Top seed Fritz makes ATP Dallas semis with fantastic finish
Top seed Taylor Fritz captured the last five points in a deciding tie-breaker to defeat fellow American Sebastian Korda and advance to the ATP Dallas Open semi-finals on Friday.
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Patriots star receiver Diggs pleads not guilty to assault charges
New England Patriots star Stefon Diggs pleaded not guilty on Friday to assault charges stemming from an alleged December altercation with a member of his staff.
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Havana refinery fire under control as Cuba battles fuel shortages
A fire broke out Friday at a refinery at the port in Cuba's capital but was soon brought under control, authorities said, as the island nation stuggles under what amounts to a US oil blockade.
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Snowboard veteran James targets 2030 Games after Olympic heartbreak
Australian snowboard veteran Scotty James says he intends to compete at a sixth Winter Olympics in 2030 after falling agonisingly short in his quest to win a first gold medal in Friday's men's halfpipe competition.
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Costa Rica digs up mastodon, giant sloth bones in major archaeological find
Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.
Read moreUkrainian skeleton racer Heraskevych loses appeal against Olympic ban
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych on Friday lost his appeal against his disqualification from the Winter Olympics for wearing a helmet adorned with pictures of Ukrainian war dead.
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Paris police shoot dead knife man at Arc de Triomphe
French police shot and killed a knife-wielding man under the Arc de Triomphe on Friday after he allegedly threatened officers on ceremonial duty at the Paris landmark, officials said.
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Japan's Totsuka wins Olympic halfpipe thriller to deny James elusive gold
Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka won a gripping men's halfpipe final on Friday, shattering Australian snowboard veteran Scotty James's dreams of an elusive gold medal in his fifth Winter Games.
Read moreWater leak and ticket fraud charges add to Louvre woes
After a break-in and strikes, a ticket fraud scandal and a water leak on Friday brought new troubles to France's Louvre museum.
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Neto treble fires Chelsea's FA Cup rout of Hull
Chelsea eased into the FA Cup fifth round as Pedro Neto's hat-trick inspired a 4-0 win at Hull on Liam Rosenior's return to the club that sacked him two years ago.
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