Today: October 08, 2024
Today: October 08, 2024

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The Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?

The movie centers around a renowned violinist from Belgium arriving in Kyiv to perform. The date is February 2022, and his trip is upended as Russia starts bombing Ukraine. The musician survives a series of “inhuman crimes and bloody provocations by Ukrainian nationalists,” and he wants to tell the world “what it was really like.” “The Witness” — a state-sponsored drama that premiered in Russia on Aug. 17 — is the first feature film about the 18-month-old invasion. It depicts Ukrainian troops as violent neo-Nazis who torture and kill their own people. One even wears a

The Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?
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Illegal logging thrives in Mexico City's forest-covered boroughs, as locals strive to plant trees

It’s a strange scene: in the forest-covered mountains of Mexico City — which most people outside Mexico don’t know exist — a brigade of farmers and forest rangers plant inches-high pine saplings in a recently cut stand of trees, even as the sound of chainsaws can be heard nearby. Illegal logging has taken a huge toll in recent years on the forest-covered southern half of the city of 9 million inhabitants. “They have finished off the forest,” Alfredo Gutiérrez, 43, said with sadness. The extent of the devastation is astonishing. Just a year ago, “it was

Illegal logging thrives in Mexico City's forest-covered boroughs, as locals strive to plant trees
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8 US Marines remain in hospital after fiery aircraft crash killed 3 in Australia

Eight U.S. Marines remained in a hospital in the Australian north coast city of Darwin on Monday after they were injured in a fiery crash of a tiltrotor aircraft that killed three of their colleagues on an island. All 20 survivors were flown from Melville Island 80 kilometers (50 miles) south to Darwin within hours of the Marine V-22 Osprey crashing at 9:30 a.m. Sunday during a multinational training exercise, Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles said. All were taken to the Royal Darwin Hospital, and 12 had been discharged by Monday, she said. The first

8 US Marines remain in hospital after fiery aircraft crash killed 3 in Australia
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What to stream this week: Indiana Jones, 'One Piece,' 'The Menu' and tunes from NCT and Icona Pop

”Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and the second season debut of the third “Power” spin-off “Power Book IV: Force” are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are the new musical game for the Nintendo Switch called Samba de Amigo: Party Central, the fine-dining satire “The Menu” being served on Hulu and a new album from the 20-member K-pop super group NCT. NEW MOVIES TO STREAM — ”Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” Harrison Ford’s last

What to stream this week: Indiana Jones, 'One Piece,' 'The Menu' and tunes from NCT and Icona Pop
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Foxconn billionaire Terry Gou says he will seek Taiwan's presidency as independent candidate

Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of the electronics giant Foxconn, declared Monday that he will run as an independent candidate for president in Taiwan’s 2024 election, ending months of speculation. At a news conference, Gou criticized the governing Democratic Progressive Party, saying its policies have “brought Taiwan into the risk of war” with China, which claims the self-ruled island democracy as part of its territory. He said Taiwan also needs new approaches on the economy and other matters at home. “Domestically, the national policy direction is filled with all sorts of mistakes. There’s no way to

Foxconn billionaire Terry Gou says he will seek Taiwan's presidency as independent candidate
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Texas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers

The library at Houston’s Lockhart Elementary had been a refuge for 8-year-old Sydney, who has struggled because of dyslexia. The school’s librarian, Cheryl Hensley, curated a space that encouraged her to read. But now Texas has taken over Houston’s public school district, and her refuge has been repurposed as a space to be used in part for discipline. While students can still check out books, there will be no one to guide them. Hensley, the librarian, is gone. “I’m hurt … and now to know that Ms. Hensley is no longer on the campus, the library has

Texas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers
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The US Open starts Monday. Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic and Frances Tiafoe are in action

The season’s last Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, gets started on Monday with some of the biggest names in tennis — about a year after two even bigger names walked away from the sport. The Day 1 schedule includes Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff on the women’s side, and Novak Djokovic and Frances Tiafoe on the men’s. And many more, of course. No one carries quite the star power of Serena Williams, whose last event was the 2022 U.S. Open, or Roger Federer, who announced his retirement shortly afterward. The No. 1-ranked Swiatek, a 22-year-old

The US Open starts Monday. Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic and Frances Tiafoe are in action
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Fed chief speech

Asian shares were mostly higher Monday, as investors were relieved by the head of the Federal Reserve indicating it will “proceed carefully” on interest rates. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.7% to 32,151.72. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.6% to 7,155.40, after data on Australian retail sales showed they rose a higher than expected 0.5%. South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.8% to 2,539.30. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped 1.7% to 18,260.91, while the Shanghai Composite surged 2.3% to 3,134.44. “The muted reaction of treasury yields to the rhetoric from Jackson Hole shows that US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Fed chief speech
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Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years

“Hola, Mama.” What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in this case anything but. Forty-two years ago, hospital workers took Maria Angelica Gonzalez’ son from her arms right after birth and later told her he had died. Now, she was meeting him face-to-face at her home in Valdivia, Chile. “I love you very much,” Jimmy Lippert Thyden told his mother in Spanish as they embraced amid tears. “It knocked the wind out of me. … I was suffocated by the gravity of this moment,” Thyden told The Associated Press in a video call

Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years
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Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first

A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. Championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time, posted an all-around two-day total of 118.40, four points clear of runner-up Shilese Jones. Florida junior Leanne Wong claimed third, bolstering her chances of making a third straight world championship team. Biles is all but assured of returning to the gym where she captured her first

Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first
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Luis Castillo stars as Mariners beat Royals 3-2 to grab sole possession of AL West lead

Luis Castillo pitched seven shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners grabbed sole possession of first place in the AL West, beating the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Teoscar Hernández and Julio Rodríguez homered as Seattle won for the 11th time in 12 games. The Mariners also improved to a major league-best 36-14 since July 1 for their best 50-game stretch since they also went 36-14 from April 23-June 18, 2003. Seattle (74-56) and Texas were tied for the AL West lead coming into the day, but the Rangers lost 7-6 to

Luis Castillo stars as Mariners beat Royals 3-2 to grab sole possession of AL West lead
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Viktor Hovland wins FedEx Cup with the best 2 weeks of his career

Viktor Hovland played the best golf of his life in the final two weeks of the PGA Tour season, and it paid off Sunday with the biggest trophy of his career — a FedEx Cup title along with the $18 million bonus. Staked to a six-shot lead, Hovland didn’t flinch under a relentless challenge from Xander Schauffele. The 25-year-old Norwegian stayed on the attack and closed with a 7-under 63 for a five-shot victory at East Lake. Hovland capped off his best season with three victories. Even more staggering is that he played his final tournaments —

Viktor Hovland wins FedEx Cup with the best 2 weeks of his career
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Some wildfire evacuations end in British Columbia, but fire threatens community farther north

The wildfire situation showed some improvement in British Columbia on Sunday, with more people being allowed to return home, but blazes continued to threaten communities farther north in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Hot temperatures and winds expected to gust to up to 40 kph (25 mph) were fanning flames around the Northwest Territories town of Hay River, on the south shore of Great Slave Lake. The blaze, which has burned across 4,000 square kilometers (1,544 square miles), was about a kilometer (one-half mile) west of the town’s airport and 1.5 kilometer (one mile) from the town

Some wildfire evacuations end in British Columbia, but fire threatens community farther north
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California wins Little League World Series 6-5 over Curacao on walk-off homer

Louis Lappe hit a walk-off homer and California beat Curacao 6-5 in the Little League World Series championship on Sunday, despite giving up a four-run lead. Louis flipped his bat and threw his arms in the air as he trotted around the bases, leaping onto home plate before he was greeted by his teammates surrounding the batter’s box. The leadoff hitter in the bottom of the sixth inning, Louis lofted the second pitch he saw just beyond the left field fence. Curacao tied the game in the fifth on Nasir El-Ossais’s grand slam to center.

California wins Little League World Series 6-5 over Curacao on walk-off homer
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After falling early in FIBA World Cup, France quickly turns focus toward Paris Olympics

Nicolas Batum has been part of France’s national team for about 15 years now. He was part of a gold-medal game loss to the U.S. at the Tokyo Olympics. Part of another gold-medal game loss at last year’s EuroBasket. Part of a pair of semifinal-round losses at the last two FIBA World Cups. Those were all difficult. To him, though, this was worse. Much worse. France — a medal favorite in the eyes of many entering this World Cup and the No. 5-ranked team in the world according to FIBA — won’t even get out of the first round of

After falling early in FIBA World Cup, France quickly turns focus toward Paris Olympics
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Roberto Mancini appointed Saudi Arabia coach 2 weeks after quitting job in charge of Italy

Roberto Mancini was appointed coach of the Saudi Arabia national team on Sunday, just two weeks after the European Championship-winning manager surprisingly left his job in charge of Italy. The Saudi Arabian soccer federation (SAFF) says Mancini has been given a four-year contract. His first matches in charge will be against Costa Rica on Sept. 8 and South Korea four days later — both are friendly games. SAFF posted a video on social media with clips of Mancini. In it, he says: “I made history in Europe, now it’s time to make history with Saudi.” Italian media reported that Mancini’s

Roberto Mancini appointed Saudi Arabia coach 2 weeks after quitting job in charge of Italy
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Mookie Betts caps Boston return with another homer as Dodgers beat Red Sox 7-4

Mookie Betts capped his return to Boston with a second straight three-hit game, hitting a two-run homer on Sunday to spark the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-4 victory over the team he led to the 2018 World Series title. Freddie Freeman also had three hits, and James Outman homered to help the Dodgers improve to 21-4 in August. Gavin Stone (1-0) earned his first career victory, following opener Caleb Ferguson to the mound and holding Boston to two runs over the next six innings before giving up homers on back-to-back pitches to start the eighth. Playing

Mookie Betts caps Boston return with another homer as Dodgers beat Red Sox 7-4
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Jacksonville killings: What we know about the hate crime

A white man wearing a mask and firing a weapon emblazoned with a swastika gunned down three Black people Saturday in what the sheriff described as a racially motivated attack in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooter, who had also posted racist writings, then killed himself. Here’s what is known about the killings: WHERE AND WHEN DID THE SHOOTING TAKE PLACE? The shooting happened Saturday afternoon at a Dollar General store in New Town, a predominantly Black neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. The store is near Edward Waters University, a historically Black school with about 1,000 students. The school

Jacksonville killings: What we know about the hate crime
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Military identifies Marine Corps pilot killed in jet crash near San Diego base

The U.S. military has identified the Marine Corps pilot who was killed Thursday when his combat jet crashed near a San Diego base during a training flight. Maj. Andrew Mettler was piloting an F/A-18D Hornet when it went down at 11:54 p.m. Thursday near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing said in a statement from its headquarters in Cherry Point, North Carolina. Searchers recovered Mettler’s body at the site, and the crash remains under investigation. Known as “Simple Jack,” Mettler was a native of Georgia and stationed at Marine Corps Air Station

Military identifies Marine Corps pilot killed in jet crash near San Diego base
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Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say

Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said. At 2 p.m. Sunday, the storm was about 80 miles (129 kilometers) east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, moving north at 2 mph (3.2 kph) with highest sustained winds of 40 mph (64 kph), forecasters said. Hurricanes have winds of 74 mph (119 kph) and above. Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast

Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say
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Man City and 10-man Liverpool leave it late to secure victories in the Premier League

Erling Haaland missed a penalty. Virgil van Dijk was shown a straight red card. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Kyle Walker made sloppy defensive errors leading to goals. Manchester City and Liverpool delivered performances rife with errors from their star names in the Premier League on Sunday. Late winners ensured they didn’t prove costly. City is the only team to win its opening three matches after beating Sheffield United 2-1, but only because of an 88th-minute goal from Rodri that spared the blushes of Haaland and Walker. Haaland struck a first-half penalty against the post and squandered a slew of other chances

Man City and 10-man Liverpool leave it late to secure victories in the Premier League
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US Open 2023: Frances Tiafoe and other US men know it’s been 20 years since Andy Roddick’s title

They were 10 words, 10 simple and factual and essentially harmless words — “It’s 20 years since Andy Roddick won the singles here …” — yet as soon as that phrase hung in the air at Frances Tiafoe’s pre-U.S. Open news conference, and before the question could be completed, the 25-year-old from Maryland rolled his eyes. And then, in case that wasn’t enough to convey how he felt, Tiafoe rolled his whole head, too, and shook it. Then he smiled that wide smile he so often displays and chuckled a bit before pointing out: “I knew

US Open 2023: Frances Tiafoe and other US men know it’s been 20 years since Andy Roddick’s title
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Dolphins WR Daewood Davis released from hospital after being carted off with injury vs. Jaguars

Miami Dolphins rookie wide receiver Daewood Davis was released from a Jacksonville hospital Sunday morning after he was carted off the field during the fourth quarter of Miami’s preseason game against the Jaguars Saturday night. The Dolphins announced Sunday that Davis will travel back to South Florida with the team. Davis was trying to catch a pass from James Blackman in the fourth quarter when he took a hard hit from Jacksonvile’s Dequan Jackson, who was flagged for unnecessary roughness. Davis remained down on the field motionless, was carted off in an immobilized position and

Dolphins WR Daewood Davis released from hospital after being carted off with injury vs. Jaguars
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Verstappen wins rainy Dutch GP to equal Vettel's F1 record with 9th straight victory

Runaway Formula One leader Max Verstappen won a rain-marred Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday to equal Sebastian Vettel’s F1 record of nine straight victories. The Red Bull star clinched his third straight win from pole position at the Zandvoort track, with veteran Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso of Spain finishing second and picking up a bonus point for the fastest lap. “I already had goose bumps when they were playing the national anthem before the start. Even with all the bad weather and the rain the fans were still going at it, an incredible atmosphere,” the

Verstappen wins rainy Dutch GP to equal Vettel's F1 record with 9th straight victory
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Recent winners Chris Buescher and William Byron open NASCAR playoffs as unwitting favorites

Chris Buescher and William Byron have this in common: Neither wants to declare himself the favorite heading into the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Both have a strong case, though. Buescher won three of the last five regular-season races, including the finale Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway. Byron, meanwhile, has a series-leading five victories and is tied for the points lead with Martin Truex Jr. as the postseason begins at Darlington Raceway next Sunday. Buescher and Byron have diverse resumes and definitive momentum. “I think we’re a contender,” Buescher said after leading RFK Racing to

Recent winners Chris Buescher and William Byron open NASCAR playoffs as unwitting favorites

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