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Berger extends lead midway through Arnold Palmer Invitational

Berger extends lead midway through Arnold Palmer Invitational

Daniel Berger opened up a substantial lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational Friday, carding an impressive 68 to sit 13 under par midway through the tournament at Florida's challenging Bay Hill course.

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Paralympics open with Russian athletes booed in ceremony

Paralympics open with Russian athletes booed in ceremony

The Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics started on Friday with an opening ceremony marked by Russian athletes being booed as they paraded behind their national flag for the first time since 2014.

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Cuba 'next' on agenda, after Iran: Trump

Cuba 'next' on agenda, after Iran: Trump

President Donald Trump said Friday Cuba was next on his agenda after Iran, predicting that the communist-run island, crippled by a US energy blockade, is "gonna fall pretty soon."

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Zverev leads way into Indian Wells third round

Zverev leads way into Indian Wells third round

Fourth-seeded German Alexander Zverev breezed into the third round of the Indian Wells ATP and WTA Masters 1000 on Friday with a brisk 6-3, 6-4 victory over Matteo Berrettini.

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NASA defense test kicked asteroid off course -- and changed its orbit around the sun

NASA defense test kicked asteroid off course -- and changed its orbit around the sun

Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect it -- a test to prove humanity could protect Earth from threatening space rocks.

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Anthropic vows court fight in Pentagon row

Anthropic vows court fight in Pentagon row

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has said the company has "no choice" but to challenge in court the Pentagon's formal designation of the artificial intelligence firm as a risk to US national security.

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'Harder path': Obama attacks Trump at Jesse Jackson memorial

'Harder path': Obama attacks Trump at Jesse Jackson memorial

Former US president Barack Obama lashed out at President Donald Trump for conducting an "assault on our democratic institutions" as he paid tribute to the late civil rights activist Jesse Jackson on Friday.

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Amber Glenn says will not visit White House to celebrate Olympic gold

Amber Glenn says will not visit White House to celebrate Olympic gold

Team USA figure skater Amber Glenn has said she will not visit Donald Trump's White House to celebrate winning gold at the Winter Olympics.

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Russian athletes booed as they parade under own flag at Paralympics opening

Russian athletes booed as they parade under own flag at Paralympics opening

Russian athletes were booed by some spectators as they paraded under their own flag at the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics opening ceremony on Friday.

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Trump to attend return of six US troops killed in Iran war

Trump to attend return of six US troops killed in Iran war

US President Donald Trump is to attend the dignified transfer on Saturday of six soldiers killed in an Iranian attack on Kuwait, the White House said Friday, as the escalating war with Tehran brings home its first American dead.

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