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U.S. Golf Association
WALKER CUP
At National Golf Links of America
Southampton, N.Y.
Yardage: 6,986; Par: 72
U.S. 17, BRITAIN AND IRELAND 9
Foursomes
Britain and Ireland 2, U.S. 2
Bobby Wyatt and Cory Whitsett, U.S., def. Nathan Kimsey and Max Orrin, B&...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Lavonte David sat on a stool in front of his locker, his head down, trying to make sense of what just happened.
A couple of Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates came over and patted the linebacker on the back. None of it made his huge mi...

Five players scored a touchdown to lead the North Port Huskys varsity to a 44-0 victory against the Parrish Steelers on Saturday in a Youth Football League game.
Ja’ma Washington returned a a fumble 68 yards for a touchdown, Chris Brown led the offense an...

PORT CHARLOTTE — At times in the Florida State League, summer rain is a blessing, others a curse.
The Charlotte Stone Crabs experienced both ends of the spectrum on Sunday during a 3-2 win against Daytona that extended their season by at least one more ga...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials accused NATO of killing civilians in an airstrike that left at least 10 dead in the country’s remote east, while the Taliban on Sunday staged a car bomb and gun attack outside an Afghan intelligence office, killi...

DELAWARE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — While his eighth-grade classmates took state standardized tests this spring, Tucker Richardson woke up late and played basketball in his Delaware Township driveway.
Tucker’s parents, Wendy and Will, are part of a small but ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced arms proliferation and illegal weapons trade, saying the desire to make profits from arms possibly fuels wars in the world.
Francis told people in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday that he wonders “if this war he...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — An attack by suspected Islamic sect members on a town guarded by a vigilante group in northeast Nigeria on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured 17, residents and a government official said.
The attack in Benisheik, 72 ki...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Syrian rebels led by al-Qaida-linked fighters seized control of a predominantly Christian village northeast of Damascus, sweeping into the mountainside sanctuary in heavy fighting overnight and forcing hundreds of residents to flee, a...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH (AP) — Two men have suffered minor shark bites in central Florida waters.
Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Capt. Tammy Marris says the men were in waist-deep waters off New Smyrna Beach when they were bitten Saturday.
Marris tells...