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Simone Biles continues Olympic prep by cruising to her 9th U.S. Championships title
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has won her ninth national title. Biles posted a…
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has won her ninth national title. Biles posted a…
Continue ReadingGRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions in the country’s southwest, has…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A swimmer suffered serious injuries from a shark attack on the Southern California coast Sunday, prompting temporary beach…
Continue ReadingBY VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, TEXAS (AP) — At least two Texas border mayors are headed to Washington on Tuesday when President Joe…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Yuka Saso is the U.S. Women’s Open champion while playing under a different flag. She…
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Strong earthquakes have shaken Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that was hit by Jan. 1 fatal quake, but there authorities…
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s election has decided little, other than the African National…
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — David Levy, an Israeli politician born in Morocco who fought tirelessly against deep-seated…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is calling for more nuclear reactors to be built in the…
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The iconic yellow and green of Brazil’s flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen hairdos…
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — The coast guard says the body of an unidentified man has been recovered off a beach northeast of the Greek capital with a…
Continue ReadingSANTAN, Ariz. (AP) — The Gila River Indian Community has issued a temporary ban on dances after a tribal police officer was fatally shot and…
Continue ReadingDozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters have blocked roads in Jerusalem as Israel’s Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case challenging a…
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A 29-year-old German police officer has died of injuries suffered during a knife attack that left five other people…
Continue ReadingLEEDS, England (AP) — Rob Burrow, a former rugby star who was widely praised for his fundraising campaigns after being diagnosed with Lou…
Continue ReadingTUNICA, Miss. (AP) — Local officials won’t support a proposal to house unaccompanied migrant children at two former casino hotels in…
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says Israel is looking into an alternative local governing body…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Michael Douglas has paid a solidarity visit to an Israeli kibbutz that was hit hard in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that sparked…
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Catching the right amount of sleep is no easy task in Grand Slam tennis these days — for the…
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL COLE Associated Press CANNES, France (AP) — Daniel Cole, a freelance photographer who does extensive work for The Associated Press,…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who is 93, has married for the fifth time. Publications owned by Murdoch’s News Corp report…
Continue ReadingNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to a total of 27 years in prison in the shooting death of one man and the…
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey says recovery from a May 10 tornado outbreak has cost Florida’s capital city $50 million…
Continue ReadingBy SHARON JOHNSON and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A group of 60 World War II veterans is leaving Atlanta on Sunday on a trip to France…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It was a quiet weekend at North American movie theaters, dominated once again by Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” and…
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Nearly 1,000 people have attended a ceremony honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist…
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN, WILL WEISSERT and MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the video-sharing app he once tried to ban as…
Continue ReadingHERZOGENAURACH, Germany (AP) — Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann says he is shocked that a public broadcaster asked participants in a survey if they…
Continue ReadingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury resorts, as public anger in…
Continue ReadingOSTEEN, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters across central and southern Florida are battling wildfires that have temporarily shut down highways and caused…
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Qatar and Saudi Arabia have condemned an Israeli parliamentary bill that seeks to label…
Continue ReadingTOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — Police say a monster truck performing for spectators in Maine clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles…
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump and other Republicans say President Joe Biden’s policy to…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Water pressure is returning to downtown Atlanta and nearby neighborhoods. Problems are easing Sunday…
Continue ReadingLocal officials say fire broke out at an oil refinery in northwestern Russia on Sunday, resulting in deaths and injuries. The regional governor said…
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The warden at a troubled Wisconsin prison where multiple inmates have died over the last year has quit. The Wisconsin State…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Two Lebanese shepherds were killed in an Israeli strike that hit their house in the town of Houla near the Lebanon-Israel border,…
Continue ReadingPENN HILLS, Pa. (AP) — A shooting at a bar in suburban Pittsburgh has left two people dead and seven others injured. Allegheny County Police…
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Scaling back treatment for some cancers can make life easier for patients without hurting the outcomes.…
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Health care delivery experts say patients in the U.S. need more help dealing with a system that is growing…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists jumped from World War II-era planes into now peaceful Normandy…
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The future of Puerto Rico’s political status and its fragile economy are at the…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Iceland’s national broadcasting service says Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor,…
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Flooding, high river levels and heavy rain led to the death of a firefighter and disrupted train travel across Germany on…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it’ll take strong retaliatory steps against North Korea over its…
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s African National Congress party will not consider any demands…
Continue ReadingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS A shooting on a street in Akron, Ohio, killed one man and wounded 26 other people early Sunday morning. Local news outlets…
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country a day after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s third-largest city is preparing for its first school board elections and the slate…
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu has erupted again and spewed thick, gray ash and dark clouds…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press For retirees Tom and Beverly McAdam, the good news is the value of their two-bedroom home in suburban Denver has…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries face a decision on whether to extend…
Continue ReadingDAN MERICA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were…
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Television images show emergency workers trying to rescue people trapped under a collapsed apartment building in Istanbul.…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday…
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Voters in Serbia are casting ballots in a rerun election in the capital, Belgrade, and in…
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press Voters in at least three South Dakota counties will decide whether ballots in future elections will be counted by hand.…
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Throughout its grinding seven-month war against Hamas, Israel has pledged to…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — An annual New York City parade for Israel that draws thousands of people is scheduled to hit the streets Sunday with heightened…
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press After his historic guilty verdict in his hush money case, Donald Trump attacked the U.S. criminal justice system,…
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A community of breast milk donors has formed in Uganda after women struggled with…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged a group of top defense officials at Asia’s…
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — On one side of the classroom, students circled teacher Maria Fletcher and practiced…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Voters choosing Mexico’s next president are deciding between a former academic who promises to further the current…
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California firefighters aided by aircraft are battling a wind-driven wildfire burning near the Lawrence Livermore National…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER and PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Of all the decisions Paris Olympics organizers made about where to hold each…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s defense minister has acknowledged the importance of newly renewed military-to-military…
Continue ReadingCHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) — Police say a registered sex offender wanted in the death of a parole officer whose body was found in the man’s apartment…
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — Birmingham-Southern is still swinging. Now playing for a school that technically no longer…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have closed the state’s entire coastline to mussel harvesting due to an outbreak of shellfish poisoning…
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota law enforcement have identified the man who they believe fatally shot a Minneapolis officer in what police are calling…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the moon’s far side to collect rocks in a growing space rivalry with U.S. The official Xinhua…
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — It was a historic day for South Africa. The political party that ended the racially…
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile has joined a group of nations supporting a genocide case against Israel filed last year at the International Court of…
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma is threatening legal action to stop the…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican volunteer searcher criticized in the past by the government has found more human remains in Mexico City and officials…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says member countries approved new steps to boost global preparedness for pandemics like COVID-19 and…
Continue ReadingDENALI PARK, Alaska (AP) — Park officials say a Malaysian climber likely died of exposure and altitude-related illness as he sheltered in a snow…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A U.N. development specialist tasked with restoring order to Haiti has arrived to the Caribbean nation to take up his new post as…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s ruling emir has named the small nation’s new crown prince, nearly six months after he took the…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Europe’s biggest club soccer game got a taste of America when rocker Lenny Kravitz performed at Wembley Stadium before kickoff at…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds has died. He was 77 and died Friday night in Virginia. Edmonds…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press TAN TAN, Morocco (AP) — Military forces from the United States and nearly three dozen countries have wrapped up the…
Continue ReadingBy YONAT SHIMRON Religion News Service HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — On a warm, sunny morning in farm country, a group of 40 preschoolers and their…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A crowd of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s…
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Biden administration has sent a high-level delegation to…
Continue ReadingRIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the 2018 death of an anti-gang activist during a dispute over a…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A crowd of tens of thousands has gathered in Hungary’s capital in a show of strength…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A court run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sentenced 44 people to death, including a businessman…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Voters in Iceland are choosing a president and selecting from a field of 12 people including a former prime minister. The candidates…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jurors resumed deliberations Saturday on whether a man should be sentenced to death after being convicted days earlier of the…
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gymnast Skye Blakely says working on her mental health has helped put her in the mix for…
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV is reporting a high-ranking general in the Revolutionary Guard has died after an illness. Gen. Vajihollah…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the…
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A German court ordered a 25-year-old man born in Afghanistan held on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a…
Continue ReadingBy MATÍAS DELACROIX and JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press GARDI SUGDUB, Panama (AP) — On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300…
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to…
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Downtown Atlanta businesses and attractions were closed Saturday as the city tried to repair water main breaks that led to water…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say 34 people are in custody following a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum. Hundreds of…
Continue ReadingHERZOGENAURACH, Germany (AP) — Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich has slammed as “absolutely racist” a survey and its findings that one in five…
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