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Iron Sheik poses backstage at Power 96.1's Jingle Ball 2013 at Philips Arena on Dec. 11, 2013 in Atlanta. (Ben Rose, Getty Images for Clear Channel)

The Iron Sheik dies: Charismatic former pro wrestling villain and Twitter personality was 81

June 7, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.

The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who relished playing a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport抖阴ap biggest stars and later became a popular Twitter...

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Police arrest Memphis man in livestreamed shootings; 4 dead

September 8, 2022 at 6:30 a.m.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A gunman who livestreamed himself driving around Memphis shooting at people, killing four and wounding three others in seemingly random attacks, was finally arrested after crashing...

AP-NORC poll: Many Americans resuming pre-virus activities

June 18, 2021 at 9:14 a.m.

Many Americans are relaxing precautions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic and resuming everyday activities, even as some worry that coronavirus-related restrictions were hastily lifted, a new poll shows.

Fear and anxiety spike in virus hot spots across U.S.

October 25, 2020 at 2:10 p.m.

As President Donald Trump barnstorms the swing states, often downplaying the coronavirus pandemic before largely unmasked crowds, the nation continues to lurch toward what his opponent Joe Biden, citing health...

Ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleads guilty

July 25, 2019 at 1:58 p.m.

The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in one of...

Whitney Flynn, a physical scientist at the National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., works on computer screens showing flood predictions and other information in March. (Jay Reeves, Associated Press file)

Drones, supercomputers and sonar deployed against floods

September 6, 2019 at 12:54 p.m.

An arsenal of new technology is being put to the test fighting floods this year as rivers inundate towns and farm fields across the central United States. Drones, supercomputers and...

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Admirers mourn King, pledge to carry on unfinished work

April 4, 2018 at 9:21 p.m.

Fifty years after a shot rang out in Memphis, killing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., freedom rang from the balcony of the Lorraine Motel as a bell tolled 39...

Ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright charged with murder in 2010 death

December 16, 2017 at 10:34 p.m.

Authorities say the ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been charged with first-degree murder in his death more than seven years ago.

Zachary Adams, left, enters the courtroom ...

Prosecutor: Man who killed Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo lived in “dark world”

September 11, 2017 at 7:12 p.m.

A man who lived in the "dark, dark world" of methamphetamine and morphine abducted a Tennessee nursing student from her rural home in 2011, then drugged, raped and shot her...

Rafael “Felo” Ramirez, Hall of Fame baseball announcer, dies at 94

August 22, 2017 at 9:22 a.m.

Rafael "Felo" Ramirez, a Hall of Fame baseball radio broadcaster who was the signature voice for millions of Spanish-speaking sports fans over three decades, has died. He was 94.

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