New Zealand Olympic soccer team complains after Canadian team drone flown over its training session

New Zealand Olympic soccer team complains after Canadian team drone flown over its training session

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand says it has complained to the International Olympic Committee’s integrity unit after a drone flown over a New Zealand women’s soccer team training session was found to be operated by a member of the Canadian team’s support staff. Defending Olympic champion Canada and New Zealand meet in their

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Attorney: Full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving NCAA expected to be filed Friday

Attorney: Full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving NCAA expected to be filed Friday

The full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving the NCAA and college sports’ wealthiest conferences is expected to be filed with a federal court by the end of the week, an attorney for the defendants told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “I expect that we will file Friday,” said Steve Berman, the Seattle-based attorney of

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North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea

North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea again launched a raft of balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Wednesday, Seoul officials said, the 10th such balloon incident in less than two months following South Korea’s resumption of frontline propaganda broadcasts. The tit-for-tat Cold War-style campaigns between the two Koreas are inflaming tensions on

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Knights of Columbus covers shrine’s mosaics by ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women

Knights of Columbus covers shrine’s mosaics by ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest Catholic fraternal group, has covered up defining features of the mosaics in its Washington D.C. shrine after the famous ex-Jesuit artist who designed them was accused of abusing women. The influential Catholic charitable organization announced earlier this month that it was covering the works as

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Google’s corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search

Google’s corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire. The second-quarter report released Tuesday showed that Google is still reeling in advertisers on the heels of the May introduction of an artificial-intelligence

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European climate agency: Last Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in all recorded history

European climate agency: Last Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in all recorded history

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Copernicus’ preliminary data shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit), beating the record

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