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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks knew this season was a rebuilding year for a franchise looking to regain its championship pedigree. They just didn’t count on a spate of injuries and illness that have sometimes limited them to eight available on a 12-player roster. “It’s a
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalans overwhelmingly picked an independent progressive to be the country’s next president but his opponent remained silent Monday, leaving open the possibility of a challenge to landslide results that resoundingly rejected the country’s elite. With 100% of votes counted, anti-corruption crusader Bernardo
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to keep up military support for Ukraine for as long as it takes during talks in Athens with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He also voiced willingness Monday to help with post-war rebuilding. Zelenskyy flew to the Greek capital for his fourth visit to a
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is mixed on Monday and holding a bit steadier after sliding for three straight weeks through what’s been a dismal August. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 141 points, or 0.4%, at 34,361,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California from the coast to the desert resort city of Palm Springs, forcing rescuers to pull several people from swollen rivers, before heading east and flooding a county about 40 miles (64 kilometers) outside of Las Vegas. The
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of several Balkan countries are gathering in the Greek capital of Athens along with top European Union officials to discuss the region’s European future. Officials say Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will join them later on Monday, following talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Mitsotakis was to host an
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Pamela Anderson has a more natural look these days for a reason. The former “Baywatch” star says he now wears little to no makeup compared to when the she was on the series in the early ’90s. Anderson told Elle that back then, “I just went along with
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — The House Freedom Caucus released a letter Monday morning warning they won’t back a short-term spending bill that funds the government at last year’s levels unless they get major concessions that have no chance of passing the Senate, highlighting a major problem for House Speaker Kevin
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United say Mason Greenwood will leave the club after a criminal investigation of possible attempted rape was closed by prosecutors six months ago. The 21-year-old England forward has not played for United since January 2022. His future remained unclear during the club’s own investigation. United says “All those involved, including
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Amateur sleuths with a taste for the supernatural will be glued to their screens next weekend in a bid to try and discover the truth behind Scotland’s biggest mystery. “Monster hunters” from as far away as Japan and New Zealand will be tuning in to livestreams of Scotland’s Loch
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California from the coast to the desert resort city of Palm Springs, forcing rescuers to pull several people from swollen rivers, before heading east and flooding a county about 40 miles (64 kilometers) outside of Las Vegas. The
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Tenor Freddie de Tommaso, who at 28 became an overnight sensation nearly two years ago after stepping in for a star who had taken ill, is so in demand that he sometimes has to turn down roles. The tenor, who studied at the Royal Academy
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Matt Fitzpatrick had two words for Viktor Hovland: “Little sh**.” The Englishman, like everyone else at Olympia Fields Country Club on Sunday, was left stupefied as his Norwegian counterpart shot a course record to overhaul him and clinch an astonishing victory at the BMW Championship in Illinois. Hovland shot
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Cave Rock, runner-up in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and trained by Bob Baffert, has died from complications of laminitis that developed after surgery in July. The 3-year-old colt who died Friday had not raced since last year’s Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland. His second-place finish to Forte in the BC Juvenile
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has sworn in a new Cabinet of 45 ministers with a promise to fast-track reforms aimed at improving lives in Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country. Tinubu swore the ministers in on Monday in the capital, Abuja, and charged them with
Continue ReadingPLUM, Pa. (AP) — Local officials say three houses will be torn down and 10 homes remain uninhabitable after a house exploded earlier this month in western Pennsylvania and killed six people. The investigation determining the origin and cause of the Aug. 12 explosion is ongoing, Allegheny County officials said over the weekend. The blast
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Bidarian, CNN (CNN) — Artificial intelligence often induces fear, awe or some panicked combination of both for its impressive ability to generate unique human-like text in seconds. But its implications for cheating in the classroom — and its sometimes comically wrong answers to basic questions — have left some in academia discouraging its
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Domino’s Pizza will close all its outlets in Russia, becoming one of the first major Western fast-food chains to exit the country since McDonald’s and Starbucks left more than a year ago. DP Eurasia — the company that owns franchise rights for the Domino’s Pizza brand in Russia,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Mason Greenwood is to leave Manchester United following the conclusion of an internal investigation into the allegations made against the 21-year-old after charges of attempted rape and assault as well as controlling and coercive behavior were dropped earlier this year by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). “All those involved,
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH and JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Firefighters have reported some progress against blazes in a British Columbia region known for picturesque resort towns. But hundreds more fires raging across Canada have pushed thousands from their homes and threatened a territorial capital hundreds of kilometers (miles) to the north.
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