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Joachim Löw’s explanations of what went wrong in the German national team’s latest humiliating loss have become a familiar ritual. The 2-1 loss to North Macedonia in World Cup qualifying followed other low points like an early exit at the 2018 World Cup and a 6-0 loss to Spain last year. Löw is trying to rebuild the team before he steps down after this year's European Championship but it hasn't worked. That is despite the German players mostly doing well for their clubs. Speculation is mounting about who will replace Löw. Recent results mean the new coach will have the advantage of low expectations.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis opened the solemn final days of Holy Week with a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica but planned to skip the traditional Thursday afternoon service that commemorates Jesus’ Last Supper with his apostles. The…

NEW DELHI (AP) — There isn’t any room at Sion Hospital in India’s megacity, Mumbai - approximately all 500 beds reserved for COVID-19 patients are occupied. And with new patients coming in daily, a doctor said the hospital is being…

France is now Europe's latest coronavirus danger zone, but President Emmanuel Macron is resisting calls for dramatic action. He decided Wednesday to stick to a strategy that aims to offer a “third way” between freedom and lockdown. It is meant to keep both infections and a restless populace under control until mass vaccinations take over. The government refuses to acknowledge failure, and it blames delayed vaccine deliveries and a disobedient public for soaring infections and saturated hospitals. Macron’s critics blame arrogance at the highest levels. They say France’s leaders ignored warning signs and favored political and economic calculations over public health.

For much of college basketball, this March has represented a step forward on the path to normalcy. In Division III, however, the national tournaments were canceled. The top teams still had plenty to play for. The women's team at Hope College in Michigan extended its winning streak to a school-record 45 games and finished a second straight undefeated season. Randolph-Macon, the top-ranked men’s team, went unbeaten as well. And after their conference tournament was done, the Yellow Jackets beat Trine in one final game that pitted No. 1 vs. No. 2 from the D3hoops.com poll.

Yes, Tiger Woods deserves privacy as he heals but the people of California deserve something too. Like a full accounting of why his 5,000-pound SUV careened down a road, crossing two oncoming lanes and flipping before uprooting a tree. It’s needed, and not just for voyeuristic reasons. At best, Woods was reckless on a public road and the public needs to know why. What if Woods had run into someone and killed or badly injured them? It easily could have happened had there been more traffic on the road at the time Woods’ SUV went out of control. And then there's a bigger question.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — After months of torture and interrogations in a Hamas prison, Palestinian activist Rami Aman says he was offered an unconventional proposition: Divorce your wife and you are free to go. Aman had recently signed…

Andre Drummond left his Lakers debut with a bruised right toe, and Jrue Holiday scored 28 points in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 112-97 victory over Los Angeles. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Khris Middleton added 17 points and eight assists as the Bucks snapped their three-game losing streak with a workmanlike victory over the depleted defending NBA champions, who are still without LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Drummond scored four points in 14 minutes before limping off the court early in the third quarter. X-rays were negative on Los Angeles’ new center.

New Mexico’s Legislature has approved the legalization of recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older in a bill that the governor plans to sign, extending the legal cannabis market in the American Southwest by April 2022. The state House concurred with Senate amendments Wednesday to provide the Legislature’s final approval. A companion bill would automatically erase some past marijuana convictions and reconsider criminal sentences for about 100 prisoners. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called a special legislation this week to push for legalization of marijuana in efforts to spur employment and a stable new source of state income. She is expected to sign the package of bills.

Joonas Donskoi scored three times during Colorado’s five-goal first period, and the Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 9-3 in front of home fans for the first time this season. The team invited health-care workers, first responders, players’ families and employees into Ball Arena. Gabriel Landeskog and Andre Burakovsky each added two goals, while Mikko Rantanen and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare both added another. There were 14 different Avalanche players who had at least a point. Michael Bunting, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Conor Garland scored for the Coyotes. 

Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates have been convicted on charges of organizing and participating in massive anti-government protests in 2019 that triggered a crackdown on dissent. The seven include media tycoon and founder of the Apple Daily tabloid Jimmy Lai, as well as 82-year-old Martin Lee, a veteran of the city’s democracy movement. They were convicted for their involvement in a protest on Aug. 18, 2019, when organizers said 1.7 million people marched in opposition to a proposed bill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to mainland China. China had pledged to allow the city to retain its freedoms for 50 years when it took Hong Kong back from Britain in 1997, but its recent steps are seen as a betrayal.

From Fenway Park to Petco Park, ballparks will again be buzzing with real fans, rather than pumped-in crowd noise, as Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and MVPs José Abreu and Freddie Freeman step to the plate on opening day. All 30 teams are scheduled to be in action on Thursday, with Gerrit Cole set to throw the first pitch of the season against Toronto at Yankee Stadium. Clayton Kershaw and the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers start in Colorado. A year after no fans were allowed during the virus-shortened 60-game season, every stadium is open, in varying degrees as teams adhere to coronavirus protocols.

A handful of 17th-century Arabian silver coins unearthed around New England may help solve one of the planet’s oldest cold cases. Amateur historian and metal detectorist Jim Bailey found the first intact coin in a Rhode Island orchard and discovered it was minted in 1693 in Yemen. Other coins have turned up in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and Bailey has found documents tying them to English pirate Henry Every. The murderous pirate became the subject of the first worldwide manhunt after plundering an Indian ship carrying Muslim pilgrims home from Mecca. Bailey and other historians say it's evidence that Every, who was never captured, hid in the American colonies for a time.

President Joe Biden says his proposal for an aggressive series of infrastructure investments would require $2.3 trillion in spending over eight years but could create millions of jobs. It would be funded by higher corporate taxes. A closer look at…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before President Joe Biden unveiled his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, congressional committees were laying the groundwork for a major public works investment with the goal of passage over the summer. They've held hearings to listen to…

No. 2-ranked Naomi Osaka’s 23-match winning streak ended when she lost to Maria Sakkari of Greece in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open, 6-0, 6-4. The defeat was Osaka’s first since February 2020 and ended any chance of reclaiming the No. 1 ranking this week from Ash Barty, who is in the semifinals. In men's play, No. 1-seeded Daniil Medvedev lost to Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in straight sets. Bautista Agut improved to 3-0 against Medvedev. Sakkari will next play Bianca Andreescu of Canada, who dropped serve eight times but still outlasted unseeded Sara Sorribes Tormo in three sets. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's first Cabinet meeting will be used to promote his new infrastructure plan, but the gathering will look very different from those held by his predecessor. To begin with, the full Cabinet won’t meet Thursday…

Infrastructure was a road to nowhere for former presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama. But Joe Biden believes he can use it to drive America to the future after a dozen years of false starts. The trip is unlikely to…

Francisco Lindor and the New York Mets have agreed to a $341 million, 10-year deal. It will keep the All-Star shortstop in Queens for the long haul after New York acquired him from Cleveland in the offseason. The deal was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t been announced. Lindor was eligible for free agency after this season and said this spring he wouldn’t negotiate with the Mets on a long-term deal after opening day. The agreement was reached less than 24 hours before New York starts its season Thursday night in Washington.