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FILE - Irish kicker Andy Quinn, second left, lines himself up for a field-goal attempt in warmups before a "kicking king" competition at Donnybrook Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kenneth Maguire, File)

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What are Gaelic games and how are they producing NFL hopefuls in kicking and punting?

Ireland’s indigenous sports are called Gaelic games, and Gaelic football in particular features kicking skills that can transfer to American football via placekicking and punting. A growing number of Gaelic football players are giving American football a shot, either through college programs or the NFL’s international player pathway program. Before the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Minnesota Vikings at Croke Park in the first regular-season NFL […]

SEPT. 24, 2025

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A drone hovers in airspace outside the safety perimeter surrounding St. Louis Lambert International Airport as an airliner approaches for a landing on March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Drones pose increasing risk to airliners near major US airports

WASHINGTON (AP) — A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco’s international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late “to take evasive action,” the pilots reported, and the quadcopter passed by their windshield, not 300 feet away. A month earlier, a […]

APRIL 23, 2025

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FILE - Hampton infielder Mo'ne Davis (3) fields a ground ball and throws to first base during an NCAA softball game on Sunday, March 6, 2022 in Hampton, Va. (AP Photo/Mike Caudill, File)

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Women are flocking to DC for a historic pro baseball tryout. Here are some players to know

Hundreds of women will flock to Washington on Friday to take their first swings at turning pro baseball dreams into reality. Some at the historic tryout will be seasoned veterans and trailblazers in the women’s game. Plenty others are beginners chasing a shot at the pros. They’ll meet on the same field in a camp […]

AUG. 21, 2025

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Displaced Palestinians live in a school run by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, officials said Sunday, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water for part of the arid territory. Hamas called it part of Israel’s “starvation policy.” Israel last week suspended supplies of goods to the territory of more than 2 million Palestinians, an echo […]

MARCH 10, 2025

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Flags and a sign thanking United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workers are pictured as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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USAID workers clear their desks in Trump’s final push to dismantle the agency

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Agency for International Development workers — many in tears — carted away belongings through cheering crowds in a final visit to their now-closed headquarters Thursday as the Trump administration’s rapid dismantling of the congressionally authorized agency moved into its final stages. Notices sent out in mass mailings this week are terminating […]

FEB. 28, 2025

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Visitors gather around a car on display at the 6th International Tehran Auto Show and related industries, just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iran loosens import restrictions on foreign cars and iPhones, trying to mask its economic woes

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — All architecture student Amirhossein Azizi wanted for his 19th birthday was the latest iPhone — and for Iran’s cash-strapped theocracy, it was just the gift they needed as well. Just buying a top-of-the-line iPhone 16 Pro Max in Iran’s capital cost him on the day 1.6 billion rials ($1,880). An additional […]

FEB. 11, 2025

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FILE - Cassie Ventura, left, and Sean "Diddy" Combs appear at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "China: Through the Looking Glass" in New York on May 4, 2015. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie testifies at his trial about abuse and ‘freak offs’

NEW YORK (AP) — Cassie, the R&B singer and former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, testified Tuesday that the mercurial music mogul — powerful, abusive and controlling — beat her mercilessly and ordered her to have “disgusting” sex with strangers during drug-fueled, multi-day marathons he called “freak offs.” Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, sniffled […]

MAY 13, 2025

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CORRECTS CAR BRAND TO TOYOTA PRIUS - Heidi Barley and her husband Patrick stand in front of their modest, 1,600-square-foot home and 2013 Toyota Prius, left, and 2013 Honda Fit vehicles, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

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Millionaires multiply across the US, but most find it’s not all mansions and champagne

As a child, Heidi Barley watched her family pay for groceries with food stamps. As a college student, she dropped out because she couldn’t afford tuition. In her twenties, already scraping by, she was forced to take a pay cut that shrunk her salary to just $34,000 a year. But this summer, the 41-year-old hit […]

JULY 29, 2025

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A VW van sits among burned out homes, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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New LA-area fire prompts more evacuations while over 10,000 structures lost to the 2 biggest blazes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area have burned at least 10,000 homes, buildings and other structures, officials said Thursday as they urged more people to heed evacuation orders after a new blaze ignited and quickly grew. The fast-moving Kenneth Fire started in the late afternoon in the San […]

JAN. 10, 2025

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Items to include in holiday dinners are displayed at a Walmart store in Secaucus, N.J., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Anne D'Innocenzio)

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Grocery chains vie for a place on Thanksgiving tables with turkey dinner deals and store brands

NEW YORK (AP) — With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, Walmart, Target, Aldi and other grocers are competing for a place on holiday tables with turkey dinner deals and other promotions to tempt Americans who haven’t recovered from recent food price inflation. Walmart, the nation’s largest food retailer, first bundled the makings of a […]

NOV. 18, 2024

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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, reacts before winning the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Rory McIlroy goes back-to-back at the Masters to join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods

Rory McIlroy is the Masters champion again, this time without falling to his knees on the 18th green and sobbing over finally achieving his lifelong dream. That didn’t make Sunday at Augusta National any easier. McIlroy coughed up a six-shot lead in the third round. He fell two shots behind two players, Cameron Young and Justin Rose, in an […]

APRIL 12, 2026

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California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton speaks during an election night event Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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California governor’s primary pitted experience against promises of change

California’s crowded primary for governor remained unresolved early Wednesday after three leading candidates tested voters’ appetites for an experienced politician or promises of sweeping change.

JUNE 3, 2026

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What are Gaelic games and how are they producing NFL hopefuls in kicking and punting?

Drones pose increasing risk to airliners near major US airports

Women are flocking to DC for a historic pro baseball tryout. Here are some players to know

Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water

USAID workers clear their desks in Trump’s final push to dismantle the agency

Iran loosens import restrictions on foreign cars and iPhones, trying to mask its economic woes

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie testifies at his trial about abuse and ‘freak offs’

Millionaires multiply across the US, but most find it’s not all mansions and champagne

New LA-area fire prompts more evacuations while over 10,000 structures lost to the 2 biggest blazes

Grocery chains vie for a place on Thanksgiving tables with turkey dinner deals and store brands

Rory McIlroy goes back-to-back at the Masters to join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods

California governor’s primary pitted experience against promises of change

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