Today: October 11, 2024
Today: October 11, 2024

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Tired of what she says is oppression, woman in Zimbabwe challenges a law banning sex toys

Sitabile Dewa was content with her sex life when she was married, but after her divorce, she found her prospects for erotic pleasure rather bleak. In socially conservative Zimbabwe, divorced women and single mothers are often cast as undesirable partners for men, and in her frustration Dewa decided she wanted to use sex toys. The problem is sex toys are against the law in Zimbabwe. “I should not be deprived of self-exploration and indulgence in self-gratification,” said Dewa, 35. Part of Zimbabwe’s “censorship and entertainments control” law makes the importation or possession of sex toys illegal

Tired of what she says is oppression, woman in Zimbabwe challenges a law banning sex toys
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EXPLAINER: What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims?

Over 2 million Muslims will take part in this week’s Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, as one of the world’s largest religious gatherings returns to full capacity following years of coronavirus restrictions. The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, and all Muslims are required to undertake it at least once in their lives if they are physically and financially able to do so. For the pilgrims, it is a profound spiritual experience that wipes away sins, brings them closer to God and highlights Muslim unity. For

EXPLAINER: What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims?
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Italy might stop hiring foreign museum directors. The head of Milan's Brera hopes to leave his mark

The British-Canadian director of Milan’s Brera Gallery was hired in 2015 after the Italian government launched reforms that for the first time brought in foreign museum directors. His eight-year tenure is ending as Premier Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing administration seeks to again reserve top cultural jobs for Italians. Admirers have credited James Bradburne, a 67-year-old architect who has run five cultural institutions in five countries, with revolutionizing the museum that Napoleon intended to make “the Louvre of Italy” and fill with paintings from his Italian campaigns when he expanded his French empire. Bradburne had each of the 38

Italy might stop hiring foreign museum directors. The head of Milan's Brera hopes to leave his mark
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Gunmen shoot and kill Sikh man in Pakistan's northwest, police say

Gunmen shot and killed a member of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community in an overnight attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said Sunday. Gauher Khan, a local officer, said the attack on Manmohan Singh, 35, looks like a targeted killing. A police investigation continues, Khan said, into the motive. Khan said the assailants opened fire at Singh while he was returning home from a suburban area. The assailants fled the scene. It’s the third attack on a Sikh community member this year in Pakistan. Last month, assailants gunned down Sardar Singh in a drive-by shooting

Gunmen shoot and kill Sikh man in Pakistan's northwest, police say
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Vazquez's 88th-minute goal gives US 1-1 draw against Jamaica in CONCACAF Gold Cup opener

Brandon Vazquez scored in the 88th minute, and the No. 13 United States gained a 1-1 draw against 63rd-ranked Jamaica on Saturday night to avoid what would have been the Americans’ first loss in a CONCACAF Gold Cup opener. Damion Lowe put the Reggae Boyz ahead with a 13th-minute goal. The defending champion U.S. came back when Jesús Ferreira’s cross hit off defender Dexter Lembikisa to Vazquez, who scored with a right-foot shot from 7 yards for his second international goal. Lowe got his third goal in 53 international appearances, beating goalkeeper Matt Turner with a header

Vazquez's 88th-minute goal gives US 1-1 draw against Jamaica in CONCACAF Gold Cup opener
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Angels have a 13-run inning and set franchise records for runs and hits in 25-1 rout of Rockies

Mike Trout, Brandon Drury and Matt Thaiss hit homers on consecutive pitches to open a 13-run third inning and Mickey Moniak capped it win a two-run homer in the Los Angeles Angels’ record-setting 25-1 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. The Angels set franchise marks for runs and hits (28) in a game and tied team records for runs and homers with their huge third inning. David Fletcher hit a three-run homer to cap an eight-run fourth as the Angels scored 21 runs on 17 hits in the third and fourth innings combined, sending 27

Angels have a 13-run inning and set franchise records for runs and hits in 25-1 rout of Rockies
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Russian mercenary leader's exile ends revolt but leaves questions about Putin's power

The greatest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power fizzled out after the rebellious mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow abruptly reached a deal with the Kremlin to go into exile and sounded the retreat. The brief revolt, though, exposed vulnerabilities among Russian government forces, with Wagner Group soldiers under the command of Yevgeny Prigozhin able to move unimpeded into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and advance hundreds of kilometers (miles) toward Moscow. The Russian military scrambled to defend Russia’s capital. Under the deal announced Saturday by Kremlin spokesman

Russian mercenary leader's exile ends revolt but leaves questions about Putin's power
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Angels Trout, Drury and Thaiss homer on consecutive pitches in 13-run inning against Rockies

Mike Trout, Brandon Drury and Matt Thaiss of the Angels hit home runs on consecutive pitches to open a 13-run third inning for Los Angeles against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. Trout hit a 451-foot homer to center field on a 1-0 pitch from Colorado starter Chase Anderson. Drury hit the next pitch for a 437-foot homer to left center, and Matt Thais followed with a 399-foot homer to right. The Angels went on to score 10 more runs on seven more hits, capped by a two-run homer by Mickey Moniak. The Angels’ 13 runs in

Angels Trout, Drury and Thaiss homer on consecutive pitches in 13-run inning against Rockies
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Griner returns to Mercury lineup after missing three games

Brittney Griner returned to action for the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday night, getting the start in Seattle against the Storm. Griner suffered a hip injury when the Mercury and Seattle met in Phoenix on June 13. She left that game during the second quarter and did not return, and the Storm went on to an 83-69 win. She subsequently missed the next three games, all of them losses. Phoenix also welcomed Diana Taurasi back to the starting lineup on Saturday. She also missed the last three games with a hamstring injury suffered during that same home game

Griner returns to Mercury lineup after missing three games
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Reds' 12-game winning streak ends as Braves prevail 7-6 in 8-homer slugfest

The Cincinnati Reds’ longest winning streak in 66 years was stopped at 12 games when Raisel Iglesias struck out Jonathan India for the final out as the Atlanta Braves prevailed 7-6 Saturday in an eight-homer slugfest. Each team homered four times. Matt Olson hit the 200th of his big league career and Travis d’Arnaud and Ozzie Albies also went deep off Graham Ashcraft (3-6), who allowed three long balls for the first time in 33 big league starts. Marcell Ozuna homered against Alex Young as the Braves won for the ninth time in 10 games. Cincinnati’s Matt

Reds' 12-game winning streak ends as Braves prevail 7-6 in 8-homer slugfest
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Assistant Josh Eilert picked as interim coach at West Virginia, replacing Hall of Famer Bob Huggins

Assistant Josh Eilert has been selected as the interim coach at West Virginia, punctuating a hectic week after Bob Huggins resigned following a drunken driving arrest. Eilert, who has no previous head coaching experience, emerged as athletic director Wren Baker’s choice to shepherd the team through a challenging offseason stretch. Baker stayed in-house and chose not to hire a full-time coach given the limited options of conducting a nationwide search in June and the urgency of finding someone — anyone — with the start of practice only four months away. “I spoke with knowledgeable basketball people around the country over

Assistant Josh Eilert picked as interim coach at West Virginia, replacing Hall of Famer Bob Huggins
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Guatemalans worry about security, unimpressed by leading candidates ahead of election

Just days away from electing a new president, many Guatemalans remain undecided, unimpressed by the leading candidates and even considering casting a protest vote to express their disapproval. Concerns about extortion and violent crime cross class lines, and rural and urban communities, perhaps explaining why candidates leading the polls are promising heavy-handed security tactics, including reinstating the death penalty or hammering criminal gangs into submission. The machinations of electoral authorities keeping some popular candidates out of the race and cancelling others drew headlines in the capital and expressions of concern abroad. But for the

Guatemalans worry about security, unimpressed by leading candidates ahead of election
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Argentine dictatorship’s ‘death flight’ plane returned home for a historical reckoning

Flying from Florida to Buenos Aires usually takes about 10 hours, but the turboprop landing in Argentina on Saturday was no normal plane. It had been en route for 20 days, and many Argentines eagerly refreshed flight tracking software to keep tabs on its progress. The Short SC.7 Skyvan carried no crucial cargo nor VIP passengers. Rather, the plane will be another means for Argentines to reckon with the brutal history of their country’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship. The plane, which was discovered in the U.S., is the first ever proven in a court to have

Argentine dictatorship’s ‘death flight’ plane returned home for a historical reckoning
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Matos hits first career HR to lift Giants past Diamondbacks 7-6 for 12th win in 13 games

Luis Matos took a few slow steps toward first base, followed by a pair of quick hops. The Giants’ rookie wasn’t admiring his first career home run down the left field line so much as he was trying to will it to stay fair. ″I knew it had the distance to go out,” Matos said through an interpreter. ”I just wanted to make sure that it stayed fair.” Matos’ go-ahead, two-run drive in the sixth inning provided the Giants with their biggest moment as they beat the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 on Saturday for their 12th

Matos hits first career HR to lift Giants past Diamondbacks 7-6 for 12th win in 13 games
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Bradley leads the Travelers with a 54-hole scoring record, Fowler shoots a career-best 60

Keegan Bradley shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday to break the tournament 54-hole scoring record at 21 under in the Travelers Championship, while Rickie Fowler had the second 60 of the week at TPC River Highlands. The previous three-round mark was 18 under, set by Brendan Todd on an empty course during the height of the pandemic in 2020. The four-round tournament record is 22 under, set by Kenny Perry in 2009. Bradley missed a 20-foot putt on 18 that would have tied the PGA Tour’s 54-hole mark of 188 set by Steve Stricker in the

Bradley leads the Travelers with a 54-hole scoring record, Fowler shoots a career-best 60
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Judge agrees to narrow but not lift gag order in University of Idaho student slayings case

An Idaho judge has denied a request from roughly two dozen news organizations to lift a gag order in the criminal case of a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death. The judge did, however, significantly narrow the gag order in response to the news organizations’ concerns. The ruling was handed down late Friday afternoon. In it, 2nd District Judge John Judge said it was legally prudent to restrict attorneys from making some statements about the case in order to preserve Bryan Kohberger’s right to a fair trial. Still, Judge also said

Judge agrees to narrow but not lift gag order in University of Idaho student slayings case
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Maguire retains 1-shot lead in Women's PGA Championship with Jenny Shin second

Leona Maguire birdied the final hole for her eighth straight round in the 60s and took a one-shot lead over fast-closing Jenny Shin on an unexpected sunny Saturday heading into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Maguire, the halfway leader who is looking for her second straight win and first major title, had a two-putt birdie to finish an up-and-down third round of 2-under 69. She has a 54-hole total of 7 under on a Baltusrol course that was tough, but gettable, after two days of intermittent rain softened the greens. Shin matched

Maguire retains 1-shot lead in Women's PGA Championship with Jenny Shin second
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In 'No Hard Feelings,' Jennifer Lawrence relishes playing a 'messy and chaotic' character

It’s a beloved rom-com trope: an irresponsible, irreverent and seemingly irredeemable man falls in love with a woman, setting him on the path to finally get his act together. But in “No Hard Feelings,” which hits theaters Friday, director Gene Stupnitsky sought to subvert those gendered expectations, with Jennifer Lawrence instead playing his dirtbag protagonist. “We always described her as someone who cuts corners, who is lazy, doesn’t have great nutrition, likes to smoke pot and drink and doesn’t take anything too seriously,” he said of the character he and co-writer, John Phillips, created. “A guy

In 'No Hard Feelings,' Jennifer Lawrence relishes playing a 'messy and chaotic' character
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Ford Explorer recall prompts Transportation Department investigation

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a Ford Motor Co. recall of more than a quarter-million Explorer SUVs in the U.S. after receiving complaints about repairs intended to prevent the vehicles from unexpectedly rolling away even while placed in park. The problem, ascribed to fractures of a rear axle mounting bolt that could lead the drive shaft to disconnect, was addressed by a Ford software update designed to apply the electronic parking brake if the drive shaft failed, the agency said. But according to two complaints from vehicle owners, their SUVs behaved erratically following

Ford Explorer recall prompts Transportation Department investigation
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Happ homers twice, Steele pitches Cubs over Cardinals 9-1 in MLB's return to London

Ian Happ hit two solo home runs, Justin Steele struck out eight and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-1 on Saturday night in Major League Baseball’s pandemic-delayed return to the British capital. Happ led off the second inning with a drive to straightaway center and put another Adam Wainwright pitch over the right-field fence in the third as the Cubs won their fourth straight game. Chicago used a series of two-out hits to pile up runs against Wainwright (3-2), who was pulled after back-to-back doubles in the fourth. The Cardinals starter allowed 11 hits

Happ homers twice, Steele pitches Cubs over Cardinals 9-1 in MLB's return to London
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Aaron Judge says toe ligament is torn and he's not ready for baseball activities

Two days after the New York Yankees said Aaron Judge possibly could start baseball activities this weekend, the slugger said he has a torn ligament in his right big toe and is not quite ready. Judge was hurt June 3 when he crashed into the right-field wall at Dodger Stadium while making a catch on J.D. Martinez. The injury, unusual for a baseball player, makes it hard for Judge to predict his progress. “I don’t think too many people have torn a ligament in their toe,” Judge said before Saturday’s game against Texas. “If it was

Aaron Judge says toe ligament is torn and he's not ready for baseball activities
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Assault charge dropped against Raiders' Davante Adams for shoving photographer

Prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor assault charge filed last October against Las Vegas Raiders’ wide receiver Davante Adams after he shoved a photographer to the ground as he left the field following a loss at Kansas City. The case filed in Kansas City municipal court was dismissed June 5, the Kansas City Star reported. Adams’ attorney, J.R. Hobbs, declined to comment. Police in Kansas City, Missouri, have said Adams pushed Ryan Zebley to the ground while running off the field after the Raiders lost 30-29 to the Chiefs on Oct. 10. Police at the time

Assault charge dropped against Raiders' Davante Adams for shoving photographer
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Sun center Brionna Jones is out for the season with a ruptured Achilles

Connecticut Sun post Brionna Jones has undergone surgery and will miss the remainder of the WNBA season with a ruptured right Achilles tendon, the team announced on Saturday. Jones suffered the injury with just over a minute left in Connecticut’s 85-79 road win over the Storm on Tuesday. She had 13 points, four rebounds, three assists, and a steal before being helped off the court. The reparative surgery was performed Friday in Seattle, the team said. “While this is not how I envisioned this season ending for me, I am determined and ready to head into

Sun center Brionna Jones is out for the season with a ruptured Achilles
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The welcomes for Wembanyama continue in San Antonio as the focus shifts to what's next

The first dinner that Victor Wembanyama had in his new home city was filled with San Antonio royalty. Gregg Popovich was there, of course. So were Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Manu Ginobili and Sean Elliott. NBA champions, all of them. Wembanyama now starts his quest to join their club. The process of getting him ready for his first NBA season will start quickly, with summer league practices starting in the next few days and his first game in a Spurs uniform, albeit just the summer kind, coming in early July at either Sacramento or Las Vegas.

The welcomes for Wembanyama continue in San Antonio as the focus shifts to what's next
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A bridge over Yellowstone River collapses, sending a freight train into the waters below

A bridge that crosses Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed overnight, causing portions of a freight train that was traveling over it to plunge into the water below. There was no immediate word from authorities on whether anyone was injured. Officials at the Montana Rail Link could not be reached immediately Saturday for comment. Numerous tank cars were partially submerged in the river early Saturday, and railroad crews were at the scene near the town of Columbus, about 40 miles (about 64 kilometers) west of Billings. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a yellow liquid pouring out of

A bridge over Yellowstone River collapses, sending a freight train into the waters below

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