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Leeds and Southampton clash for lucrative Premier League return

Leeds and Southampton clash for lucrative Premier League return

Leeds and Southampton will slug it out for a lucrative place in the Premier League when they meet in football's single richest match at Wembley on Sunday.

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Rescue teams arrive at site of deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea

Rescue teams arrive at site of deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea

Rescue teams arrived at the site of a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea's remote highlands Saturday, helping villagers search for hundreds of people feared dead under towering mounds of rubble and mud.

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Riley grabs two-shot lead at Colonial

Riley grabs two-shot lead at Colonial

Davis Riley made six birdies in a six-under par 64 on Friday to take a two-shot lead in the US PGA Tour's Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Chile firefighter accused in February blaze that killed 137

Chile firefighter accused in February blaze that killed 137

A firefighter was arrested Friday in Chile on suspicion of starting a blaze in February that killed 137 people in the resort city of Vina del Mar, authorities said.

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Rescue teams arrive at site of massive landslide in Papua New Guinea

Rescue teams arrive at site of massive landslide in Papua New Guinea

Rescue teams began arriving at the site of a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea's remote highlands Saturday, helping villagers search for the scores of people feared dead under the towering mounds of rubble and mud.

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Families of Texas school shooting victims sue gunmaker, Instagram

Families of Texas school shooting victims sue gunmaker, Instagram

Several families whose children were killed or wounded in a mass shooting at their Texas school two years ago have sued the gun manufacturer as well as Instagram and video game company Activision for marketing the weapon, their lawyer said Friday.

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Pacers' Haliburton questionable for game 3 v Celtics

Pacers' Haliburton questionable for game 3 v Celtics

Indiana All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton has been listed as "questionable" for game three of the Pacers' NBA Eastern Conference finals clash with Boston with a sore hamstring.

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Ingebrigtsen relishes Eugene duel with Kerr

Ingebrigtsen relishes Eugene duel with Kerr

Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen's mouthwatering mid-season mile duel with world champion Josh Kerr at the Eugene Diamond League meeting is the kind of marquee matchup athletics needs, Ingebrigtsen said Friday.

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US, Chinese defense chiefs to meet following Taiwan tension

US, Chinese defense chiefs to meet following Taiwan tension

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Chinese counterpart, the Pentagon announced Friday, after Beijing carried out war games around Taiwan in a sign to the US-backed democracy's new leader.

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Richardson, Ingebrigtsen and 10,000m showdown highlight Eugene Diamond League

Richardson, Ingebrigtsen and 10,000m showdown highlight Eugene Diamond League

World champion Sha'carri Richardson will run her first 100m of the Olympic year on Sunday at the Eugene Diamond League, where Jakob Ingebrigtsen headlines a star-studded mile field.

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