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Washington (AFP) - Was it a sign that Joe Biden is preparing for a bruising election battle ahead? The US president put a Kansas City Chiefs helmet on his head as he welcomed the Super Bowl winners to the White House on Friday -- then joked he wanted to be back-to-back champions like them. "Winning back-to-back -- I kind of like that," said Biden, who is aiming for a second term in office in a tough rematch with former president Donald Trump in November's US presidential election. Kansas City were the first team to win back-to-back Lombardi Trophies since the New England Patriots in 2003-2004...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Good looks, fame and fortune: O.J. Simpson appeared to have it made after rewriting the record books as an American football star. But it all came crashing down in 1994 when Simpson, who had parlayed his sports fame into a career as an actor and advertising pitchman, was charged with the murder of his ex-wife and a male companion. Simpson was famously acquitted of those charges in 1995, but was sent to prison years later for a bungled armed robbery. The disgraced former National Football League running back -- who has died at the age of 76, his family said Thursday -- will ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The Denver Broncos said Monday the team has released veteran quarterback Russell Wilson, drawing a line under one of the most calamitous deals in NFL history. In a statement, the Broncos confirmed Wilson's departure just two years after the former Seattle Seahawks star joined the club in a blockbuster trade. "We spoke with Russell Wilson today to inform him of his release after the start of the league year," Broncos general manager George Paton and head coach Sean Payton said in a joint statement. "On behalf of the Broncos, we thank Russell for his contributions and dedica...
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Washington (AFP) - Two men have been charged with murder over the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade which left one person dead and 22 wounded, officials said Tuesday. Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays, both local residents, were charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker told reporters. Peters Baker said Mays got into a verbal altercation with other individuals at the parade that "very quickly escalated." She said Miller allegedly fired the shots that killed a local DJ, Lisa Lopez-Galvan. P...
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New York (AFP) - Football star Travis Kelce is helping survivors of the shooting that marred the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade, after his world-famous girlfriend Taylor Swift did the same, NBC news reported Saturday. The shooting on February 14 left one woman dead and 22 people injured — including two girls in the Reyes family. Kelce's Eighty-Seven Running foundation made two $50,000 donations to a GoFundMe raising money to support the Reyes family, a Kelce representative confirmed to NBC. Travis was following in the famous footsteps of Swift, who on Friday donated $100,000 to...
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Washington (AFP) - Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade which left one person dead and 22 wounded, officials said Friday. The pair, who were not identified because of their ages, are facing gun-related charges and accused of resisting arrest, the juvenile division of the 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County said in a statement. "Additional charges are expected in the future," it added. The two teenagers were arrested following the shooting, which took place on Wednesday at the victory parade which had attracted up to a mill...
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New York (AFP) - Taylor Swift donated $100,000 on Friday to a fundraiser supporting the family of the woman killed in a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade. The GoFundMe page was set up one day prior, aiming to raise $75,000 for the family of Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan, who died in the shooting that also left 22 people injured, including several children. "Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift, read a message next to a $50,000 donation to the cause. A second donation in the same amount was deposite...
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New York (AFP) - American football dynasty the New England Patriots have been compared to the Beatles for having the same leading lights for more than a generation. "Imagine what the Beatles would have accomplished if they had two decades together instead of one," said Jeff Benedict, the writer of a new Apple TV+ docuseries on the sporting franchise which had the same leading figures for two decades. "The Dynasty: New England Patriots" tells the story of the Boston-area sporting juggernaut's dominance between 2002 and 2019. Once a team of "losers", the "Pats", with their star quarterback Tom...
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Kansas City (AFP) - The shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory rally that left one person dead and 22 injured, including several children, was a personal altercation and two juveniles were among those detained, police said Thursday. Up to a million jubilant fans had gathered in unseasonably warm weather for the parade of NFL champions when shots rang out just before 2:00 pm Wednesday. "There was no nexus to terrorism or homegrown violent extremism. This appeared to be a dispute between several people that ended in gunfire," Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves told reporters...
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Washington (AFP) - "Sahil Omar" is 44, an illegal immigrant and has a Muslim-sounding name -- an apparently fictitious punching bag falsely linked to a slew of US crimes including the latest mass shooting in Kansas City. Two juveniles were among the suspects detained after a mass shooting on Wednesday at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory rally, which left one person dead and 22 wounded, police said. But self-styled sleuths on social media sites, including Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter), falsely identified one of the shooters as "Omar." "At least one of the Kansas City Chiefs parade ...
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