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October 14, 2019

German club releases Turkish player over Instagram post

Turkish midfielder Cenk Sahin has been released by German soccer club St. Pauli following his Instagram post in support of ...

October 11, 2019

Liverpool player gets 2-week ban for mocking Harry Kane

A teenage Liverpool player was banned for two weeks on Friday for using a derogatory term during an abusive post on social ...

October 11, 2019

Study links Russian tweets to release of hacked emails

Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election has generally been seen as two separate, unrelated tracks: hacking Democratic ...

October 10, 2019

Seen but not heard: Lakers, Nets, NBA are silent in Shanghai

LeBron James raised his arms in appreciation of the cheering crowd in Shanghai shortly after the final buzzer, then removed ...

October 10, 2019

AP Explains: Streaming of German synagogue attack on Twitch

The attacker who killed two people in a shooting at a German synagogue livestreamed the assault on Twitch, a video service ...

October 10, 2019

The Latest: Americans in German synagogue as gunman hit door

The latest on a shooting in eastern Germany (all times local): 8:25 p.m. The U.S. ambassador to Germany says 10 Americans ...

October 10, 2019

2 dead in attack targeting German synagogue on Yom Kippur

A heavily armed assailant ranting about Jews tried to force his way into a synagogue in Germany on Yom Kippur, Judaism's ...

October 09, 2019

High-profile soccer wives in Twitter spat over story leaks

The wives of two of English soccer's most high-profile players got embroiled in a spat on Twitter on Wednesday about the ...

October 08, 2019

The Latest: Chinese say people have expressed their opinion

The Latest on the NBA's relationship with China (all times local): 6:50 p.m. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang ...

October 06, 2019

Turkey summons US diplomat over a Twitter 'like'

Turkey summoned a top American diplomat Sunday after the U.S. Embassy's official Twitter account "liked" a tweet that said ...

October 06, 2019

Without oversight, scores of accused priests commit crimes

Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse ...

October 03, 2019

Kerby Jean-Raymond slams influential fashion publication

Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss has called out Imran Amed, founder and editor in chief of the influential publication The ...

October 02, 2019

Protests escalate in Iraq: 9 dead, hundreds wounded

At least seven people were killed and dozens were wounded in clashes that spread across several Iraqi provinces on Wednesday ...

October 02, 2019

Bernardo Silva charged by FA over tweet to Man City teammate

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva was charged with misconduct by the English Football Association on Wednesday for ...

September 30, 2019

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower has book out next week

The whistleblower at Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining firm linked to using social media for targeted political ads, has ...

September 29, 2019

Saudi state media say king's bodyguard shot in 'dispute'

A prominent bodyguard to Saudi Arabia's King Salman was shot and killed in what authorities described as a personal dispute, ...

September 27, 2019

Disability group president resigns over Thunberg remark

An elected official in central Illinois has resigned as president of a local nonprofit after a social media post about teen ...

September 27, 2019

Bernardo Silva writes to FA expressing regret about tweet

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva has written a letter to the English Football Association, expressing regret for any ...

September 25, 2019

Trump tweets with fury, says impeachment push helps him

Fifty-eight floors above Manhattan, President Donald Trump watched his legacy change and his political future grow more ...