Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. Follow along for live updates from today’s events. PARIS (AP) — The journey of Olympic breaking was a long one that began with a vision — one that early pioneers of the art form in the 1970s in the Bronx hardly dreamed of.
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. Follow along for live updates from today’s events. VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The treasurer of the governing body of modern pentathlon is facing a disciplinary investigation for “alleged credentials irregularities” and has left the Paris Olympics . The UIPM, which governs modern pentathlon
Vice President Kamala Harris and her new running mate will hold a rally in Arizona as part of their tour of electoral battlegrounds, visiting a state where Harris passed over a prominent Democrat in favor of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly , a former astronaut and gun control advocate, had been a
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a planned trip to Central Asia on Friday to lead the government’s response after scientists urged people to prepare for a possible “megaquake” off the country’s southern coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first ever “megaquake advisory” on Thursday warning of a possible future major
BANGKOK (AP) — In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign. The demonstrations began peacefully last month and were primarily led by students frustrated with the system that they said favored those with connections to
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. Follow along for live updates from today’s events. PARIS (AP) — A hulking weightlifter raises a bar of more than 300 pounds (135 kilograms) and swiftly drops it the ground, followed by cheers cascading down from the crowd. Before another competitor can step
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota promised Friday to strengthen oversight of its vehicle certification so the scandal that surfaced recently over improper tests will never recur. Japan’s top automaker outlined in detail the measures it will take, including greater managerial involvement, assigning more staff to certification tasks and clarifying responsibilities of specific posts, such as the
LUCAMA, N.C. (AP) — The remnants of Debby picked up the pace Friday, moving north and northeast from the Carolinas and still packing a punch with heavy rains, flash flooding and the threat of tornadoes. The Mid-Atlantic states and parts of New York and New England will see significant rainfall that could cause dangerous flooding
GORNJE NEDELJICE, Serbia (AP) — Zlatko Kokanović does not want a lithium mine in his backyard and he will do anything he can to stop it from opening. “All of us here, we are ready to lose our lives,” the 48-year farmer told The Associated Press. “They can shoot. That is the only way they
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Dozens of Maui surfers, canoe paddlers and boat riders made their way into the ocean off Lahaina on Thursday to remember the 102 people killed when the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century destroyed the historic town one year ago. The “paddle out” gathering is a ritual observed in
