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The coffin of football legend Pele has been carried through the streets of Santos in Brazil as the public paid their final respects to the sporting icon.

Unseasonably warm conditions and sparse snowfall has forced some low-level ski resorts to shut in recent days – as Europe started the new year with record-breaking temperatures.

An Iranian chess player who competed without a hijab has arrived in Spain after being warned not to return home, according to a source close to her.

Amy Stover, a secretary for the Tipton school district in central Missouri, was at her home on Monday night, taking in the Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game with her husband, Ken. Since the outcome could determine seeding for the AFC playoffs,

The American football player Damar Hamlin who had a heart attack during an NFL game is still in intensive care in a critical condition, his team has said.

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Kevin McCarthy’s floundering bid for the role augurs more dysfunction in Washington

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A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the U.S.

A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the U.S.