Win by win, the Arizona Diamondbacks are closing in. Left-hander Alex Young set a team rookie record by striking out 12 in eight innings, Ketel Marte drove in a run and scored another and the playoff-contending Diamondbacks beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 Saturday for their fifth straight victory. With 11 wins in 12 games , […]
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WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Saturday that he had canceled a secret meeting at Camp David with Taliban leaders and the president of Afghanistan and has called off negotiations with the Afghan insurgent group that were close to a peace agreement months in the making. “Unbeknownst to almost everyone,” Mr. Trump wrote in a
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Beanie Feldstein has previously starred in Booksmart and the Oscar-nominated Lady Bird If you happened to visit a gift shop in Wolverhampton last year, you may well have been served by a Hollywood star when you reached the tills. That’s where US actress Beanie Feldstein spent a few weeks
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Image copyright Getty Images The tent has been dried and packed away, the diet is back on, and the work password has been reset. Summer holidays are over. Now, the financial hangover from the extra spending on overindulgence, days out and back-to-school costs has kicked in. Credit card bills are landing on doormats and research
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Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump’s statement from days ago that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama. They say NOAA’s action risks the credibility of the nation’s weather and science agency and may even risk lives. Dismay came
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Serena Williams will have to wait yet again to tie for the all-time lead in Grand Slam singles titles. Meanwhile, Bianca Andreescu might just be starting her own run. Williams fell 6-3, 7-5 to Andreescu in the US Open final on Sunday. The win is the 19-year-old Andreescu’s first career Grand Slam, and the fourth
Michael B. Jordan knows just how powerful it is to portray social justice activist and attorney Bryan Stevenson in the upcoming film “Just Mercy.” The actor told The Associated Press in a red-carpet interview he felt a “huge responsibility” playing Stevenson in the biographical film, which premiered Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival. Jordan said that
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Michigan is off to a wobbly start this season and Army almost took advantage. Jake Moody made a 43-yard field goal and the seventh-ranked Wolverines forced and recovered a fumble to hold on for a 24-21 double-overtime win over the Black Knights on Saturday. The Wolverines (2-0) didn’t lead until the second extra period and
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Attempts to reach a nationwide settlement over the opioid crisis with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have hit an impasse, and the company is expected to file for bankruptcy. State attorneys general for Tennessee and North Carolina have been leading the negotiations. They sent a message Saturday to other attorneys general saying the Sackler family, which
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Joker – directed by Todd Phillips (left) and starring Joaquin Phoenix – is based on the Batman villain The Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, has taken the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival. Director Todd Phillips’ film about the comic villain, starring Joaquin Phoenix, is already
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