Actors Lily Gladstone , Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Catherine O’Hara and filmmakers Cord Jefferson , Boots Riley and “RRR” director S.S. Rajamouli are among the lucky few who have been invited to join the film academy. In total 487 artists, including actors, directors, costume designers, publicists and executives received invitations this year, the Academy of
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Meteorologists on Tuesday for the first time issued a heat advisory for the entire island of Puerto Rico, struggling with chronic power outages as it broils under an unrelenting sun. All 78 of the U.S. territory’s municipalities were placed under a heat advisory or warning, as well as the
When Cameron Young made a 10-foot par putt for 59 in the third round of the Travelers Championship, Jordan Spieth became a footnote in history as the only player to twice be in the same group as someone who broke 60. Spieth also played alongside Justin Thomas in the 2017 Sony Open when he made
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s highest court put five suspects on trial Tuesday for last year’s murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, as his relatives protested outside to demand a swift and hefty sentence. Prosecutors at the National Court of Justice accuse Carlos Angulo, a leader of drug trafficking gang Los Lobos, of coordinating the
LYON, France (AP) — Brazilian police official Valdecy Urquiza won a crucial vote of confidence Tuesday toward becoming the next head of Interpol, the international police body, and its first non-Western chief after its executive committee selected him as its preferred candidate. The 43-year-old, currently Interpol’s vice president for the Americas, is on a key
Kylian Mbappé wanted to be there. France coach Thierry Henry wanted it too. In the end, not even French president Emmanuel Macron could pull enough strings to free up his country’s finest soccer player to compete in the Paris Games . Welcome to the weird of world of men’s Olympic soccer. The world’s most popular
CHICAGO (AP) — The United States will play Canada, New Zealand and Panama in friendly matches in September and October. The U.S. faces Canada on Sept. 7 at Kansas City, Kansas, then meets New Zealand three days later at Cincinnati. The match against Panama is on Oct. 12 at Austin, Texas, the U.S. Soccer Federation
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A county legislature outside New York City has voted to bar transgender female athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s teams at county-owned facilities after a bid to restrict trans athletes by executive order was thrown out in court. The Republican-controlled Nassau County Legislature voted 12-5 on Monday to bar trans
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte plans to run for the Senate in mid-term elections next year, his daughter and the country’s vice president said Tuesday. When Duterte’s stormy presidential term ended in 2022, he said he would retire from politics, but he has walked back on his public pronouncements multiple times.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of 50 people and firms across across Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and the Marshall Islands that have been acting as a “sprawling shadow banking network” for Iran’s military were hit with economic sanctions Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department said. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control says the entities
