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FIFA abandoned a plan to create a commercial venture and then sell stakes to minority investors, just days after unveiling it. The plan drew sharp condemnation — and a boycott from European nations.
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A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
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A Johns Hopkins University researcher, originally from Cameroon, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers earlier this week.
He was widely suspected of being an F.B.I. informant and of playing a role in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm, the charismatic Black activist.
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The president’s comments threw the confirmation of Todd Blanche, his pick to be attorney general, further into doubt.
A husband and father describes the moment he was bitten by a Caribbean reef shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas.
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The move came after Europe's governing body for football said it would boycott the World Cup over the plan.
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The president of Ukraine had warned that the country was running out of Patriot interceptors, the most reliable weapon it has to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles.
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President Trump’s announcement came at a difficult point in his relationship with the Israeli leader over their war against Iran.
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The government had accused David Hearn of ripping a piece of sealant after a $14 million renovation. Hearn has repeatedly said that he simply touched the water in the pool out of curiosity last month.