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PARIS — The United States has its ranking and its trophies, and that’s all the motivation France needs. The Americans face the French on Friday at the Women’s World Cup, a match that’s been described as a final in the quarterfinals. It really has it all: The defending champions against...

NEW YORK — It’s been seven years since the Nets crossed over the Hudson River and took up residence in the Knicks’ city. A real rivalry might finally arrive Sunday. Rarely relevant at the same time on the basketball court, the Knicks and Nets are front and center in the...

The goodbye came quickly if respectfully for Anaheim Ducks veteran Corey Perry. After a knee injury limited the 34-year-old forward to 31 games, general manager Bob Murray last week bought out the final two years of Perry’s contract and sent the franchise cornerstone unexpectedly into free agency. “This is one...

LE HAVRE, France — Lucy Bronze helped set up the first two goals before completing England’s 3-0 victory over Norway with a powerful shot Thursday, sending the team into its second straight Women’s World Cup semifinal. After finishing third at the last tournament four years ago, England will face either...

STORRS, Conn. — American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco said Thursday there is no chance the conference will keep Connecticut as a football-only member. UConn this week agreed to rejoin the Big East for basketball and most other sports. The Big East does not compete in football. UConn athletic director...

GARDNER, Kan. — A cat named Meow has been reunited with her suburban Kansas City owners after she went missing nearly three years ago. The Kansas City Star reports that Meow escaped after Taylor Jezik moved to a new apartment complex in Gardner, Kansas. Jezik searched for Meow in her...

MATAMOROS, Mexico — The young family from El Salvador appeared in this border city over the weekend with panic on their faces. They went to the downtown bridge that leads to Brownsville, Texas, where Xiomara Mejia, a migrant from Honduras, explained that the newcomers would not be able to add...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities say the remains of twin brothers killed in the Pearl Harbor attack have been identified and will be returned to Nebraska. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday in a news release that the remains of Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Leo Blitz and Fireman 1st Class...

ANDERSON, S.C. — Buffalo Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson says he will pay for the funeral of an 11-year-old South Carolina girl who died after someone fired more than 35 shots at her home. News outlets report a family member announced Lawson’s contribution Wednesday evening at a vigil for Ja’Naiya...

WASHINGTON — Same stage. Same rules. But the Democrats’ second back-to back debate is fueled by star power. Debate night No. 2 marks the first time top-tier presidential candidates will confront one another in person over who is best fit to lead the Democratic effort to oust President Donald Trump...

NEW YORK — Two women have confirmed that the writer E. Jean Carroll told them in the 1990s that she’d been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump in the dressing room of a New York City department store. The women, both journalists who were friends with Carroll, spoke publicly for the...

SELAH, Wash. — An appeals court says a piano teacher in Washington state deserved the $40,000 she was awarded in a dispute with a neighbor who revved his pickup truck engine for months to drown out the sound of her lessons. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the appeals court ruled Tuesday...

SALT LAKE CITY — Police investigating the case of a college student who went missing in Utah 10 days ago said Thursday that the owner of a home they searched in connection with the disappearance is a “person of interest” and that they are trying to find a mattress that...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia man is facing criminal charges after his 15-foot python escaped into a wooded area and has been missing for about a month. Police in Morgantown announced Thursday that 19-year-old Shane Stevens has been arrested and charged with allowing an animal to run at large....

MIRAMAR, Fla. — Police in South Florida say an 18-year-old man drugged and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl he met at a party and posted a naked video of her on Instagram. Miramar police say Jorge Martinez gave the girl Percocet on Monday and took her to a home where...

NEW YORK — Apple is recalling some MacBook Pro laptops due to a fire hazard. The batteries in the laptops can overheat, posing a safety risk. The recalled MacBook Pros have a screen that measures 15-inches diagonally and were sold between September 2015 through February 2017 in the United States...

LONDON — Buckingham Palace has announced that Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will make an official visit to South Africa in the fall. The trip announced Thursday would likely be one of Meghan’s first international trips since the birth of the couple’s son Archie in May. The...

MIAMI — Jose Garcia carried a drawstring backpack full of used syringes as he walked into the converted shipping container that serves as the base for Florida’s only hypodermic needle exchange program. The 57-year-old carefully counted as he dropped 115 syringes one-by-one into a locked biohazard bin brimming with hundreds...

BRUSSELS — NATO allies gave the United States no firm commitments that they will participate in a global effort to secure international waterways against threats from Iran, Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday, wrapping up his first alliance meeting. Esper said the United States will come back next month...

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump’s next tweet might come with a warning label. Starting Thursday, tweets that Twitter deems in the public interest, but which violate the service’s rules, will be obscured by a warning explaining the violation. Users will have to tap through the warning to see the...

GEORGIA, Vt. — Deputies have arrested a Vermont man who is accused of stealing more than two dozen street signs. Mynbc.com reports 19-year-old Joshua Hanselman has been charged with larceny and unlawful mischief after acknowledging that he and others stole the 26 street signs. The signs were stolen between April...

Three people were injured by lightning strikes during heavy storms in Hawaii, a report said. A 10-year-old boy and two men sustained serious injuries in two separate lightning strikes on Oahu Tuesday, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday. As heavy rain continued Wednesday, a brown-water advisory warning the public to avoid...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is updating its terms and services guidelines to clarify how it makes money from the personal information of its users. The changes reflect its ongoing attempts to satisfy regulators in the U.S. and Europe, which have urged the company to make sure users know what they...