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Sharapova can't say what's next after Australian Open loss
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Her Grand Slam losing streak up to four matches, Maria Sharapova surely was aware questions about her future would be coming. She wasn't able to provide answers. Might this have been her last trip to the Australian Open, a tournament she won in 2008 as part of a career Grand...
US envoy surprised that NKorea didn't give 'Christmas gift'
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to South Korea said Thursday he was surprised and pleased that North Korea did not give the U.S. an unwelcome “Christmas gift” because of stalled nuclear disarmament talks, and that President Donald Trump is still confident it will denuclearize....
No charges for shooter who killed man at Christmas party
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A man who fatally shot another man at a company Christmas party won't face criminal charges because he acted in self-defense, authorities in South Carolina said Wednesday. Lexington police told news outlets that no charges will be filed against Glenn Wilbur Rowe Jr., 46, in the...
Norwich to celebrate birthdate of Benedict Arnold
NORWICH, Ct. (AP) — A Connecticut city will mark the birthdate of the nations most famous traitor, Benedict Arnold, by turning off the Christmas lights at City Hall on Tuesday. Regan Miner, the executive director of the Norwich Historical Society, said the event will serve as a “tongue-in-cheek way"...
2 stabbed at Christmas tree burning event in Fountain Hills
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say two men have been taken to the hospital after a stabbing at a Christmas tree burning event near Fountain Hills. Rural Metro Fire officials say a group was having a Christmas tree burning event in the area of Bush Highway and State Route 87 when a fight broke out...
Vidalia family enjoys living in house fit for a mouse
VIDALIA, Miss. (AP) — Just looking at Charlette Waston’s Peach Street home from the outside, one would never know that a child’s dream house is just inside. When The Dart landed in Watson’s neighborhood, she was just finishing a bit of yard work, blowing the leaves away from around a...
Dreyfoos senior loses artwork in New Year’s Eve house fire
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The artist in Blake Weis saw a wisp of Christmas amid the ashes of his family’s Boynton Beach home Monday (Jan. 6). The 18-year-old used a red rake to unwrap his burnt belongings from the blanket of black soot that clung to them like foil paper. Hidden in the wreckage of...
Christmas ransomware attack hit New York airport servers
COLONIE, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York airport and its computer management provider were attacked by ransomware over Christmas, officials said. Officials at the Albany County Airport Authority announced Thursday that the attack came to light after Schenectady-based LogicalNet reported its own management...
Over 2,000 Christmas trees donated to repair sand dunes
SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — Over 2,000 discarded Christmas trees were donated to New Jersey environmental officials to reinforce sand dunes at Island Beach State Park. The state's Department of Environmental Protection posted on Twitter Monday to say the response from the public far exceeded their original...
Orthodox church tensions in Montenegro on Christmas Eve
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Dozens of police on Monday were deployed in Montenegro for Orthodox Christmas Eve celebrations being held amid heightened tensions over a religious rights law opposed by the Serbian church in the small Balkan country. In the historic capital of Cetinje, police separated...
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