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Aug. 10—On a warm August 2021 morning in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city was unnaturally quiet in the week that followed the United States' troop withdrawal. That day, an Afghan citizen and U.S. translator (referred to here as "John" to protect his identity) began to make his way to his work shift at 3 p.m. before traffic forced his driver to turn around. John returned home before going to ...

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Kentucky’s preseason trip to the Bahamas this week gives UK basketball fans a chance at an early look at the 2022-23 roster, and that means a first impression of five scholarship players who will be suiting up for the Wildcats for the first time. Those five players — CJ Fredrick, Antonio Reeves, Cason Wallace, Chris Livingston and Adou Thiero — made their first appearances for the Cats in the ...

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Aug. 10—Greeley mixed-martial artist Justin "J-Train" Gonzales is set for his next fight at Bellator 287 in Milan, Italy on Oct. 29. According to an announcement Tuesday, Gonzales (13-1), ranked eighth in his weight class, will take on England's Andrew Fisher (19-8-1) in a featherweight bout. The event will air live on Showtime at 1 p.m. Mountain Time. In his most recent fight, Gonzales ...

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LOS ANGELES — Authorities investigating the crash in the Windsor Hills neighborhood that left five people dead are trying to sort out the actions and mindset of the nurse who prosecutors say plowed her Mercedes into the intersection. Investigators are still trying to get a full account of what brought Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, to the corner of Slauson and La Brea avenues last Thursday ...

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Where to watch and how to follow Thursday’s men’s basketball exhibition game between the Kentucky Wildcats and Tec De Monterrey, a Mexican college team: Game time is 7 p.m. (EDT) at the Baha Mar resort convention center in Nassau, Bahamas. Television Network: SEC Network Announcers: Play-by-play, Tom Hart; analysis, Dane Bradshaw Where to find SEC Network: Spectrum Cable:Channel 516 DISH ...

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Bratislava — The Czech Senate approved the expansion of NATO almost unanimously on Wednesday.All 66 senators who took part voted in favour of Sweden joining the alliance, while 64 of 65 supported Finland's membership, news agency CTK reported.One senator abstained from voting, but said afterwards it had been an error.After the approval of the Senate, the upper house of the Czech Republic's ...

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Brussels — EU member states are no longer allowed to import coal from Russia after the transitional period for the bloc's embargo ended at midnight (2200 GMT) on Wednesday.The embargo was part of the fifth sanctions package agreed by the EU in April and will be in full force from Thursday onwards.EU countries had agreed on a transitional period of 120 days to give the industry time to adapt to ...

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It’s only August, but there was plenty for Kentucky basketball fans to like about the Wildcats’ opener in the Bahamas on Wednesday night. The Dominican Republic National Select Team was expected to pose a bit of a challenge to the Cats, who just started practicing together in June and were playing outside competition for the first time on this trip. Instead, it was a UK rout. Kentucky defeated ...

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Cisco Systems Inc. said it was the victim of a cyberattack in which a hacker repeatedly attempted to gain access to the Silicon Valley firm’s corporate network. Cisco said it became aware of a potential compromise on May 24, and disclosed it on Wednesday after the hacker leaked a list of the files it had stolen on the dark web. An investigation determined that the hacker broke into Cisco’s ...

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Is COVID losing its fangs and becoming more like the flu? SAN JOSE, Calif. — Today’s hyper-transmissible strain of the COVID-19 virus has sent cases soaring across the country. But rising deaths — the grim marker of earlier dangerous surges — haven’t kept pace, and the average risk of dying from an infection is dropping to levels almost as low as seasonal influenza, leading epidemiologists ...