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Lauter throws two 2nd-half TD passes to Dunneman to lift Georgetown to a 20-17 win over Columbia
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Danny Lauter threw a pair of touchdown passes to Nicholas Dunneman, the second from 16 yards out with 1:10 left, to lift Georgetown to a 20-17 win over Columbia on Saturday. The Lions (1-1) jumped to a 14-0 first-half lead on a pair of touchdown passes by...
Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to publishers are vastly underestimating the competition the tech giant faces, an expert hired by Google testified Thursday. Mark Israel, an...
Poll: Latin Americans view Pope Francis favorably. But the biggest drop is in his native Argentina.
Pope Francis is still widely popular in several Latin American countries. But the portion of people who still see him favorably in his native Argentina has plunged by almost 30 percentage points in a decade. Those are among the key findings in a report released Thursday by the Pew...
Jury awards $2.78 million to nanny over hidden camera in bedroom
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has awarded $2.78 million to an au pair whose employer used a hidden camera to videotape her while she slept in their New York City home. The jury in Brooklyn federal court ordered Michael and Danielle Esposito to pay Kelly Andrade $780,000 for emotional...
Tren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela's prisons and now spreads fear in the US
MIAMI (AP) — Former federal agent Wes Tabor says his phone has been lighting up with calls from police departments around the U.S. for advice on how to combat the growing threat from the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Tabor was in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement...
Anti-money laundering group suspends Colombia after President Petro declassifies confidential report
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — The Egmont Group, an international organization created to combat money laundering, said Monday that it has suspended Colombia's access to its global information sharing platform, after President Gustavo Petro shared confidential information that Colombian officials had...
Goodwin, Freeman combine at QB to lead Columbia to 31-20 win over Lafayette in Lions' season opener
NEW YORK (AP) — Chase Goodwin and Cole Freeman each threw for a pair of scores and Columbia opened its season with a 31-20 win over Lafayette on Saturday to give new coach Jon Poppe the win. Goodwin threw a 20-yard scoring pass to Braden Dougherty over the middle less than three...
Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebel group after a deadly attack on the military
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia on Wednesday suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, after blaming the rebel group for an attack that killed two soldiers and injured more than 20. “Today the dialogue process is suspended," said the government’s peace...
Colombia's president says attack on army base 'practically ends' peace talks with ELN rebels
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An attack on a military base in eastern Colombia killed two soldiers and injured at least 21, Colombia's military said on Tuesday, as tensions escalate between Colombia's government and one of the nation's largest remaining rebel groups. Colombia's military...
Prince Harry's 40th birthday marks the moment the royal scamp moves to middle age
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was always something different. From the moment he first appeared in public, snuggled in Princess Diana’s arms outside the London hospital where he was born in 1984, Harry was the ginger-haired scamp who stuck his tongue out at photographers. ...
