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Francis Ouimet, known by many as the “father of amateur golf,” forever changed the game when, on Sept. 20, 1913, he defeated two of the sport’s top players at the time for his first and only major victory, becoming the first amateur to win the U.S. Open. Ouimet, who was …

Two migrants from Honduras and El Salvador died Wednesday trying to board a moving train in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, authorities said. Coahuila’s department of public security said the bodies of two male migrants, aged 22 and 23, were found Wednesday morning along the railway tracks near the …

A small plane owned by a mining company crashed in Zimbabwe on Friday and aviation authorities said preliminary reports indicated that all six people on board were killed. The plane belonged to Zimbabwe’s RioZim Limited, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe director Elijah Chingosho said. It crashed near the Murowa Diamonds …

At least 29 Nigerien soldiers have been killed by jihadis near the country’s border with Mali, Niger’s junta said, as they struggle to end a spate of attacks. More than 100 extremists used homemade explosives to target the West African nation’s security forces who were deployed at the border area …

The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it is resuming food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, four months after assistance was halted over a widespread scheme to steal supplies. The decision was made after Ethiopia’s government agreed to remove itself from the dispatch, storage …

No. 3 Texas and No. 12 Oklahoma made sure the final edition of the Red River Rivalry as members of the Big 12 conference was one to remember. With Texas and Oklahoma headed to the SEC in 2024, the longtime rivals gave fans at the Cotton Bowl a show Saturday …

Less than five weeks after rupturing his Achilles on just his fourth play of the season, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers was on the MetLife Stadium turf throwing a football. Rodgers had yet to even complete a pass for the Jets when he suffered the injury in Gang Green’s …

U.S. women’s national soccer team legend Carli Lloyd made headlines in her final international championship match during the bronze medal game of the 2020 Toyko Olympics when she decided not to kneel with the rest of her team prior to kickoff. She is now saying why she decided to do …

Before he took the mound for the biggest game of his life, Brandon Pfaadt went back to his roots. The rookie was tabbed as the Arizona Diamondbacks’ starting pitcher for Game 7 of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday night, so no one can blame him for being nervous. …

The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on just two pieces of Arabic bread, the Gaza director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday, highlighting the humanitarian crisis and the dire rarity of resources residents are experiencing as the war between Israel and Hamas continues. Thomas White, …