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AP PHOTOS: The race to capture fleeting scenes from the Tour de France 07/19/2024 01:16pm • It almost looks more like surrealism than photojournalism. A cyclist in a teardrop-shaped helmet and skin-tight racing suit hunches over his aerodynamic handlebars in the middle of a Burgundy vineyard with no road in sight. The rider is framed between a flag-waving woman and a man facing in the oppo How Russia���s espionage case against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich unfolded 07/19/2024 01:00pm • Here are key developments in Russia���s case against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was convicted on Friday of espionage charges in an unusually rapid trial in the country's highly politicized legal system. He was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison. Gershkovich, h Moon fests, moon movie and even a full moon mark 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing 07/19/2024 12:56pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin���s giant leap. Aldrin, 94, the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 crew, headlines a gala at the San Russia convicts US journalist of spying in a trial widely seen as politically motivated 07/19/2024 12:14pm • YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) ��� Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted Friday of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison on charges that his employer and the U.S. government have rejected as fabricated. The swift conclusion of the secretive trial in Russi What to know about Evan Gershkovich's conviction for espionage in Russia 07/19/2024 11:45am • The trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich ended Friday with his conviction on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government have dismissed as fabricated. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Here���s what we know about the secretive process. Where was the trial Drone strike by Yemen's Houthi rebels kills 1 person and wounds at least 10 in Tel Aviv 07/19/2024 11:08am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen���s Houthi rebels struck Tel Aviv on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in the group���s first lethal strike into Israel. The aerial strike rumbled through the center of the city near the U.S. Embassy, causing shrapne 2 killed in a military aircraft crash in Armenia 07/19/2024 09:14am • YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) ��� A small Armenian air force training plane crashed Friday, killing its two-member crew, officials said. Authorities said the Soviet-made Yak-52 aircraft crashed 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) north of Yerevan, Armenia's largest city and capital. They said the plane was on a Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges Britain to help it strike deeper inside Russia as he addresses UK Cabinet 07/19/2024 07:23am • LONDON (AP) ��� President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Britain���s new government to help Ukrainian forces attack deeper inside Russia to stop deadly missile strikes on his country, as he gave a rare address by a foreign leader to a U.K. Cabinet meeting. Zelenskyy said ���long-range capability��� to de Stories on athletes and lifechanging Olympic finishes that altered the course of their careers 07/19/2024 06:00am • (Editor's note: Fractions of a second or a slight misstep during the Olympics can alter the career, the legacy or the earning potential of athletes. Several athletes, including Michael Phelps, Edwin Moses and Simone Manuel talked with The Associated Press about some of those lifechanging finishes.) Passenger train derails in India, killing at least 2 passengers and injuring 20 others 07/19/2024 03:29am • LUCKNOW, India (AP) ��� A passenger train derailed on Thursday in northern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others, a railroad official said. The cause of the accident is being investigated. Naveen Kumar, a state relief commissioner, said dozens of rescuers, a 40-member team o Powerful 7.4-magnitude quake strikes north Chile near Argentine border. No reports of major damage 07/19/2024 12:07am • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ��� A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck northern Chile near its border with Argentina late Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, shaking homes and causing power outages. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. The quake's epicenter was 45 kilometers ( Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony 07/18/2024 09:31pm • PARIS (AP) ��� A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometers-long (miles-long) area to Parisians and tourists who hadn���t applied in advance for a pass. When to Get a Business Credit Card as a Freelancer 07/18/2024 08:00pm • Whether you're new to freelancing or have been doing so for a decade, a big milestone for many gig workers is getting a business credit card for the first time. Freelance work has exploded in the past few years, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 60 million Americans did some type of freelan Jury faults NY railroad ��� mostly ��� for 2015 crossing crash that killed 6 07/18/2024 06:51pm • A commuter railroad is mostly at fault for a fiery and deadly 2015 collision between a train and an SUV at a suburban New York crossing, a jury has found in a verdict that lays out how the bill for any damages will be split. The verdict, reached Tuesday, held that the Metro-North Railroad bore 71% Montgomery Co. police expand drone program to Bethesda, where crime is down 07/18/2024 06:00pm • The Montgomery County Police Department is expanding the use of "drones as first responders" to Bethesda, Maryland, at a time when crime there is down. During a town hall meeting at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Montgomery County police 2nd District Cmdr. Amy Daum told the audience, "There's