QUETTA, Pakistan – Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on a police convoy, killing two officers and a woman passer-by in the southwestern city of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. Abdur Razzaq Cheema, the Quetta police chief, says police fired back and killed one of the attackers in Monday’s …
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Nigeria’s president is promising deeper collaboration with its neighbors in the fight against Islamic extremism after a two-day visit to Cameroon. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari headed home Thursday after meeting with his counterpart for two days of talks focused around the threat posed by Boko Haram. Cameroon …
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Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh was absent from the sideline for the Wolverines’ first three games of the season as he served a school-imposed suspension. The decision to keep Harbaugh away from the sidelines as Michigan got off to a 3-0 start stemmed from alleged violations during the COVID-19 dead …
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Daytona Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Kurt Busch was docked 10 points for a post-race technical infraction discovered after last Sunday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The Stewart-Haas racing team was also penalized 10 points in the owner standings and crew chief Daniel Knost was fined $10,000. According to …
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina assistant Mark Bernardino is glad to be back in the pool coaching, even if it isn’t what the one-time Atlantic Coast Conference championship leader expected at this point in his career. Bernardino’s Cavaliers dominated the ACC, winning 27 titles from 1978-2013. But Bernardino and Virginia …
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OGDEN, Utah – Jordan Perry threw two touchdown passes to help Northern Arizona overcome an early 22-point deficit and beat Weber State 29-22 on Saturday. Jadrian Clark ran for a 7 and 20-yard touchdown, and Bo Bolen ran for an 8-yard score and Weber State jumped out to a 22-0 …
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – Marussia says Alexander Rossi of the U.S. has joined the Formula One team as its new reserve driver. Rossi was in the same role with the Caterham team for two years, and also competed in the GP2 development series. The Russian team has been competing in F1 …
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Detroit, MI – Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Cleveland Indians activated second baseman Jason Kipnis from the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday. Kipnis, 27, landed on the disabled list on May 2 with a strained right oblique muscle. Prior to his stint on the DL, Kipnis was batting .234 with …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Mat Latos eyes a third straight win on Tuesday when the Cincinnati Reds welcome the Boston Red Sox to Great American Ball Park for the start of a brief two-game set. Latos, who missed the first two and a half months of the season recovering from a flexor …
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PARIS – France’s foreign minister is calling for an investigation into the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, calling it an “assassination that was revolting.” Laurent Fabius said on BFM television Monday that the shooting of Nemtsov in Moscow on Friday night “raises a series of questions.” He insisted …
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