Wimbledon player avoids Russia ban with Georgian nationality
LONDON (AP) — A women’s doubles player who was born in Moscow will be able to get around the ban on Russians at Wimbledon this year because she…
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Pianist, 18, from South Korea wins Van Cliburn competition
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old from South Korea has won the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the top showcases for…
Continue Reading Church shooting survivor: Gunman ‘disengaged,’ sat alone
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press The 70-year-old suspected gunman in a shooting that killed three people at an Alabama church sat by himself drinking…
Continue Reading Starbucks head of North America business leaving company
By The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Rossann Williams, Starbucks’ North America president who’s been a prominent figure in the company’s…
Continue Reading Spain’s conservatives strike huge win in southern Andalusia
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s traditional conservatives have scored a huge win in southern Andalusia by…
Continue Reading Mexican marine kills 2 colleagues, civilian at base
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Navy Department says a marine stationed at a base on the Baja California peninsula opened fire, killing two…
Continue Reading Arizona wildfire near Kitt Peak observatory 40% contained
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A lightning-caused wildfire that led to an evacuation of the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson is 40%…
Continue Reading Juneteenth celebrations emphasize ending racial disparities
By JAMIE STENGLE and CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — After Opal Lee led hundreds in a walk through her Texas hometown to celebrate…
Continue Reading 1 of 4 who escaped federal prison satellite camp surrenders
HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — Officials say one of four inmates who escaped from a federal prison’s satellite camp in Virginia over the weekend has turned…
Continue Reading Two Nigeria churches attacked; worshippers killed, abducted
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses and an official say three people have been shot dead in northwestern Nigeria…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 committee setting its sights on Pence, Ginni Thomas
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they may subpoena former…
Continue Reading 3 people, 2 dogs jump overboard as yacht burns and sinks
NEW CASTLE, N.H. (AP) — Three people have been treated at and released from a hospital after a 70-foot yacht burned and sank in New Hampshire. The…
Continue Reading Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, ‘doing fine’ after punch
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, was punched in the city’s Fourth Street Live entertainment district on Saturday night.…
Continue Reading Gennady Burbulis, top Yeltsin aide and official, dies at 76
MOSCOW (AP) — Gennady Burbulis, a top aide to Russian President Boris Yeltsin who helped prepare and sign the 1991 pact that led to the formal…
Continue Reading Reports: Paul Haggis detained in Italy in sex assault case
ROME (AP) — Film director Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy,…
Continue Reading Bitcoin-boosting Salvadoran leader asks for patience
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president has asked people to be patient after the price of the cryptocurrency…
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6,000 bees removed from inside wall of Omaha couple’s home
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — About 6,000 bees were recently removed from inside the walls of an Omaha couple’s 100-year-old home. Thomas and Marylu…
Continue Reading Maryland Apple store union vote marks latest in labor drives
By The Associated Press Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin on Saturday. Here’s a look at…
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Outside Yellowstone, flooded towns struggle to recover
By MATTHEW BROWN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press FROMBERG, Mont. (AP) — With Yellowstone National Park pushing to reopen to tourists more…
Continue Reading Witnesses say more than 200 killed in Ethiopia ethnic attack
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Witnesses in Ethiopia said Sunday that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, have been killed in an attack in the…
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