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BOSTON — A privately funded great white shark research group has confirmed the waters off Long Island’s Montauk Point are a “nursery,” a first in the study of great whites in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, the organization and other leading scientists say. But the OCEARCH expedition, which is wrapping up months of work in the

INDIANAPOLIS — More than 60 rural communities around Indiana are sharing in nearly $80 million in federal funding for road and bridge improvements and other projects. The Indiana Department of Transportation said Monday the federal money announced for 64 rural cities, town and counties will also pay for sidewalk and trail projects. INDOT says about

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Although E.J. Gaines had to wait nearly two years to get back into the Rams’ lineup, he’s getting the chance to make up for that lost time. Gaines seems likely to get major playing time at cornerback for Los Angeles (3-1) on Sunday at home against Buffalo, finally returning at full

NEW DELHI — A court in Bangladesh cleared a Canadian university student Wednesday of all allegations related to a restaurant siege three months ago in which 20 hostages were killed. Metropolitan Magistrate Nur Nabi handed down the order after investigators said there was no evidence connecting Tahmid Hasib Khan, a 22-year-old undergraduate at the University

MADRID — Google has written off a 100,000-euro ($112,000) bill run up by a 12-year-old Spanish boy who mistakenly believed he was earning money through an advertising account he opened with the internet giant to promote videos of his municipal band. News reports said the boy from the eastern city of Torrevieja ran up the

NEWPORT, R.I. — The church where John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier got married is being restored to the appearance it had when they wed in 1953. St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island, was the site of the wedding on Sept. 12, 1953, when Kennedy was a senator from Massachusetts. The couple often spent

DAVIS, Calif. — University of California, Davis officials say that a postdoctoral researcher in the university’s plant biology department was killed in Ethiopia when the vehicle she was riding in was struck by rocks thrown by protesters. The university said in a statement Wednesday that Sharon Gray was in the East African country for a

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Dining hall workers at Harvard University have gone on strike over wages and health care benefits. Dozens of workers started picketing at the Ivy League school on Wednesday morning. The strike started after months of negotiations by the dining workers’ union, Unite Here Local 26, and Harvard administrators, failed to lead to

MANILA, Philippines — The National Ballet of China is bringing its acclaimed “Raise the Red Lantern” ballet to the Philippines this month under a cultural exchange program that officials said Wednesday has remained strong despite the two countries’ territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The ballet version of acclaimed film director Zhang Yimou’s Oscar-nominated

VINCENNES, Ind. — As the walls of an old service station at the intersection of Sixth and Main streets in Vincennes came down last week, local historian Norbert Brown’s spirits went up — way up. As the dust cleared and the last of the rubble was being hauled away, an advertisement for the old Schultheis

VINCENNES, Ind. — A coal company’s plans for a new mine shaft in southwestern Indiana is facing opposition from nearby residents. Sunrise Coal is proposing the $5 million project on rural land it owns near the Knox County town of Bruceville. The company says it will cut the underground travel time that miners now face

NEW YORK — A concert to celebrate diversity and unity later this month will feature performances by Miguel Bose, Juanes, Los Tigres del Norte, Alejandro Sanz, Julieta Venegas and Carlos Vives. The Rise Up as One event, scheduled for Oct. 15 along the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego will be broadcast live on Univision Network

OXFORD, Ohio — Police are searching for two suspects who they say shot and wounded two Ohio college students during an apparent robbery. The Miami University students were both shot Tuesday night at a house near the Oxford campus. The Dayton Daily News (http://bit.ly/2dM6fTx ) reports 23-year-old Volodymyr Kovalenko says he arranged to buy a

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Despite being in their second season as teammates in Oakland, Derek Carr said there are still times even he is surprised by the strength and reliability of Michael Crabtree’s hands. So sometimes in practice, Carr will test his star wideout by throwing an extra hard pass or one when Crabtree might not

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee will again be without injured linebackers Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Darrin Kirkland Jr. when the ninth-ranked Volunteers play at Texas A&M on Saturday. Vols coach Butch Jones said Wednesday that Reeves-Maybin wouldn’t play against the eighth-ranked Aggies (5-0, 3-0 SEC). Jones said Wednesday night on his “Vol Calls” radio show that Kirkland

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Ben McAdoo isn’t much of a numbers guy. The New York Giants’ rookie coach knows that statistics can be misleading. Take a look at New York’s scoring. They are ranked 27th in the NFL, averaging just over 18 points. It’s not good, and certainly well below what one would expect from

SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung Electronics is joining the race to create the smartest digital assistant by acquiring Viv, a Silicon Valley startup launched by the same entrepreneurs who sold Siri to Apple. The deal announced Wednesday provides Samsung with technology to compete against Google, Amazon.com, Microsoft and Apple in the increasingly important field of programming

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Chargers have lost cornerback Jason Verrett to a season-ending knee injury even as it appears that rookie defensive end Joey Bosa is finally ready to make his NFL debut. Verrett confirmed Wednesday that he has a torn ACL in his left knee that will require surgery. “My season is

NEW YORK — Lam Research Corp. and KLA-Tencor are scrapping their merger agreement due to antitrust regulators’ opposition to the deal that would have combined the two makers of equipment for manufacturing semiconductors. Lam Research of Fremont, California, had offered about $10.6 billion in cash, stock or a combination of the two, for KLA-Tencor, based

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Calvin Pryor was hit hard by the NFL for a hard hit. The New York Jets safety was fined nearly $25,000 for his tackle of Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin last Sunday, but Pryor plans to appeal it. “I don’t know if it was a clean hit or not, but

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has increased its stake in JD.com, China’s No. 2 e-commerce site. In a regulatory filing late Wednesday, Wal-Mart said that it has upped its stake in JD.com to 10.8 percent from 5.9 percent. The move comes nearly four months after Wal-Mart bought an initial stake in JD.com in a

PHILADELPHIA — Eagles linebacker Nigel Bradham was back at practice Wednesday after being arrested at Miami International Airport on a misdemeanor concealed weapons charge Sunday. Authorities say TSA workers found a loaded gun in Bradham’s backpack. “I forgot,” Bradham said after practice. “It’s as simple as that. Obviously, it was unintended.” Philadelphia coach Doug Pederson

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The board that governs Iowa’s public universities will review whether employees have adhered to policies barring the use of state equipment and travel for private gain, amid growing questions about the use of Iowa State University’s planes by its president. The Iowa Board of Regents announced Wednesday that its chief internal

BEIJING — Nine days had passed since Jeff Gillis, at home in Houston, Texas, had last heard from his wife. During that phone call, she told Gillis she was extending her business trip in China, but he grew anxious. He filed a missing person’s report with U.S. consular officials whose response left him flabbergasted: His

UNITED NATIONS — Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres, who is virtually certain to be the next U.N. secretary-general, says he wants to be “an honest broker, a bridge-builder and someone who tries to create conditions for consensus.” The veteran politician and diplomat, who won unanimous backing from the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, said