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Political tug of war over Iranian women's soccer team prompts criticism in Australia 03/20/2026 12:48pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� The United States and Australia���s political tug of war against Iran over the fates of seven members of the Iranian women���s soccer squad appears to have ended with the depleted team returning home minus the two players who defected last week. Critics now say politics Tuskegee coach Benjy Taylor sues Morehouse after being handcuffed and escorted off court 03/20/2026 12:42pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Tuskegee men's basketball coach Benjy Taylor filed a lawsuit against Morehouse College and two campus police officers on Friday, claiming he suffered emotional and physical harm when he was handcuffed and escorted off the court on Jan. 31. ���He has suffered financial harm, reputati US prosecutors are probing whether Colombian President Gustavo Petro had ties to drug traffickers, sources tell AP 03/20/2026 12:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� US prosecutors are probing whether Colombian President Gustavo Petro had ties to drug traffickers, sources tell AP. Calvin Tomkins, longtime writer for The New Yorker, dies at 100 03/20/2026 12:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Calvin Tomkins, an author and longtime staff writer for The New Yorker known for his witty and expansive profiles of Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp and dozens of other visual artists, died Friday at 100. Tomkins was just a few months younger than the magazine where he spent decades, a Civil lawsuit in London against Gerry Adams��� alleged IRA role is dropped 03/20/2026 12:15pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Three victims of bombings in England by the Irish Republican Army brought an end Friday to their damages claim against former Sinn F��in leader Gerry Adams. On what was to be the last day of the two-week civil trial in the U.K.'s High Court in London, the three men's lawyer Anne Stud Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar 03/20/2026 11:55am • The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. For free upcoming tour information, go to www.po Rio police pull 4 officers from street duty in a probe into a deadly raid 03/20/2026 11:38am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Four Brazilian police officers have been removed from street duty in an investigation into their involvement in a deadly raid in a low-income part of Rio de Janeiro that killed seven suspected drug traffickers and also left one resident dead, authorities said Friday. The deci Audi team boss Jonathan Wheatley leaves 2 races into F1 season after reported Aston Martin interest 03/20/2026 11:38am • HINWIL, Switzerland (AP) ��� Team principal Jonathan Wheatley has left the Audi Formula 1 team just two races into its rebranding from Sauber, following reports Aston Martin was seeking to sign him as it tries to turn around a troubled season. Audi said Friday that Wheatley, who took charge of what Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's liquid pain medication recalled 03/20/2026 11:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Nearly 90,000 bottles of a children's pain reliever have been recalled due to reports of black specs and other contaminants, according to federal regulators. The Food and Drug Administration posted an online notice about the recall of Taro Pharmaceuticals' Children's Ibuprofen Drifting Russian tanker has entered Libya search and rescue zone, Italy's civil protection says 03/20/2026 11:32am • ROME (AP) ��� The uncrewed Russian tanker drifting in the Mediterranean for the past two weeks has entered Libya���s search and rescue zone and is now about 40 nautical miles (74 kilometers) from Libya���s territorial waters, Italy���s civil protection agency said on Friday. The Arctic Metagaz is pa Liverpool condemns 'dehumanising, cowardly' racist abuse of Ibrahima Konate 03/20/2026 11:31am • Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate was the target of ���vile and abhorrent��� racist abuse online, the Premier League club said Friday. Konate was targeted after Wednesday's Champions League victory against Galatasaray when he was involved in an incident that led to opposition striker Victor Osimhe NATO pulls its security advisory mission from Iraq after Iranian attacks 03/20/2026 11:29am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� NATO pulls its security advisory mission from Iraq after Iranian attacks. Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde to leave at end of season 03/20/2026 11:27am • MADRID (AP) ��� Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde will leave the club at the end of the season, he said on Friday. Valverde has coached the most games in the history of Athletic. Sunday���s La Liga game against Real Betis will be No. 495 in charge of the club based in northern Spain. Valverde, Rudi Garcia names 3 uncapped players in Belgium squad for US and Mexico friendlies 03/20/2026 11:25am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Belgium coach Rudi Garcia has included three uncapped players in his squad for a training camp and friendlies in the United States ahead of the World Cup. Garcia summoned a group of 28 players on Friday featuring 17-year-old Anderlecht midfielder Nathan De Cat, Ajax winger Mika God Czech authorities probe suspected arson at a drone technology company 03/20/2026 11:21am • PRAGUE (AP) ��� Czech authorities said Friday they were investigating a fire at a warehouse of a company that makes drone technology as a suspected arson linked to terrorism. The fire broke out in an industrial zone in the city of Pardubice, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Prague, causing no