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LeBron James says popularity of women's basketball is due to familiar stars

LeBron James says popularity of women's basketball is due to familiar stars

WASHINGTON (AP) — LeBron James figures there's at least one obvious explanation for the surging popularity of the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Recognizable stars.
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Biden tells Israel's Netanyahu future US support for war depends on new steps to protect civilians

Biden tells Israel's Netanyahu future US support for war depends on new steps to protect civilians

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued a stark warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S.
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No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after spending millions trying to recruit a candidate

No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after spending millions trying to recruit a candidate

NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization were unable to attract a candidate willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with Pres
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Trump says Israel has to get Gaza war over 'fast,' warns it is 'losing the PR war'

Trump says Israel has to get Gaza war over 'fast,' warns it is 'losing the PR war'

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump offered a tough message to Israel in its war against Hamas on Thursday, urging the country to: “Get it over with.
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Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from New Jersey beaches

Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from New Jersey beaches

BRICK, N.J. (AP) — Jersey Shore beach season is almost here, and if last year is any indication, it will soon be time to pack the voodoo dolls, whoopie cushions, zip ties and denture powder.
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Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002

Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning.
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President Macron says France and its allies 'could have stopped' the 1994 Rwanda genocide

President Macron says France and its allies 'could have stopped' the 1994 Rwanda genocide

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France and its allies “could have stopped” the 1994 Rwanda genocide and “lacked the will to do so.
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Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing or stranded after major earthquake kills 10

Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing or stranded after major earthquake kills 10

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers searched Thursday for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded when Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years sent boulders and mud tumbling down mountainsides, blocking roads.
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Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down

Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed the drones as t
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Bodies of 6 foreign aid workers slain in Israeli strikes are transported out of Gaza

Bodies of 6 foreign aid workers slain in Israeli strikes are transported out of Gaza

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in Israeli airstrikes began the journey back to their home countries Wednesday as more questions swirled over Israel's explanation that a “misidentification” led to the attack on t
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