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Melendez's third home run of series lifts Royals over White Sox 5-3 for 4-game sweepApr 07, 2024 6:57 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — MJ Melendez hit his third home run of the series, a two-run drive in a three-run seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat Chicago White...
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Bhatia loses 6-shot lead and wins Texas Open in a playoff. The next stop is the MastersApr 07, 2024 6:49 pm - SAN ANTONIO — Akshay Bhatia nearly celebrated too soon Sunday, hurting his left shoulder while pumping his arms on a 12-foot birdie to force a playoff. He recovered to ma...
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South Carolina finishes perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark and IowaApr 07, 2024 6:16 pm - CLEVELAND — Dawn Staley and South Carolina completed their perfect season, ending Caitlin Clark’s historic college career with an 87-75 win over Iowa in the NCAA champion...
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Byron leads Hendrick Motorsports to 1-2-3 finish at Martinsville on anniversary weekendApr 07, 2024 6:04 pm - William Byron took the lead with 73 laps to go and held onto it during a two-lap overtime finish Sunday to enhance Hendrick Motorsports' celebration of its 40-year annive...
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‘Godzilla x Kong’ maintains box-office dominion in second weekendApr 07, 2024 2:54 pm - “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” easily swatted away a pair of challengers to hold on to the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row, according to st...
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How Dev Patel got ‘Monkey Man,’ his directorial debut beset by challenges, to the finish lineApr 07, 2024 11:26 am - “Faith can be such a beautiful, powerful thing. It can bring us together. At its best, it should make us fight for each other instead of fighting against each other,” says Dev Patel, who is making his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with the action thriller “Monkey Man.”
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Small town businesses embrace total solar eclipse crowd, come rain or shine on MondayApr 07, 2024 8:01 am - WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — The last time a total solar eclipse passed through this Texas town, horses and buggies filled the streets and cotton fetched 9 cents a pound. Nea...
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorceApr 07, 2024 8:01 am - Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorce last year after more than 20 years together.
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Oregon Powerball player wins a $1.3 billion jackpot, ending more than 3 months without a grand prizeApr 07, 2024 8:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three mont...
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Should you itemize or take a standard deduction on your tax return? Here’s what to knowApr 07, 2024 5:46 am - NEW YORK — When tackling your taxes, it can sometimes be hard to figure out whether to opt for a standard deduction or itemize. According to tax pros, itemizing generally...