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THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police say three shepherd dogs escaped from their yard and fatally attacked a 50-year-old Greek woman in her garden. The attack took place Sunday in the village of Neochorouda, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) northwest of Thessaloniki. The dogs had escaped through a hole in their owners’ fence about 80 meters

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Students, lawmakers and religious leaders joined forces Sunday at a temple in Philadelphia to strongly denounce antisemitism on college campuses and in their communities. The gathering at Congregation Rodeph Shalom came one day after University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned amid criticism over her testimony at a congressional hearing. Magill was

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Catholic priest in a small Nebraska community has died after being attacked in the church rectory. The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell was assaulted “during an invasion” of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fort Calhoun. The Archdiocese of Omaha says he was taken to the University of Nebraska

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James made his college debut for Southern California on Sunday, coming off the bench nearly five months after he suffered cardiac arrest and making a huge block. James played six minutes in the first half, when the Trojans led 45-30 at the break. In

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A wet court caused by a leaky roof resulted in an interruption of No. 3 North Carolina State’s women’s basketball game with Liberty on Sunday. The game was stopped prior to the start of the fourth quarter with unbeaten N.C. State holding a 60-47 lead at

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he has decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial, posting on social media a day before his scheduled appearance that he “very successfully & conclusively” testified last month and saw no

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will meet at the White House on Tuesday as the U.S. administration steps up the pressure on Congress to provide billions more in aid to Kyiv in its war with Russia. The visit is intended “to underscore the United

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The government of Guyana, under pressure from neighboring Brazil and a Caribbean trading bloc, has agreed to join bilateral talks with Venezuela over an escalating territorial dispute. The century-old dispute between the two South American nations recently reignited with the discovery of masses of oil in

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A nationwide power blackout hit Kenya Sunday evening, paralyzing parts of the country, including the main airport in the capital Nairobi, a major transport hub connecting East Africa to Asia, Europe and other parts of the world. Sunday’s outage began around 8 p.m. local time and was the third

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An African regional bloc says Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as part of efforts to establish a cease-fire and initiate political talks to end the country’s devastating war. In a statement Sunday, the bloc says the Sudanese generals agreed to “an unconditional

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James is poised to make his college debut for Southern California nearly five months after he suffered cardiac arrest. James joined his teammates for on-court warmups 90 minutes before tipoff Sunday. Wearing a white USC shirt and red sweatpants, he took a variety of

By DIANE JEANTET and DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The city of Maceio’s civil defense authority says a mine belonging to Brazilian petrochemical giant Braskem has collapsed in the coastal city of Maceio, the capital of northeastern Alagoas state. Video the authority distributed shows a sudden murky bubbling of the water

Associated Press At least nine people have been killed in Brazil’s Amazonian state of Para when a discharge of high-voltage electricity sparked a fire in an encampment of landless workers. The cause of the discharge was faulty installation of internet wiring, according to a statement from the rural landless workers movement in Para. Three of