Istanbul (AP) — Turkey reinstated access to Instagram on Saturday night, after more than a week of being blocked nationwide. The Information and Communication Technologies Authority barred access to Instagram on Aug. 2 without providing a specific reason. Government officials later said the ban was imposed because the social media platform failed to abide by
Follow along for the latest updates from today’s Olympic action , including the gold medal men’s basketball game between the U.S. and France. SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Rai Benjamin held off Letsile Tebogo on the anchor leg to give the United States a gold medal and an Olympic-record time in the men’s 4×400-meter relay at
Follow along for the latest updates from today’s Olympic action , including the gold medal men’s basketball game between the U.S. and France. SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — With Russia out of the way, China is the new force in Olympic artistic swimming. Twins Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi gave their country another gold in the
Follow along for the latest updates from today’s Olympic action . PARIS (AP) — Turkey’s Taha Akgul and Kyrgyzstan’s Aiaal Lazarev wrestled for Olympic bronze, then both retired from the sport. Akgul won the 125-kilogram freestyle match 7-0 on Saturday. Both then removed their shoes after the match, a gesture that symbolizes retirement. Both joined
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Gabby Thomas teamed up for America’s 14th gold and 34th overall medal at the track Saturday, wrapping up the Olympic action at the Stade de France with a 4.23-second runaway in the women’s 4×400 relay. The gold medalists in the 400 hurdles and 200 meters took care of
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada said that he was ambushed and kidnapped when he thought he was going to meet the governor of the northern state of Sinaloa, and then taken against his will to the United States, according to a letter released Saturday by his lawyer. In
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Customs agents have seized around 93 kilograms (205 pounds) of cocaine at the port in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, authorities said. The cocaine was found on a ship that had sailed from Ecuador to Thessaloniki carrying bananas, which would then be delivered over land to Romania by a French
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Follow along for the latest updates from today’s Olympic action . SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Jakob Ingebrigtsen won gold in the men’s 5,000 meters on Saturday by going to the front midway through the last lap and pulling away down the stretch, making up for his surprising fourth-place finish in the 1,500 at the Paris
Follow along for the latest updates from today’s Olympic action . PARIS (AP) — Swim stars will be prominent among the flag-bearers when Olympic athletes bid farewell to the Paris Games in a closing ceremony at France’s national stadium on Sunday night. Léon Marchand has been one of the biggest stars in Paris with his
