Associated Press A jury reached a split verdict on Friday in a case involving a mother charged with abandoning a newborn child in the woods in subfreezing temperatures. Jurors found 27-year-old Alexandra Eckersley guilty of reckless conduct, endangering the welfare of a child and falsifying physical evidence, but not guilty of two felony assault charges.
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Fariba Hashimi and Yulduz Hashimi will make history as the first Afghan cyclists when they compete in the women’s road race at the 2024 Paris Games.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — New Orleans Saints special teams coach Darren Rizzi said he felt like a real estate agent during the early days of training camp, urging kickers to scrap their long-held, deep-ball approach to kickoffs and focus instead on “location, location, location.” “You’ve got to get the old mentality out
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Individual Natural Athlete (AIN) Ivan Litvinovich won his second consecutive trampoline gold medal.
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The Wellness Center of Yuma hosted its ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday.
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election has been returned to the trial in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution. The case was formally sent back Friday to U.S. District Judge Tanya
Continue Reading Associated Press PARIS (AP) — He calls himself a “troglodyte” with his brushes, oil paints, and large canvas among photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses. All aim to capture beach volleyball during the 2024 Olympic Games, but their approaches are quite different. Peter Spens has been commissioned to paint beach volleyball for a third
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Xander Schauffele is in search of his second consecutive gold medal, and he wasn’t going to let ants get in his way on Friday.
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Team USA’s Evy Leibfarth put down a great run to finish sixth, while Joe Clarke and Camille Prigent topped the times in the kayak cross time trials
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Australian canoe phenom Jessica Fox showed an innovative way to feel refreshed in the morning – perhaps after a long night of celebrating in the Olympic Village.
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Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani eased past Czech duo Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova, 6-3, 6-2, in the women’s doubles semi-final on Friday to ensure a first Olympic tennis medal for Italy since 1924.
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The U.S. mixed 4x400m relay team set a new world record in their first appearance at the Paris Olympics.
Continue Reading ADDISON, N.Y. (AP) — A New York official says a village’s former clerk will be the first politician to forfeit their pension under a state anti-corruption law after she stole over $1 million. The state’s comptroller says Thursday that Ursula Stone pleaded guilty in May to a corruption charge for stealing from the Village of
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Paris Olympics surfing semifinals, finals preview: Two new champions will be crowned from a crop of favorites and underdogs in both the men’s and women’s competitions.
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The world witnessed a crazy finish in the medal race of the women’s skiff race in the 49erFX class Friday at the Paris Olympics. Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz (Netherlands) won gold, Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler (Sweden) won silver and Sarah Steyaert and Charline Picon (France) took the bronze.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Elon Musk and Tesla’s corporate directors are asking a Delaware judge to vacate her ruling requiring the company to rescind a massive and unprecedented pay package for Musk. Friday’s hearing follows a January ruling in which Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick concluded that Musk engineered the
Continue Reading MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a Memphis police officer and a motorist who was driving with a gunshot wound have been killed in a car crash. Police say officers were called to the location of a crash involving a Nissan and a Memphis Police Department squad car at about 3 a.m. Friday. Police said
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The U.S. women’s water polo team clinches a spot in the quarterfinals with a big win over France on Friday.
Continue Reading AP Business Writer The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency. The complaint, filed together with the Federal Trade Commission in a California federal court, comes as the U.S. and the prominent social media
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Keep track of which teams are advancing to the knockout round and which are going home.
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