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Texas native Jordan Spieth buried a hole-in-one in his home state, sending the Valero Texas Open crowd into a frenzy on the 16th hole Thursday afternoon. Spieth wasn’t too happy when he walked up to the 16th tee box, after his double-bogey on the par-5 14th pushed his opening round at the tournament to 4-over. However, that all changed when …

The relationship between Angel Reese and Kim Mulkey seemed to hit some bumps this season, but the head coach was clear about her feelings for the future WNBA star. Reese missed four games earlier this year, which was speculated to be a suspension, and Mulkey often kept quiet about why Reese was absent. But Reese led LSU to the Elite …

It was not that long ago that Scott Frost helped the University of Central Florida Knights rise to prominence. He quickly became one of the more sought-after coaching candidates in college football and eventually made the leap to Nebraska. Frost had some success during his stint as the Cornhuskers’ head coach, but his time in Lincoln came to a screeching …

Austria’s justice minister said Thursday that she plans to tighten the country’s rules on espionage, which currently is explicitly banned if directed against Austria itself but not if it targets other countries or international organizations. Justice Minister Alma Zadic’s push to tighten Austria’s laws comes as the arrest of a former Austrian intelligence officer on allegations of spying for Russia …

Plans are underway by to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island in an effort to reunite the young orca with its extended family, Canadian authorities said Wednesday. Canadian Fisheries Department and First Nations officials said the plan involves placing the 2-year-old calf into a sling, lifting it out of the …

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed or seized more than a dozen drones used in the attacks. The opposition National Unity Government’s “Defense Ministry” said in a statement that special units …

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber set off his explosives late on Thursday in northwestern Syria, killing the co-founder of the country’s main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the northwest, a war monitor said. Some activists disputed the source of the explosion, saying instead that a remotely detonated bomb killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani, whose real name was Maysara …

Police in Italy, Austria, Romania and Slovakia arrested 22 people Thursday as part of an investigation into the suspected siphoning of hundreds of millions of euros in post-pandemic relief funds from the European Union. The $650 million were part of Italy’s post-pandemic money, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office said. The EPPO said it suspects a criminal organization of having diverted …

The New York Knicks will have to find a way to close out the regular season without their All-Star forward. Julius Randle will have to undergo shoulder surgery and will be sidelined for the rest of the season. The Knicks are wrapping up a strong season and are currently the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference standings. Randle missed some …

Three migrants died in a highway accident in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, authorities said Thursday. At least two of the dead — a man and a woman — are from the African nation of Cameroon, and the identity of the third is being checked. Five more migrants were injured and are being treated at local hospitals. The country’s …