PHOTO COLLECTION: Tropical Weather Debby
This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
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Tesla burns after driver in Mexico plugs the car into an illicit hookup wired directly to power line
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A driver in the Mexican border city of Tijuana apparently had the bright idea of connecting his Tesla to an illegal electricity hookup connected directly to a powerline. Not only did the Tesla eventually burst into flames, the blaze was so hot it set a neighboring house on fire. Rafael Carrillo
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France tops Canada and Serbia beats Australia in OT to reach Olympic semis. Germany also advances
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — France had an ugly couple of days following its group-stage finale loss to Germany . It turned them into possibly its prettiest performances of the Olympic tournament to far. Guerschon Yabusele scored 22 points after being inserted into the starting
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Paris Olympics Day 11: Gabby Thomas leads Americans to 2 golds — 5 overall — at track and field
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — The United States had a big night in track and field at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, winning two gold medals and five overall. Gabby Thomas blazed her way to an easy win in the 200 meters — and beat
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US women respect the history Nigeria has accomplished by making the Olympic basketball quarterfinals
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Napheesa Collier and her U.S. teammates admire what Nigeria has done, becoming the first African country to qualify for the Olympic basketball quarterfinals . They hope to end the feel-good story of the tournament on Wednesday when the two teams
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Harvard graduate Gabby Thomas sprints to 200-meter gold medal for the United States by a big margin
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Gabby Thomas sped to the victory in the women’s 200 meters at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday night, finishing in 21.83 seconds to add a gold to the bronze she took home in the event from Tokyo three years
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China and the United States lead in team artistic swimming after 2 rounds at Paris Olympics
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China and the United States were the leaders Tuesday after the team free routine in artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics . Longtime powerhouse Russia is not competing in Paris after the invasion of Ukraine, leaving the competition more
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Israeli athletes receive threats in Paris as tensions simmer over Gaza
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Israel’s Olympic team said some athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza and the threat of a wider regional conflict in the Middle East. Yael Arad, president
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UN humanitarian official tells the Security Council that aid to starving Sudanese is being blocked
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. humanitarian official told the Security Council on Tuesday that life-saving supplies are “ready to be loaded and dispatched” to a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudan but the civil war’s combatants won’t let them through. Edem Wosornu, operations director for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told
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NASCAR drivers use break to watch Olympics, support American athletes in Paris Games
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. Turns out NASCAR’s best are just like many of us — they like watching the Olympics, too. From Kyle Busch pulling for U.S. gold medal-winning sprinter Noah Lyles , Chase Elliott eager to watch Olympic golf and Joey Logano shouting out Sha’Carri Richardson