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English women's league showdown delayed by teams wearing matching socks

Mar. 15, 2024 18:19 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A top-of-the table English Women's Soccer League game with a crowd of nearly 33,000 suffered a delayed kickoff on Friday because the teams had matching socks. Arsenal turned up at Chelsea with the same-colored white socks, forcing referee Rebecca Welch to delay the...

Bees cause a buzz and lengthy disruption at Indian Wells tennis during Alcaraz vs Zverev match

Mar. 15, 2024 12:17 PM EDT

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — A swarm of bees forced a nearly two-hour disruption to the quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday. Alcaraz swatted at the bees buzzing around him before running for cover and the match was...

Blue jersey, brown shorts, white socks: Belgium's new kit a tribute to comic book legend Tintin

Mar. 14, 2024 10:23 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — If Kevin De Bruyne goes back to his old haircut, he will make a perfect Tintin at the soccer European Championship this summer. The Belgium Football Association unveiled the new home and away kits for its male and female internationals on Thursday. The home kit...

A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street

Mar. 14, 2024 07:06 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The inhabitants of Copenhagen's freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales which have led to deadly gang turf wars and sometimes violent confrontations with the police. ...

Staff at a Virginia wildlife center pretend to be red foxes as they care for an orphaned kit

Mar. 12, 2024 19:53 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Employees of the Richmond Wildlife Center in Virginia are doing their best to act like mother foxes as they feed and care for an orphaned kit that found her way into their care. In a video posted to the center’s Facebook page Tuesday, Executive Director...

Double-swiping the rewards card led to free gas for months -- and a felony theft charge

Mar. 12, 2024 12:15 PM EDT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman allegedly found a lucrative quirk at a gas station pump — double-swipe the rewards card and get free gas! Unfortunately for her, you can't do that. The 45-year-old woman was arrested March 6 and faces felony theft charges accusing her of a...

Belgium's Euro 2024 alternate jersey is leaked. Is it a tribute to comic-strip hero Tintin?

Mar. 11, 2024 13:33 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Some Belgium soccer players in the European Championship this summer could resemble a world famous reporter. Belgium's Euro 2024 alternate jersey is a tribute to Tintin, the intrepid Belgian reporter and comic-book legend, according to leaks on specialized websites....

Auburn student makes a 94-foot, length-of-the-court putt and wins a car

Mar. 09, 2024 20:54 PM EST

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — An Auburn University student connected on a long-distance shot, draining a length-of-the-basketball court putt on Saturday to win a car. Conor Boyle made the 94-foot putt, rolling a golf ball from one baseline and through a sign next to the opposite basket...

Weather beatdown leaves towering Maine landmark surrounded by crime scene tape

Mar. 09, 2024 11:01 AM EST

SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — Crime scene tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian, a local landmark in Maine, after an assault by Mother Nature. The towering wooden sculpture is missing part of its face and arm, as well as a spear. The damage is believed to have been caused by wild weather...

What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky skijoring

Mar. 08, 2024 23:15 PM EST

LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Nick Burri clicks into his ski bindings, squats to stretch his knees and scans the snowy race course. Moments later, he's zipping past a series of gates at high speed and hurtling off jumps. But it's not gravity pulling him toward the finish line: It's the brute force of a...