Breanna Stewart, US women’s basketball team advance to gold medal game at Paris Olympics
AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place — the Olympic gold medal…
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Like Noah Lyles, Olympians with COVID are competing in Paris. Restrictions are a thing of the past
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris Olympics organizers have issued health recommendations, but no restrictions, for dozens of athletes who tested…
Continue ReadingFormer tennis coach sentenced to 25 years for taking girl across state lines for sex
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama tennis coach was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for taking a minor across state lines with the intent…
Continue ReadingMali ousts Swedish ambassador amid strained relations with the West
Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s government says Sweden’s ambassador was ordered to leave the country within 72 hours following…
Continue ReadingOlympians are turning to OnlyFans to fund dreams as they face a ‘broken’ finance system
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Dire financial straits are leading droves of Olympic athletes to sell images of their bodies to subscribers on…
Continue ReadingYankees vs. Rangers game postponed Friday due to rain
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The series opener Friday between the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers was postponed due to rain. With the…
Continue ReadingWater quality was acceptable when Olympians swam in Seine River, data shows
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Water quality data used by Paris Olympics organizers shows that bacteria levels in the Seine River were within…
Continue ReadingThe threat Israel didn’t foresee: Hezbollah’s growing drone power
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group launched one of its deepest strikes into Israel in mid-May, using an explosive…
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Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling votes to ban camping except in some areas
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The small Oregon city at the heart of a recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows cities to…
Continue ReadingUN refugee agency urges Cyprus government to process asylum seekers pushed into a UN buffer zone
Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency says government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus have rounded up…
Continue ReadingPolish leader Tusk says billions of dollars in illegal spending by predecessors uncovered
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Poland’s previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys or $25…
Continue ReadingAll 4 Milwaukee hotel workers charged with murder in Black man’s death now in custody
MILWAUKEE (AP) — All four hotel workers charged in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death are now in custody, more than five weeks after…
Continue ReadingCo-founder of Smartmatic voting machine company charged with paying bribes for Philippine contracts
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal indictment has charged three current and former executives of Smartmatic in a scheme to pay more than $1…
Continue ReadingUNC’s interim leader approved for permanent job
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has voted to approve the nomination of Lee Roberts as the…
Continue ReadingNorway likely won’t proceed with spying trial for a Russian citizen who was part of Russia-US swap
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A senior prosecutor in Norway says that a Russian citizen who was arrested in the Scandinavian country…
Continue ReadingHarvard rebuffs protests and won’t remove Sackler name from two buildings
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has decided against removing from campus buildings the name of a family whose company makes the…
Continue ReadingUN rights office decries ‘alarmingly high’ number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office is expressing concerns about reports that Iran has executed 29 people over two days this week. The U.N.…
Continue ReadingH.E.R. will sing at the Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony as part of the handover to Los Angeles
AP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — H.E.R. will perform during the closing ceremony at the Paris Olympics. The five-time Grammy winner is expected…
Continue ReadingJapan’s b-girl Ami wins Olympic breaking’s first gold medal
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Japan’s b-girl Ami won gold at the Olympics’ first breaking event by spinning, flipping and toprocking past a…
Continue ReadingAmtrak train hits tractor trailer in Connecticut, minor injuries reported
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An Amtrak train carrying nearly 100 passengers has crashed into the rear of a tractor trailer in Connecticut. Amtrak says…
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