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Pro-Palestinian protester takes issue with Israeli team at Tour de France

TOULOUSE, France (AP) - A man protesting the participation of an Israel-based team in the Tour de France ran onto the course as the leaders raced for the finish line on Wednesday. Norwegian rider Jona...

Jul 16, 2025

New execution date set for Texas man Robert Roberson in shaken baby syndrome case

HOUSTON (AP) - A judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who won a last-minute reprieve last year and could become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death ...

Jul 16, 2025

Feds charge 3 current or former Louisiana police chiefs in an alleged visa fraud scheme

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Federal authorities said Wednesday that they charged three current or former Louisiana police chiefs with taking hundreds of bribes in exchange for filing false police reports ...

Jul 16, 2025

A key coalition partner of Netanyahu is quitting, leaving him with minority in Israeli parliament

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday it is quitting the government, leaving him with a minority in parliament. The Shas ultra-Ort...

Jul 16, 2025

Israel strikes near the defense ministry in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The Israeli army said Wednesday that it struck near the entrance to the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Damascus. The strike came as clashes continued in the southern Syrian city ...

Jul 16, 2025

Israel-backed aid organization in Gaza says 20 killed at distribution site, mostly in stampede

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - An Israeli-backed American organization that runs an aid program in the Gaza Strip said Wednesday 20 Palestinians were killed near a distribution site. This comes as Israeli st...

Jul 16, 2025

Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first swing-off lifts NL over AL

ATLANTA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies went 3-for-3 to put the National League ahead as they won the first All-Star Game home run swing-off 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the Ame...

Jul 15, 2025

Kyle Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first tiebreaking swing-off lift NL over AL

ATLANTA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 3 in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off to put the National League ahead 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run de...

Jul 15, 2025

Adelita Grijalva wins the Democratic primary for Southern Arizona's special election

PHOENIX (AP) - Voters in southern Arizona selected Adelita Grijalva in the Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District election Tuesday to succeed her father, the late U.S. Rep. Ral Grijalva...

Jul 15, 2025

World's oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, dies at 114 after being hit by a car

LONDON (AP) - Fauja Singh, an Indian-born runner nicknamed the Turbaned Torpedo who was believed to be the world's oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car. He was 114. Local media in...

Jul 15, 2025