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Review: Affleck & Damon banter like Butch & Sundance in Apple's heist comedy 'The Instigators' 08/09/2024 04:41pm • "Affleck & Damon" has been a Hollywood brand since their Oscar-winning script for "Good Will Hunting" (1997). That was back when Matt Damon first showed main-character energy and Casey Affleck was still breaking in his baseball glove in a supporting role. While older brother Ben Affleck got Polish diplomats seek release of students and a lecturer detained in Nigeria during protests 08/09/2024 03:08pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Polish diplomats on Friday said they were making progress as they appealed for the release of seven citizens who were detained in Nigeria in what Warsaw believes was a misunderstanding that happened as protests were underway in the West African country. Six Polish students an Marathon swimmer ends his quest to cross Lake Michigan after two days 08/09/2024 02:08pm • GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) ��� A 60-year-old swimmer who crossed Lake Michigan in 1998 apparently has ended his effort to repeat the feat. An online tracking device shows Jim Dreyer appeared to turn around and return to shore by boat Thursday in western Michigan, two days after he began swimming to Wis Berger saves Putellas penalty to clinch women's soccer bronze for Germany in 1-0 win over Spain 08/09/2024 02:04pm • LYON, France (AP) ��� Ann-Katrin Berger saved a last-minute penalty and Germany won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory on Friday over Women���s World Cup winner Spain. Berger dove to stop Alexia Putellas��� penalty attempt in the ninth minute of stoppage time, then raised her Buying tickets for the 2026 Winter Games will be tricky. Sliding could be in Cortina or Lake Placid 08/09/2024 01:52pm • PARIS (AP) ��� It���s kind of like buying tickets for an aging rock band and hoping that the 80-year-old singers and guitarists will be healthy enough to put on the show months down the line. Only this time, the show might be moved from Italy to New York. Tickets are about to go on sale for the next U.S. men win volleyball bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, beating Italy in straight sets 08/09/2024 01:30pm • PARIS (AP) ��� 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 Smith are medalists once more ��� Former tennis coach sentenced to 25 years for taking girl across state lines for sex 08/09/2024 01:05pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� An Alabama tennis coach for underprivileged children was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for taking a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity. A federal judge on Thursday also said that Leroy Thomas Joyner Jr., 51, should be sent to a p Fugitive ex-Catalan leader said to be in Belgium as Spanish police try to explain how he escaped 08/09/2024 12:07pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was back in Belgium on Friday. his lawyer said, after he evaded arrest in Spain for the second time in seven years with a dramatic dash into a getaway car following a public appearance in Barcelona. Puigdemont made a much-anticipated Editorial Roundup: United States 08/09/2024 11:29am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 2 The Washington Post says high interest rates could be killing job gains The post-pandemic hiring surge is over. Job seekers in nearly every industry are having a harder time finding employment. As the latest jobs report showed o Plane carrying Panthers players, coaches and staff gets stuck in the mud after landing in Charlotte 08/09/2024 11:12am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Carolina Panthers players, coaches and staff members were unharmed after their Delta Airlines flight veered off the taxiway and got stuck in the mud while making its way to the gate at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Friday morning. The team was returning from a 17-3 Interim leader Muhammad Yunus takes the helm in Bangladesh, to seek peace and prepare elections 08/09/2024 10:52am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh���s interim government Thursday after protests forced out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week. The key tasks for Yunus now are restoring peace in Bangladesh and preparing for new election Music Review: J Balvin's reggaet��n 'Rayo' is a familiar party ��� but fun nonetheless 08/09/2024 10:33am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The titanium sheen is a distraction. The cover of ���Rayo,��� Colombian singer-rapper J Balvin���s first album since 2021���s ���Jose,��� depicts a futuristic-looking vehicle wrapped in chrome. On closer inspection, it���s a Volkswagen Golf, a popular-the-world over, nondescript ci Daniel Wiffen's most excellent Olympic adventure ends with a two-hour dip in the Seine 08/09/2024 09:59am • PARIS (AP) ��� For Daniel Wiffen, it was the beginning of his open water career. And, in all likelihood, the ending. The star of Olympic swimming for Ireland after winning a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle and a bronze in the 1,500 free, Wiffen dove into the Seine River on a breezy Friday morn It's all about style and individuality as the world's best breakers take the Olympic stage 08/09/2024 09:35am • PARIS (AP) ��� The journey of Olympic breaking was a long one that began with a vision ��� one that early pioneers of the art form in the 1970s in the Bronx hardly dreamed of. The 33 breakers representing 15 countries and the Refugee Olympic Team will make their debut Friday and Saturday, vying for US and other frustrated mediators call on Israel, Hamas to resume Gaza talks, saying, 'no excuses' 08/09/2024 09:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar jointly demanded Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks on the war in Gaza next week, saying that ���only the details��� of carrying out a cease-fire and hostage release remain to be negotiated. ���There is no further time to waste,