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By ARNIE STAPLETON, AP Pro Football Writer President Donald Trump's criticism of players who kneel during the national anthem sparked angry protests around the National Football League Sunday, as about 200 players sat, knelt or raised their fists in defiance. A week ago, just six players protested. Most NFL players on Sunday locked arms with their…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and REGINA GARCIA CANO, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Luis Ramirez finally reached his mother after the powerful Mexico earthquake, he learned her home was so badly damaged that it had to be demolished. He considered getting on a plane from New York to help her find a new home,…

T MEXICO CITY (AP) —The U.S. Geological Survey says the new earthquake to strike Mexico had a magnitude of 6.1 and was centered in the southern state of Oaxaca. It initially calculated the magnitude as 6.2. The director of Mexico's disaster agency says it's an aftershock of the 8.1 quake that hit on Sept. 7…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says the new earthquake to strike Mexico had a magnitude of 6.1 and was centered in the southern state of Oaxaca. It initially calculated the magnitude as 6.2 The director of Mexico's disaster agency says it's an aftershock of the 8.1 quake that hit on Sept. 7 off…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press The federal government is telling election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached. States that told The Associated Press they had been targeted include Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. In most cases, they had not…