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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA announced a four-year show-cause order for former Michigan coach Ji

California Gov. Jerry Brown set a lofty new target this week: to generate enough clean green energy

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Women's rights activists in Honduras are celebrating a major victory, after President Xiomara Castro

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UFC fighter Conor McGregor has been accused of "violently sexually assaulting and battering" a woman

Climate change in the American West may be crossing an ominous threshold, making parts of the region

A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for hate crime and firearms charges stemming

NEW YORK (AP) — The NHLis partnering with P-X-P to serve the Deafcommunity, creating an alternate te

Washington — The Minneapolis Police Department disproportionately targets Black and Native American

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