A Florida attorney pleaded guilty on Friday to using a rifle to try to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy last year in Washington, D.C. Christopher Rodriguez also bombed a sculpture of communist leaders Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong in a courtyard outside the Texas Public Radio building in San Antonio, Texas, in 2022, according
PARIS (AP) — The Dutch Olympian who was convicted in 2016 of raping a girl in England advanced to the knockout round of the beach volleyball tournament on Friday, even with a loss in the final match of pool play. Steven van de Velde and his partner, Matthew Immers, will play in the round of
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — Gregory Bull takes a closer look at his AP photo of during the surfing competition in Tahiti. Why this photo? Vahine Fierro, who surfs for France, is a local hero in Tahiti, having grown up here. This punishing wave of Teahupo’o is her home break, and she surfs it fearlessly. She
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from delegates to become her party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday. The announcement was made before the online voting process ends on Monday, reflecting the breakneck speed of a campaign that is eager to maintain momentum after President
PARIS (AP) — American archers Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold have been winning medals together for five years in the roles of mentor and student. Kaufhold was just 15 when she teamed up with the veteran Ellison in 2019 to earn silver at a World Cup event and gold at the Pan-American Games. They’ve done
PARIS (AP) — He calls himself a “troglodyte” with his brushes, oil paints, and large canvas among the photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses. They’re all aiming to capture beach volleyball during the 2024 Olympic Games, but their approaches are quite different. “It’s a collage of moments,” says 63-year-old British painter Peter Spens about
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Britain won the team jumping event on Friday for its second equestrian gold medal at the Paris Olympics . Ben Maher riding Dallas Vegas Batilly, Harry Charles aboard Romeo 88 and Scott Brash on Jefferson had just two penalty points among them at the Palace of Versailles, with the U.S. taking
WASHINGTON (AP) — The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election was returned Friday to a trial judge in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution. The case was formally sent back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan for
A gallery of highlights on Day 7 of the Olympics captured by AP photographers at the Paris Games. China’s Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan compete in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard diving final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) South Korea’s Kim Min-jong and France’s Teddy
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was December 2022 and the U.S. government’s chief hostage negotiator had just delivered Brittney Griner back to America after her 10-month imprisonment in Russia. Roger Carstens went to his hotel room anticipating a quick snooze after several sleepless days and had just put his head on the pillow when the phone
