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MINNEAPOLIS — Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis is not ready to concede the end of his second-longest tenure in the league. ESPN reported Sunday before the game at Minnesota, citing unnamed league sources, that the 59-year-old Lewis does not want to return to Cincinnati after his contract expires following a 15th season with the Bengals.

After his barren run in the Premier League, it’s two goals in two games for Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku. What he’s yet to rediscover is the joy of scoring. Lukaku scored the opening goal in United’s 2-1 win at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday but refused to celebrate, instead looking stony-faced as he was

BOISE, Idaho — A small-business owner hoping to sell oil extracted from cannabis plants in Idaho is facing roadblocks from local officials saying such products may be illegal in the state. Michael Larsen applied for a building permit in the community of Garden City in February. The goal was to sell products containing extract of

BOURNEMOUTH, England — Mohamed Salah reached 20 goals in all competitions in his first season for Liverpool by scoring in a 4-0 win over Bournemouth that lifted his team into the Premier League’s top four on Sunday. In a devastating attacking display by Liverpool on the south coast, the Egypt winger was an inevitable scorer

CHICAGO — The Department of Justice says Chicago’s U.S. attorney’s office is getting additional staff prosecutors so it can do more to reduce violent crime. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says a total of 40 new prosecutors will be distributed among 27 locations. Most will receive just one, including the southern district of Indiana and the

PARIS — Mario Balotelli scored a first-half winner as resurgent Nice beat Bordeaux 1-0 at home to move up to sixth place in the French league on Sunday. Nice was in the relegation zone three weeks ago after a 5-0 home loss to Lyon. But four straight wins have lifted coach Lucien Favre’s side away

WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg says he might skip All-Star games in the future because he thinks the change in routine for that event contributed to an injury last season. The Nationals are slated to host the 2018 Midsummer Classic. Strasburg says Sunday at the team’s annual fan festival that going to the

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of a paraplegic Palestinian man who was shot in the head during a violent demonstration in the Gaza Strip last week. Palestinian health officials say Ibrahim Abu Thraya was shot while demonstrating along Gaza’s border with Israel. The area has

BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi had a penalty saved as Barcelona eased to a 4-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna to increase its lead at the top of the Spanish league on Sunday. Messi couldn’t beat goalkeeper Ruben Martinez late in the match after the Argentina forward had been frustrated on three separate occasions when

BARCELONA, Spain — Pablo Fornals scored his first goal for Villarreal which broke a three-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory at Celta Vigo in the Spanish league on Sunday. Fornals headed in Carlos Bacca’s cross in the 34th minute at Balaidos Stadium. The 21-year-old midfielder celebrated with his watching parents after the match in

UCF’s Scott Frost, Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney are the finalists for The Associated Press Coach of the Year award. The winner will be announced Monday. Frost led the Knights to an unbeaten regular season before taking the Nebraska job. Frost plans to coach No. 10 UCF in the Peach Bowl against Auburn.

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on wildfires burning in Southern California (all times local): 2:25 p.m. While crews got a break from slightly calmer winds on the lines of the enormous blaze threatening Santa Barbara County, much of the rest of Southern California was buffeted by powerful gusts that increased the wildfire risk across the

MONTECITO, Calif. — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 8:30 a.m. One of the largest wildfires in California history is now 40 percent contained but flames still threaten coastal communities as dry, gusty winds are predicted to continue. Winds calmed overnight but seaside communities in Santa Barbara counties were warned again Sunday that

BEIRUT — A British woman who worked at the U.K. embassy in Beirut was found strangled by the side of the road east of the Lebanese capital and authorities are investigating whether she was also sexually assaulted, officials said Sunday. Britain’s Foreign Office in London confirmed the death of the embassy staffer, who worked for

Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joe Haden will miss his fifth straight game with a fractured left leg, meaning rookie Cameron Sutton will make his first career start against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Haden practiced this week and hoped he would be able to return. Instead the Steelers will turn to Sutton, a third-round

The Jacksonville Jaguars will be without running back Leonard Fournette against Houston because of a right quadriceps injury. Fournette missed practice all week and had been listed as questionable. It will be the third game the rookie has missed. He sat out Week 7 with an ankle injury and Week 9 because he was benched

NEW YORK — Burger King. Tim Hortons. Popeyes. All three fall under the same person, Daniel Schwartz, the CEO of their parent company Restaurant Brands International Inc. His strategy: spread those fast-food chains around the world. Burger King, for example, has gone from having zero stores in France five years ago to more than 100

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s state TV has aired a broadcast in which an Iranian researcher confesses to relaying information to a foreign intelligence service about Iranian nuclear scientists who were later assassinated in 2010. In the Sunday broadcast, Ahmad Reza Jalali, in jail since April 2016, said that during his studies in a European country,

SANTIAGO, Chile — Billionaire former President Sebastian Pinera easily won Chile’s presidential runoff election Sunday, moving the world’s top-copper producing country back to the right in the footsteps of other Latin American nations. His rival, center-left Sen. Alejandro Guillier, conceded defeat to his supporters and said he called Pinera to offer congratulations. Officials said the

SANTIAGO, Chile — Billionaire and former President Sebastian Pinera appeared headed to a victory in Chile’s presidential runoff election, with more than 82 percent of the votes counted Sunday night. Officials said Pinera had just over 54 percent of the votes to nearly 45 percent for center-left Sen. Alejandro Guillier. Analysts had predicted a closer

NEW YORK — “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” rocketed to a debut of $220 million at the box office, landing the second-best opening weekend ever in North America and slotting in behind only its predecessor, “The Force Awakens.” The Disney blockbuster is only the fourth film to open above $200 million in North America. Aside

BERLIN — Jamaica striker Leon Bailey scored twice as a substitute but Bayer Leverkusen failed to hang on as Hannover grabbed a 4-4 draw in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Bailey, who came on at the break, needed only two minutes to equalize after Hannover had gone 3-2 ahead, and he scored again 20 minutes later

BERLIN — Jamaica striker Leon Bailey scored twice after coming on as a substitute but Bayer Leverkusen failed to hang on as Hannover grabbed a 4-4 draw in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Bailey, who came on at the break, needed only two minutes to equalize after Hannover had gone 3-2 ahead, and he scored again

BERLIN — Julian Korb scored late for Hannover to hold Bayer Leverkusen to a 4-4 draw and prevent the visitors from going second in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Both teams traded goals on an afternoon to forget for the goalkeepers. Julian Brandt fired Leverkusen into an early lead with a brilliant volley but Ihlas Bebou

INDIANAPOLIS — Three men have filed a lawsuit over an Indiana requirement that they register as sex offenders when moving to the state, saying they’re being treated differently than other residents in similar situations. Patrick Rice, Adam Bash and Scott Rush all were convicted out of state and before the enactment of the Indiana Sex