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Scottie Scheffler caps off record season with FedEx Cup title and $25 million bonus

ATLANTA (AP) - Scottie Scheffler capped off the biggest year in golf in nearly two decades by winning the sport's biggest prize. Challenged briefly Sunday in the Tour Championship, Scheffler responded...

Sep 01, 2024

German exit polls show far-right party leading in one state election and close second in another

BERLIN (AP) - The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, was on track to become the strongest party in a state election for the first time Sunday in the country's east, and was roughly level with ...

Sep 01, 2024

Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an...

Sep 01, 2024

Health authorities begin large-scale polio vaccinations in war-ravaged Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an...

Sep 01, 2024

Family confirms death of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

JERUSALEM (AP) - The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin says he has been killed in the Gaza Strip. The family issued a statement early Sunday, hours after the Israeli army said it...

Aug 31, 2024

49ers Pearsall shot during attempted robbery in San Fran, condition 'serious but stable'

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest Saturday during an attempted robbery in central San Francisco, officials said, and he was reported to be in serious but st...

Aug 31, 2024

Mississippi bus crash kills 7 people and injures 37

BOVINA, Miss. (AP) - Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Mississippi after a commercial bus overturned on Interstate 20 on Saturday morning, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol...

Aug 31, 2024

Sudden death of 'Johnny Hockey' means more hard times for beleaguered Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets officials could hardly believe their luck when they persuaded superstar Johnny Gaudreau to pass up larger markets and sign here two years ago. Ecstatic fans looked to "Johnny Hoc...

Aug 31, 2024

Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before an expected pause in fighting

JERUSALEM (AP) - A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday, Gaza's Health Ministry said, as Palestinians in both the Hamas-governed e...

Aug 31, 2024

Defending champion Novak Djokovic is shocked at the US Open, one night after Carlos Alcaraz lost

NEW YORK (AP) - Defending champion Novak Djokovic was shocked at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz was, bowing out in the third round with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss to 28th-seeded Alexei Po...

Aug 30, 2024