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US and Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiators from Iran and the United States prepared Friday for high-level talks planned to start a day later in Islamabad, seeking to steady a ceasefire t...

Vegas visits Colorado after Stone's 2-goal game

Vegas Golden Knights (36-26-17, in the Pacific Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (52-16-10, in the Central Division) Denver; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights visit t...

Man who killed a deputy serving an eviction notice was run over, California sheriff says

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A man fatally shot a central California sheriff’s deputy Thursday morning as he was being served an eviction notice, prompting a standoff that ended with authoriti...

Padres bring 1-0 series advantage over Rockies into game 2

Colorado Rockies (6-7, fourth in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (7-6, third in the NL West) San Diego; Friday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Tomoyuki Sugano (1-0, 1.69 ERA, 0...

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military personnel have shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, ...

Taiwan's opposition leader meets China's Xi Jinping as both sides call for peace

BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan's opposition leader met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, the first such encounter in over a decade, with both sides affir...

Xander Bogaerts hits a walk-off grand slam in the 12th as Padres top Rockies 7-3

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 12th inning and the San Diego Padres snapped the Colorado Rockies' four-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory...

Asian stocks mostly higher and oil gains ahead of planned U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly up Friday tracking Wall Street gains while oil prices also rose on the fragile Iran war ceasefire and ahead of Iran-U.S. ceasefire talks in Pakistan...

Why Pakistan has emerged as a mediator between US and Iran

ISLAMABAD (AP) — It was initially seen as an unexpected mediator, but this week Pakistan has established itself as a key player in bringing Iran and the United States to the negotiating tabl...

Kent Anderson’s 2-OT winner lifts Denver past Michigan 4-3 in Frozen Four thriller

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kent Anderson scored from the slot at 7:25 of the second overtime to back up Johnny Hicks' 49 saves and lift Denver to a 4-3 victory over Michigan on Thursday night in a Fro...

A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa

Pope Leo XIV’s four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years. Themes Leo is expect...

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become 'sitting ducks' in measles outbreaks

LANDRUM, South Carolina (AP) — With baby Arthur too young for the measles vaccine and a sibling due in June, the Otwells grew nervous when the threat of the highly contagious virus started f...