Today: October 12, 2024
Today: October 12, 2024

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French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Jean-Louis Georgelin, dies at 74

The decorated French general in charge of the ambitious, big-budget restoration of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Jean-Louis Georgelin, has died. He was 74. President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute Saturday to one of France’s “greatest soldiers, greatest servants,” who “stone by stone, was restoring the wounded beauty” of Notre Dame. Before being pulled from retirement to oversee the cathedral reconstruction, Georgelin previously served as chief of France’s military general staff, overseeing operations in Afghanistan, the Balkans and beyond. Citing the regional prosecutor, local news reports said Georgelin died while hiking in the Pyrenees, likely in an

French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Jean-Louis Georgelin, dies at 74
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England women's team unites fans as once ignored squad eyes nation's first World Cup title since '66

It’s easy to understand why Gail Newsham can’t stop grinning as she prepares for England’s soccer team to play in the final of the Women’s World Cup. Newsham, 70, grew up at a time when women in England were banned from the sport — called football here — and helped lead a resurgence in the game once those restrictions were lifted. Now she’s getting ready to watch Sunday’s game against Spain on TV and hoping to see her team bring home a world championship. “I’ll be wearing my shirt, I’ll be having a sausage roll and a

England women's team unites fans as once ignored squad eyes nation's first World Cup title since '66
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Would a Texas law take away workers' water breaks? A closer look at House Bill 2127

As unrelenting heat set in across Texas this summer, opponents of a sweeping new law targeting local regulations took to the airwaves and internet with an alarming message: outdoor workers would be banned from taking water breaks. Workers would die, experts and advocates said, with high temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) and staying there for much of the past two months. But a closer look at the law, and the local ordinances requiring water breaks, reveals a more complicated picture. At least one political analyst said the dispute is less about worker protection and more about politics,

Would a Texas law take away workers' water breaks? A closer look at House Bill 2127
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Building on Barcelona's success, Spain is playing its first Women's World Cup final against England

If those precise passes that untangle defenses and the attacks coming from all angles by first-time Women’s World Cup finalist Spain look familiar, there is good reason. The Spanish squad is built on a core of Barcelona players who have triumphed with their club and are now one step from the ultimate prize when they face England on Sunday in Sydney. Nine Barcelona players, including two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas, attacking midfielder Aitana Bonmatí and defensive leader Irene Paredes, are among the key players for Spain. The club’s influence also extends to the England team,

Building on Barcelona's success, Spain is playing its first Women's World Cup final against England
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Sweden beats Australia 2-0 to win another bronze medal at the Women's World Cup

Nobody beats Sweden on the rebound from a Women’s World Cup semifinal loss. Not even the tournament hosts. The Swedish women extended their perfect record in World Cup third-place matches to four, with Fridolina Rolfo and Kosovare Asllani scoring Saturday in a clinical 2-0 win over Australia. “It feels amazing. We showed from minute one, we were the better team,” Rolfo said. “We deserve this medal.” It was a disappointing finish for the Matildas, who captivated their country during their run to the semifinals for the first time. The tournament co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand

Sweden beats Australia 2-0 to win another bronze medal at the Women's World Cup
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A raid on a Kansas newspaper likely broke the law, experts say. But which one?

A central Kansas police chief was not only on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper, experts said, but it may have been a criminal violation of civil rights, a former federal prosecutor added, saying: “I’d probably have the FBI starting to look.” Some legal experts believe the Aug. 11 raid on the Marion County Record’s offices and the home of its publisher violated a federal privacy law that protects journalists from having their newsrooms searched. Some believe it violated a Kansas law that makes it more difficult to force reporters

A raid on a Kansas newspaper likely broke the law, experts say. But which one?
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To prepare for World Cup, USA Basketball brought some help for practices

Among the prized possessions that John Jenkins has collected in his career: a handwritten letter from former USA Basketball coach Gregg Popovich for his role on the Tokyo Olympic team, and a gold medal from those games. His medal is a replica. His effort was very real. And who knows, another shiny souvenir might be coming his way in a few weeks. As part of its preparations for big tournaments in recent years — such as the World Cup, which begins on Friday in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan — USA Basketball has

To prepare for World Cup, USA Basketball brought some help for practices
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Zelenskyy visits NATO candidate Sweden for 1st time since full-scale war with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Sweden on Saturday — his first visit to the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, the Swedish government said. It said Zelenskyy will meet Swedish government officials in Harpsund, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of Stockholm. He will also meet Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at a palace in the area. Sweden abandoned its longstanding policy of military nonalignment to support Ukraine with weapons and other aid in the war against Russia. It also applied for NATO membership but is still waiting to join

Zelenskyy visits NATO candidate Sweden for 1st time since full-scale war with Russia
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Hurricane Hilary threatens dangerous rain for Mexico's Baja. California may get rare tropical storm

Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja California with “life-threatening and potentially catastrophic” rain and flash flooding, while officials as far north as Los Angeles scrambled to get the homeless off the streets, set up shelters and prepare for evacuations. Hilary is expected to plow into the Mexican peninsula sometime Sunday and then surge northward and enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years by late Sunday or Monday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch for a wide swath of Southern California from

Hurricane Hilary threatens dangerous rain for Mexico's Baja. California may get rare tropical storm
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Swiss national arrested in military-ruled Myanmar for allegedly insulting Buddhism in film

A Swiss citizen was arrested in military-ruled Myanmar for creating a film that allegedly insulted Buddhism, state media reported Saturday. Didier Nusbaumer, 52, was arrested on Aug. 8 along with 13 Myanmar nationals, including a 12-year-old girl, Myanma Alinn newspaper said. Insulting Buddhism is a punishable offense in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where religious nationalism has surged in recent years. About 90% of Myanmar people are Buddhist. The news report said that Nusbaumer wrote, filmed and edited the 75-minute movie “Don’t Expect Anything,” which was posted on YouTube on July 24. Short clips from the movie spread on social

Swiss national arrested in military-ruled Myanmar for allegedly insulting Buddhism in film
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A scramble of last-ditch diplomacy aims at finding a peaceful solution to Niger's deepening crisis

A delegation from regional nations is expected to arrive in Niger in a last-ditch diplomacy effort to reach a peaceful solution with mutinous soldiers who ousted the country’s president last month. The representatives from the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, could arrive in the capital, Niamey, as early as Saturday and would join efforts by United Nations Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simao, who came on Friday, in trying to facilitate a resolution to the ongoing crisis. On Friday U.N. spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said Simao would meet with the junta and

A scramble of last-ditch diplomacy aims at finding a peaceful solution to Niger's deepening crisis
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Maui town ravaged by fire will 'rise again,' Hawaii governor says of long recovery ahead

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Friday that what’s rebuilt from the ashes of the devastating wildfires on Maui will be determined by the people. “Lahaina will rise again,” Green said during a livestreamed evening address from Honolulu. The seaside town will be rebuilt as a living memorial to those lost — a number that increased by three on Friday to 114 — while preserving and protecting Native Hawaiian culture, he said. His wife, Jaime Kanani Green, stood next to him and cried as she described Lahaina as a vibrant community rich in history and culture. “Tragically

Maui town ravaged by fire will 'rise again,' Hawaii governor says of long recovery ahead
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In rural Zimbabwe, a group of grandmothers counters alleged election intimidation, bias on WhatsApp

Four grandmothers wearing bright yellow headscarves, T-shirts and skirts huddled around a cellphone in Zimbabwe’s rural Domboshava area. They cackled at a video showing a troop of mischievous baboons ripping up ruling party election posters with the face of the president on them. With a swish and a click, 64-year-old Elizabeth Mutandwa posted the video on a couple of community WhatsApp groups, and followed it up with some election campaign information from the party she supports in next week’s election — the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change. The grandmothers say they and their fellow opposition

In rural Zimbabwe, a group of grandmothers counters alleged election intimidation, bias on WhatsApp
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The Marlins slug 5 homers and snap the Dodgers' 11-game winning streak with an 11-3 victory

Jorge Soler hit two of the Marlins’ season-high five homers off Tony Gonsolin, and Miami snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 11-game winning streak with an 11-3 victory Friday night. Jake Burger hit a three-run homer and Jacob Stallings added a two-run shot while the Marlins scored six runs on three homers in the third. Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s three-run shot in the fourth finally chased Gonsolin (8-5), who gave up a career-worst 10 runs while getting only 10 outs. He tied Don Sutton’s record for homers allowed in a start during the Dodgers’ Los Angeles era. Mookie

The Marlins slug 5 homers and snap the Dodgers' 11-game winning streak with an 11-3 victory
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Winn Wins! Cardinals rookie gets back 1st-hit ball after Mets' Alonso throws it into the stands

Cardinals rookie shortstop Masyn Winn did get a souvenir baseball to take home after recording his first major league hit in his MLB debut. But it wasn’t easy to get the ball after New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso tossed it into the stands. The 21-year-old Winn was playing in his first MLB game Friday night when he beat out a dribbler down the third base line for his first career hit in the bottom of the fifth inning. Alonso, after being told to throw the ball out of play, tossed it over the netting

Winn Wins! Cardinals rookie gets back 1st-hit ball after Mets' Alonso throws it into the stands
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Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?

Business has vanished at Kingsley Odafe’s clothing shop in Nigeria’s capital, forcing him to lay off three employees. One culprit for his troubles stands out: The U.S. dollar’s strength against the Nigerian currency, the naira, has pushed the price of garments and other foreign goods beyond the reach of local consumers. A bag of imported clothes costs three times what it did two years ago. The price these days is running around 350,000 naira, or $450. “There are no sales anymore because people have to eat first before thinking of buying clothes,” Odafe said. Across the

Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?
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Thousands flee raging wildfire, turning capital of Canada's Northwest Territories into ghost town

The capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories was virtually deserted after nearly all the residents of the city of just over 20,000 fled as a huge wildfire burned nearby. To the south, in British Columbia, thousands more people were told to leave their homes while firefighters battled a growing fire that set homes ablaze. Officials in Northwest Territories said Friday evening that about 19,000 people had left Yellowknife in less than 48 hours, with about 15,000 driving out in convoys and 3,800 leaving on emergency flights. “I described today as another marathon sprint,” Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca

Thousands flee raging wildfire, turning capital of Canada's Northwest Territories into ghost town
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Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics

Joplin officials say they have big plans for $13.8 million of pandemic relief funds the tornado-ravaged southwestern Missouri city received under a two-year-old federal law. Yet the latest federal records show none of the money has been spent — or even budgeted. In fact, about 6,300 cities and counties — nearly 1 in 4 nationwide — reported no expenditures as of this spring, according to an Associated Press analysis of data released by the U.S. Treasury Department. About 5,100 of those listed no projects — either planned or underway. So what gives? Is the money not needed? Are cities just

Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
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Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation

Hours before a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio and erupted in fire in February, a judge ruled a former railroad employee could proceed with a lawsuit claiming he had been harassed for years by managers who said he reported too many flaws in rail cars he inspected and had his job changed after reporting an injury. Richard Singleton’s case against Norfolk Southern was settled for an undisclosed amount after the judge said he had enough evidence to go to trial over whether he was disciplined for reporting safety violations that slowed trains passing through a

Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation
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Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media

Aissata Sall was scrolling through WhatsApp in May when she first learned about the new route to the United States. For Ibrahima Sow, the discovery came on TikTok a few weeks later. By the time their paths crossed at the tidy one-story brick house in Cincinnati, they had encountered hundreds of other Mauritanians, nearly all of them following a new path surging in popularity among younger migrants from the West African nation, thanks largely to social media. “Four months ago, it just went crazy,” said Oumar Ball, who arrived in Cincinnati from Mauritania in 1997 and recently

Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media
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Angels turn first triple play in 26 years during 9th inning against Rays

The Los Angeles Angels turned their first triple play in 26 years during the ninth inning Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. The triple play helped the Angels remain tied 6-6 with the Rays going into the bottom of the ninth. With runners at the corners and the infield playing shallow, Harold Ramirez hit a grounder to Luis Rengifo. The shortstop made the short toss to second baseman Brandon Drury to get Randy Arozarena and then threw to first baseman Nolan Schanuel. Yandy Diaz was at third but did not go when the ball was

Angels turn first triple play in 26 years during 9th inning against Rays
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Chinese military launches drills around Taiwan as 'warning' after top island official stopped in US

The Chinese military launched drills around Taiwan on Saturday as a “stern warning” over what it called collusion between “separatists and foreign forces,” its defense ministry said, days after the island’s vice president stopped over in the United States. Taiwanese Vice President William Lai’s recent trip to Paraguay to reinforce relations with his government’s last diplomatic partner in South America included stops in San Francisco and New York City. The mainland’s ruling Communist Party claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and says it has no right to conduct foreign relations. A spokesperson for China’s Eastern

Chinese military launches drills around Taiwan as 'warning' after top island official stopped in US
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Japan's Kishida to visit Fukushima plant before deciding date to start controversial water release

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will visit the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday before setting a release date for its treated radioactive wastewater, as his government continues working to promote understanding over the controversial plan at home and abroad. “The government has reached the final stage where we should make a decision,” Kishida told reporters in Washington on Friday after wrapping up his summit with U.S. and South Korean leaders at the American presidential retreat of Camp David. Since the government announced the release plan two years ago, it has faced strong opposition from

Japan's Kishida to visit Fukushima plant before deciding date to start controversial water release
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QB Desmond Ridder impressive in preseason debut, Falcons settle for 13-13 tie with Bengals

Desmond Ridder led an impressive drive for Atlanta in his preseason debut and the Falcons settled for a field goal with 2 seconds left for a 13-13 tie with the Cincinnati Bengals on Friday night. After sitting the starters last week in a 19-3 victory at Miami, the Falcons (1-0-1) went with the ones for their opening possession. Ridder completed 7 of 9 passes for 80 yards and also broke off a 7-yard run before the drive ended with an interception off a deflected pass. Cornerback Mike Hilton appeared to make contact with intended receiver Scotty Miller

QB Desmond Ridder impressive in preseason debut, Falcons settle for 13-13 tie with Bengals
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Brazil's Bolsonaro accused by ex-aide's lawyer of ordering sale of jewelry given as official gift

Then Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ordered an aide to sell undeclared luxury jewelry received as a gift and funnel the money to him, a lawyer for the aide charged Friday. Cezar Bittencourt, who represents Bolsonaro’s former right-hand man, Lt. Col. Mauro Cid, said his client had recounted receiving those orders from Bolsonaro shortly before the president left office at the end of last year. The claim was initially reported in an interview published Friday by the Brazilian magazine Veja, and Bittencourt confirmed his comments in a phone call with The Associated Press. Bittencourt said that in

Brazil's Bolsonaro accused by ex-aide's lawyer of ordering sale of jewelry given as official gift

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