Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In Ukraine, he is Alya Shabaanovich Gali. He’s a doctor with lines of patients waiting for him. To family in Gaza, he is Alaa Shabaan Abu Ghali. He’s the one who left. Gali moved decades ago. He went to medical school in Kyiv and married a Ukranian woman. Through
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The U.S., Canada, Australia and Italy all qualified for the A final in the women’s eight by finishing top four in the repechage. The U.S. posted the fastest time at 6:03.93.
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Ecuador’s Brian Pintado won his first Olympic medal with a commanding win in the men’s 20km race walk. Pintado, 29, finished in 1:18.55, just off the Olympic record set by China’s Chen Ding at the 2012 London Olympics.
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Este martes, tras su última victoria en los Juegos Olímpicos de este año, Andy Murray saltó a la arcilla roja de Roland Garros con los ojos abiertos como los de un niño en una tienda de golosinas. Él y su compañero de equipo, el británico Dan Evans, se habían enfrentado una
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Two back-to-back strikes in Beirut and Tehran, both attributed to Israel and targeting high-ranking figures in Hamas and Hezbollah, have left Hezbollah and Iran in a quandary. Analysts agree that both strikes hit too close to home to pass without a response, and were serious security breaches for Iran and
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — With the first chapter of Simone Biles’ comeback at the Olympics already complete, the next is ready to be written. After USA took team gold earlier this week, making Biles the most decorated American gymnast ever at the Games, the 27-year-old will compete again in the all-around final
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Watch the finish line as China’s Yang Jiayu won her first race walk gold medal.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bureau of Land Management law enforcement rangers recently caught an arsonist who ignited a small wildfire earlier this month, the agency said Wednesday. On Saturday, July 6, the Oregon Department of Forestry responded to reports that a helicopter had located a column of smoke near the Willamette National Forest. They put
Continue ReadingBy Hanako Montgomery, Manveena Suri, Nodoka Katsura and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Israel will not be invited to this year’s peace ceremony commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki to promote a “peaceful and somber atmosphere” at the August 9 event, the city’s mayor told local media Wednesday. The decision contrasts with that
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Maija Ehlinger, CNN (CNN) — A teenage boy has been charged with murder after three young girls were killed in a stabbing attack at a dance class in northwest England on Monday, British police said. Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and 9-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar were stabbed to death
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Results, highlights and updates from the opening round of the men’s golf competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday eulogized longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as a “force of nature” as memorials for the longtime Democratic lawmaker drew to a close. Harris took time away from her presidential campaign to describe Jackson Lee, who represented Houston in Congress, as a coalition builder
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are heading home for the month after failing to advance a bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some business tax breaks. Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer dared Republicans to vote against the tax cut package Thursday as campaign season ramps up, saying they’d voting against tax
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century destroyed their historic Maui town, there’s a bright spot for 13 recent Lahainaluna High School graduates who are receiving scholarships that will cover the cost of attending an out-of-state college. It’s a lifechanging opportunity for most any
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — A medida que aumentan los casos de cáncer entre los adultos jóvenes en Estados Unidos, un nuevo estudio ha identificado 17 tipos de cáncer que parecen ser más comunes en la Generación X y los millennials que en los grupos de mayor edad. Entre los adultos nacidos entre 1920 y 1990,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will face off against Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn in November. The match will pit a survivor of a Republican-led expulsion effort over a gun control protest against a close ally of former President Donald Trump.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But this week, the Republican presidential nominee has been put in the rare position of having to defend someone else — his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. When Vance was first introduced at the Republican National Convention last month, many GOP
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America GOOCHLAND, Va. (AP) — Trump-backed Virginia state Sen. John McGuire has defeated conservative U.S. Rep. Bob Good in a recount of the Republican primary results in the 5th Congressional District. Virginia election officials previously certified a narrow win by McGuire in the June 18 primary. They said he defeated Good by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Congressional primary races in Washington state are attracting outsized attention, including one that pits one of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump against two conservative candidates whose platforms are in lock-step with the GOP presidential nominee. Another race in the state’s moderate 8th Congressional
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Congressional primary races in Washington state are attracting outsized attention, including one that pits one of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump against two conservative candidates whose platforms are in lock-step with the GOP presidential nominee. Another race in the state’s moderate 8th Congressional
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