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WIGGINS, Miss. — A black 15-year-old in Mississippi shook in fear as he described how white schoolmates put a noose around his neck and pulled it tight, leaving no physical scars but perhaps a life-changing emotional wound, his mother said. Stacey Payton, a 47-year-old college instructor, said her son met her in her office and

KORONADAL, Philippines — A Philippine town mayor who was publicly identified by President Rodrigo Duterte as a drug trafficking suspect was gunned down Friday with nine of his men at a police checkpoint, in one of the bloodiest operations since the crackdown was launched. Little over a month after he took office on a promise

WASHINGTON — Americans in the health insurance markets created by President Barack Obama’s law will have less choice next year than any time since the program started, a new county-level analysis for The Associated Press has found. The analysis by AP and consulting firm Avalere Health found that about one-third of U.S. counties will have

The next two weeks are going to make fantasy football players earn their spots in the standings, with six teams on byes each of the next two weeks. Fantasy owners will have to plan very well to fill in for many of their idle starters, and some injuries won’t make things any easier. Before you

ATLANTA — Six months into a deepening drought, the weather is killing crops, threatening cattle and sinking lakes to their lowest levels in years across much of the South. The very worst conditions — what forecasters call “exceptional drought” — are in the mountains of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia, a region known for its

SYDNEY — An Australian husband and wife were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Friday for sexually abusing, torturing and confining their daughter over 15 years. The District Court in Sydney was told that the father used various sharp tools to rape and torture the girl who was left tied up in a shed or

PHILADELPHIA — Donovan McNabb threw passes to Todd Pinkston, Charles Johnson, James Thrash, Freddie Mitchell and Antonio Freeman for four years before the Philadelphia Eagles got Terrell Owens. Carson Wentz shouldn’t have to wait as long to get a No. 1 receiver. Wentz already has more talented receivers than McNabb did from 1999-2003, but it’s

HONG KONG — Corporate China’s global shopping binge barreled on this week with more multibillion dollar deals, but Beijing is starting to discover that there are limits to what its money can buy. In recent days German and European Union officials have moved to tighten up scrutiny or even block high-profile acquisitions in the latest

TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed Friday as a weaker yen sent Japan’s benchmark higher, despite persisting gloom from Wall Street’s recent declines. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.6 percent to 17,446.41 and the Shanghai Composite index inched up less than 0.1 percent to 3,112.91. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped 0.2 percent to 5,283.80,

NEW YORK — People have worked hard, and mostly successfully, over the past four years to restore the New York and New Jersey coastline to what it was before Superstorm Sandy crashed ashore, causing widespread devastation. But some areas have not recovered, nor will they ever. The Staten Island neighborhood of Oakwood Beach, improbably built

LOS ANGELES — Ronald Jones just needed an opportunity to show he was still the running back that became Southern California’s most prolific freshman rusher a season ago. With starter Justin Davis sidelined because of injury and the Pac-12’s worst run defense trying to stop him, coach Clay Helton knew that the sophomore was “ready

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The countries that decide the fate of Antarctica’s waters reached an historic agreement on Friday to create the world’s largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent. The agreement comes after years of diplomatic wrangling and high-level talks between the U.S. and Russia, which has rejected the

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Los Angeles Clippers’ goal in their opener was to keep the Portland Trail Blazers from making 3-pointers. The strategy worked: Portland made just four of 18 attempts from the perimeter and the Clippers came away with a 114-106 victory Thursday night. Chris Paul said the Clippers had the luxury of being

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Nations from around the world on Friday reached an historic agreement to preserve an area of ocean near Antarctica that’s about twice the size of Texas. Here are some questions and answers about the deal: Q: WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE AREA? A: The marine protected area will be in the Ross

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings will take having to work overtime every night if they keep winning. Jeff Carter tipped a shot past Pekka Rinne at 4:31 of overtime to lift Los Angeles to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night for the Kings’ fourth straight win. During the four-game

PORTLAND, Ore. — The surprising decision to acquit the leaders of an armed group that took over a national wildlife refuge in Oregon has prompted praise and criticism. Here’s a recap of what happened and the reaction. WHAT WAS THE VERDICT? Jurors exonerated brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five others Thursday on charges stemming

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tomas Hertl made sure to keep the Sharks on track, helping San Jose overcome a power outage in the second period and having a goal disallowed early in the third. Hertl had two goals and Joonas Donskoi also scored to lead the Sharks to a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue

MANILA, Philippines — The foul-mouthed Philippine president, who once called the pope a “son of a bitch” and told Barack Obama to “go to hell,” says he has promised to God he won’t spew expletives again. President Rodrigo Duterte’s profanities have become his trademark, especially when threatening to kill drug dealers as part of his

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard ripped the ball away from Ben McLemore and drove the other way for a three-point play. Then the next time down the court, Leonard grabbed it away from McLemore and scored on the other end. Those two plays turned the momentum San Antonio’s way and sent the Spurs home with

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Shiite rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca overnight, Saudi Arabia said Friday, the insurgents’ deepest strike yet into the kingdom amid the country’s stalemate civil war. Rebel media in Yemen said the missile targeted an international airport in Jiddah, though Saudi Arabia

Over the decades, the stone house and grounds that served as Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s headquarters at Gettysburg sprouted a motel, restaurant and other modern structures that dismayed preservationists and Civil War buffs keen on historic authenticity. Now, after a $6 million restoration that erased decades of development at the 4-acre site, the property

SALEM, Mass. — The Satanic Temple is waging religious battles along a variety of fronts nationwide, and its co-founder says it’s just getting started. The 3-year-old organization is fighting to get a nearly 9-foot, 1.5-ton statue of the goat-headed idol Baphomet placed on the Arkansas Capitol grounds as a counterpoint to a planned Ten Commandments

LOS ANGELES — Rosa Ruiz returned from a gambling jaunt to San Diego before dawn Saturday and was back on another bus that evening, headed for a desert casino. Like others who routinely board buses bound for distant casinos, Ruiz wasn’t so much dreaming of striking it rich, just escaping her normal life for a

CANBERRA, Australia — An all-Australian consortium on Friday withdrew its bid to buy Australia’s largest cattle empire after the country’s richest woman announced that she was prepared to buy it outright without a Chinese partner. Gina Rinehart said on Thursday she is prepared to pay the entire 386.5 million Australian dollars ($294 million) for the

SEATTLE — Nelson Valdez found a perfect moment to snap his scoring drought. Valdez scored his first MLS goal in nearly a calendar year on a header in the 88th minute to give the Seattle Sounders a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Thursday night in the knockout round of the MLS Western Conference