Professional soccer player David Beckham announced earlier today that he is leaving the sport that has made him an international household name for the last 21 years. In his statement, the father-of-four, who recently won a league title playing with Paris Saint-Germain, first thanked his current team by saying he is thankful “to PSG for [...]

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Italy’s highest criminal court has overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox, the American student who was convicted of killing her British roommate in 2007 during a night of rough sex and drugs in their apartment in Perugia, Italy . The Court of Cassation ruled on Tuesday that an appeals court in Florence must re-hear the case [...]

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Three American vacationing in Jamaica were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a minibus. The deceased have been identified as 76-year-old Gloria Capleton, of Brooklyn; 53-year-old Claudette Grand and 34-year-old Vanessa Brown, both of Marlboro, Maryland. Authorities on the Caribbean island said the women, who are believed to have been born [...]

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A 22-year-old American college student, who was on the Caribbean island of Dominica for a semester abroad, died over the weekend while snorkeling. Authorities on the Caribbean island said Casey Schulman was slashed to death by a boat’s propeller while snorkeling with friends. Schulman, who was a student at the University of Virginia, was on [...]

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American sprinter Manteo Mitchell broke his leg while competing in the men’s 4×400 meter relay today in London. The 25-year-old athlete was half way round the truck when his snapped his leg. Instead of pulling out of the race, Mitchell continued to run to his teammate on his injured leg. Mitchell told a reporter he [...]

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