DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Osama Siblani’s phone won’t stop ringing. Just days after President Joe Biden withdrew his bid for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination, top officials from both major political parties have been asking the publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab American News if Harris can regain the
HOUSTON (AP) — Several days of events honoring the life of longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas were set to begin Monday with the lawmaker lying in state in Houston’s city hall. President Joe Biden also was scheduled to come to Houston Monday evening to pay his respects to Jackson Lee, according to
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — More than 5,000 people isolated by flooding in northwest North Korea were rescued in airlifts and other evacuation work supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Monday. Heavy rainfall on Saturday had caused a river on the North Korean-Chinese border to exceed a dangerous level and created “a
Venezuelans were voting in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse (AP video shot by Regina Garcia ) Venezuelans were voting in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a
Israel’s army ordered Palestinians on Sunday to evacuate areas of Bureij Refugee Camp and Shuhada neighborhood in Central Gaza and head for Muwasi, the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone situated in far south west of the war stricken enclave. (Production by Wafaa Shurafa) Israel’s army ordered Palestinians on Sunday to evacuate areas of Bureij Refugee Camp and
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — Contrasting reactions of jubilation and disappointment were seen on the faces of surfers coming ashore after their heats Sunday, as the elimination rounds commenced in the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti. “Today is the first real day of competition,” said Johanne Defay from France, who beat Australia’s Molly Picklum in
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Coach Emma Hayes tempered expectations as the United States cruised to a 4-1 win over Germany on Sunday night for a spot in the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics. Sophia Smith had a pair of goals for the Americans, who have won their opening two matches in France. Mallory Swanson and
PARIS (AP) — On the first sunny day of the Paris Olympics , the stars from the United States shined bright. Simone Biles and LeBron James dazzled, so did the U.S. women’s soccer team. Torri Huske grabbed some of the spotlight, and Haley Batten made a name for herself by earning a silver medal in
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Nicolo Martinenghi won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke on Sunday at the Paris Olympics, thrilling Italian fans and canceling several of the main story lines going into the race. Martinenghi was a bronze medalist in this event in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and won at the world championships earlier this
NANTERRE, France (AP) — For Nic Fink, this was a long time coming. Which only made it sweeter. The 31-year-old swimmer, who splits time at the pool with a full-time engineering job , claimed the first Olympic medal of his late-blooming career Sunday night. Fink tied for the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke with
