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French police brace for protest violence; trash strike ends

Protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms are again gripping France

Protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms are again gripping France. Many thousands of demonstrators are marching Tuesday and the Eiffel Tower is closed. Police ramped up security amid government warnings that radical demonstrators intended “to destroy, to injure and to kill.” In Paris, striking workers invaded and blocked train tracks serving one of the French capital's main railway stations. Yet there was a sign that protests may be losing steam, with sanitation workers in Paris saying they would suspend their-week-long strike Wednesday because few strikers were left. Fears that violence could mar the demonstrations prompted the government to order deployment of 13,000 officers, the most so far. Read moreFrench police brace for protest violence; trash strike ends

Column: End of the WGCs with more to come, minus Match Play

Rory McIlroy is a footnote in World Golf Championships history for hitting the final shot of the series

Rory McIlroy is a footnote in World Golf Championships history for hitting the final shot of the series. It was a 6-footer for par at the Dell Match Play, and it was only for third place. The WGCs have run their course. Match Play isn't on the schedule for 2024. The other two quietly went away after 2021. The WGC in Shanghai is still up in the air but is unlikely to be played. AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson asks, is that bad? Not necessarily, he says. That's because the PGA Tour's new schedule is loaded with tournaments that look like a modern version of WGCs. Read moreColumn: End of the WGCs with more to come, minus Match Play

Rory McIlroy is a footnote in World Golf Championships history for hitting the final shot of the series. It was a 6-footer for par at the Dell Match Play, and it was only for third place. The WGCs have run their course. Match Play isn't on the schedule for 2024. The other two quietly went away after 2021. The WGC in Shanghai is still up in the air but is unlikely to be played. AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson asks, is that bad? Not necessarily, he says. That's because the PGA Tour's new schedule is loaded with tournaments that look like a modern version of WGCs. Read moreColumn: End of the WGCs with more to come, minus Match Play

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