Month: August 2024

Former President Donald Trump reportedly has used a slur often targeted at women to describe Vice President Kamala Harris during at least two private…

AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively box-office showdown, both husband and wife came out winners. Reynolds’ Marvel…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses along popular vacation destinations like boardwalks and piers in the U.S. say the number of…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Big crowds, go-to applause lines, talk of joy — and some unsolicited Republican counterprogramming. These were…

AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 21 points and the U.S. survived the biggest challenge of its unprecedented run to eight…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police have evacuated the area around the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark hours…

AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles stole the show at the Paris Olympics with a captivating comeback that had everyone watching everything…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat says he’ll work to block a plan that would significantly cut the proposed budget of the Centers…

PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) — Two people were shot and killed at a raceway just as a concert was about to begin. That is according to the Iowa…

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Surgeon General Vivek Murthy isn’t shying away from politics, as his mother had once hoped when he was a kid.…

Associated Press The Navy’s ability to build lower-cost warships that can shoot down Houthi rebel missiles in the Red Sea depends in part on a…

Associated Press BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — Fire officials say two people were killed and 12 families displaced after a Maryland house exploded amid…

Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — At least 18 people were killed when a landfill collapsed in the Ugandan capital, according to the Red…

Associated Press Latino voters and leaders say they are enthusiastic about Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, but for her to win…

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The dated gold and silver trophies packed in the china cabinet of Dr. Vivek Murthy’s childhood home still boast the…

Associated Press MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Jacob Reitan said he told Gwen Walz he was gay before he told his parents. Reitan was a student in 1999 at…

PARIS (AP) — Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment after a rain of criticism and false…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has proposed former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi as the country’s new…

AP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — The closing ceremony for the Paris Olympics will bring out several stars: Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Red…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Thousands of amateur runners got a chance to run like an Olympian in Paris. They tackled either a marathon or…

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, President…

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday, a day after a deadly…

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 40 families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil gathered Sunday at a morgue and hotels in Sao…

Associated Press NEAR MOUNT ELGON, Uganda (AP) — The dancers shook their hips to the beat of drummers who led the way, anticipating the start of…

Associated Press CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (AP) — No one in this wealthy California community known for its white-sand beaches and storybook charm…

Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Ford held back tears, Miley Cyrus let them flow and several stars got emotional as they accepted…

Associated Press THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — No one younger than age 19 is allowed to live in The Villages, the massive retirement community in…

Associated Press Christina Westman dreamed of working with Parkinson’s disease and stroke patients as a music therapist when she started studying…

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Mayor London Breed has launched a new crackdown on people sleeping outside in a campaign to…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Needing a victory to keep his FedEx Cup playoffs streak alive, Matt Kuchar shot his second straight 6-under 64 on Saturday…

AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Romania’s Ana Barbosu replaced American Jordan Chiles as the Olympic bronze medalist in gymnastics floor exercise…

Associated Press Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said Saturday that it has been hacked and suggested Iranian actors were…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal officials have arrested a Southern California man accused of trying to ship more than 2,205 pounds of methamphetamine to…

AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Lin Yu-ting fought to remain poised and calm throughout the Paris Olympics boxing tournament, even when it seemed…

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Harris presidential campaign says Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “misspoke” in 2018 in talking about “weapons of…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has reinstated access to Instagram after more than a week of being blocked nationwide. The country barred access to…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has said that he was ambushed and kidnapped when he thought he…

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A scathing Justice Department report into law enforcement failures during the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde,…