Coverage of the future of amateurism in college sports wins AP story of the year honors
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|  | Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the United States. | AP News |
|  | A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration. | AP News |
|  | Police in Connecticut are trying to determine how a man could have been held captive in his home for 20 years without anyone noticing. | AP News |
|  | Authorities say a man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter after five people were killed and several injured in a late-night wreck in Austin, Texas, that involved over a dozen vehicles on Interstate 35. | AP News |

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