CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have the government backing they need to build a long-sought-after ballpark after the Pinellas County Commissioners approved on Tuesday the west-central Florida county’s share of the funding for the 30,000-seat stadium. The county voted 5-2 to approve spending about $312.5 million for its share of the ballpark
In a night of unrest in Venezuela following disputed election results, protesters have toppled various statues of former President Hugo Chavez. In a night of unrest in Venezuela following disputed election results, protesters have toppled various statues of former President Hugo Chavez. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]
Israel’s military said Tuesday it carried out a strike on Beirut targeting the militant commander allegedly behind the deaths of 12 children and teens in a rocket attack on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights over the weekend. People gathered by the site of the strike, and ambulances were seen there, as well as arriving at a
Iran swore in the country’s new president on Tuesday, with the reformist politician and heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian pledging that his administration will keep trying to remove economic sanctions imposed by the West over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. (AP video shot by Saeed Sarmadi) Iran swore in the country’s new president on Tuesday, with the
PARIS (AP) — Three-time gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings have moved on, and so have April Ross and Alix Klineman, the women who restored the United States to the top of Olympic beach volleyball podium in Tokyo. In their place is a new contingent trying to bring the prize home from the
PARIS (AP) — Watching the celebrations after the Paris Olympics women’s gymnastics team final Tuesday, it was impossible to tell who had won. The Simone Biles -led U.S. team? Brazil star Rebeca Andrade and her teammates? Or the Italian team led by 17-year-old Manila Esposito? Athletes from three nations erupted in cheers when the final
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — France’s miracle last-second comeback at the Paris Games on Tuesday got even better a few hours later, when the host nation clinched a spot in the quarterfinals and a trip to Paris for the knockout round next week. Also now officially in the Olympic quarterfinals: Germany and Canada. And on Wednesday
PARIS (AP) — Andy Murray sat crying on his chair after he and British partner Dan Evans saved two match points to win a second-round doubles match at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, extending his career for at least another match. Murray — who has announced he will retire after the Olympics — and Evans
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday formally ended an arms embargo on the Central African Republic, a largely symbolic move but one that was welcomed by the country’s government as a sign of confidence as it seeks to end more than a decade of intercommunal conflict. The unanimous vote essentially reaffirmed
Današnju sednicu obeležilo je izlaganje lidera Ekološkog ustranka Aleksandra Jovanovića Ćute koji je ministra građevinarstva, saobraćaja i infrastrukture Gorana Vesića nazvao “bednikom”, optuživši ga da je “šutom sahranio živu šumu”, kao i da je omogućio da se na Crnovrškoj reci izgradi mini hidroelektrana. Na samom kraju sednice rasplamsala se rasprava između poslanika opozicije i guvernerke
