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Einstein proof: Nobel winners find ripples in the universe
WASHINGTON - For decades astronomers tried to prove Albert Einstein right by doing what Einstein thought was impossible: detecting the faint ripples in the universe called gravitational waves. They fa...
Oct 03, 2017
Kurdish leader Talabani, onetime hope for Iraqi unity, dies
IRBIL, Iraq - As he stepped into office in 2005 to become Iraq’s first Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani told his followers, “I am casting off my Kurdish clothes and wearing Iraqi ones ins...
Oct 03, 2017
Families detail victims' lives: 'Nothing but good memories'
A son remembered a mother’s laugh. Elementary school employees wore red, white and blue to honour a beloved receptionist. A wife recalled her husband’s ultimate devotion: losing his life t...
Oct 03, 2017
The Latest: Nobel-winning scientists laud each other, team
STOCKHOLM - The Latest on the Nobel Physics Prize (all times local): 8:30 p.m. The two California scientists sharing this year’s Nobel Physics Prize credited each other and their third partner, ...
Oct 03, 2017
Vegas gunman transferred $100K, set up cameras at hotel room
LAS VEGAS - The Las Vegas gunman transferred $100,000 overseas in the days before the attack and planned the massacre so meticulously that he even set up cameras inside the peephole of his high-rise h...
Oct 03, 2017
Late-night TV hosts decry Las Vegas killings, gun laws
LOS ANGELES - Late-night comics decried the Las Vegas mass shooting as a confounding and repetitive American tragedy, with Jimmy Kimmel and Trevor Noah lashing out at politicians who oppose gun contro...
Oct 03, 2017
Tom Petty, down-to-Earth rock superstar, dies at 66
Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds, the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy and produced new classics such as “Free Fallin,'” “...
Oct 03, 2017
Ties threatened: US orders 15 Cuban diplomats to leave
WASHINGTON - The United States expelled 15 of Cuba’s diplomats Tuesday to protest its failure to protect Americans from unexplained attacks in Havana, plunging diplomatic ties between the countr...
Oct 03, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NFL Kansas City 29 Washington 20 — NBA Pre-season Washington 126 Guangzhou Long-Lions 96 Boston 94 Charlotte 82 Memphis 92 Orlando 84 Dallas 106 Milwaukee 104 Utah 108 Sydne...
Oct 03, 2017
NBA changes All-Star Game format; captains will pick teams
NEW YORK - The NBA is scrapping the East vs. West format for its All-Star Game and will have captains pick teams this season. The league said Tuesday the two starters with the highest fan vote totals ...
Oct 03, 2017