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Falcons beat Saints 19-17 to hand division title to Panthers. Atlanta fires coach and GM hours later

AP News ATLANTA (AP) — A fourth straight win by the Atlanta Falcons and a season sweep of their biggest rival were not enough to save the jobs of coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot.

Hours after Dee Alford's red-zone interception stopped a potential go-ahead drive by New Orleans on Sunday and the Falcons beat the Saints 19-17 to give the NFC South title to Carolina, Atlanta fired Morris and Fontenot.

The Falcons (8-9) finished in a three-way tie with Carolina and Tampa Bay for first place in the NFC South. The Panthers won the tiebreaker with the best...
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Rubio says US won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump has insisted that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro.

Rubio's statements seemed designed to temper concerns that the assertive action to achieve regime change in Venezuela might lead the U.S. into another prolonged foreign intervention or failed attempt at nation-building.

They stood in...
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Falcons fire coach Raheem Morris, GM Terry Fontenot hours after finishing 8-9 season

AP News ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons fired coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot on Sunday night, announcing the moves hours after the team completed its second straight 8-9 finish under Morris and eighth consecutive losing season.

Morris said after Sunday's 19-17 win over the New Orleans Saints that he expected to return for a third season. Instead, his 16-18 record was not enough for him to keep his job after the year began with optimism that the Falcons would reach the playoffs for the first time since 2017.

“I have great personal affinity for both...
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Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US action in Venezuela

AP News HAVANA (AP) — An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths.

The Cuban military and police officers were on a mission the Caribbean country’s military was carrying out at the request of Venezuela’s government, according to a statement read on Cuban state TV on Sunday night.

What the Cubans were working on in the South American nation was unclear, but Cuba is a close ally of Venezuela’s government has sent military and police forces to...
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Surprise interim leader Delcy Rodriguez emerges in Venezuela after Maduro’s capture

AP News MEXICO CITY (AP) — As uncertainty simmers in Venezuela, interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her ally President Nicolás Maduro, captured by the United States in a nighttime military operation.

Rodríguez served as Maduro's vice president since 2018, overseeing much of Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy and its feared intelligence service, and was next in the presidential line of succession.

She's part of a band of senior officials in Maduro's administration that now appears to control Venezuela, even as U.S. President Donald Trump and other...
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  • Interim Venezuelan leader invites Trump to 'collaborate,' seeks 'respectful relations'
  • Falcons beat Saints 19-17 to hand division title to Panthers. Atlanta fires coach and GM hours later
  • After Maduro, who's next? Trump's comments spur anxieties about his plans for Greenland and Cuba
  • The Latest: Rubio suggests US won't run Venezuela day-to-day
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  • 'Still shaken': Trepidation in Venezuela after US captures Maduro
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  • Maduro’s case will revive a legal debate over immunity for foreign leaders tested in Noriega trial
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