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Robert Downey Jr. is returning to ���Avengers��� films as a villain in 1 of Marvel's Comic-Con twists 07/28/2024 01:23pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Marvel Studios returned to San Diego Comic-Con with dancing Deadpool variants and a choir for a panel that included news about the next two ���Avengers��� films and surprise guests, including Harrison Ford and Robert Downey Jr. Downey is returning to Marvel's films, but not as Iro Lindsey Vonn plans to make Salt Lake City's 2034 Olympics better for athletes' families 07/28/2024 01:22pm • PARIS (AP) ��� When Lindsey Vonn skied in her fourth and final Olympics in South Korea in 2018, her mother and the rest of the family took three-hour train rides from Seoul to the mountains to watch her compete. Previous experiences were not much better. So, when she got involved in the bid for Salt Paris officials are confident water quality will improve to let Olympians swim in the Seine 07/28/2024 01:05pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The swimming portion of a practice run for the Olympic triathlon was canceled Sunday because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River, but Paris officials said they're confident that triathletes will be able to swim in the city's famed waterway during the actual events this Qualifying didn't go as planned for American gymnast Brody Malone. Redemption awaits in the final 07/28/2024 01:05pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Brody Malone has spent the last 16 months defying the odds, improbably coming back from a catastrophic right knee injury in the spring of 2023 to reach the Olympics for a second time. When the 24-year-old won his third national title in June, he looked every bit the star the Americans Focused amid the gunfire, an AP photographer captures another perspective of attack on Trump 07/28/2024 12:45pm • BUTLER, Pa. (AP) ��� Gene Puskar has been with The Associated Press for 45 years. Based in Pittsburgh, his career has spanned a wide range of events including the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, the Sept. 11 attack that downed Flight 93, Stanley Cups and World Series, many presidential and ca Palestinian swimmer hopes to help build sports infrastructure to give people hope 07/28/2024 12:34pm • NANTERRE, France (AP) ��� Yazan Al Bawwab's refugee father never reached his goal to become an Olympic swimmer. He had to leave Palestine at 18, bouncing around Europe and the Middle East, even selling tomatoes in Italy at one point to get by. Eventually opening a furniture business in Dubai, Rasha Sen. Chris Van Hollen reemphasizes stance on Netanyahu visit, calling Democrat support 'a mistake' 07/28/2024 11:58am • ▶ Watch Video: Democratic Sen. Van Hollen says he's "pleased" about Harris' statement on Netanyahu meeting The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, on "Face the Nation" that aired on July 28, 2024. ROBERT COSTA: We're back w A Libyan court gives 12 officials prison sentences over last year���s deadly flooding 07/28/2024 11:46am • CAIRO (AP) ��� A court in Libya on Sunday sentenced 12 current and former officials to terms of up to 27 years in prison over their involvement in the collapse of two dams last year that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city. Thousands of people died. The two Maduro's last dance? Venezuela's ultimate political survivor faces toughest challenge yet 07/28/2024 10:07am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� Nicol��s Maduro struts across the stage, flapping his arms to a trap merengue beat as a high-pitch rooster crow blasting from a wall of speakers energizes throngs of diehards gathered to support the Venezuelan president���s re-election bid. Campaign jingles are never an a South Sudan stuns Puerto Rico 90-79 to claim its first ever Olympic victory 07/28/2024 09:01am • VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) ��� As South Sudan players jogged onto the court on Sunday amid cheers from fans waving the flag of their home nation, Nuni Omot slowed, stopped and pressed his hand to the Paris 2024 logo embossed across the surface. He and his teammates were officially Olympians. Les Senate candidate Bernie Moreno campaigns as an outsider. His wealthy family is politically connected 07/28/2024 08:42am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Bernie Moreno was ready with a quip when a radio host in his native Colombia asked why he would want to trade his successful professional and personal life in Ohio for the toils of the U.S. Senate. ���Remember that my brother, Luis Alberto, just got out of politics ��� and th Senate candidate Bernie Moreno campaigns as an outsider. His wealthy family is politically connected 07/28/2024 08:26am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Bernie Moreno was ready with a quip when a radio host in his native Colombia asked why he would want to trade his successful professional and personal life in Ohio for the toils of the U.S. Senate. ���Remember that my brother, Luis Alberto, just got out of politics ��� and th US water polo star Maggie Steffens is playing with a heavy heart after death of her sister-in-law 07/28/2024 08:23am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� U.S. water polo captain Maggie Steffens is playing with a heavy heart at the Paris Olympics after her sister-in-law died a couple days before the Games began. Lulu Conner, 26, died Tuesday after traveling to Paris to cheer on Steffens as she goes for a fourth consecutive When Biles competes, the show is in the stands too. Tom Cruise, more stars attend her Olympic return 07/28/2024 08:12am • PARIS (AP) ��� The Palais Omnisports was the place to be on the second day of the Paris Olympics. To watch Simone Biles, of course, and to be seen. A star-studded crowd attended the return to the Olympics of Biles, the most decorated athlete in the history of gymnastics. Among the high-profile fans The Russia-US divide was on display during Moscow's monthlong presidency of the UN Security Council 07/28/2024 07:08am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Whether it���s Gaza, Ukraine, Syria or a new world order, it���s been Russia versus the United States and the West during Moscow���s presidency of the Security Council this month, with the growing divide on vivid display. The tension was hardly new. Since Russia���s invasion