Month: September 2024

AP Sports Writers ROME (AP) — Time is running out for appeals to be filed in the case that exonerated U.S. Open champion Jannik Sinner from doping. The World Anti-Doping Agency and Italy’s anti-doping agency likely have only a few more days to challenge the decision announced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Aug.

Associated Press Demoralized by the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, Palestinian American Samia Assed found in Vice President Kamala Harris’ ascension — and her running mate pick — “a little ray of hope.” That hope, she said, shattered during last month’s Democratic National Convention, where a request for a Palestinian American speaker was

AP Education Writer AURORA, Colo. (AP) — She was eight months pregnant when she was forced to leave her Denver homeless shelter. It was November. Ivanni Herrera took her 4-year-old son Dylan by the hand and led him into the chilly night, dragging a suitcase containing donated clothes and blankets away from the Microtel Inn

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese authorities say a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal over the weekend, leaving at least four people dead and several others missing. The artisanal fishing boat left the town of Mbour heading to Europe on Sunday afternoon before capsizing a few miles off the coast,

Associated Press A judge has ordered a mental evaluation and delayed the trial for an 85-year-old white man who shot Ralph Yarl after the teenage Black honor student came to his Kansas City, Missouri, home by mistake. Andrew Lester’s lawyer requested the evaluation last month, saying the retired aircraft mechanic’s health has deteriorated so much

LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, has released a video saying she has completed her chemotherapy treatment for cancer. She announced in March that she had been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer that was detected after abdominal surgery earlier in the year and would begin the treatment. Her updated statement released Monday

Associated Press SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted two Pakistani men in their absence over calls to their followers to murder anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom that won last year’s general election in the Netherlands. The court on Monday found Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali guilty of

AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New U.S. Open champion Jannik Sinner is making big strides in a short amount of time. And he figures that bodes well for what’s to come. Sinner is still just 23 but already has reached No. 1 in the ATP rankings and collected the second Grand Slam trophy

LONDON (AP) — It has been a difficult few months for Britain’s royal family. Both Kate, Princess of Wales, and King Charles III have been treated for cancer. Kate announced Monday that she has completed chemotherapy treatment for cancer and plans to return to some public duties. In a video statement, 42-year-old Kate said “the

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban’s repressive control over women and girls is unparalleled and will jeopardize Afghanistan’s future. Volker Türk said new morality laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public, along with sweeping bans on education and most jobs, are outrageous and amount to systematic gender persecution.