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BEIJING (AP) — Final preparations were being made Monday to send a new three-person crew to China’s space station as it nears completion amid intensifying competition with the United States. The China Manned Space Agency said the Shenzhou-15 mission will take off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert at 11:08 p.m. Tuesday night. The six-month mission, commanded by Fei Junlong and crewed by Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu, will be the last…

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ATLANTA (AP) — A shooting in an Atlanta neighborhood Saturday evening killed one person and wounded five, police said. The Atlanta Police Department said several shots were fired during a dispute around 8 p.m. on the 17th Street bridge in Atlantic Station, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Police said the shooting occurred after a group of people was escorted off the Atlantic Station open air mall property by security and off-duty Atlanta police officers. “At this time, we have one…

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(CNN) — Este domingo marcó oficialmente el primer mes desde que el hombre más rico del mundo asumió el mando de Twitter. En ese periodo, Elon Musk comenzó con despidos masivos y les dio un ultimátum críptico al resto del personal, restableció las cuentas de figuras controvertidas, incluido el expresidente Donald Trump, y lanzó — y luego descartó — un plan para cobrar por las icónicas marcas de verificación azules de Twitter. Después de pasar meses envuelto en una…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance … What a Feeling” from 1983’s “Flashdance,” has died. She was 63. Her publicist, Judith A. Moose, announced the news on social media, writing that a cause of death was “currently unknown.” Moose also confirmed the death to an Associated Press reporter on Saturday….

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MILAN (AP) — Search teams pulled the body of a young girl from her family home on Sunday as they dug through mud for a second day in the search for people still missing after an enormous landslide on the Italian resort island of Ischia. The Naples prefect confirmed that the death toll in the tragedy had risen to two, following also the recovery of the body of a 31-year-old woman from the island on Saturday. A further 10…

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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Ghana coach Otto Addo has been impressed with Son Heung-min ever since he coached the South Korea forward at the youth level. The two will be reunited on Monday when Ghana meets South Korea in Group H at the World Cup at Education City Stadium. Addo was working for German club Hamburg when he first encountered Son, who he recommended for the first team. “He’s very, very disciplined. So he became so good because he…

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SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored his second goal of the game at 1:08 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues to a 5-4 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. St. Louis overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period, tying it on Vladimir Tarasenko’s goal with 3:49 left. Brandon Saad and Ryan O’Reilly also scored and Thomas Greiss made 33 saves. Aaron Ekblad, Radko Gudas and Carter Verhaeghe scored for Florida in the first…

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AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — At a suburban park near Doha, the capital city of Qatar, cool air from vents in the ground blasted joggers on a November day that reached almost 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit). The small park with air-conditioned paths is an apt illustration of World Cup host Qatar’s answers, so far, to the rising temperatures its people face. The wealthy Gulf Arab nation has been able to pay for extreme adaptive measures like this…

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Friday At Houghton GC Johannesburg Purse: $18.2 million Yardage: 7,241; Par: 71 Second Round Dan Bradbury, England 63-66—129 -13 Casey Jarvis, South Africa 67-63—130 -12 Sami Valimaki, Finland 66-65—131 -11 Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa 68-64—132 -10 Louis De Jager, South Africa 67-65—132 -10 Nathan Kimsey, England 66-66—132 -10 Jbe Kruger, South Africa 65-67—132 -10 Romain Langasque, France 65-67—132 -10 Daniel Van Tonder, South Africa 69-63—132 -10 Wilco Nienaber, South Africa 67-67—134 -8 Tom McKibbin, Northern Ireland 68-67—135 -7 Simon…

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Friday At Houghton GC Johannesburg Purse: $18.2 million Yardage: 7,241; Par: 71 Second Round Dan Bradbury, England 63-66—129 Casey Jarvis, South Africa 67-63—130 Sami Valimaki, Finland 66-65—131 Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa 68-64—132 Louis De Jager, South Africa 67-65—132 Nathan Kimsey, England 66-66—132 Jbe Kruger, South Africa 65-67—132 Romain Langasque, France 65-67—132 Daniel Van Tonder, South Africa 69-63—132 Wilco Nienaber, South Africa 67-67—134 Tom McKibbin, Northern Ireland 68-67—135 Simon Forsstrom, Sweden 67-69—136 Francesco Laporta, Italy 67-69—136 Renato Paratore, Italy 68-68—136…

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Major retailers get much of the attention on Black Friday, but the holiday shopping season’s second day is all about smaller businesses. Nov. 26 is Small Business Saturday. More Business & Finance News More Local News American Express launched the event during the 2010 recession, encouraging holiday shoppers to support the small, independent businesses that are so essential in every community. The event gained momentum a year later when Congress unanimously passed a resolution supporting the event. Elected leaders…

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Shake Milton had 24 points, a career-high 10 assists and nine rebounds, and the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 107-99 on Friday night. Tobias Harris added 23 points for Philadelphia, and reserve Georges Niang made five 3-pointers on his way to 18 points. It was the Sixers’ ninth straight win against the Magic. “Georges is a one-man culture-changer, and he comes in with that positive attitude and he has such a great feel…

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BEIJING (AP) — Residents of some parts of China’s capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered faster construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals. Uncertainty and scattered, unconfirmed reports of lockdowns in at least some Beijing districts have fueled demand for food and other supplies, something not seen in the city for months. Unusually large numbers of shoppers in the city’s northern suburbs left shelves bare in markets, but customers…

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(CNN) — Jin, superestrella del K-pop, comenzará el servicio militar obligatorio el próximo mes, confirmó una fuente con conocimiento directo de la situación este viernes, luego de que el cantante de la banda BTS hiciera un llamado a sus seguidores para que se mantengan alejados del centro de entrenamiento del ejército de Corea del Sur. La fuente dijo que la estrella de 29 años, quien es el miembro más antiguo de BTS, entrará en servicio el 13 de diciembre…

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