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BERLIN (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

GELSENKIRCHEN, 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

MOSCOW (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

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Without making overt statements, Milan designers expressed their concern over the global turbulence through their collections. Miuccia Prada said she wanted to project optimism. “Because even if the times are bad, I feel that it was the right thing to do,” she said backstage at the

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Christian Eriksen has scored for Denmark in his first European Championship match since suffering a cardiac arrest at the previous edition of the tournament in 2021. Eriksen slotted a finish into the corner in the 17th minute in Denmark’s Group C opener against Slovenia. The midfielder collapsed on the field at

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities on Sunday identified the man who opened fire at a splash pad in suburban Detroit before taking his own life, but his motives remained unknown as investigators worked to determine if he left behind any hint of his plans. Oakland County Sheriff’s spokesperson Stephen Huber said the shooter was

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — On the eve of France’s first game at the European Championship, captain Kylian Mbappé has called on French people to vote and warned against “extremes” at a time when the far right seeks to take power in upcoming parliamentary elections. Mbappé’s teammates Marcus Thuram and

METHUEN, Mass. (AP) — Seven people were shot and wounded, and an eighth was hurt while running away when gunfire erupted at a large gathering of young people in Methuen, Massachusetts, authorities said Sunday. The gunfire began just before 2 a.m. after hundreds of people gathered for a pop-up party organized on social media, officials

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Hollywood’s summer movie anxieties gave way to joy this weekend with the massive debut of Disney and Pixar’s “ Inside Out 2.” The animated sequel earned $155 million in ticket sales from 4,440 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not only is it the

GLENNVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Officials say an inmate used a gun to kill a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison before fatally shooting himself. The Georgia Department of Corrections says it’s investigating the killing early Sunday at Smith State Prison. Few details were released, including how the inmate obtained a firearm. Prison officials said inmate

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars headlined a fundraiser for President Joe Biden that took in a record $30 million-plus for a Democratic candidate, according to his campaign, in hopes of energizing would-be supporters for a White House contest they said may rank among

ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas say a shooting in a park left two people dead and six wounded. Police in Round Rock say the victims were shot shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday during a Juneteenth celebration at a park in the city about 19 miles north of Austin. Round Rock Police Chief

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and ALEX BABENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several hundred LGBTQ Ukrainian servicemen and their supporters marched in central Kyiv Sunday to demand more rights and highlight their service to their country in its war with Russia. The servicemembers — many wearing rainbow and unicorn patches on their uniforms — called

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Eighty 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 communique

PARIS (AP) — Candidates are racing into snap parliamentary elections that are redrawing France’s political landscape, but a left-wing alliance newly formed to counter the surge of the far right lost a prospective lawmaker previously convicted for spousal assault. Adrien Quatennens on Sunday announced the withdrawal of his candidacy that had opened cracks in the

By JOSEF FEDERMAN, WAFAA SHURAFA and LEE KEATH Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military announced on Sunday that it would pause fighting during daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries for desperate Palestinians enduring a humanitarian crisis sparked by the war, now in its

By FATMA KHALED and AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels and its internationally recognized government are locked in a fight for control of the country’s banks that experts warn is threatening to further wreck an economy already crippled by nearly a decade of war. The rivalry over the banks is

By RAMON ESPINOSA Associated Press PARIKA, Guyana (AP) — Award-winning photographer Ramon Espinosa has been with The Associated Press since 2000. He has been covering everyday life in Cuba since 2010. Currently, he is traveling the Caribbean for the T20 Cricket World Cup. Looking for cricket played by locals, not professionals, he found inspiration in