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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — A poor start left Carlos Alcaraz a single point from a two-set hole against Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.That sort of deficit is daunting for anyone, let alone a 20-year-old in his second major final, and against anyone, let alone Djokovic, someone who hadn’t lost at Centre Court in a… […]

SOLDEU, Andorra (AP)– One year after practically stopping Alpine snowboarding in aggravation, Ilka Štuhec was back at the peak of her kind on Wednesday. The two-time world champ finished her downhill season by beating Sofia Goggia, the season’s standout speed racer, for success at the World Cup Finals. Štuhec raced down the sun-bathed slope to… […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel marking the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack. The seven-count criminal complaint filed in federal court in […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Cam Ferguson gets to his spot on the street adjacent to Chase Field — home of Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks — about four hours before first pitch to set up his usual display of cold water, sports drinks, peanuts and candy. By game time, it’s about 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.4 degrees […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is becoming much clearer. The Democratic vice president and the Republican former president will devote almost all of their remaining time and resources to just seven states. They will spend […]

SOLDEU, Andorra (AP)– It’s been the script all season long in guys’s World Cup downhills: If Aleksander Aamodt Kilde does not win, then Vincent Kriechmayr will. Kriechmayr made the most of Kilde being a little off his video game at the World Cup Finals on Wednesday to take his 4th race win of the season.… […]

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Cyclone Freddy has dissipated after killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands in Mozambique and Malawi since late last week, although flooding remains a threat in both countries, a regional monitoring center said late Wednesday.The cyclone has killed at least 225 people in Malawi’s southern region including Blantyre, the country’s financial… […]

Published [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   CLAIM: A black-and-white photo of a young boy clutching a huge pick shows an 8-year-old coal miner from Utah or Colorado in the early 1900s.AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The photo, which belongs to the Helper’s Mining and Railroad Museum in Helper, Utah, was staged by the boy’s… […]

By NICOLE WINFIELD Published [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   ROME (AP) — Scorching temperatures across Europe forced the closure of the Acropolis in Athens for a second day as officials warned Saturday of even hotter weather next week, when the mercury is forecast to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in several… […]

By JARI TANNER Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] HELSINKI (AP) — A white beluga whale named “Hvaldimir,” first spotted in Norway not far from Russian waters with a harness that ignited rumors he may be a Moscow spy, has been found dead. The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK reported that the whale carcass was […]