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Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut hopes for a comeback victory in annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest

NEW YORK (AP) - The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest is back, and famed competitive eater Joey "Jaws" Chestnut is hoping for a comeback 17th win on Friday. The 41-year-old, from W...

Jul 04, 2025

UN records 613 killings in Gaza near humanitarian convoys or aid distribution points run by US group

DEIR al-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The U.N. human rights office said Friday it has recorded 613 killings in Gaza near humanitarian convoys and at aid distribution points run by an Israeli-backed America...

Jul 04, 2025

Russia becomes the first country to formally recognize Taliban's latest rule in Afghanistan

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban's government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow removed the group from its list of o...

Jul 03, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries took his 'sweet time' holding the floor to delay Trump's tax bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - There's no filibuster in the House, but Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries essentially conducted one anyway. Jeffries held the House floor for more than eight hours Thursday, taking h...

Jul 03, 2025

First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," a spokesperson for Republican state Attorney General...

Jul 03, 2025

Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother killed in a car accident in Spain

MADRID (AP) - Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames, police said Thursday. The Sp...

Jul 03, 2025

Finnish media says several people have been stabbed in the southern city of Tempere

HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - An assailant in Finland stabbed several people near a shopping center in the southern city of Tempere on Thursday afternoon, and one person was arrested, Finnish public broadc...

Jul 03, 2025

Supreme Court will take up a new case about which school sports teams transgender students can join

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case over state restrictions on which school sports teams transgender students can join. Just two weeks after upholding a ban on gender-af...

Jul 03, 2025

Danish police deploy to Israeli embassy in Copenhagen to examine a suspicious package

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Danish police said Thursday they have deployed officers to the Israeli embassy in the Nordic country's capital to examine a suspicious package. Copenhagen police wrote on X ...

Jul 03, 2025

Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother have been killed in a car accident in Spain, police say

MADRID (AP) - Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother have died in a car accident in Spain, police said Thursday. The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed to The Associated Press that Jota and his brothe...

Jul 03, 2025