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MANCHESTER, England, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Manchester City’s Khadija Shaw struck four times to help the Women’s Super League leaders to a 6-1 thrashing of Aston Villa on Sunday for their 10th successive WSL win. City have 30 points after 11 games, six ahead of second-placed Chelsea, whose 34-game unbeaten run in the WSL ended last weekend, bounced back to beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 away. Arsenal, who won […]

After seven days of wind, the morning is finally calm enough on New York’s East Moriches Bay for Sue Wicks to jetty her boat to check on her oysters. Hundreds of cages pop out at odd angles from their lines, and a few float away. The retired WNBA star and Hall of Famer admits that the aquaculture farm she started at age 50 can be anxiety-inducing and compares it to […]

SYDNEY (AP) — Two gunmen shot dead at least 11 people on Sunday during a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australian authorities said, declaring it a terrorist attack. One gunman was fatally shot by police and the second arrested. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — “Christmas at Pemberly Manor” and “Romance at Reindeer Lodge” may never make it to Oscar night, but legions of fans still love these sweet-yet-predictable holiday movies — and this season, many are making pilgrimages to where their favorite scenes were filmed. That’s because Connecticut — the location for at least 22 holiday films by Hallmark, Lifetime and others — is promoting tours of the quaint Christmas-card […]

JERUSALEM, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Sunday against a government push to oust the attorney general, who has sparred with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nationalist-religious coalition over the legality of its policies, court documents showed. In March, the cabinet held a no-confidence vote against Gali Baharav-Miara, citing substantial differences between the government and the attorney general, who was appointed by the previous government. But a panel […]

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government’s archaeological events that aim at drawing more tourists to the country. The giant alabaster statues, known as the Colossi of Memnon, were reassembled in a renovation project that lasted about two decades. They represent Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt about […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military regime appealed to the international community on Sunday to take back hundreds of foreigners who have been detained in a crackdown on scam centers in the country’s eastern Kayin state near the Thai border. In recent months, the authorities have raided two major scam centers, KK Park and Shwe Kokko, on the outskirts of Myawaddy, a trading town on the border with Thailand. The operations […]

SYDNEY (AP) — At least 11 people were killed Sunday in a shooting attack during a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, police said. Mass shootings are rare in Australia, where gun ownership has been tightly controlled since a massacre in 1996. Here is a timeline of some recent shootings. Gunman Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 in a rampage at the Port Arthur tourist precinct in […]

When Indiana adopted new U.S. House districts four years ago, Republican legislative leaders lauded them as “fair maps” that reflected the state’s communities. But when Gov. Mike Braun recently tried to redraw the lines to help Republicans gain more power, he implored lawmakers to “vote for fair maps.” What changed? The definition of “fair.” As states undertake mid-decade redistricting instigated by President Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats are using a […]