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(AFP) More than two decades after anti-authoritarian rockers Rage Against the Machine headlined the first-ever Coachella festival, the rap metal group is returning to the...
A US strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch enemy Tehran to vow...
(AFP) – Russia on Friday formally contested a four-year ban from major sporting events over doping violations that President Vladimir Putin has condemned as “unjust,”...
(AFP) – Philadelphia Eagles running back and kick returner Darren Sproles, ranked fifth all-time in NFL all-purpose yardage, said Saturday he will retire after this...
(AFP) – Detroit Lions owner Martha Firestone Ford said Tuesday that coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn will return next season, but demanded...
(AFP) – A quarter-century after releasing her holiday classic that’s become one of the season’s love-to-hate, hate-to-love cliches, Mariah Carey has finally pushed “All I...
(AFP) – Major League Baseball said Thursday it will take marijuana off its list of banned substances.The league said the move would come into effect...