ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia wide receiver Rodarius “Rara” Thomas was arrested on charges of cruelty to children and battery early Friday, adding to the team’s recent legal woes. Athens-Clarke County jail records show Thomas was booked at 3:20 a.m. on felony charges of cruelty to children and misdemeanor battery charges. Bail had not been
ROME (AP) — Italy plans to send an ambassador back to Syria after a decade-long absence, the country’s foreign minister said, in a diplomatic move that could spark divisions among European Union allies. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, speaking in front of relevant parliamentary committees Thursday, announced Rome’s intention to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria to
WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who eluded authorities for decades was duped into flying into the U.S., where he was arrested alongside a son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, according to a U.S. law enforcement official familiar with the matter. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada got on an airplane to the U.S.
High-speed trains around France were hit by several “malicious acts”, heavily disrupting traffic on the day of the high-risk opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The AP’s Angela Charlton explains. High-speed trains around France were hit by several “malicious acts”, heavily disrupting traffic on the day of the high-risk opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
Israel’s campaign of bombardment and offensives in Gaza has left thousands of children orphaned. Cases like Siwar Abdul Hadi’s and Asma Ajour’s have become so common that doctors created an acronym for it: WCNSF, “wounded child, no surviving family.” (AP Video/Abd Al Kareem Hana) (Production/Wafaa Shurafa). Israel’s campaign of bombardment and offensives in Gaza has
Russian and Chinese military aircrafts carry out joint air patrols over the waters of the Chukchi and Bering Seas as well as the North Pacific. Russian and Chinese military aircrafts carry out joint air patrols over the waters of the Chukchi and Bering Seas as well as the North Pacific. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull]
PARIS (AP) — Three Brazilian track and field athletes won a court ruling Friday allowing them to compete at the Paris Olympics despite the South American country’s substandard anti-doping program . Shot putter Livia Avancini, race walker Max Batista and sprinter Hygor Bezerra had been blocked by the Athletics Integrity Unit for not meeting a
PARIS (AP) — Most countries will have two athletes hoisting a large flag in the boats along the Seine River for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony Friday. It’s considered an honor to be chosen for the duty at the Games, and for years there was just one flag bearer per nation. In a tradition that
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Autopsy findings released Friday on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff’s deputy charged in her death , confirm that she died from a gunshot wound to the head. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon had previously disclosed initial findings on Massey’s July
HELSINKI (AP) — A Russian vessel is suspected of a territorial violation of Finland’s marine area in the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish defense ministry said on Friday. The suspected violation, which the Finnish Border Guard is currently investigating, took place in the eastern part of the Gulf of
