PARIS (AP) — France’s presidential contenders Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen traded final blows on the last day of campaigning Friday to drive home why their particular political brand — and not the other’s — is the right choice for voters in one of the world’s wealthiest large democracies. Macron, the center-right incumbent, laid…
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By DAVID KEYTON and YESICA FISCH KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Mounds of dirt seen in satellite imagery that Ukrainian officials say indicate new mass graves highlighted the savagery of a war that showed no signs of abating Friday, as Russia pounded targets in eastern Ukraine in a new offensive to take the country’s industrial heartland.…
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By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — No more Muslim headscarves in public. All schoolchildren in uniforms. Laws proposed and passed by referendum. Generous social services unavailable to foreigners unless they’ve held a job for five years. That’s just a sampling of Marine Le Pen’s vision for France if the far-right leader wins Sunday’s presidential runoff…
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The South Florida Sun Sentinel ends its 10-part series looking at the top prospects in the upcoming NFL draft (April 28-30) with defensive tackles, the players who set the table for everyone on defense. This draft class features half a dozen defensive tackles who have the traits needed to start, and another dozen who should…
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Thirteen games into their season, the Orioles have lived up to the misfortunate associated with that number. Their pitching staff has surprisingly excelled early on, though it’s doing so without ace John Means and might be without him for the rest of the season. An offense expected to be a strength has instead regularly missed…
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Michael Cross remembers it like it was yesterday. He remembers his son and Maryland football safety Nick Cross sitting in front of the television as a child, watching Washington’s NFL team play on Sundays. Michael recalls the joy on his son’s face as he watched former Washington safety Sean Taylor torment opponents and the tears…
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Q: I have never seen a team like this where there is more pressure on the supporting players to exceed expectations, because one of the three players in the forefront (Bam Adebayo) is inconsistent in pulling his own weight. It also feels like this is getting put on the backburner because the team is winning,…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – JJ Hollis did it again for JSerra’s baseball team. Hollis pitched a complete game for the Lions in a 4-1 win over Orange Lutheran on Thursday in a Boras Classic South semifinal at JSerra High. Hollis, a junior right-hander, pitched a complete game in a 2-1 win over Orange Lutheran on…
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LOS ANGELES — Forner UCLA star Alison Lee shot a 5-under-par 66 on Thursday afternoon at breezy Wilshire Country Club to take the first-round lead in the DIO Implant LA Open. The resurgent Lee had the lone bogey-free round of the day in testing conditions with the wind gusting to 25 mph to start the…
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LOS ANGELES –– With heat at their backs and a less competitive opponent in their faces, the Kings handled their business in a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena, moving closer to securing a playoff berth. Elsewhere in the division, the Calgary Flames won to clinch first place in…
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