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Iga Swiatek's US Open title defense and stay at No. 1 end with a loss to Jelena Ostapenko

Iga Swiatek's US Open title defense and stay at No. 1 end with a loss to Jelena Ostapenko

NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek arrived at the U.S. Open as its reigning champion, as the winner at three of the past six Grand Slam tournaments and as the owner of the No. 1 ranking for nearly 1 1/2 years.
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Guatemala's electoral authority blocks the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo's party

Guatemala's electoral authority blocks the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo's party

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s top electoral authority said Sunday it blocked the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s Seed Movement, at least temporarily giving the party back its legal status and cutting off an attempt by opposing po
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Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there

Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there

GRANITE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Golden prairies and winding rivers of a Minnesota state park also hold the secret burial sites of Dakota people who died as the United States failed to fulfill treaties with Native Americans more than a century ago.
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Biden tells Idalia's Florida victims 'your nation has your back.' DeSantis rejects meeting with him

Biden tells Idalia's Florida victims 'your nation has your back.' DeSantis rejects meeting with him

LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday saw from the sky Hurricane Idalia's impact across a swath of Florida before he set out on a walking tour of a city recovering from the storm. Notably absent was Gov.
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Pope starts Mongolia visit by praising the country's religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan

Pope starts Mongolia visit by praising the country's religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday praised Mongolia’s tradition of religious freedom dating to the times of its founder, Genghis Khan, as he opened the first-ever papal visit to the Asian nation with a word of encouragement to its
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Bill Richardson, a former governor and UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies

Bill Richardson, a former governor and UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who also worked for years to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75.
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India launches spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon's south pole

India launches spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon's south pole

NEW DELHI (AP) — India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon .
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Novak Djokovic comes back after dropping the first 2 sets to beat Laslo Djere at the US Open

Novak Djokovic comes back after dropping the first 2 sets to beat Laslo Djere at the US Open

NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone should know by now to never count out Novak Djokovic . No matter how big a deficit he faces. No matter how poorly he might be playing.
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Proud Boy convicted of helping spearhead Capitol attack ties Jan. 6 sentence record with 18 years

Proud Boy convicted of helping spearhead Capitol attack ties Jan. 6 sentence record with 18 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, tying the record for the longest sentence in the attack.
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Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to charges in Georgia election case

Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to charges in Georgia election case

ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani on Friday pleaded not guilty to Georgia charges that accuse him of trying, along with former President Donald Trump and others, to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.
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