INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark started fast and finished with 29 points and 10 assists while Kelsey Mitchell scored 28 points to help the Indiana Fever fend off a furious second-half rally from the Phoenix Mercury for a critical 98-89 victory on Friday night. In the first game since the Olympic break, Mitchell made six
TIARET, Algeria (AP) — With an outpouring of fans greeting her as she arrived in her hometown on Friday, Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif extolled Algeria for backing its athletes and said she hoped to again make her country proud in the future. The football-obsessed North African country has given Khelif the celebrity treatment since
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 16 villagers were killed and 20 others were abducted in northeastern Congo during attacks by militants with ties to the Islamic State group, a local civil society group said Friday. The assailants with the Allied Democratic Forces staged a series of attacks on locals, some while working on their
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 20 Nigerian university students were abducted by gunmen who ambushed their vehicles in the country’s north central region, police said Friday. The students were traveling to the south for a conference of medical students when they were ambushed in Benue state on Thursday evening, according to Benue police spokesperson
With inflation and high grocery prices still frustrating many voters , Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday proposed a ban on “price gouging” by food suppliers and grocery stores, as part of a broader agenda aimed at lowering the cost of housing, medicine, and food. It’s an attempt to tackle a clear vulnerability of Harris’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Houston rapper BeatKing, whose booming voice and eccentric songs brought him fame in nightclubs and on social media, has died, his manager said Friday. He was 39. The rapper, whose name was Justin Riley, died Thursday after fainting during a recording session, Tasha Felder told The Associated Press. Felder, his manager
Associated Press journalists traveled on a Ukrainian government-organized trip to Sudzha, the biggest town to fall to Ukraine’s troops since the incursion into Russia began Aug. 6. Associated Press journalists traveled on a Ukrainian government-organized trip to Sudzha, the biggest town to fall to Ukraine’s troops since the incursion into Russia began Aug. 6. Published
The Associated Press visited one of the detention centers in Ukraine as part of a media facility. Dozens of prisoners of war were seen at the center, some of them walking with their hands behind their backs as they were led down a corridor by a guard. The Associated Press visited one of the detention
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon that slammed the Tokyo area with heavy rains and brought mudslide warnings in northern Japan headed eastward out into the Pacific Ocean away from the coast Saturday. There were no reports of major damage. Tokyo and nearby areas were back to normal under sunny skies. Bullet trains that cancelled
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico on Friday defended cross-border anti-drug cooperation, after Mexican prosecutors publicly complained American officials aren’t giving them enough information. Mexico’s government was embarrassed by the surrender of two Mexican drug lords who arrived at an airport near El Paso, Texas, in July aboard a mysterious flight. Mexican
