CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made progress Saturday against California’s largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds and erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot conditions posed similar threats across the fire-stricken West . “We’re not completely out of the woods yet, but
PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles is ceding the gymnastics spotlight to U.S. teammate Sunisa Lee for a moment, the action is heating up at the track and more medals are on the line at the pool on Sunday at the 2024 Olympics . Lee is among those competing in the women’s uneven bars, three years
Live updates: Follow AP’s coverage of the 2024 Olympics in Paris as Simone Biles wins another gold, Sha’Carri Richardson goes for her first and Katie Ledecky tries for another. Stephen Nedoroscik’s meticulous attention to details and rituals do not stop with his pommel horse routine. Outside the gym, the American athlete can be obsessive, too.
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Germany and defending champion Canada played to a scoreless draw before going to extra time in the quarterfinals of the Olympic women’s soccer tournament on Saturday. Canada has been dogged by a drone-spying scandal throughout the tournament. The winner goes on to play the United States in a semifinal on Tuesday
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Summer McIntosh of Canada stamped herself as one of the swimming stars of the Paris Olympics with her third individual gold medal Saturday night. The 17-year-old chased down American Alex Walsh and held off another U.S. swimmer, Kate Douglass, to finish in an Olympic record of 2 minutes, 6.56 seconds. Douglass
The head of a group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks said Saturday that she’s hearing nearly unanimous praise of the U.S. defense secretary’s nullification of plea deals for the accused 9/11 mastermind and two others that would have removed the death penalty as a possibility. The American Civil Liberties
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VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — A passionate crowd showered Algerian boxer Imane Khelif with cheers during her fight Saturday at the Paris Olympics , repeatedly chanting “Imane! Imane!” before the athlete who has faced a cascade of backlash over false claims about her gender broke out in sobs following her win. A large contingent of Algerian
VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — A former University of Central Florida rower with epilepsy who won Lithuania’s first medal at the Paris Olympics on Saturday hopes her achievement will help motivate others with the disorder. Viktorija Senkute, who attended the Florida college from 2015-18, won the bronze medal in the women’s singles class. It was also
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, six players reached double figures for the U.S. and the Americans wrapped up the top spot coming out
