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ORAN, Algeria — A cardinal dispatched by the Vatican is holding a beatification ceremony for 19 monks, nuns and other Catholics who were killed during Algeria’s civil war in the 1990s. Pope Francis recognized all 19 as martyrs in January, paving the way for Saturday’s ceremony in the Algerian city of Oran. Beatification is a

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX delivery full of Christmas goodies has arrived at the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule pulled up at the orbiting lab Saturday, three days after launching from Florida. It took two tries to get the Dragon close enough to be captured by the space station’s robot arm. NASA called

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Mikaela Shiffrin won a World Cup super-G on Saturday, confirming the slalom great’s arrival as a pure speed racer. Shiffrin, who got her first career super-G win last weekend, was 0.28 seconds faster than Lara Gut-Behrami and 0.42 clear of third-placed Tina Weirather on the sun-soaked Engiadina course. Saturday’s race was

MULTAN, Pakistan — Pakistani counter-terrorism police say they have arrested five “terrorists” who were planning attacks on security agencies and seized explosive vests and weapons in the country’s east. Senior officer Rai Tahir says Saturday that a group of five men belonging to the banned militant organization Tehreek-e-Taliban had planned to attack intelligence agency offices

KABUL, Afghanistan — A civilian vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb Saturday, killing three civilians in western Herat province, a provincial official said. Gelani Farhad, the provincial governor’s spokesman, said the three — who were from the same family — were killed in the Guzra district. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack,

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Tens of thousands of Malaysian Muslims rallied Saturday in Kuala Lumpur against any attempt to strip the ethnic Malay majority of its privileges, in the first massive street gathering since Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s alliance won a historic vote in May. The rally, backed by the country’s two largest opposition Malay

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Thousands of Malaysian Muslims are rallying in Kuala Lumpur against any attempt to strip ethnic Malay majority of their privileges, in the first massive street gathering since Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s alliance won a historic vote in May. The rally, organized by opposition Malay parties and nongovernment groups, was initially aimed

LOS ANGELES — Dwyane Wade never thought he would play 1,000 games. And he’s unsure what the milestone will mean. Wade is in line to become the 15th active player to appear in 1,000 regular-season games, the milestone he’ll hit assuming he plays Saturday night when the Miami Heat visit the Los Angeles Clippers. “I

ATLANTA — When Atlanta United reached Saturday’s MLS Cup final, the 2-year-old soccer team moved to the cusp of a truly rare accomplishment. The last big league championship in this city was captured on Oct. 28, 1995 , when the Atlanta Braves defeated the Cleveland Indians 1-0 in Game 6 of the World Series. In

PARIS — The Latest on anti-government protests in France and neighboring countries (all times local): 7:45 p.m. France’s interior minister says the protest violence in Paris is “under control” despite scattered tensions but is calling it “totally unacceptable.” Interior Minister Christophe Castaner says 135 people were injured in the protests Saturday, including 17 police officers.

PARIS — The Latest on anti-government protests in France and neighboring countries (all times local): 11:55 a.m. Police are seizing protective equipment from journalists and barring some provincial “yellow vest” protesters from boarding trains to Paris, as part of exceptionally stringent security measures to prevent a repeat of last week’s rioting. A group of four

PARIS — The Latest on anti-government protests in France and neighboring countries (all times local): 9:25 a.m. A crowd of “yellow vest” protesters is marching down the Champs-Elysees avenue in central Paris surrounded by exceptional police security amid fears of new violence. Hundreds of people gathered early Saturday around the Arc de Triomphe, which was

PARIS — The Latest on anti-government protests in France and neighboring countries (all times local): 8:40 a.m. The French yellow vest protest movement is crossing borders, with demonstrations planned in neighboring Belgium and in the Netherlands. Neither country has proposed a hike in fuel tax — the catalyst for the massive and destructive demonstrations in

PARIS — Paris monuments and shopping meccas are locked down and tens of thousands of police are taking position around the country, fearing worsening violence in a new round of anti-government protests. President Emmanuel Macron’s government has warned that Saturday’s “yellow vest” protests in Paris will be hijacked by “radicalized and rebellious” crowds and become

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Brett Pesce scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes ended their three-game skid and the Ducks’ five-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory over Anaheim on Friday night. Justin Williams also scored in the third period and Petr Mrazek made 18 saves in his first victory

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Kelvin Jones scored 14 of his 20 points in the final 10 minutes and Idaho State overcame a 14-point, second-half deficit to beat Santa Clara 68-66 on Friday night. Jones finished Jared Stutzman’s drive-and-dish with 17.8 seconds left to give the Bengals (4-3) their first lead in over 15 minutes at

EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 7-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zack Kassian, Alex Chiasson and Darnell Nurse also scored for the Oilers (15-12-2), who have won five of six. Draisaitl also had

MILWAUKEE — Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry each scored 20 points, and the Golden State Warriors wrapped up a five-game trip with their third straight win, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 105-95 on Friday night. Andre Iguodala added a season-high 15 points for Golden State, which pulled away in the second half with another hot stretch

NEW YORK — After being nearly muted at this year’s ceremony, the 2019 Grammys are shaping up to be the year of the woman, with powerful female voices representing the majority in two of the top categories. Kacey Musgraves, H.E.R. and Janelle Monae, performers who play instruments, write or co-write all of their songs and

ROME — Six people, all but one of them minors, were killed and about 35 others injured in a stampede of panicked concertgoers early Saturday at a disco in a small town on Italy’s central Adriatic coast, authorities said. The dead included three girls and two boys and an adult woman, a mother who had

ROME — Six people have died and dozens have been injured in a stampede at a nightclub at a coastal town in central Italy. Italian fire officials and the ANSA news agency said concertgoers at a nightclub in the town of Corinaldo, on the Adriatic Sea, panicked and ran for the exits after someone sprayed

NEW YORK — For weeks, Michael Cohen sought to portray himself as a man who’d found his “true north” after years of shady business dealings and pit-bull loyalty to President Donald Trump. Prosecutors offered a vastly different assessment Friday of the president’s former fixer, dismissing him as a duplicitous figure who badly misplayed his hand.

LOS ANGELES — Alex Robinson scored 15 points to lead six players in double figures and TCU drubbed Southern California 96-61 for its fourth straight victory at the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic tripleheader on Friday night. The Horned Frogs (7-1) dominated throughout in front of a slew of NBA executives and scouts at Staples

ELON, N.C. — Francis Alonso scored 20 points and Demetrius Troy made the go-ahead jumper with 11 seconds remaining and UNC Greensboro defeated Elon 75-74 on Friday night. Troy scored 13 points and Kyrin Galloway added 14 for UNCG (8-2). Tyler Seibring scored 26 points for Elon (3-7) and Steven Santa Ana added 15 points.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kemba Walker had 21 points, eight assists and six rebounds, fellow point guard Tony Parker added 19 points off the bench and the Charlotte Hornets snapped the Denver Nuggets’ seven-game win streak with a 113-107 victory on Friday. Marvin Williams chipped in with 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets, who