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Micah Parsons quickly became one of the best defensive players in football. The 11th pick of the 2021 NFL Draft has finished in the top three in each of his three seasons for the Defensive Player of the Year Award, and he’s trying to get a new deal. The common practice for players in his situation is to not touch …

Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. He was 74. The Correctional Service of Canada said in statement that Pickton, an inmate of Port-Cartier Institution in the province of Quebec, died …

An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade, amassing at least $99 million in profits by reselling access to criminals who used it for identity theft, child exploitation, and financial fraud, including pandemic relief scams. The U.S. Department of Justice quoted FBI Director Christopher …

Three-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry had a massive heart attack in March and said his heart rate was at 40% at the time of his hospitalization. Strawberry credited his wife Tracy for encouraging him to go to the emergency room after he experienced chest pains. “You just never know. If it wasn’t for my lovely wife rushing me to …

Russia conducted an array of aerial attacks on Ukraine with cruise missiles, drones and ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s air force said Thursday, while the chief of the army said Russia is increasing its troop concentration in the Kharkiv region where Moscow’s forces have made significant advances in a spring offensive. Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence operation claimed that sea drones destroyed two …

Lava continued to spurt from a volcano in southwestern Iceland on Thursday but the activity had calmed significantly from when it erupted a day earlier. The eruption Wednesday was the fifth and most powerful since the volcanic system near Grindavik reawakened in December after 800 years, gushing record levels of lava as its fissure grew to 2.1 miles in length. …

Gabby Douglas’ bid to make the 2024 Paris Olympics came to a disappointing end on Wednesday when she announced she pulled out of the USA Gymnastics Championships due to an ankle injury. Douglas hoped to make her third Team USA appearance after she won a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics in the all-around competition and was a part of …

Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others. The election comes as Iran grapples with the aftermath of the May 19 crash, as well as heightened tensions between Tehran and the …

The World Health Organization’s emergencies department is facing “existential threats” as multiplying health crises have left it so short of cash that it needed emergency funds to pay staff salaries at the end of last year, an independent report said. It will likely have to ask for funding again to cover salaries up to June, the document, released ahead of …

Hitting birdie putts is what every U.S. Women’s Open golfer is trying to do this week, but Isi Gabsa had a different experience with a birdie on the 12th hole during her first round from Lancester Country Club. Gabsa teed up on the par-3 12th hole hoping to get in good position to lower her score, which sat at 2-over …