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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Legendary “Lawrence of Arabia” actor Omar Sharif is battling Alzheimer’s disease, his agent Steve Kenis confirmed to The Associated...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden reassured Iraq’s government on Monday of U.S. support in the fight against the Islamic State group, telepho...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers focused their draft on revamping a once imposing defense. They still found time to give quarterback Ben Roet...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The all-too-predictable golf references began shortly after tight end Nick O’Leary completed the opening session of the Buff...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen tried to channel his inner Marshawn Lynch. It lasted all of 30 seconds. Sorry, mumbling one-word answers just isn’t...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Johnny Manziel’s climb back might be steeper than he realized. The Browns aren’t making any promises to Manziel, who recently spent...

CHICAGO (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith is ready to return from a two-game suspension while Iman Shumpert’s status for Game 3 of the Easte...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — When former Syracuse star Derrick Coleman became the top pick in the NBA draft a quarter of a century ago, he didn’t have enough...

NORTH HUNTINGDON (AP) — A sophomore from western Pennsylvania who just started throwing the javelin a year ago has set a girls’ national high school r...

NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN says that it is parting ways with Bill Simmons, one of its top personalities who created the Grantland website and was instrument...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Three former allies of Gov. Chris Christie were charged Friday in the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal that has cast a lon...

2:30 p.m. Some parents are bringing their children to protests in Chicago, using it as a teaching tool on how to perceive police officers. Meredith We...

SEATTLE (AP) — Mount Everest is normally buzzing with activity this time of year, with hundreds of hopeful climbers gathering at base camp to attempt ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted the veteran police chief for the Port of Los Angeles in an alleged kickback and bribery scheme involv...

OSCEOLA, Mo. (AP) — After 45 years of providing health care in rural western Missouri, Sac-Osage Hospital is being sold piece by piece. Ceiling tiles ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eighteen black women who were told decades ago that their babies had died soon after birth at a St. Louis hospital now wonder if the ...

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — A 2-year-old Arizona boy was hospitalized in critical but stable condition Friday after shooting himself in the face with a handg...

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri woman told police she fled from a home she shared with a man who’d been holding her captive since January, some...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is just days away from shooting up a crew capsule to test a launch escape system designed to save astronauts’ lives...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers demanded answers Friday after a report that Capitol Police officers have left their guns in the bathrooms of the Capitol c...