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Bangladesh mourns some 200 deaths as student protests wind down and thousands are arrested 07/31/2024 11:22am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Bangladesh observed a day of mourning Tuesday in memory of more than 200 people killed in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student protests over the South Asian country's quota system for government jobs. After weeks of peaceful protests by students looking t Former ballerina in Florida is convicted of manslaughter in her estranged husband's 2020 shooting 07/31/2024 11:06am • BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) ��� A former ballerina has been convicted of manslaughter in the 2020 shooting death of her estranged husband in Florida. A Manatee County jury returned the guilty verdict late Tuesday against Ashley Benefield, court records show. She had been charged with second-degree murder, Hancock replaces injured Carlini as setter on U.S. women's Olympic volleyball team 07/31/2024 10:31am • PARIS (AP) ��� Micha Hancock has replaced injured setter Lauren Carlini on the U.S. women's volleyball team roster at the 2024 Olympics. Hancock had been the official alternate, a new position for the Paris Games. Information about Carlini's injury was not immediately available on Wednesday. She is How Hungary's Orb��n uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark 07/31/2024 10:22am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime Minister Viktor Orb��n would be a vote for all-out war. The right-wing Fidesz party cast the June 9 election as an existential struggle, one that African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups' eviction to protect nature 07/31/2024 09:17am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country���s biggest national parks, according to the African Union's commission on human rights. The decision, ma Two strikes on militant leaders risk inflaming a Middle East on edge 07/31/2024 09:06am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� The targeting of two senior militant leaders in two Middle Eastern capitals within hours of each other ��� with each strike blamed on Israel ��� risks rocking the region at a critical moment. The strikes come as international mediators are working to bring Israel and Hamas Etsy plans to test its first-ever loyalty program as it aims to boost sales 07/31/2024 08:05am • Etsy said Wednesday it will begin testing its first-ever loyalty program in September, a move designed to boost the e-commerce site's sluggish sales and draw in occasional shoppers. The New York-based company said select buyers will receive an invitation for the program, which will offer free shippi Formula 1 team Alpine hires 36-year-old Oliver Oakes as team principal to lead a turnaround 07/31/2024 07:17am • ENSTONE, England (AP) ��� Alpine named 36-year-old Oliver Oakes as its team principal on Wednesday as he aims to lead the team ���back to competitiveness��� in Formula 1. Alpine said Oakes, who is British, would be the second-youngest team principal in F1 history. He brings experience from founding Israel has a long history of targeted killings. Here's a look at some of them 07/31/2024 05:06am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� A pair of strikes on militant leaders in Beirut and Tehran has escalated tensions in a region already on edge and adds to a long list of targeted killings attributed to Israel. Hamas said Israel was behind the assassination of its supreme leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital, a Simone Biles and Team USA earn 'redemption' by powering to Olympic gold in women's gymnastics 07/31/2024 03:01am • PARIS (AP) ��� Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless. There was a tension in the air. They'd all been in the Olympic spotlight before, experiences that left them with medals but also the kind of scars ��� be they She became a mother after Islamic State captivity. A decade on, Yazidi community shuns her children 07/31/2024 01:42am • DOHUK, Iraq (AP) ��� The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against the cold. She asked her nearly 6-year-old son to take care of his younger sister. ���Don���t let anyone hit her,��� she told the boy. ���OK, Mama,��� she remembers him replying. Much else was left u She became a mother after Islamic State captivity. A decade on, Yazidi community shuns her children 07/31/2024 01:41am • DOHUK, Iraq (AP) ��� The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against the cold. She asked her nearly 6-year-old son to take care of his younger sister. ���Don���t let anyone hit her,��� she told the boy. ���OK, Mama,��� she remembers him replying. Much else was left u Pinch-hitter Solano delivers winning single in the 10th as the Padres stun the Dodgers 6-5 07/31/2024 01:13am • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Pinch-hitter Donovan Solano singled past diving third baseman Kik�� Hern��ndez with the bases loaded and one out in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres stunned the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 Tuesday night. Solano's hit thrilled a record crowd of 47,559 at Petco Tommy Pham hits grand slam in his return, Cardinals beat the Rangers 8-1 07/30/2024 11:49pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Tommy Pham hit a pinch-hit grand slam in his first game back with the Cardinals and St. Louis beat the Texas Rangers 8-1 on Tuesday night. Pham���s blast off reliver Cody Bradford capped a five-run fifth. It was his first at-bat since being dealt to the Cardinals from the White So Brewers activate Joe Ross from the injured list as he returns after missing more than 2 months 07/30/2024 11:44pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Brewers right-hander Joe Ross returned to the mound Tuesday after missing more than two months with a lower back injury. Ross (2-5) started Milwaukee's 5-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves and allowed five runs and eight hits over five innings. He struck out four and walked two. ���I fe