PARIS (AP) — Remco Evenepoel captured the gold medal in the men’s time trial at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, finishing ahead of Italian rival Filippo Ganna and Belgian countryman Wout van Aert while conquering the roads that drew his ire and the weather that caused so many wrecks. Evenepoel traversed the wet, slick course
PARIS (AP) — First lady Jill Biden praised Paris’ “spectacular” Olympics opening ceremony and looked ahead Saturday to how the U.S. can similarly dazzle audiences when the Games are held in Los Angeles in four years. One word: Hollywood. Leading the U.S. presidential delegation to the Olympics, Biden snapped photos at the ceremony along the
PARIS (AP) — Drama is never far from the surface when it comes to flamboyant high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi and big events. This time it involved what went below the surface. The Italian lost his wedding ring in the Seine River during the rainy opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. “I’m sorry my love, I’m
PARIS (AP) — The Olympians were wet for hours. For some, it didn’t matter. Others had to navigate the unexpected conditions and make the most of it. Athletes from around the world paraded on boats in rain-soaked uniforms for Friday’s soggy opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics . The four-hour event on the Seine River
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon Saturday killed three Hezbollah members, according to the Lebanese militant group which retaliated by launching a rocket attack on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, wounding several people. Israel’s Magen David Adom paramedic service initially reported 11 people wounded, five critically while the remaining six suffered severe injuries. Hezbollah
Three members of the Nelons, a Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame quartet and the chairman of the board overseeing the Georgia Department of Corrections, were among seven people killed in a plane crash in Wyoming, according to a statement by a group member who was not aboard the aircraft. The Nelons co-founder, Kelly Nelon
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Antoine Dupont set up the decisive try to help France beat South Africa 19-5 and move into the rugby sevens gold medal match against two-time Olympic champion Fiji at the Paris Games on Saturday. Fiji conceded a try early but recovered to beat Australia 31-7 in the second of the semifinals
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — “Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation. It now seems more like an elegy for a society perched on a digital foundation too fragile to withstand a defective software program that
ROME (AP) — Italy’s ancient Roman Appian Way was admitted to the UNESCO World Heritage List on Saturday, becoming the country’s 60th entry on the list. At more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) long, the Appian Way, known as the “Queen of Roads,” is the oldest and most important of the great roads built by
PARIS (AP) — When Lindsey Vonn skied in her fourth and final Olympics in South Korea in 2018, her mother and the rest of the family took three-hour train rides from Seoul to the mountains to watch her compete. Previous experiences were not much better. So, when she got involved in the bid for Salt
