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Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch returns for the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park

Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch and runner-up Mindframe are set to renew their rivalry when they return to racing for the $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday

News

2 arrested related to the killing of a woman whose body was found in a toolbox on a river sandbar

Vermont State Police say they have arrested two men in connection with the February killing of a Derby woman whose body was found in a container on a Missisquoi River sandbar in Troy

2 arrested related to the killing of a woman whose body was found in a toolbox on a river sandbar
News|Political

Venezuela arrests security chief for opposition leader days ahead of presidential vote

Officials in Venezuela have arrested the head of security for the country’s top opposition leader, a little more than a week before President Nicolás Maduro faces a tough reelection

Venezuela arrests security chief for opposition leader days ahead of presidential vote
Health

A woman who awoke from a coma to tell police her brother attacked her dies 2 years later

A West Virginia woman has died two years after she awakened from a coma and identified her now-late brother as her attacker

A woman who awoke from a coma to tell police her brother attacked her dies 2 years later
Environment|News

Water conservation measures for Grand Canyon National Park after another break in the waterline

Grand Canyon National Park is using water conservation measures again at the South Rim after another break in the Trans Canyon Waterline

Environment|News

Wind power operations off Nantucket Island are suspended after turbine blade parts washed ashore

The federal government has ordered an offshore wind developer off Nantucket Island to suspend operations after parts of a damaged turbine blade ended up littering beaches

Sports

Brittany Force will return to Top Fuel racing for first time since her dad's accident

Brittany Force will return to her Top Fuel dragster this week outside of Seattle in her first time competing since her father John's horrific accident in Virginia last month

Brittany Force will return to Top Fuel racing for first time since her dad's accident
News|Political|World

Italian authorities seek truck driver who was filmed striking migrants near French border

Italian border police are looking for a truck driver who is shown on a widely circulated video striking female migrants after he found them in the back of his truck near the French border

Italian authorities seek truck driver who was filmed striking migrants near French border
News|Sports

Spanish court gives online racial abuser of soccer star Vinícius 8-month suspended sentence

Real Madrid says a Spanish court has given a suspended eight-month prison sentence to a person who racially insulted soccer stars Vinícius Júnior and Antonio Rudiger in the comments section of a popular Spanish sports news website

Business|Sports

Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger and journalist Willow Bay to become Angel City FC's new owners

Angel City FC says Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger and Southern California dean for communication and journalism Willow Bay will be the new controlling owners of the National Women’s Soccer League team

Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger and journalist Willow Bay to become Angel City FC's new owners
News|Political|Sports

French anti-terror police detain alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer suspected of targeting Olympic torch

French anti-terror police have detained an alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer suspected of wanting to target the Olympic torch relay

French anti-terror police detain alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer suspected of targeting Olympic torch
Science

A meteor streaked over the NYC skyline before disintegrating over New Jersey

NASA has confirmed that meteor streaked over the New York City skyline before disintegrating over nearby New Jersey

A meteor streaked over the NYC skyline before disintegrating over New Jersey
News|Opinion

Beloved priest Abbe Pierre was the conscience of France. Several women now accuse him of assault

An foundation says a legendary French priest and a lifelong advocate of the homeless has been accused of committing acts that would amount to “sexual assault or sexual harassment."

Entertainment

List of top Emmy nominees

“The Bear” has gone on a tear at Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations with a comedy-series record 23, and “Shogun” led all nominees with 25 in a dominant year across categories for FX

News

2 men sentenced in 2021 armed standoff on Massachusetts highway

Two men have been sentenced for their role in an armed standoff on a busy Massachusetts highway in 2021 that lasted more than eight hours and caused traffic delays during a busy Fourth of July weekend

News|Political

Far-right leader Le Pen says France is in a political 'quagmire' 9 days before Olympics start

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after chaotic legislative elections produced a fragmented parliament

Far-right leader Le Pen says France is in a political 'quagmire' 9 days before Olympics start
News|Political

Germany to impose tougher penalties on people who break through airport perimeters

Germany’s Cabinet has approved legislation that would impose tougher penalties on people who break through airport perimeters

Environment|News

Storms flood the Ozarks and strand drivers in Toronto. New York community is devastated by tornado

Much of the U.S. and Canada is cleaning up or still dealing with a new wave of severe storms that have caused deaths and damage this week from the Plains to New England

Storms flood the Ozarks and strand drivers in Toronto. New York community is devastated by tornado
News

Police pursuit leads to arrest of 2nd man in Maine death investigation

Maine State Police say they've charged a second person in connection with the death of a man in the coastal community of Cushing

News|Political

Iran rejects accusations it was involved in plots to assassinate Trump

Iran has rejected accusations regarding plots to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump, while citing legal action for the 2020 assassination of a revered general by U.S. drone

Business|Economy|Technology

European Union court says TikTok owner can't avoid bloc's law cracking down on digital giants

TikTok owner ByteDance can’t avoid the bloc’s crackdown on digital giants, a European Union court says

European Union court says TikTok owner can't avoid bloc's law cracking down on digital giants
News|Political

A German court convicts a businessman of delivering components with military use to Russia

A German court has convicted a businessman of delivering electronic components to Russian firms associated with the production of military equipment, and sentenced him to six years and nine months in prison

News|World

Swedish police await forensic results to confirm 2 bodies found in burnt car are missing Britons

Swedish police say the two bodies found in a burnt Danish-registered car in the city of Malmo during the weekend haven’t been identified yet and they are currently unable to confirm whether the victims are two British citizens reported missing

Entertainment|News|Sports|Travel

Paris mayor dips into the Seine River to showcase its improved cleanliness before Olympic events

After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine River, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics

Paris mayor dips into the Seine River to showcase its improved cleanliness before Olympic events
News|Political|World

Papua New Guinea's sidelined minister to fight domestic violence charge in Sydney court next year

Papua New Guinea’s sidelined Petroleum Minister, Jimmy Maladina, will appear in a Sydney court in March to fight a charge of assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute

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