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Riots test the new British prime minister in his first month in the job 08/07/2024 12:12pm • LONDON (AP) — Just a month into the job, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sounds more like the prosecutor he used to be than the leader of a powerful nation as he tries to quell riots that have swept the country in the past week. The unfolding crisis presents his first major test since taking p Tropical weather brings record rainfall. Experts share how to stay safe in floods. 08/07/2024 12:00pm • The extreme weather seen in places across the United States in recent weeks shows that it doesn't take a catastrophic hurricane to cause significant damage — the torrential rain from Tropical Storm Debby in parts of the Southeast is just one example. The slow-moving system lingering over Georgia NCAA moves closer to financially rewarding women's basketball teams that reach March Madness 08/07/2024 11:21am • Women’s basketball teams moved a step closer to getting financially rewarded for success in the NCAA Tournament. The Division I Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday to introduce a proposal that will give performance units to teams that play in March Madness. Units represent revenue. The pr US setter Jordyn Poulter recovers from serious knee injury to lead Americans into Olympic semifinals 08/07/2024 10:20am • PARIS (AP) — Moments before match point of the Olympic quarterfinals, Jordyn Poulter punched herself in the outer thigh. It wasn't a motivational tactic — she's plenty good at getting herself fired up. No, the American setter was making sure blood kept flowing around her surgically repaired lef Could another insurrection happen in January? This film imagines what if 08/07/2024 10:06am • NEW YORK (AP) — Election results are contested. Far-right extremists groups are plotting to overthrow the electoral college vote count. Protesters gather in Washington. TV news screens blare: “Capitol in Chaos.” In the White House Situation Room, the president gathers with advisors to consider Movie Review: Delicate and powerful, ‘Good One’ is one of the year’s indie breakouts 08/07/2024 10:02am • A 17-year-old’s perception of her father is forever altered on a three-day backpacking trip in India Donaldson’s excellent debut “ Good One," in theaters Friday. Something happens. And then something doesn’t happen. But that’s more of the tear point on the already delicate fabric of a rela Crashes, cramps and accusations run rampant during heated Olympic track and field qualifying session 08/07/2024 09:55am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Pushing and shoving in one race on the track. A cameraman walking into the action in another. Leg cramps and untimely misses in the field. The often-routine qualifying rounds at Olympic track and field took some strange turns Wednesday with a four-man pileup in one men� Tim Ream leaves Fulham after 9 years and moves to MLS team Charlotte FC 08/07/2024 09:53am • LONDON (AP) — United States defender Tim Ream is leaving Fulham after nine years with the English club to join Charlotte FC in Major League Soccer. Fulham announced the departure of Ream on Wednesday, with the London team describing the 36-year-old center back as a “legend” and an “outstandi Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou set to debut for PFL 08/07/2024 08:45am • Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is set to return to MMA when he makes his Professional Fighters League debut in October, stepping back inside the cage after a pair of high-profile paydays in boxing. Ngannou fights 2023 PFL heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira on a PFL pay-per-view sup India's Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Olympic wrestling after making the final. What happens next? 08/07/2024 07:46am • PARIS (AP) — India women's wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the 50-kilogram Olympic wrestling final after failing to make weight Wednesday, creating a ripple effect on the medal matches and resulting in some forced adjustments by organizers. Phogat defeated Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzm Spain's Rodri and Morata banned for chanting song about Gibraltar at Euro 2024 title celebration 08/07/2024 07:11am • NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Rodri and Alvaro Morata were banned Wednesday for Spain’s first match as the new European champion after singing about a sovereignty claim on Gibraltar at the title celebration last month. Morata and Rodri led thousands of fans singing “Gibraltar is Spanish” in Madri China's exports grow 7% in July, under forecasts, while imports gain momentum 08/07/2024 06:52am • BANGKOK (AP) — China’s exports rose 7% in July from a year earlier, below economists’ forecasts for growth closer to 10% as trade tensions and weakening growth in the United States and other major markets weighed on demand. Chinese leaders have ramped up investment in manufacturing to rev up a Amid concerns about dirty water and strong current, marathon swimmers dive into the Seine River 08/07/2024 06:50am • PARIS (AP) — A bridge lined with ornate statues overlooks an Olympic open water course like no other. The Eiffel Tower, gold-domed Invalides and other Paris landmarks provide a stunning backdrop. Yet there was no getting around concerns about the safety of swimming in the long-polluted Seine River How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire 08/07/2024 06:45am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Front Street. But the sprawling tree survived the blaze, and thanks to the efforts of arborists and dedicated volunteers, parts World records are getting shattered in cycling at the Olympic velodrome. There are a few reasons why 08/07/2024 06:24am • MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Sam Welsford had just dismounted from his space-age bike, the one that costs about as much as a Range Rover, and looked at the record time his teammates from Australia had just set in the men's pursuit at the Paris Olympics. “I reckon," Welsford said with a