BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Struggling to feed her family after losing her job as a cleaner earlier this year, 56-year-old Norma Villarreal went to church Wednesday in the hardscrabble outskirts of Buenos Aires and waited in the pre-dawn darkness for over an hour to petition St. Cayetano, the patron saint of bread and work.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian security forces have detained seven Polish nationals for displaying Russian flags during protests against economic hardship in the West African nation, Nigerian and Polish authorities said Wednesday. The Poles were arrested Monday in the northern Kano state “because of where they were found during the protests and for displaying foreign
POOLER, Ga. (AP) — The water began seeping into Keon Johnson’s house late Monday night after Tropical Storm Debby had been dumping rain nearly nonstop throughout the day. By Tuesday morning, Johnson’s street was underwater and flooding inside his home was ankle deep. Appliances were swamped, spiders scurried in search of dry surfaces. Laundry baskets
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called Wednesday for the resignation of the sheriff whose deputy fatally wounded Sonya Massey in her home last month after the Black woman called 911 for help. Pritzker, a Democrat, said Republican Jack Campbell should step down because “the sheriff has failed.” Sean Grayson, 30, faces three
Paris (AP) — A gallery of highlights on Day 12 of the Olympics captured by AP photographers at the Paris Games. Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov celebrates after defeating Azerbaijan’s Hasrat Jafarov during their men’s Greco-Roman 67kg semifinal wrestling match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Tokyo Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit defended her title on Wednesday to secure Thailand’s first gold medal of the Paris Olympics on the opening day of the taekwondo competition. The 26-year-old Wongpattanakit comfortably won her three opening bouts to reach the
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s featherweight division, winning her third consecutive bout while dealing with widespread scrutiny regarding misconceptions about her gender at the Paris Olympics . One day after welterweight
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — A new sport calls for new rules at the Olympic level. And while breaking — commonly referred to as breakdancing — has been around for decades, it’s still new to the world of Olympic judging. The battles, the moves and
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback, sprinting from far behind in the 400 meters Wednesday night to reel in three runners and capture another gold medal for the U.S. Hall, buried in fourth place as the sprinters rounded the last bend
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli Supreme Court considered a petition Wednesday to shutter a desert military prison where soldiers have been accused of abusing Palestinians , as a new video emerged purporting to show the sexual assault of a Palestinian detainee. Rights groups have been engaged in a legal battle since June to shut down
