The country’s interior minister said the situation was under control after a “small group of soldiers launched a mutiny,” but the president had yet to make a public statement.

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Indiana is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time after going through the regular season and Big Ten championship game 13-0

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Maysara Winery in the rolling hills of Oregon uses biodynamic farming, which focuses on holistic agriculture, to create natural wines without the use of commercial additives.

Norris got over the line to clinch his maiden crown after finishing third in Abu Dhabi.

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The congregation’s growth has attracted people of many races and ages, but it’s predominantly young Black adults.

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“Celebrating the resurgence of West Ham is a bit premature, chides Eric Peterson. “They’re on a three-game winless streak, with those games against: a sinking Bournemouth, a floundering Manchester United, and an imploding Liverpool. Facing Brighton, which hadn’t lost since October before running into an irresistible Aston Villa, will provide a sterner, and truer, test.”

They’re much better than they were; United battered Brighton; and Villa were not irresistible in midweek. I don’t think West Ham will go down, do you?

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It should have been a night for Crystal Palace supporters to savour. About 1,500 officially made the trip to Strasbourg for their second away match of the Conference League group stage last week, although plenty more had gathered in the pretty Alsatian city famous for its expansive Christmas market.

Yet while most were enjoying being part of Palace’s first European campaign after May’s FA Cup win, “a tiny minority” – as the club’s statement the following day described them – had different ideas. Footage of bottles and chairs being thrown as two rival groups of supporters of the same club clashed before the game in one of the city’s squares went viral on X. “Palace fans fighting each other in Strasbourg,” read the message, not surprisingly sparking widespread confusion.

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Initial reports and eyewitness accounts have clashing explanations of what caused the fire

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Norris became Britain’s 11th F1 world champion with a tense third-place finish in Abu Dhabi, sealing the title by just two points over the magnificent Verstappen

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The day of the College Football Playoff bracket announcement has fans buzzing with uncertainty

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A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey

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Dave Portnoy watched Ohio State’s epic collapse on Saturday night as a proud Wolverine.

Watson just returned to practice last week after suffering his second torn Achilles during the offseason.

Fans say the longtime fave “looks fabulous."

The "Believe" singer "doesn't give a hoot" about the couple's 40-year age gap and is ready to "commit," an insider said.

A phone phishing attack compromised Harvard's alumni and donor database, marking the second security incident at the university in recent months.

At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill

Three more British MEPs from Nigel Farage’s bloc are alleged to have “followed the script” given to a colleague who was being bribed by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors, as a police investigation into the affair continues.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when giving interviews to 112 Ukraine, a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019.

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Comment: England slumped to another heavy defeat to go 2-0 down in the Ashes and move to the brink of a series defeat, but the words of coach Brendon McCullum failed to strike the right tone

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Poo-dunnit?

Lando Norris did just enough at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to hold off Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri

Photographer captured all aspects of British life, from sunbathing families to village fetes

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These two running backs have juicy matchups in Week 14.

‘This is showing who Ms Parks was, both as a person and as an activist’

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Jaxson Dart appears to be spoken for.