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Police in Trinidad and Tobago seize $6 million worth of drugs from a boat

Dec. 04, 2024 10:26 AM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they have confiscated more than $6 million worth of drugs, one of the biggest seizures in the history of the twin-island Caribbean nation. The seizure included more than 500 pounds (230 kilograms) of marijuana and more...

Los Angeles Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela died of septic shock, death certificate says

Nov. 14, 2024 14:08 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock last month, according to his death certificate. TMZ Sports obtained the document on Tuesday. Valenzuela died on Oct. 22 at age 63, a few...

NHL union will form committee to help players better understand traumatic brain injuries

Nov. 01, 2024 22:22 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The NHLPA will form an advisory committee to help hockey players better understand chronic traumatic encephalopathy and the damage that concussions can do to the brain. NHLPA president Marty Walsh said on Friday night that the CTE committee was unanimously approved at...

Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers who lost land in seizures 20 years ago

Oct. 16, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe says it will compensate local and foreign white farmers who lost land and property more than 20 years ago in farm seizures meant to redress some of the wrongs of colonialism. About 4,000 white farmers lost their homes and swathes of land when the...