MLB cancels 2025 Paris games after failing to find promoter, AP sources say
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer Major League Baseball has canceled plans to play regular-season games in Paris in 2025 after failing to find a…
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While the suits are no longer super, swimming attire still has a big impact at the pool
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Fifteen years ago, Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics wearing a high-tech…
Continue ReadingA Ghana reparations summit agrees on a global fund to compensate Africans for the slave trade
By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana have agreed to establish a Global Reparation…
Continue ReadingTexas jury convicts woman of fatally shooting cyclist Anna ‘Mo’ Wilson in a jealous rage
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has convicted a 35-year-old woman of murder in the May 2022 shooting death of…
Continue ReadingPhotographer found shot to death in violence plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A photographer who worked for a newspaper in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has been found shot to death. Officials…
Continue ReadingHarbaugh to serve out suspension, Big Ten ends Michigan sign-stealing investigation in settlement
By RALPH D. RUSSO and LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writers ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan announced Thursday that football coach Jim Harbaugh will serve…
Continue ReadingA family of 4 was found dead at Fort Stewart in Georgia, the Army says
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Army says four family members were found dead inside a home at Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia. A statement…
Continue ReadingNew York judge lifts gag order that barred Donald Trump from maligning court staff in fraud trial
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel…
Continue ReadingHungary qualifies for Euro 2024 with own-goal in stoppage time in match marred by violence
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Hungary qualified for its third straight European Championship after an own-goal in stoppage time in…
Continue ReadingChina’s agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into US, but not solve overdose epidemic
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Experts say new steps China has agreed to will eventually reduce the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl into the…
Continue ReadingGrand Canyon, nation’s largest Christian university, says it’s appealing ‘ridiculous’ federal fine
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest Christian university says it’s fighting a $37.7 million fine…
Continue Reading5 European nations and Canada seek to join genocide case against Myanmar at top UN court
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Five European nations and Canada are seeking to join a case brought by Gambia at the…
Continue ReadingRSV is straining some hospitals, and US officials are releasing more shots for newborns
By MIKE STOBBE and KENYA HUNTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling…
Continue ReadingMan who attacked Pelosi’s husband convicted of federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted the man who attacked broke into former U.S. House Speaker…
Continue ReadingAtlanta to host 2025 MLB All-Star Game after losing 2021 game over objections to voting law
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball will play its 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta, four years after…
Continue ReadingMississippi man had ID in his pocket when he was buried without his family’s knowledge
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A prominent civil rights lawyer says Mississippi authorities buried a…
Continue ReadingChicago commuter train crashes into rail equipment, nearly 40 injured, some seriously
CHICAGO (AP) — Fire officials say a Chicago commuter train has collided with rail equipment, injuring nearly 40 people, some of them critically.…
Continue ReadingMan who attacked Minnesota congresswoman in her Washington apartment building gets 27-month sentence
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico signs multimillion-dollar deal with Texas company to build a marina for mega yachts
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government has signed a multimillion-dollar contract with a Texas-based company to build a marina for…
Continue ReadingViolent protests break out ahead of Bulgaria-Hungary soccer qualifier
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Bulgarian football supporters have taken to the streets of the capital, Sofia, in protest over the management…
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