BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years’ imprisonment after finding her guilty of involvement in election fraud. The ruling adds more jail time to the 17 years she is already serving for other offenses. It also imperils the survival of Suu Kyi’s
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal has come back to win at the U.S. Open after cutting himself on the bridge of his nose when his racket bounced off the court and smacked him in the face against Fabio Fognini. Nadal was bleeding and took a medical timeout. A
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Emory Jones ran for two touchdowns in his desert debut and Arizona State opened its fifth season under coach Herm Edwards with a 40-3 win over FCS Northern Arizona on Thursday night. The Sun Devils needed a few series to jell with 43 new players
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek is winning easily — and quietly. At this U.S. Open, even the world’s No. 1 player is a distant No. 2 as long as Serena Williams is still around. Swiatek says: “Yeah, that’s kind of her time right now.” The two-time French Open
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Walker hit a two-run homer, Merrill Kelly pitched seven stellar innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0. Walker hammered his 31st homer to deep left in the first inning off Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff, giving the D-backs a 2-0 lead. Geraldo Perdomo’s RBI
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa and Andi Babineau, CNN The 22-year-old man accused of shooting three Dutch soldiers outside an Indianapolis hotel on Saturday has been charged in the death of one of the victims and the injury of the two others, according to prosecutors. Shamar Duncan was arrested Tuesday in connection with the shooting, which took
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa and Andi Babineau, CNN The 22-year-old man accused of shooting three Dutch soldiers outside an Indianapolis hotel on Saturday has been charged in the death of one of the victims and the injury of the two others, according to prosecutors. Shamar Duncan was arrested Tuesday in connection with the shooting, which took
Continue Reading By DÉBORA REY and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A man tried to kill Argentina’s politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country’s president said. The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday night, officials said. President Alberto Fernández,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Sean Clifford capped a masterful final drive by throwing a 10-yard TD pass to Keyvone Lee with 57 seconds left, rallying the Nittany Lions to a 35-31 victory. Penn State has won 10 straight in the series and six of its last seven season
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Swati Gupta, CNN India joined an elite league of the world’s naval powers on Friday, when it commissioned its first domestically built aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant. With the $3 billion Vikrant, India will join only a small number of nations with more than one aircraft carrier
Continue ReadingBy Ignacio Grimaldi, Artemis Moshtaghian and Jessie Yeung, CNN A man has been arrested after attempting to shoot Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s vice-president and former President, at point blank range outside her home in Buenos Aires on Thursday. Video of the incident shows the vice president smiling as she walks by a crowd of
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — ermaine Brown Jr. ran for 114 yards and touchdown, the UAB defense accounted for a pair of touchdowns, and the Blazers routed Alabama A&M 59-0 in the debut of head coach Bryant Vincent, who spent the last four seasons as offensive coordinator for the Blazers. Brown had a 19-yard touchdown run
Continue Reading CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Justin Miller threw for 364 yards and three touchdowns and Southern Utah beat St. Thomas (MN) 44-13 in a season opener. Cade Sexauer threw for 207 yards and a touchdown and interception while Hope Adebayo ran for 73 yards on carried on seven carries for St. Thomas.
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — When things went awry for Missouri last year, the defense was usually the culprit. It was that side of the ball that gave the Tigers a lift in their opener against Louisiana Tech on Thursday night. With their offense off to a slow start, the
Continue Reading By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press Chicago is one of the nation’s gun violence hotspots and a seemingly ideal place to employ Illinois’ “red flag” law that allows police to step in and take firearms away from people who threaten to kill. But amid more than 8,500 shootings resulting in 1,800 deaths since 2020, the law
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics. President Joe
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Two years ago, the vast majority of Chileans reached a conclusion: The constitution needs to change. Now, as voters prepare for a referendum Sunday, many Chileans think the proposed new charter will be rejected. There are frustrations over the process, questions about its content and what
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security officials say four militiamen have been killed in reprisal attacks between rival Shiite militia groups. The attacks on Thursday came days after violent clashes in Baghdad that brought the country to the precipice of street warfare. Iraqi security forces were swiftly deployed in the southern
Continue Reading The Associated Press When news hit that Mikhail Gorbachev had died at age 91, Associated Press journalists around the world began sharing their “Gorby” stories from covering the last Soviet leader or interviewing him in Russia or abroad in the three decades that followed. They remember his temper and sense of humor, his sharp intellect
Continue Reading By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cameron Taylor was watching an illegal street race that had attracted hundreds to an intersection in Portland, Oregon, but decided to leave as the crowd got increasingly unruly. Moments later, gunfire erupted and Taylor was hit by a stray bullet as he and a friend headed
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