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Carli Lloyd’s path to coach James Galanis started with a humble plea from her dad: “My daughter needs you.” It was 2003 and Lloyd was having what could best be described as a career crisis. A talented midfielder who had excelled since she was 5, she’d been cut from the under-21 U.S. national team. She

SHIRLEY, N.Y. — For many who lost loved ones from TWA Flight 800, the passage of 20 years has helped them carry on. Others say they will never get over the heartache from what remains one of the most hotly debated air disasters in history. Soon after the Paris-bound flight took off from John F.

SAO PAULO — Brazilian football great Pele has married for a third time in a private ceremony. The 75-year-old Pele married businesswoman Marcia Cibele Aoki, aged 50, at a ceremony on Saturday in the resort of Guaruja, near Sao Paulo. The couple has been in a relationship for six years. The news was released on

WEATHERFORD, Texas — Authorities say several inmates at a Texas jail broke out of a holding cell to help save an armed guard after they saw him lose consciousness. WFAA-TV (http://bit.ly/29my0Eo ) reports the jailer continues to recover from an apparent heart attack. The June 23 incident was captured on surveillance video at the district

GAS CITY, Ind. — A Gas City woman has been arrested after authorities say she tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says 33-year-old April Bosworth texted an acquaintance Thursday about hiring a hit man to “take care of her husband.” Authorities say the acquaintance contacted authorities

France earned the final basketball spot in the Olympics, beating Canada 83-74 on Sunday in the championship game of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Manila, Philippines. The French were then drawn along with Serbia into Group A in Rio, placing them in the same pool as the two-time defending champion United States. The U.S., Serbia

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Frustrated by the rising cost of prescription drugs, California health advocates hope sunlight and a dose of shame will discourage drugmakers from raising their prices too quickly or introducing new medications at prices that break the bank. They’re promoting legislation that would require drugmakers to provide advance notice before making big price

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran Sunday criticized the participation of a Saudi prince and former intelligence chief in an Iranian opposition rally in Paris. The report by the state-owned IRNA news agency quotes an unnamed official as saying that Prince Turki al-Faisal’s participation in the rally backed by the France-based National Council of Resistance of Iran

SAINT-DENIS, France — France and Portugal fans from as far afield as Switzerland and the South Pacific gathered Sunday at the Stade de France stadium or took in the sights in Paris as they prepared to watch their teams meet in the European Championship final. Fans mingled peacefully outside the stadium amid tight security in

ANNANDALE, Minn. — In a year of firsts for the Saunders family, this one may have been the toughest. Family members gathered at their cabin for the July Fourth holiday that patriarch Flip Saunders, the late president and coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, cherished over any other. Trepidation hung in the air as they made

TEHRAN, Iran — Unknown gunmen killed two people and injured a lawmaker and a local governor in western Iran after opening fire on their car, an Iranian semi-official news agency reported. The Tasnim agency reported Sunday that four gunmen blocked the car and opened fire. The driver and a local veterinary official were killed. Pro-reform

SILVERSTONE, England — Defending Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton reeled off his fourth win in five races Sunday to storm to victory in the British Grand Prix. The 31-year-old Englishman came home 6.9 seconds clear of his German teammate Nico Rosberg. Dutch teenager Max Verstappen was third ahead of his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo

BANGKOK — A Thai news website said one of its journalists was detained Sunday by police in central Thailand while reporting on a group opposed to the military government. It said three activists of the group were also detained. Prachatai said in a report on its website that journalist Taweesak Kerdpoka was arrested while reporting

ARCALIS, Andorra — Diminished by a fever and still reeling from crashes on the opening two days of the race, two-time champion Alberto Contador pulled out of the Tour de France during the toughest Pyrenean stage on Sunday. Slightly more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the end of Stage 9 from the Spanish town

LONDON — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): 6 p.m. Denis Shapovalov of Canada won the boys singles title at Wimbledon, but later lost in the doubles final. The fifth-seeded Shapovalov beat Alex de Minaur of Australia 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 on No. 1 Court. Later Sunday, Shapovalov and Canadian partner Felix Auger-Aliassime lost in

BEIRUT — The U.N. began airlifting humanitarian aid to families cut off from supplies in northeastern Syria, bringing 40 tons of food on a flight that landed in Qamishli, an area controlled by the Syrian government, the World Food Program said Sunday. The WFP said the flight landed the night before in Qamishli airport in

LONDON — Back in a Grand Slam final for the 11th time, Andy Murray — for once — won’t be facing either Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic for the title. Murray goes up against Milos Raonic, the big-serving Canadian playing in his first major final. The second-seeded Murray is chasing his third Grand Slam title,

CHICAGO — During their working years, women tend to earn less than men, and when they retire, they’re more likely to live in poverty. These are women who raised children and cared for sick and elderly family members, often taking what savings and income they do have and spending it on things besides their own

TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of Iranians attended the Sunday funeral ceremony of the acclaimed Iranian film director, Abbas Kiarostami, who died last week at the age of 76 in Paris. Officials, artists and film lovers gathered to say goodbye to Kiarostami at the Center for the Intellectual Education of Children, where he began his film-making

BERLIN — Police say more than 120 officers were injured and 86 demonstrators have been detained during leftist riots in the German capital which police call “the most aggressive and violent protests in the last five years.” Berlin police said in a statement Sunday that protesters threw bottles, cobblestones and fireworks, destroyed cars and attacked

MILAN — Italian law enforcement authorities have called off the search for a missing airman in the area where he disappeared in northern Italy after failing to find any leads, a U.S. Air Force spokesman said Sunday. Italian police searched for three days the area where Staff Sgt. Halex Hale was last seen July 2

JOHANNESBURG — Nobel peace prize winner Desmond Tutu on Sunday celebrated four decades of service as a bishop at a mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral and central Johannesburg. Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Tutu, 84, was dean at St. Mary’s when he was appointed bishop of Lesotho 40 years ago. Tutu later became the first black archbishop

LONDON — To hear Serena Williams and her coach tell it, the process of getting her ready to win Wimbledon for a record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title began with a series of chats over the phone not long after her loss in the French Open final. That setback in Paris marked the third consecutive major

JERUSALEM — Egypt’s foreign minister is set to arrive in Israel Sunday for the first such visit in nearly a decade, reflecting the warming ties between the former adversaries. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sameh Shoukry’s visit at his weekly Cabinet meeting, calling it an important sign of the positive change in Israel-Egypt relations.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two Mideast countries are warning citizens traveling in the United States to be careful around protests over police shootings. A “special alert” issued by the United Arab Emirates Embassy to Washington on Saturday urged citizens to stay away from demonstrations in U.S. cities. State news agency WAM said the warning