SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — It’s as if Joyce Valencia could still hear Saint Oscar Romero’s voice. “I met him when I was a little girl,” the 61-year-old Salvadoran said. “We used to gather around our radio with our grandma to listen to him. And, even now, listening to him encourages us to move
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the city of Spokane, Washington, on Thursday, alleging that its anti-camping laws violate the state constitution. It is believed to be the country’s first such legal challenge since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that cities can enforce outdoor sleeping bans. The court’s landmark decision — which found
PARIS (AP) — A gallery of highlights on Day 6 of the Olympics captured by AP photographers at the Paris Games. ___ AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/2024-paris-olympic-games Follow AP visual journalism: AP Images Blog , Instagram , Twitter
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — The head of the governing body that hopes to run the next Olympic boxing tournament said he supports the IOC’s eligibility policies at the Paris Olympics , and he urged those without deep understandings of gender issues to entrust those determinations to medical professionals and scientists. World Boxing president Boris Van
PARIS (AP) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo awarded Ukrainian athletes on Thursday with the Grand Vermeil Medal, the French capital’s highest distinction, as a move of solidarity during the 2024 Olympics . “I can imagine today both your sadness and your pride,” Hidalgo said. “The sadness of knowing that your country is still being attacked
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Two Belarusian journalists working for news outlets that the government of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has declared extremist have been sentenced to prison, the country’s leading human rights group said Thursday. The convictions in a closed-door trial are the latest in a persistent crackdown on dissent and independent journalism. The severe
Ekonomija | 01.08.2024 | access_time 10:45 Foto: Beta/Nenad Petrović Javni dug Srbije od 38,2 milijarde evra, u relativnom smislu, nije zabrinjavajući, ali je zabrinjavajući tempo zaduživanja i namena kredita, rekao je danas ekonomista Goran Radosavljević. “Srbija ne vraća kredite već deceniju. Krediti se refinansiraju, uzme se novi da vrati stari kredit i još se zadužuje preko toga. Sada država ne može da vrati dospeli zajam Fondu za
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Victor Perez of France repeatedly pumped his fist over his head before the opening tee shot Thursday, celebrating the start of Olympic golf before a large and raucous home crowd. And then Hideki Matsuyama quietly went about his business for an 8-under 63 and a two-shot lead at Le Golf National
VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — A trio of moms won rowing medals at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, including veteran Helen Glover of Britain and New Zealanders Lucy Spoors and Brooke Francis, who rowed together to victory less than two years after giving birth a few months apart. Spoors and Francis won the gold medal in
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — A surfing judge was removed from the Paris Olympics judging panel after a photo circulated online of him embracing a competitor along the shore’s edge in Tahiti this week. During one of the competition’s off days, a commentator shared a photo on his social media showing Australian judge Benjamin Lowe posing
