Dillon Gabriel threw for 281 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 22 UCF rebound from its first regular-season loss in nearly three years with a 56-21 rout of Connecticut to begin American Athletic Conference play Saturday night. The two-time defending AAC champions improved to 29-2 since the start of 2017, bouncing back from a […]
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Bryce Harper hit one of three Philadelphia home runs, and Zach Eflin pitched 7 2/3 strong innings as the Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 9-3 on Saturday night. Cesar Hernandez and Maikel Franco also went deep for Philadelphia, which evened its season record against the Marlins at 9-9. The Phillies (81-80) will need to complete
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A Republican member of the House of Representatives spent Saturday clarifying his support for congressional oversight of a whistle-blower’s complaint against President Trump, which the lawmaker’s office contended was not the same as endorsing the impeachment inquiry being led by Democrats. The congressman, Mark Amodei, rejected the distinction that he was the first Republican House
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to a patient during a visit to Whipps Cross University Hospital, east London The government has pledged £13bn for 40 new hospitals across England in the next decade. The plans will begin with a £2.7bn cash injection for six hospitals over the next five
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A 3-year-old colt sustained a catastrophic injury in the eighth race at Santa Anita and was euthanized Saturday, the 32nd horse to die at the track since December. Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident on the second day of the fall meet at Santa Anita, where the Breeders’ Cup
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Lilly Kendall had been planning her funeral aged 11 – before an organ donor saved her life. Born with heart complications, her family from Llanelli in Carmarthenshire were advised to turn off her life support machine when she was a baby. She urgently needed a heart and lung transplant, but with few child organ donors
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Image copyright Piper Ferguson Image caption The singer moved to Nashville aged 15 and broke records with her debut album “I think I could fit my whole band in there,” says Kelsea Ballerini, raising her eyes towards Europe’s largest glitter ball, which is suspended from the ceiling of a hotel in central London. “Think about
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mark Carney is due to leave the Bank of England at the end of January The interviews are over. The shortlist is complete. But with so much political uncertainty, the appointment of the next governor of the Bank of England is anything but predictable. The search for the UK’s
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The Nationals assured themselves of hosting the NL wild-card game by holding on to beat the already-eliminated Cleveland Indians 10-7 Saturday with the help of a grand slam in a nine-run second inning from Gerardo Parra, whose dugout dancing and “Baby Shark” walk-up music have become trademarks of Washington’s turnaround. Nationals Park will be the
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Prince Harry on Friday reunited with Sandra Tigica, a minefield survivor who famously met Princess Diana during her visit to Angola in 1997. Diana brought global attention to the issue of landmines when she walked through a cleared path in a live minefield in Huambo. During her trip, the Princess of Wales met Tigica, who
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