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Multiple evacuations ordered in southern Greece as wildfires return to fire-struck island 07/29/2024 05:01pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on Monday ordered multiple evacuations due to a wildfire on the island of Evia in southern Greece, with conditions worsening after nightfall when firefighting planes and helicopters were unable to operate. The Fire Service said evacuations were ordered in four mou Three members of Gospel Music Hall of Fame quartet The Nelons among 7 killed in Wyoming plane crash 07/29/2024 03:58pm • Three members of the Nelons, a Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame quartet and the chairman of the board overseeing the Georgia Department of Corrections, were among seven people killed in a plane crash in Wyoming, according to a statement by a group member who was not aboard the aircraft. The Nel Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages 07/29/2024 03:27pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army sergeant said Monday, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm battlefield defenses there. Separately, attacks in Russia's Kursk reg 7 people shot, 2 fatally, at a park in upstate Rochester, NY 07/29/2024 02:33pm • ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Two women died and five other people were wounded when gunfire erupted Sunday evening at a crowded public park in Rochester, New York. Hundreds of people were at an all-day gathering in Rochester's Maplewood Park when the shooting started around 6:20 p.m., authorities said. Britain's Tom Pidcock makes winning pass on final lap to defend his Olympic mountain bike title 07/29/2024 11:14am • ELANCOURT, France (AP) — Tom Pidcock stepped down from the top step of an Olympic podium for the second time, the British anthem giving way to cheers from even the French fans, and spotted a blown-up cardboard photo of his face held aloft by one of the spectators. Pidcock took it and gave it a she Historic UNESCO world heritage park in Germany grapples with dying trees as climate change kicks in 07/29/2024 06:13am • POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — The avenues, monuments and gardens in the park surrounding Sanssouci Palace, a sprawling green oasis in the heart of the German city of Potsdam and a UNESCO world heritage site, look as magnificent as ever. But a closer look shows that all is not well with the park's trees, Car Review: The Hyundai Ioniq 6 is a stylish sedan with an eye-catching exterior and upscale interior 07/29/2024 05:53am • There are not many straight and upright body panels and it looks like the Ioniq 6 has been shaped by the wind, with big curves and hatchback styling. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The Ioniq 6 has a special look that has big doses of future, with a modern aerodynamic-shaped body that really stands out. Its long Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus 07/29/2024 04:50am • PARIS (AP) — The first time Perina Lokure Nakang began to run for sport, she ran 9 miles (14 kilometers) along the road near her refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. Now, the 21-year-old South Sudanese runner is competing in the Paris Olympics, among many of the 37 athletes on the Olympic refugee t Crews battle wildfires across the US West and fight to hold containment lines 07/28/2024 10:51pm • FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires across the western United States and Canada put millions of people under air quality alerts on Sunday as thousands of firefighters battled the flames, including the largest wildfire in California this year. The so-called Park Fire had scorched an area greater Ukraine says it struck an oil depot in Russia, as Moscow claims new gains in Donetsk region 07/28/2024 09:04pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Sunday said it struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin's troops as Russian strikes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow claimed further gains, left five civilians dead and 15 others wounded. Ukraine’s General Staff said in a Paul Goldschmidt's walk-off homer gives the Cardinals a 4-3 win over the Nationals 07/28/2024 05:46pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a game-ending homer in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Sunday to snap a three-game skid. Leading off the ninth, Goldschmidt hit a 2-2 sinker from Dylan Floro (3-3) into the left field stands for his 16th ho Israel weighs response to Hezbollah after a rocket from Lebanon kills 12 youths on a soccer field 07/28/2024 04:58pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Middle East braced for a potential flare-up in violence on Sunday after Israeli authorities said a rocket from Lebanon struck a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, killing 12 children and teens in what the military called the deadliest attack on civili Hamilton declared winner of F1 Belgian GP after Mercedes teammate Russell DQ for underweight car 07/28/2024 02:57pm • SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Lewis Hamilton was promoted to first place at the Belgian Grand Prix after race officials disqualified his Mercedes teammate George Russell for driving an underweight car on Sunday. Russell crossed the line first after making only one pit stop, finishing just ahea Olympic riders get a memorable gallop in the sumptuous-looking Versailles Palace gardens 07/28/2024 02:05pm • VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The Palace of Versailles offers equestrian sports one of the most attractive venues of the Paris Olympics. On Sunday, riders and horses got a memorable gallop around the sumptuous-looking gardens where the team and individual eventing competition was taking place. Under a Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done? 07/28/2024 01:56pm • Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada, experts say. These fires are moving faster and are harder to fight than those i