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Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and throws support behind Commissioner Jay Monahan

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and throws support behind Commissioner Jay Monahan

Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years, giving Commissioner Jay Monahan key support and the players a greater voice as the tour tries to complete its business partnership with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf
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US slips into round of 16 of Women's World Cup after scoreless draw with Portugal

US slips into round of 16 of Women's World Cup after scoreless draw with Portugal

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Two-time reigning champions United States came an inch short of Women's World Cup elimination, but Portugal's late near-miss helped the Americans avoid the biggest upset in tournament history.
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11 dead and 27 missing in flooding around Beijing after days of rain, Chinese state media report

11 dead and 27 missing in flooding around Beijing after days of rain, Chinese state media report

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media report 11 people have died and 27 are missing amid flooding in the mountains surrounding the capital Beijing.
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Phoenix has ended 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees as rains ease a Southwest heat wave

Phoenix has ended 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees as rains ease a Southwest heat wave

PHOENIX (AP) — A record string of daily highs over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) in Phoenix ended Monday as the dangerous heat wave that suffocated the Southwest throughout July receded slightly with cooling monsoon rains.
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U.S. needs win or draw to avoid risk of elimination from Women's World Cup

U.S. needs win or draw to avoid risk of elimination from Women's World Cup

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The United States arrived at the Women's World Cup as the favourite to win an unprecedented third consecutive title.
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Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival

Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell has been sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in the murders of her two youngest children and a woman she saw as a romantic rival in a case that included bizarre claims that her son an
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Biden has decided to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama, officials tell AP

Biden has decided to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama, officials tell AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S.
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IS claims responsibility for the bombing that killed 54 at a pro-Taliban election rally in Pakistan

IS claims responsibility for the bombing that killed 54 at a pro-Taliban election rally in Pakistan

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — An Afghan branch of Islamic State on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 54 people at a pro-Taliban party's election rally, in one of the region's worst attacks in recent years.
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Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70

Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70

Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died.
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Mar-a-Lago worker De Oliveira makes his first court appearance in Trump's classified documents case

Mar-a-Lago worker De Oliveira makes his first court appearance in Trump's classified documents case

MIAMI (AP) — The property manager of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate made his first court appearance on Monday on charges in the classified documents case against the former president but did not enter a plea because he has not found a Florida-based
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