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Florida wins its third national title and denies Houston its first, rallying for 65-63 victoryApr 08, 2025 12:00 am - SAN ANTONIO — Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston’s spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller no...
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Xander Schauffele is on the mend and motivated as ever at the MastersApr 07, 2025 7:37 pm - AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two majors made Xander Schauffele believe he was capable of winning them all. Two months out of golf with a rib injury is putting that belief to the test. ...
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Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. goes from host to guest on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’Apr 07, 2025 2:12 pm - For 11 seasons, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree. On Tuesday, it’s his turn.
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First Black Republican woman in Congress honored in Utah after her death from brain cancerApr 07, 2025 1:37 pm - Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she died of brain cancer last month at age 49.
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Book Review: ‘John & Paul’ explores complex ties between the two BeatlesApr 07, 2025 1:09 pm - Ian Leslie's “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” takes a detailed look — 426 pages — at how John Lennon and Paul McCartney worked together from their meeting as teenagers until John’s death.
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‘Little suns in the classroom’: Ukrainian city mourns children killed by Russian missileApr 07, 2025 1:06 pm - Anger and outrage gripped the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as it held funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground.
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Praise be, loyal ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ fans: Propulsive final season promises a satisfying catharsisApr 07, 2025 12:54 pm - Not long ago Yvonne Strahovski, who plays beautiful, ruthless, deeply complicated Serena on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” was forced to watch early scenes of her character’s cruelty. “It was horrible,” Strahovski said, as the sixth season of the show streams Tuesday.
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Swollen rivers are flooding towns in the US South after a prolonged deluge of rainApr 07, 2025 12:05 pm - Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital.
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Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600Apr 07, 2025 12:02 pm - BANGKOK — Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts are supplanted by increasing reli...
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Music Review: On Bon Iver’s ‘SABLE, fABLE,’ love inspires a chilly, robotic R&B patchworkApr 07, 2025 11:51 am - On Bon Iver’s “SABLE, fABLE,” Justin Vernon sings about his fear of change. And then he strives to embrace it.