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By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Serbia has gotten a pre-match message of support from its most famous sports star ahead of the country’s European Championship opener against England. Novak Djokovic appeared Sunday on the big screens inside Arena AufSchalke while Serbia’s players were warming up before kickoff in the Group
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Bryson DeChambeau lay sprawled on his back, gazing up at the towering pine trees as a physiotherapist worked him over. Then he got up, dusted himself down, and wrenched control of the US Open. North Carolina’s sweltering Pinehurst No. 2 course became an impromptu stage for the big-hitting, fist-pumping
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Local media in Greece are reporting that a missing American tourist has been found dead on a beach on a small island west of Corfu. The body of the man was found Sunday on a rocky and fairly remote beach on the island of Mathraki by another tourist. He had been
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Nearly 80 countries called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The way forward for diplomacy remains unclear. The joint
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON and STEVE DOUGLAS Associated Press GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Police in Germany have rushed to separate brawling soccer fans of the England and Serbia soccer teams at the European Championships soccer tournament. Social media footage showed men throwing chairs at each other outside a restaurant festooned with Serbian flags in the western
Continue ReadingGORMAN, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that forced the evacuation of at least 1,200 people in southern California has burned over 16 square miles, officials said Sunday. The blaze, named the Post Fire, started Saturday and was burning near the Interstate 5 freeway in Gorman, about 62 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, according
Continue ReadingGORMAN, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that forced the evacuation of at least 1,200 people in southern California has burned over 16 square miles, officials said Sunday. The blaze, named the Post Fire, started Saturday and was burning near the Interstate 5 freeway in Gorman, about 62 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, according
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By Darya Tarasova, Maria Kostenko, Tim Lister and Dennis Lapin, CNN (CNN) — Fierce fighting is taking place around the Ukrainian town of Vovchansk as Kyiv’s troops seek to isolate Russian units that have advanced across the nearby border. Heavy combat is underway at an aggregate plant on the northern edge of Vovchansk, according to
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man has been charged with driving a stolen truck onto a runway behind a plane that had just landed at St. Louis’ airport while fleeing police before eventually crashing into an officer’s car. The Thursday morning incident was detailed in charges that were filed Friday. Prosecutors say the man
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Seven people were shot, including some victims in their late teens, in northeastern Massachusetts early Sunday, during what law enforcement officials described as a spontaneous car meetup. Police officers responded to an area on Lindbergh Avenue in Methuen, Essex County, shortly before 2 a.m. ET following multiple 911 calls
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died. He was 94. Pressler’s death, which happened on June 7, was announced in an obituary posted online by Geo. H. Lewis and
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants placed left-hander Kyle Harrison on the injured list with a right ankle sprain just hours before he was scheduled to start on Sunday against the Los Angeles Angels. Harrison rolled his ankle working out in the weight room on Saturday and
Continue ReadingSTUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Christian Eriksen scored the opening goal for Denmark in a 1-1 draw with Slovenia at the European Championship. It was the midfielder’s first match at the Euros since suffering a cardiac arrest in Denmark’s opener in the previous edition of the tournament in 2021. Eriksen neatly slotted a finish into the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with a pick hammer and a Molotov cocktail in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the European Championship soccer tournament. Police officers opened fire after the man, a 39-year-old German, refused to
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Joe Alwyn is speaking publicly for the first time about the end of his years-long relationship with Taylor Swift. In a new interview with the Sunday Times, Alwyn said that he understands “people’s curiosity” about his life but hopes that “anyone and everyone can (empathize) and understand the difficulties
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is making a concerted effort to win over Black voters – in part by making inaccurate claims. During a Saturday roundtable discussion at a predominately Black church in Detroit, Trump said President Joe Biden “has done nothing for you except talk,” adding: “We achieved the lowest African American
Continue ReadingGELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Riot police in Germany have intervened to separate brawling soccer fans before the European Championship match between Serbia and England. Social media footage showed men throwing chairs at each other outside a restaurant festooned with Serbian flags in the western city of Gelsenkirchen. One group quickly fled as riot police arrived
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden delivered a series of stark warnings about what a second Donald Trump term could hold during a star-studded Los Angeles fundraiser Saturday evening, framing the 2024 presidential election as an inflection point in American history. “Institutions matter,” the president said. “What (Trump) did on January 6, and now
Continue ReadingCNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden delivered a series of stark warnings about what a second Donald Trump term could hold during a star-studded Los Angeles fundraiser Saturday evening, framing the 2024 presidential election as an inflection point in American history. “Institutions matter,” the president said. “What (Trump) did on January 6, and
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-funded news channel RT has reported that security forces have stormed a detention center in the southern part of the country and killed inmates who had taken two staff members hostage. Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement Sunday that the hostages at the pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don were
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