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INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard gambled during this weekends NFL draft. He filled one need by adding pass rushers with his first two picks. Then he waited until the last of his seven selections to find a possible left tackle for new quarterback Carson Wentz. ...

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