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Mikaela Shiffrin healed from puncture wound suffered in ski crash, will race next week in France

Mikaela Shiffrin has recovered from her ski crash two months ago and told The Associated Press she plans to return to racing next Thursday at a World Cup slalom in Courchevel, France. Shiffrin's been ...

Jan 23, 2025

Madison Keys upsets No. 2 Iga Swiatek to reach her first Australian Open final

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Madison Keys saved a match point and came back to upset No. 2 Iga Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night...

Jan 23, 2025

Australian Open: Aryna Sabalenka overpowers Paula Badosa to near 3rd consecutive Melbourne title

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Aryna Sabalenka moved one win away from becoming the first woman since 1999 to win three consecutive Australian Open titles, recovering from a slow start to beat good frien...

Jan 23, 2025

LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand register their marriages on the first day of law giving them equal status

BANGKOK (AP) - Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status legal Thursday, the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. Th...

Jan 22, 2025

LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand register their marriages on the first day of law giving them equal status

BANGKOK (AP) - Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status legal Thursday, the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. Th...

Jan 22, 2025

Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in youth detention center rape case

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors said they were deadlocked in the case of a former worker at New Hampshire's youth detention center charged with raping a 14-year...

Jan 22, 2025

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visits Capitol Hill after Trump clemency

WASHINGTON (AP) - Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, the far-right extremist group leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday after Presi...

Jan 22, 2025

Evacuations ordered as new fast-moving wildfire threatens mountain homes north of Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a new wind-driven wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, as Southern California endured more dangerous winds a...

Jan 22, 2025

At least 2 students have been shot and wounded at a Nashville high school, police say

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - At least two students were wounded by gunfire at a Nashville high school Wednesday but the situation has been contained, police said. Metro Nashville Police spokesperson April ...

Jan 22, 2025

Pentagon to send up to 1,500 active duty troops to help secure US-Mexico border, officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, putting in motion plans Pr...

Jan 22, 2025