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South Africa investigates mystery of a plane that arrived with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza 11/14/2025 12:38pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� South Africa's intelligence services are investigating who was behind a chartered plane that landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza who did not have proper travel documents and were held onboard on the tarmac for around 12 hours as a result England takes 9-win streak into All Blacks clash and Ireland hosts wobbling Wallabies 11/14/2025 12:01pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The boos rained down from the Twickenham terraces and George Ford took the brunt of it. England had just lost to New Zealand 24-22 a year ago. Ford had two chances in the dying moments to win the game and his penalty hit the post and a dropped goal flew wide. Coach Steve Borthwick al Israel returns 15 Palestinian bodies to Gaza, where displaced families endure winter rains 11/14/2025 11:53am • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (AP) ��� Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Friday, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said, in the latest step to fulfilling the terms of the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. The bodies were returned after militants late Thursday handed ove Purdue coach Barry Odom ready to face brother, Brian, and longtime friend Ryan Walters at Washington 11/14/2025 11:22am • When Purdue coach Barry Odom walks onto the field Saturday in Seattle, he'll see some familiar faces. Sure, he may chat with Washington defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, a longtime friend who spent four seasons on Odom's defensive staff at Missouri and the previous two years holding the title Odom Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Parker failed drug test, promoter says 11/14/2025 11:01am • LONDON (AP) ��� Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Parker failed a drug test on the day of his loss to Fabio Wardley, Queensberry Promotions said Friday. British fighter Wardley stopped his opponent from New Zealand in the 11th round at the O2 Arena in London on Oct. 25, in a contest to Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys merge their parallel lives for 'The Beast in Me' 11/14/2025 10:52am • When prestige TV was first thought to be eclipsing movies, with quality scripts and meaty acting roles, two shows frequently bandied about were ���Homeland��� with Claire Danes and ���The Americans��� starring Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell. Danes acknowledges other parallels with Rhys. ���I mean, yo Texas A&M seeks redemption against South Carolina after last year's embarrassing loss 11/14/2025 10:52am • COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) ��� Last season, Texas A&M took a seven-game winning streak into South Carolina and had perhaps its worst performance of the year in a 44-20 loss. That was the beginning of a downward spiral for the Aggies as the first of three losses in four games that dropped them t Chinese astronauts return from space station after delay blamed on space debris damage 11/14/2025 10:19am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation's space station Friday after more than a week's delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from being hit by space debris. The team left their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in orbit and came back using th NYPD officers kill man in a shootout after he threatened people and a hospital 11/14/2025 09:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A man with a gun was killed in a shootout with police in New York City after he pointed his weapon at a man in an apartment building elevator and a deli worker and threatened to shoot up a hospital, police said. New York Police Department officers took the man to a hospital in a po Jordan's king and Indonesia's leader hold talks on economic ties and Gaza 11/14/2025 08:56am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Jordan���s king and Indonesia's leader on Friday held talks as the two longtime friends agreed to strengthen military cooperation and economic ties between the two Muslim-majority nations. King Abdullah II and President Prabowo Subianto share a long-standing personal rela Hojgaard leads World Tour Championship with McIlroy among Ryder Cup stars in pursuit 11/14/2025 08:18am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Nicolai Hojgaard moved into position to win the season-ending World Tour Championship for a second time by taking a three-stroke lead on Friday, though a slew of Europe's Ryder Cup stars were well placed to pounce. The chasing pack included Rory McIlroy, whose br Bumrah shines as India skittles South Africa for 159 on Day 1 of Kolkata test 11/14/2025 06:43am • KOLKATA, India (AP) ��� India's Jasprit Bumrah picked up his 16th five-wicket haul to help skittle South Africa out for a paltry 159 on the opening day of the first cricket test on Friday. Fast bowler Bumrah claimed 5-27 as the Proteas were bowled out in 55 overs after Shubman Gill had lost a sevent Druze groups and Syrian forces exchange ceasefire violation claims as clashes in Sweida resume 11/14/2025 06:09am • DAMASCUS, Syris (AP) ��� A new round of clashes between Druze armed groups and government forces in the province of Sweida in southern Syrian had subsided Friday but left fears of another escalation. Clashes on Thursday led to both sides blaming each other for violating a ceasefire that ended severa Overloaded email inboxes and other challenges face federal employees as they return to work 11/14/2025 05:53am • With the longest government shutdown in U.S. history now over, federal employees are returning to work. But, as they do so, a range of emotions are bubbling up. Some workers say they are relieved or anxious to start doing their jobs again, while others are uncertain that another shutdown could be Shohei Ohtani's 4th MVP award sparks celebrations in Japan 11/14/2025 05:24am • TOKYO (AP) ��� It's become an annual ritual: Shohei Ohtani wins a Most Valuable Player award and Japan celebrates with newspaper extra editions handed out at a major train station. The two-way Japanese star claimed his fourth career MVP award on Thursday night, and on Friday morning in Tokyo ��� the