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Liverpool can move closer to the title as top five tension mounts

Liverpool can move closer to the title as top five tension mounts

Liverpool will look to bounce back from a rare defeat as the runaway Premier League leaders host West Ham on Sunday.

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AI only just beginning to revolutionize the NBA game

AI only just beginning to revolutionize the NBA game

It's not a scene out of the future, but a reality on the hard courts of today.

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Despite Trump pause, overall US tariff rate at highest in a century

Despite Trump pause, overall US tariff rate at highest in a century

US President Donald Trump's delay of steeper tariffs may have won brief respite on Wall Street, but analysts say his actions -- which hit China especially hard -- already bring the average US effective tariff rate to its highest in over a century.

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'A pain that doesn't subside' at funerals for Dominican nightclub disaster victims

'A pain that doesn't subside' at funerals for Dominican nightclub disaster victims

A basketball court in the Dominican town of Haina became a makeshift chapel Thursday, hosting funeral ceremonies for two dozen residents whose lives were abruptly cut short when a nightclub's roof collapsed with hundreds of people inside.

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US firm says it brought back extinct dire wolves

US firm says it brought back extinct dire wolves

They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively -- they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species.

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Grieving Dominicans start burying 220 victims of nightclub disaster

Grieving Dominicans start burying 220 victims of nightclub disaster

Grief-stricken Dominicans on Thursday began holding funerals for loved ones who were among at least 220 people killed in a nightclub rooftop collapse, even as dozens remained unaccounted for.

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Aberg closes strong at 'sneaky hard' Augusta National

Aberg closes strong at 'sneaky hard' Augusta National

Ludvig Aberg's disciplined approach paid off on Thursday as he positioned himself for another run at the Masters one year after a runner-up finish in his major championship debut.

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US auto union praises some Trump tariffs

US auto union praises some Trump tariffs

The head of the US auto workers union endorsed car tariffs Thursday as a way to address the "free trade disaster" while rejecting use of the levies for "political games."

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Australian IVF clinic admits embryo mix-up

Australian IVF clinic admits embryo mix-up

An Australian IVF clinic has admitted a mix-up led to a mother giving birth to someone else's baby.

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Rose: I've played well enough to win Masters but lack the jacket

Rose: I've played well enough to win Masters but lack the jacket

Justin Rose says he has played well enough to win the Masters, but lacks a green jacket to show for it, a void the 44-year-old Englishman intends to fill on Sunday.

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