Laura Wagner
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Irvin, who died Monday at 96, was one of the first black players in Major League Baseball. He showed Mays the ropes when Mays entered the league. Irvin, Mays said, was "sort of like my father."
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Mohammed al-Nimr says he felt relieved following his father's execution because the sheikh was abused for years by Saudi authorities.
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In what may be the only recording of his voice, James Naismith describes how he created basketball to occupy his stir-crazy students during a snowy winter in New England.
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Syed Farook, 28, an American citizen, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, who were in a relationship, are believed to have been the only attackers at a holiday party for Farook's co-workers.
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The French capital was rocked by shootings and an explosion in six locations on Friday. French police stormed and took control of one location. At least five attackers have been killed.
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Max Geller led a small crowd in protest of the fact that paintings by renowned French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir hang in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
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Banksy's "bemusement park" in England has closed. All of the structures from the park will be sent to a refugee camp in Calais, France, to help build shelters, according to the website.
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The graffiti artist's darkly themed art show in England spurred wild demand for tickets, causing the website to crash. Now people are wondering if the confusion is all part of the show.