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Independent judges confirm decision of Pacquiao’s loss to Horn

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The World Boxing Organization says an independent review of the scoring in Manny Pacquiao’s welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn confirms the outcome in favor o...

New oversight instituted for New Mexico athletic department

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico is instituting new controls and oversight of athletics department finances as it continues a review that has found “inconsistencies” in contracts f...

Wildfires in western U.S. endanger lives, property

OROVILLE, Calif. – Thousands of residents in the western U.S. and Canada have fled their homes as wildfires barreled across the baking landscape, destroying property. Firefighters...

Bear suspected of attacking Colorado camp staffer killed

Man woke up to bear biting his head

California fires spread quickly; blazes tamed in Colorado

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – A pair of California wildfires have quickly spread, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations at a popular lakeside campground and a summer camp where flame...

Navajo Nation backs federal Amber Alert legislation

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A panel of lawmakers on the nation’s largest American Indian reservation is throwing its support behind federal legislation that would expand the Amber Alert child abduc...

Teen bit in head by bear wakes up to “crunching sound”

WARD, Colo. – Wildlife officers are searching for a black bear that attacked a Colorado camp staffer and bit him on the head as he slept outdoors near campers. Colorado Parks and ...

Wayne Rooney rejoins Everton after 13 years at Manchester United

LIVERPOOL, England – Wayne Rooney rejoined boyhood club Everton on Sunday after 13 years at Manchester United, leaving English soccer’s biggest club as its record scorer having won every maj...

Record-breaking Jon Rahm wins Irish Open by 6 shots

Young Spaniard continues sensational season

Chris Froome’s teammate Gerraint Thomas crashes out of Tour de France

CHAMBERY, France – Geraint Thomas has crashed on a descent and been taken to a local hospital with a suspected broken collarbone, depriving Chris Froome of a key Sky teammate as he seeks a f...

IOC completing 1,000 retests of Vancouver Olympic samples

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The IOC expects to complete retesting of more than 1,000 doping samples from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics next month. Richard Budgett, the Olympic body’s me...

Actor LaBeouf arrested in Georgia for public drunkenness

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Actor Shia LaBeouf has been released from a Georgia jail after posting $7,000 bond on charges of public drunkenness. The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office says the 3...