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Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school kills at least 80 people, Palestinian health officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza early Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding nearly 50 others, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks of the 10-month war between Israel and Hamas. A witness said it struck during prayers...
Kamala Harris makes an immigration pitch in Arizona as she fights to gain ground in the Sun Belt
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Vice President Kamala Harris drew on her prosecutorial background to make her first expansive pitch on immigration to border-state voters as she and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, attracted thousands to a campaign rally during their tour of battleground states. Harris, the former attorney...
Trump campaign projects confidence and looks to young male voters for an edge on Harris
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As Donald Trump adjusts to the reality of his new race against Kamala Harris, his campaign is counting on younger male voters to give him the edge in November in a presidential contest they insist is his to lose. Trump and his Republican campaign now...
Large geological feature known as the ‘Double Arch’ and the ‘Toilet Bowl’ collapses in southern Utah
PAGE, Ariz. — A large geological feature in southern Utah known as the “Double Arch,” the “Hole in the Roof” and sometimes the “Toilet Bowl” has collapsed, National Park Service officials said Friday. No injuries were reported. The popular arch in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area fell Thursday, and...
Iran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the U.S. election, Microsoft says
NEW YORK — Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said Friday. Iranian actors also have spent recent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists, laying the groundwork to stoke...
Trump headlines Montana rally after plane makes emergency landing
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Donald Trump traveled to Montana for a Friday night rally intended to drum up support for ousting the state’s Democratic senator, but the former president’s plane first had to divert to an airport on the other side of the Rocky Mountains because of a mechanical issue, according...
Last known intact U.S. slave ship is too ‘broken’ and should stay underwater, a report recommends
MOBILE, Ala. — The last known U.S. slave ship is too “broken” and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and historians announced following a yearslong investigation. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical...
Harvard rebuffs protests and won’t remove Sackler name from two buildings
BOSTON — Harvard University has decided against removing from campus buildings the name of a family whose company makes the powerful painkiller OxyContin, despite protests from parents whose children fatally overdosed. The decision last month by the Harvard Corporation to retain Arthur M. Sackler’s name on a museum building and...
U.S. men win volleyball bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, beating Italy in straight setsVideo
PARIS — As of this moment, Matt Anderson is planning to make another go at an Olympic gold medal in men’s volleyball four years from now. At age 41. If his body holds up. If his young family is all in on the idea. Four-time U.S. Olympians Anderson and David...
Helen Maroulis gets bronze, becomes 1st American woman to win 3 Olympic wrestling medalsVideo
PARIS — Helen Maroulis emphatically pushed her name back atop the list of U.S. women’s Olympic wrestling medalists. Maroulis pinned Canada’s Hannah Taylor in 24 seconds to claim bronze medal in the 57-kilogram freestyle category on Friday. She is the first American woman to claim three Olympic medals, following her...
Sha’Carri Richardson rallies U.S. women in Olympic 4×100 while men shut out againVideo
SAINT-DENIS, France — Sha’Carri Richardson made her first Olympic gold-medal moment memorable, giving the sprinters behind her the side-eye, then stomping her foot to the track on her final step across the finish line. Afterward, she moved aside to watch the U.S. men do what they do best in the...
Breanna Stewart, U.S. women’s basketball team advance to gold medal game at Paris OlympicsVideo
PARIS — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place: the Olympic gold medal game. Stewart led a balanced offense as the Americans beat Australia, 85-64, on Friday in the semifinals to extend their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive games dating to the 1992...
Spain takes gold after 5-3 win against France in Olympic men’s soccer finalVideo
PARIS — It has been a golden summer for Spanish soccer. Less than a month after winning the European Championship, Spain followed with a thrilling 5-3 extra-time victory in the Olympic men’s final against France on Friday. Sergio Camello’s two goals eventually settled an epic match in Spain’s favor after...
Coach says Noah Lyles had a 102 fever when he won a bronze; says he’ll be back for 2028 OlympicsVideo
SAINT-DENIS, France — The night American sprinter Noah Lyles earned a bronze medal, he had a fever of around 102 degrees, said his coach Lance Brauman. It’s what made that medal, in his last sprint at the Paris Olympics, all the more impressive to Brauman, who described the sprinter’s condition...
Boxer Imane Khelif wins gold to cap an Olympics marked by scrutiny over her sexVideo
PARIS — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics, emerging a champion from a tumultuous run at the Games where she endured intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood. Khelif beat Yang Liu of...
FDA won’t approve psychedelic MDMA for PTSD, calling for additional study
WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators on Friday declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, a major setback for groups seeking a breakthrough decision in favor of using mind-altering substances to treat serious mental health conditions. Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics said the FDA notified the company that...
Wall Street ends wild and scary week nearly exactly where it began it; more tests loom next week
NEW YORK — After a manic week that began with Japanese stocks falling to their worst loss since 1987’s Black Monday, only for U.S. stocks to soar later to their best day since 2022, slight gains on Friday carried Wall Street almost exactly back to where it began the week....
Covid-19 falls to No. 10 cause of death in U.S.
U.S. death rates fell last year for all age groups compared with 2022, federal health officials said Thursday. Here’s what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed: — Covid-19 fell to the 10th leading cause of death. Early in the pandemic, the coronavirus was the nation’s third leading...
Michael Brown’s death 10 years ago sparked change in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. — Michael Brown once told his father the “world is going to know my name,” words Michael Brown Sr. still takes to heart. Friday marks 10 years since the 18-year-old was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, turning the St. Louis suburb into the focal point...
China is 7 for 7 in diving gold at the Paris Olympics and seeks an unprecedented sweep of all 8
SAINT-DENIS, France — China is 7 for 7 in diving golds at the Paris Olympics. Just one to go for an unprecedented sweep of all eight diving golds in the Games. Chen Yiwen won the women’s 3-meter springboard on Friday for China’s seventh gold medal. Maddison Keeney of Australia took...
When do the 2024 Paris Olympics end? What to know about the closing ceremony
PARIS — The Paris Olympics are coming to a close this weekend. U.S. gymnastics star Simone Biles made a triumphant return, taking her Olympic gold tally to seven. French swimmer Léon Marchand won five medals — four of them gold — fulfilling comparisons to Michael Phelps. Armand “Mondo” Duplantis won...
U.S. to play France for basketball crown at Paris Games in a gold-medal rematch
PARIS — It’s a game the French wanted. It’s a game the Americans probably expected. It’s a game the world most certainly will be watching. The U.S. vs. France. In Paris. For basketball gold. “Incredible,” U.S. forward Kevin Durant said of the storyline, one so good that only the boldest...
Considering a mortgage refi? Lower rates are just 1 factor when refinancing a home loan
LOS ANGELES — Mortgage rates haven’t been this attractive in more than a year, good news for homeowners eager to refinance. Many homeowners have already jumped at the opportunity to lower their monthly payment, spurring a surge in mortgage refinancing applications. And that was before the average rate on a...
Israeli troops launch new assault into Gaza’s Khan Younis as mediators push for cease-fire talks
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops launched a new assault Friday into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, targeting Hamas fighters who the military claims still operate there despite repeated offensives, as American, Qatari and Egyptian mediators renewed their push for Israel and Hamas to reach a cease-fire...
3rd person in custody over foiled plot targeting now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna
VIENNA — A third teenager has been arrested in connection with a foiled attack on now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna, Austria’s interior minister said Friday. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said an 18-year-old was taken into custody Thursday evening in Vienna after allegedly being in contact with the main...
