MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities killed on Monday a large crocodile thought responsible for Australia’s second fatal attack in a month. The latest victim was a 40-year-old man from New South Wales state who had been fishing on Saturday while on vacation with his wife and children, traveling through Queensland state with a trailer, according
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Iran threatens to respond to the suspected Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the regional militias that the Islamic Republic has armed for decades could play a role in any attack. Here’s a look at Iran’s history of arming militias, its allies in the region
PARIS (AP) — Equestrian star Isabell Werth has been advocating at the Paris Olympics for better horse welfare. But even she bristled when attention kept shifting from the competition to suspended riders. In the wake of the Charlotte Dujardin video scandal that dominated coverage of the sport ahead of the Paris Games, Werth and other
PARIS (AP) — No medal for Simone Biles on the balance beam this time. The American gymnastics star slipped and fell off the apparatus at the end of her acrobatic series during the beam finals Monday, denying her an opportunity to add to the bronzes she won on the event at the 2016 and 2020
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Sean O’Malley as archbishop of Boston and named the current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States. The announcement from the Vatican didn’t mention O’Malley’s
PARIS (AP) — Zou Jingyuan of China was close to perfection Monday to defend his Olympic title in parallel bars on the final day of artistic gymnastics at the Paris Games . It was Zou’s third medal in Paris after he and his teammates were runner-up behind Japan in the team event. He also claimed
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Maybe it was the time Jakob Ingebrigtsen started playing to the crowd before he crossed the finish line, and beat Josh Kerr anyway. Or maybe it when Kerr beat Ingebrigtsen three nights later with a gold medal on the line, then Ingebrigtsen blamed the loss on being sick. Like any long-simmering
PARIS (AP) — Of the 10,500 athletes at the Paris Olympics , skateboarder Dallas Oberholzer is surely the only one to have crossed paths with dragons on his four-wheeled round-the-world odyssey to the 2024 Games. The 49-year-old from South Africa had to go to the jungles of Peru to find them. There, under a shaman’s
PARIS (AP) — Many Olympic athletes take to Instagram to share news of their exploits, trials, victories and heartbreaks. After her fencing event ended last week, Egypt’s Nada Hafez shared a little bit more. She’d been fencing for two, the athlete revealed — and in fact had been pregnant for seven months. “What appears to
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Norwegian world-record holder Karsten Warholm turned in the fastest time in 400-meter hurdles qualifying Monday as he tries to defend his Olympic title. Warholm is likely to face a big challenge to retain his crown in Paris from Rai Benjamin, the American who posted the fastest time this year, and Alison
