Guests walk past Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Monday, May 17, 2021, after Disney Co. eased face mask requirements over the weekend. Guests are allowed to go maskless in outdoor areas of the parks. Indoor attractions, shops and Disney transportation at the resort all still require masks. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)Joe Burbank/APDisney plans to restart fireworks shows at its theme parks in Florida and California in the latest move by the company to ease up on pandemic restrictions implemented last year.

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TOKYO (AP) — The 'Incredible Hulk' mask should not fool anybody. Raven Saunders has nothing to hide.The face, and the voice, of the Tokyo Olympics, and all they're about, could very well be found in a 25-year-old American shot putter who, on Sunday, could be spotted wearing the green and red superhero face covering, sporting the purple and green hair, donning the neon-blue shades and winning a shiny silver medal. Saunders is openly gay, has contemplated suicide, has seen poverty and depression ravage her Black community and others like it.

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DORI, Burkina Faso (AP) — Awoken by gunshots in the middle of the night, Fatima Amadou was shocked by what she saw among the attackers: children.Guns slung over their small frames, the children chanted 'Allahu akbar,' as they surrounded her home in Solhan town in Burkina Faso's Sahel region. Some were so young they couldn't even pronounce the words, Arabic for 'God is great,' said the 43-year-old mother. 'When I saw the kids, what came to my mind was that (the adults) trained these kids to be assassins, and they came to kill my children,' Amadou told The Associated Press by phone from Sebba town, where she now lives.

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BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military rulers are seeking to limit access to the internet to an internal network of only 'whitelisted' sites to quash opposition to their seizure of power, according to a report by the International Crisis Group.It likened the internet to a 'virtual battlefield" where the military is struggling to gain an edge because it lacks technological capacity, while social media companies like Facebook have banned military officials and many government agencies. The report released Tuesday noted a narrowing of the leeway for online dissent and abuses of social media to spread hatred toward minority Muslim people in western Myanmar's Rakhine under Aung San Suu Kyi,'s elected government, which was ousted in a Feb.

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1of2Two men surf in southeast resort of Ayia Napa, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Saturday, May 22, 2021. Tourism accounts directly for 13 percent of Cyprus' gross domestic product and authorities are striving to attract mass arrivals by touting the country's decision for quarantine requirements to holiday makers from 65 countries.Petros Karadjias/APShow MoreShow Less 2of2Two women sit at the rock and enjoy the sea in southeast resort of Ayia Napa, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Saturday, May 22, 2021.

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Scott Hamilton always will be known as an Olympic gold medalist.Another part of his legacy is establishing a place for figure skaters to earn a living after their competitive careers when he created the Stars on Ice tour in the 1980s. What Hamilton, a cancer survivor, is doing now with his foundation (ScottCARES.org) could dwarf all of his other achievements. His fifth annual Scott Hamilton & Friends event at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Nov. 21 will focus on the fight to conquer Glioblastoma, a particularly deadly form of cancer.

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FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021, file photo, Brooklyn Nets' DeAndre Jordan, right, looks for an outlet as Indiana Pacers' Myles Turner (33) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game in New York. The Detroit Pistons acquired Jordan in a multiplayer trade with the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. The Pistons also received four second-round picks and cash considerations from the Nets in exchange for forward Sekou Doumbouya and center Jahlil Okafor.Frank Franklin II/APLOS ANGELES (AP) — Center DeAndre Jordan has signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, adding another seasoned NBA veteran to their experienced roster.

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1of2Unified WBC/WBO/WBA super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, left, shoves undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Beverly Hills, Calif., to announce their 168-pound title bout. The fight is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 6 in Las Vegas.Mark J. Terrill/APShow MoreShow Less 2of2Undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant is seen with a cut under his eye after a scuffle with unified WBC/WBO/WBA super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez during a news conference Tuesday, Sept.

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1of4Traffic clogs a main road as residents try to flee Goma, Congo, Thursday, May 27, 2021 , five days after Mount Nyiragongo erupted. Evacuation orders were given to most of the town, fearing further eruptions and tremors. ( AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Moses Sawasawa/APShow MoreShow Less 2of4Residents carry belongings as they flee Goma, Congo, Thursday, May 27, 2021 , five days after Mount Nyiragongo erupted. Evacuation orders were given for most of the town, fearing further eruptions and tremors.Moses Sawasawa/APShow MoreShow Less 3of4Traffic clogs a main road as residents try to flee Goma, Congo, Thursday, May 27, 2021 , five days after Mount Nyiragongo erupted.

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1of7FILE - In this Thursday, May 27, 2021 file photo, Darius Kirk looks at a mural depicting the Tulsa Race Massacre in the historic Greenwood neighborhood ahead of centennial commemorations of the massacre in Tulsa, Okla. The horror and violence visited upon Tulsa's Black community in 1921 didn't become part of the American story. Instead, it was pushed down, unremembered and untaught until efforts decades later started bringing it into the light.John Locher/APShow MoreShow Less 2of7FILE - In this photo provided by Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa, two armed men walk away from burning buildings as others walk in the opposite direction during the June 1, 1921, Tulsa Race Massacre in Tulsa, Okla.

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1of4Baylor head coach Dave Aranda, right, and the rest of the sideline celebrate after a blocked field goal against TCU in the second half of an NCAA college football game in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.Tony Gutierrez/APShow MoreShow Less 2of4Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams (13) passes during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Texas Tech, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma won 52-21.Alonzo Adams/APShow MoreShow Less 3of4Texas Tech wide receiver Erik Ezukanma (13) catches a touchdown over Oklahoma cornerback Jaden Davis (4) and safety Delarrin Turner-Yell (32) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct.

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1of6Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell, right, reacts after relief pitcher Zack Godley gave up a solo home run to Colorado Rockies' Joshua Fuentes in the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 20, 2021, in Denver.David Zalubowski/APShow MoreShow Less 2of6Colorado Rockies' Joshua Fuentes gestures as he crosses home plate after hitting a solo home run off Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Zack Godley in the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 20, 2021, in Denver.David Zalubowski/APShow MoreShow Less 3of6Milwaukee Brewers' Daniel Vogelbach connects for an RBI-single off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Daniel Bard in the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 20, 2021, in Denver.

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Coach Jimbo Fisher enters the fourth season of his massive $75 million contract at Texas A&M having elevated the Aggies to among the top programs in the country.Now the challenge for Fisher and the Aggies is to take the next step and contend for their first national title since 1939. 'At A&M that's our goal,' Fisher said Sunday. 'That's why I'm here. That's why we're here ... we have all the resources to do it, the things to do it, program to do it, support to do it.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's administration issued a universal mask mandate for K-12 schools Thursday.The move came after a handful of school districts in recent days decided to buck the governor's interpretation of a state law and opt not to require face coverings, against the current recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tension over the politically divisive issue has exploded at one school board meeting after other in the past week.

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1of3President Joe Biden walks with national security adviser Jake Sullivan, right, and members of the Secret Service as he arrives for the final session of the G-7 summit in Carbis Bay, England, Sunday, June 13, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)Doug Mills/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3President Joe Biden arrives for the final session of the G-7 summit in Carbis Bay, England, Sunday, June 13, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)Doug Mills/APShow MoreShow Less 3of3President Joe Biden talks with French President Emmanuel Macron during the final session of the G-7 summit in Carbis Bay, England, Sunday, June 13, 2021.

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KASHIMA, Japan (AP) — The Olympics may be the last major soccer tournament for some of the biggest stars on the U.S. women's national team, including forward Carli Lloyd.The United States plays its final game of the Tokyo Games on Thursday in Kashima. The Americans, who lost to Canada 1-0 in the semifinals, will face Australia for the bronze medal. Lloyd, the oldest player on the team at 39, has often said that after this Olympics she'll be ready for the next phase. First, however, she'd like one last medal — no matter the color.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield won't let dollar signs sack him.With Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen signing a six-year, $258 million extension, a deal that includes $150 million guaranteed and $43 million per season, it would be understandable if Mayfield wasn't thinking about his own possible future pay day. Cleveland's quarterback is also eligible for an extension, but swears it's not on his mind. 'I'm worried about winning right now,' he said Sunday after the Browns practiced a FirstEnergy Stadium in front of an estimated 27,000 fans.

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The sesame paste known as tahini is becoming better known to American cooks, largely because of hummus, but also thanks to the nutty richness it lends to falafel, grilled meats and roasted vegetables.Cooks in the Middle East, however, know its savory, slightly bitter flavor works just as well in desserts. A prime example is halva, a fudge-like confection that is mostly sweetened tahini with spices, nuts and dried fruit. So at Milk Street, we knew tahini could update an American classic — the blueberry crumble.

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May 1, 2021Updated: May 1, 2021 1:23 p.m. 1of9Police use tear gas and a water cannon to disperse gatherers at the Bois de la Cambre park during a party called "La Boum 2" in Brussels, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Police put on extra patrols Saturday to monitor the gathering which is being held in defiance of Belgium's current COVID-19 regulations.Olivier Matthys/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9Police use tear gas and a water cannon to disperse gatherers at the Bois de la Cambre park during a party called "La Boum 2" in Brussels, Saturday, May 1, 2021.

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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday invited the leaders of the U.K.'s devolved nations for crisis talks on the union after Scotland's pro-independence party won its fourth straight parliamentary election.Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, said the election results proved that a second independence vote for Scotland was 'the will of the country' and that any London politician who stood in the way would be 'picking a fight with the democratic wishes of the Scottish people.

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Go back, for a moment, to May 8, 2005, when Rafael Nadal was still just 18 and yet to appear in a French Open, let alone win one.After collecting his first trophy on the red clay of Rome — which had been preceded by his first trophy on the red clay of Barcelona, which in turn had been preceded by his first trophy on the red clay of Monte Carlo — Nadal was asked that day whether he agreed with the notion that all of this success would make him a popular pick for his first trophy on the red clay of Paris soon thereafter.

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FILE - In this May 11, 2021, file photo Sean Parnell speaks in McCandless, Pa. as he announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey. In September former President Donald Trump endorsed Parnell, a former Army Ranger who penned a memoir of his service in Afghanistan. However, rival Republicans, Carla Sands, Trump's ambassador to Denmark, and real estate investor Jeff Bartos are getting monies to flow into their campaigns.

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LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party formally endorsed Jeffrey Donaldson as its new leader on Saturday, a position that will likely see him become the country's first minister.Donaldson received 32 votes of the party's 36-strong electoral college, which is made up of the party's 28 lawmakers in the Northern Ireland assembly and its eight members of parliament in London. The 58-year-old, who leads the party's caucus in the U.K. Parliament in London, was the sole candidate in the election, which follows a chaotic two months for Northern Ireland's largest party.

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1of12A man walks toward wildfires in Kacarlar village near the Mediterranean coastal town of Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey, Saturday, July 31, 2021. The death toll from wildfires raging in Turkey's Mediterranean towns rose to six Saturday after two forest workers were killed, the country's health minister said. Fires across Turkey since Wednesday burned down forests, encroaching on villages and tourist destinations and forcing people to evacuate.APShow MoreShow Less 2of12An aerial photo shows wildfires in Kacarlar village near the Mediterranean coastal town of Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey, Saturday, July 31, 2021.

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TOKYO (AP) — It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ends with a typhoon and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything.The Tokyo Olympics, christened with '2020' but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their end Sunday night as an often surreal mixed bag for Japan and for the world. Held in the middle of a resurging pandemic, rejected by many Japanese and plagued by months of administrative problems, these Games presented logistical and medical obstacles like no other, offered up serious conversations about mental health — and, when it came to sport, delivered both triumphs and a few surprising shortfalls.

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1of3A man receives a Johnson & Johnson vaccines at a pop-up vaccination centre, at the Bare taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. Faced with slowing numbers of people getting COVID-19 jabs, South Africa has opened eligibility to all adults to step up the volume of inoculations as it battles a surge in the disease driven by the delta variant.Denis Farrell/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3A patient receives a Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a pop-up vaccination centre, at the Bare taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa, Friday, Aug.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys for Rudolph Giuliani say a covert warrant prosecutors obtained for his Apple iCloud account in November 2019 and a raid last month by agents who seized his electronic devices show they are treating him more like a drug kingpin or terrorist rather than a personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump.The attorneys complained about Giuliani's treatment in a letter last week to a Manhattan federal judge who is considering whether to appoint a 'special master' to protect attorney-client privilege during a review of evidence gathered from raids on Giuliani's residence and office.

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1of2FILE - In this May 5, 2020 file photo, graffiti depicts Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, in Kabul, Afghanistan. After 20 years America is ending its 'forever' war in Afghanistan. The U.S. and NATO leave behind an Afghanistan that is at least half run directly or indirectly by the Taliban.Rahmat Gul/APShow MoreShow Less 2of2Schoolgirls sit inside a classroom with bouquets of flowers on empty desks as a tribute to those killed in the brutal May 8 bombing of the Syed Al-Shahda girls school, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 16, 2021.

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May 19, 2021Updated: May 19, 2021 9:23 a.m. FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2021, file photo, tugboats get into position on the Russian pipe-laying vessel "Fortuna" in the port of Wismar, Germany. The special vessel is being used for construction work on the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. Pressure is growing on President Joe Biden to take action to prevent the completion of a Russian gas pipeline to Europe that many fear will give the Kremlin significant leverage over U.S. partners and allies.

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1of8French President Emmanuel Macron waits for NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg before their talks Friday, May 21, 2021 at the Elysee palace in Paris.Francois Mori/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8French President Emmanuel Macron, left, greets NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg before their talks Friday, May 21, 2021 at the Elysee palace in Paris.Francois Mori/APShow MoreShow Less 3of8French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg deliver a statement to reporters Friday, May 21, 2021 after heir talks at the Elysee palace in Paris.

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