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Woman’s body found wrapped in plastic in Philadelphia trash can

PHILADELPHIA — Police say a woman’s body was found wrapped in plastic in a trash can in Philadelphia. A garbage company worker made the discovery on Leiper Street on Wednesday morning. Police say the victim is an unidentified black female. There is no word on the cause of death. No...
Cuba legalizes private Wi-Fi, importation of routers

HAVANA — Cuba is legalizing private Wi-Fi networks and the importation of equipment like routers, eliminating one of the world’s tightest restrictions on internet use. The measure announced by state media Wednesday provides a legal status to thousands of Cubans who created homemade digital networks with smuggled equipment that was...
Chicago police: Mother killed shielding baby from gunfire

CHICAGO — Chicago police say a 24-year-old woman was fatally shot while shielding her 1-year-old daughter from gunfire. Police say Brittany Hill was getting out of a vehicle while holding her daughter at about 8:50 a.m. Tuesday when someone started shooting in a neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. Chicago police...
No end seen to struggle as Mississippi flood enters month 4

HOLLY BLUFF, Miss. — It’s month four of an epic flood in the Mississippi Delta, where some people are still struggling to save their homes and some farmers are realizing they won’t plant a single acre this year. Floodwater now covers 860 square miles north of Vicksburg, and nobody knows...
Alex Trebek shares ‘mind-boggling’ pancreatic cancer update

LOS ANGELES — “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek says his doctors say he’s in “near remission” of advanced pancreatic cancer and his response to the treatment is “kind of mind-boggling.” The 78-year-old TV personality tells People magazine he’s responding very well to chemotherapy and the doctors have told him “they hadn’t...
As craft beer market grows, so do wild flavors

Anyone for steak and onion Kolsch? Or a macaroni and cheese pale ale? Those were among the flavors at the Strange Brew Festival in Reno, Nevada, this month, where competition for attention has intensified as craft beers have boomed. Brewers have always experimented, from the medieval Belgians who stirred sour...
Navy SEAL seeks to toss slaying case over withheld evidence

SAN DIEGO — Lawyers for a Navy SEAL accused of killing an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017 want the case thrown out because of alleged prosecutorial misconduct that include withholding evidence and conducting surveillance on the defense. Attorneys for Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher plan to ask a...
After several quiet years, tornadoes erupt in United States

INDIANAPOLIS — After several quiet years, tornadoes have erupted in the United States over the last two weeks as a volatile mix of warm, moist air from the Southeast and persistent cold from the Rockies clashed and stalled over the Midwest. On Monday, the U.S. tied its current record of...
Kansas City airport halts flights during stormVideo

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas City International Airport has temporarily suspended flights and moved people from the terminals to parking garage tunnels for shelter because of storms passing through the area including tornadoes. Passengers were in parking garages for about an hour before being allowed to return to the...
Derek Dietrich homers 3 times as Reds beat pitching-strapped PiratesVideo

CINCINNATI — Derek Dietrich was describing his three-homer game for the media when Scooter Gennett walked past and put it in a slightly different perspective. “Anybody can hit three, Derek,” said Gennett, who did him one better in 2017. No, Dietrich’s latest big game didn’t set any records. But it...
W.Va. Catholic diocese releases more accused priests’ names

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s only Catholic diocese has released the names of two more priests who it says have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse in the state. The priests are accused of committing the abuse while working at the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. Both are deceased. One of...
Police say DNA links uncle to disappearance of Utah girl ‘Lizzy’ ShelleyVideo

LOGAN, Utah — DNA has provided further evidence that the 21-year-old uncle of a missing 5-year-old girl in Utah is behind her disappearance, police said Tuesday. Evidence also indicates the girl, Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley, is hurt, authorities said, though they did not elaborate. She was reported missing Saturday morning by...
Sports Illustrated magazine sold for $110 millionVideo

NEW YORK — Sports Illustrated magazine has been sold for $110 million to a company that specializes in managing fashion, entertainment and sports brands, including marketing rights to Shaquille O’Neal and Muhammad Ali. The seller, Meredith Corp., will continue running the print edition and the website SI.com for at least...
Helmetless shift by Boston’s Torey Krug could go down in hockey lore

BOSTON — Torey Krug worried afterward his pregnant wife would not really like him flying down the ice and delivering a bone-jarring hit without a helmet on. There wasn’t anything he could do about it. Krug provided a signature moment of the Boston Bruins’ 4-2 victory against the St. Louis...
1 dead, 130 injured as tornadoes rip through Ohio and IndianaVideo

BROOKVILLE, Ohio — A swarm of tornadoes so tightly packed that one may have crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes, blowing out windows and ending the school year early for some students because of damage to buildings. One person was killed and...
Naomi Osaka avoids French Open upset; Simona Halep wins, too

PARIS — Naomi Osaka’s body language made her plight plain. For all she’s already accomplished, the internal pressure stemming from aiming to do even more was ruining her debut as the No. 1 seed at a Grand Slam tournament. Fed up with her poor play in a first-round match at...

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