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EXPLAINER: The drug behind Russia's Olympic doping case

BEIJING (AP) — The first big doping case at the games involves one of its biggest stars. And it seems far from straightforward because she is just 15 years old and has protections as a minor in the anti-doping rule…

Ukraine soldier's 'broken soul' amid war pressure

In the trenches of eastern Ukraine, Ivan Skuratovskyi's calm verges on numbness — even after a sniper's bullet recently killed one of the 50 or so men under his command. It is the sort of thing that has happened from…

Samsung unveils new phones as premium market share shrinks

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Samsung is trying to reclaim lost ground in the coveted high end of the smartphone market with a new lineup of Galaxy S models designed to appeal to consumers who are increasingly sharing videos of…

U.S. airborne infantry troops arrive in Poland amid tensions

RZESZOW-JASIONKA, Poland (AP) — A few dozen elite troops and equipment from the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division have landed in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine. Hundreds more troops are still expected. President Joe Biden has ordered the deployment…

Lata Mangeshkar, legendary Indian singer, dies at 92

NEW DELHI (AP) — Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by more than a billion people in South Asia, has died. She was 92. She was hospitalized on Jan. 11 after…

Morocco's king says boy, 5, trapped in deep well has died

IGHRAN, Morocco (AP) — Morocco's king says a 5-year-old boy has died after rescuers pulled him out of a deep well where he was trapped for four days. Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed his condolences to the boy’s parents in…

Rescuers fear for life of Moroccan boy, 5, trapped in well

IGHRAN, Morocco (AP) — Attempts to rescue a 5-year-old boy trapped in a Moroccan well have stretched into a fourth day, with unstable soil threatening the painstaking work of trying to digging him out safely. Online messages of support and…

Stung by prison battle, Kurds say they need help against IS

HASSAKEH, Syria (AP) — The battle with Islamic State group militants over a prison in Syria is finished, but the impact continues to reverberate. Syrian Kurdish-led forces have locked down nearby neighborhoods, hunting for hidden IS militants, but are angering…

Islamic State leader killed during US raid in Syria

ATMEH, Syria (AP) — President Joe Biden says the leader of the Islamic State group has been killed in Syria during an operation by an elite U.S. military force. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="813e5a8d23b284640756efd1199a02f32cfc66ee" vtitle="Islamic State leader killed during US raid in…

Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany this week, and sending part of an infantry squadron of roughly 1,000 troops based in Germany to…