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Cooler weather helps firefighters corral a third of massive California blaze 08/04/2024 06:43pm • CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews battling California's largest wildfire this year have corralled a third of the blaze aided in part by cooler weather, but a return of triple-digit temperatures could allow it to grow, fire officials said Sunday. Cooler temperatures and increased humidity gave firefi High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine's 1st individual gold of the Paris Olympics 08/04/2024 06:17pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — It was a night for war-torn Ukraine to rejoice. Thousands of Ukrainians watched on YouTube as high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won gold for the country she was forced to flee, then celebrated with two teammates who also medaled at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Iryna Geras More Olympians are set to compete in the Seine River. Here's the latest on water quality concerns 08/04/2024 05:05pm • PARIS (AP) — At the Paris Olympics, whether the water quality in the Seine River is safe enough to host some swimming events has been a major question. Bacteria levels in the river fluctuate constantly, and daily water samples are tested so organizers can assess the risk and determine whether swim Everything is tougher on a bike in the Olympics: eating, drinking and, yes, bathroom breaks 08/04/2024 03:36pm • PARIS (AP) — German cyclist Nils Politt was feeling good early in the Olympic road race on Saturday, getting into a breakaway and giving the veteran of seven Tours de France the feeling that something magical could happen on the streets of Paris. Suddenly, he began to feel something much different Kentucky Republicans ridicule Beshear's efforts to land spot on national Democratic ticket 08/04/2024 07:33am • Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's efforts to land the No. 2 spot on the Democratic presidential ticket drew ridicule from prominent Republicans during the Bluegrass State's premier political event. U.S. Rep. James Comer lampooned the governor for trying to “reinvent his image from a wimpy choir boy to Mixed-gender boats start racing in 1st Games with equal sailing medal chances for men and women 08/04/2024 05:49am • MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The mixed-gender boats – both dinghies and a multihulls – took to the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in Marseille for the 2024 Olympics, just as the first medal races in skiffs and windsurfing were held. The first one-man, one-woman crew in the Olympics sailed in 'We're going to survive and it's going to come back': A year after Maui wildfire, survivors press on 08/04/2024 02:45am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — They have combed the ashes for mementos, worried about where they would sleep, questioned their faith and tried to find a way to grieve amid the great, unsettling devastation. Residents have faced a year of challenges, practical and emotional, since the deadliest U.S. wildfi A year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery 08/04/2024 12:45am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Josephine Fraser worried her young family's next home would be a tent. Fraser and her partner, their two sons and their dog had moved nine times in as many months, from one hotel room to another, since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century razed her hometown of Lahaina, o Today in History: Aug. 4, massive explosion rocks Beirut 08/04/2024 12:00am • Today is Sunday, Aug. 4, the 217th day of 2024. There are 149 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 4, 2020, nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been improperly stored for years in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, exploded, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 7,000 a Twins to place Joe Mauer statue outside Target Field 08/03/2024 07:56pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins will place a bronze statue of retired catcher Joe Mauer outside Target Field. Mauer’s statue will be the eighth at the ballpark, all designed by Minnesota-based artist Bill Mack. The new statue will be unveiled at some point next season. The announcement w Police officers injured as far-right activists face off against anti-racism groups across UK 08/03/2024 04:37pm • LONDON (AP) — A number of British police officers were injured Saturday as far-right activists faced off with anti-racism protesters in cities and towns across the country, following a stabbing rampage at a dance class earlier this week that left three girls dead and several wounded. With dozens o Journalists covering Nigeria protests dodge bullets as police arrest nearly 700 people 08/03/2024 03:08pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian security forces on Saturday fired bullets and teargas at several journalists and protesters during demonstrations against the country’s economic crisis in the capital city, Abuja, according to journalists at the scene and videos reviewed by The Associated Press. It Contact kayaking? New Olympic event includes 15-foot drop, Eskimo moves and bumper-car like contact 08/03/2024 02:15pm • VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — This is not what kayak fans are used to seeing at the Olympics. Competitors' boats drop into the water from a 15-foot-high platform as three other paddlers work furiously to gain traction. Then, in bumper-car-like fashion, those athletes can ram the other kayaks at About half of US state AGs went on France trip sponsored by group with lobbyist and corporate funds 08/03/2024 01:40pm • About half the U.S. state attorneys general traveled to France in a trip cosponsored by a group mostly funded by companies, including some under scrutiny of the top state lawyers. Attorneys general are among the most visible officials in state governments and the job can be a launching pad to the wo Remco Evenepoel of Belgium becomes the first to sweep the Olympic road race and time trial 08/03/2024 12:58pm • PARIS (AP) — The only things that slowed Remco Evenepoel on his way to Olympic history were a flat tire and the finish line. The Belgian cyclist has become the first rider to sweep the road race and time trial at the Summer Games, relentlessly attacking over three climbs of Montmartre and building