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Foreigners with World Cup tickets won't have to pay bonds to enter US, Trump administration tells AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from certain countries pay as much as $15,000 in bonds if they are confirmed World Cup ticket holders, the...

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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi needs months of care after collapse in Iran prison, foundation says

CAIRO (AP) — Doctors who examined Nobel Peace laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi more than a week after she collapsed at a prison in Iran say she needs months of treatment, her foundation said Wednesday. An...

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Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The murder convictions and life sentence of Alex Murdaugh were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at his trial suggested he was guilty,...

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France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak

PARIS (AP) — Over 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship were ordered to remain on board after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, French authorities said Wednesday. They...

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PWHL adding expansion teams in Las Vegas and Hamilton with 1 more coming to reach 12

The PWHL delivered a double-shot of expansion news on Wednesday, announcing it is bringing women’s pro hockey to the distinctly different markets of Las Vegas and Hamilton, Ontario. And now growing...

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The European Commission seeks to ban gay 'conversion therapy'

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission said Wednesday it will ask all European Union nations to outlaw gay “conversion therapy” following a public campaign to ban the practice and just days before...

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Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again

The operator of the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak told The Associated Press on Wednesday it expects to know by the end of the week if the vessel will keep to its schedule for the coming...

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Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak

When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be his home for 35 days as he traveled across the South Atlantic. Now, he is one of 18 Americans...

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Utah woman who published a book on grief after husband’s death to be sentenced for his murder

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother who published a children’s book about grief after the death of her husband and was later found guilty of killing him finds out Wednesday how long she will spend...

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Jason Collins, first openly gay player in NBA, dies at 47 of brain tumour

Jason Collins had been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma, which has an extremely low survival rate. He spent 13 years as an NBA player.

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