Month: July 2023

MONTREAL (AP) — One person died and another was critically injured when they were knocked out of a sightseeing gondola Sunday at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort, authorities said. Quebec provincial police said the crash occurred shortly before noon when a piece of construction equipment struck the gondola at the mountain resort around 105 kilometers (65

By JEFF AMY and TOM MURPHY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers shot and killed a man wanted in the weekend killings of four people near Atlanta, and a sheriff’s deputy and a police officer were hurt during the attempt to take the suspect into custody, an official said. Henry County Sheriff’s spokesperson Syntonnia

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — A poor start left Carlos Alcaraz a single point from a two-set hole against Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. That sort of deficit is daunting for anyone, let alone a 20-year-old in his second major final, and against anyone, let alone Djokovic, someone who

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic lost on Centre Court at Wimbledon for the first time in 10 years and he has some regrets about it. There was that tiebreaker pretty early in the men’s final when the 36-year-old Serb was one point from taking a two-sets-to-none lead over

The Associated Press WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Heavy rains pounded an already saturated Northeast on Sunday for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, cancelled airline flights and power outages. In Pennsylvania, a sudden flash flood late Saturday afternoon claimed at least four lives. Officials in Bucks County’s Upper

SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC, France (AP) — Tour de France overall leader Jonas Vingegaard is calling on fans to behave better at cycling’s biggest race after another mass crash marred the 15th stage. The Danish rider says spectators should enjoy the race but “without standing on the road or pouring beers on us.” He leads Tadej Pogacar

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even during a year of sobering economic news for media companies, the layoffs of three Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists on a single day hit like a gut punch. The firings of the cartoonists employed by the McClatchy newspaper chain last week were a stark reminder

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — European leaders and Tunisia’s president have announced progress in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often lethal smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. The leaders of Italy, the Netherlands and the European Commission on Sunday made their second visit to Tunis

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press Many questions remain about what led a gunman in Fargo, North Dakota, to open fire on police as they were responding to a traffic crash. One officer was killed and two others were critically wounded before the gunman was killed by a fourth officer. The shooting happened Friday afternoon along

YOUNGSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a couple checking out a barking dog on their northwestern Pennsylvania property led to the capture of a homicide suspect who had used bed sheets to escape from jail. Thirty-four-year-old Michael Burham was recaptured Saturday, nine days after he fled the Warren County jail by climbing on exercise equipment,

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz said he wanted another shot at Novak Djokovic. Said it would make winning a Wimbledon championship more special. Well, Alcaraz got his chance to face Djokovic. And he beat him. Alcaraz put aside a poor start and surged down the stretch to end

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police say two men have died after a firearm was used in downtown Poznan, a city in western Poland. Spokesman for Poznan police said the incident Sunday afternoon took place in a hotel restaurant garden in St. Martin street. Spokesman Andrzej Borowiak said that most probably two men were involved

By JEFF AMY and TOM MURPHY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Police have swarmed a neighborhood south of Atlanta, searching for a man suspected of fatally gunning down three men and a woman. Police say Andre Longmore is accused of killing the four victims Saturday in a quiet subdivision in Hampton, Georgia. Neighbor Frankie

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency posted air quality alerts for several states stretching from Montana to Ohio on Sunday because of smoke blowing in from Canadian wildfires. “Air Quality alerts are in place for much of the Great Lakes, Midwest, and northern High Plains,” the National Weather Service said. “This is due

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz said he wanted another shot at Novak Djokovic. Said it would make winning a Wimbledon championship more special. Well, Alcaraz got his chance to face Djokovic. And he beat him. Alcaraz put aside a poor start and surged down the stretch to end

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trail had gone cold as clues suddenly dwindled. For a time, doubts swirled about whether a killer who dumped the remains of his female victims along remote stretches of coastline on New York’s Long Island would ever be caught. Then finally, after more than

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Reporter NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is cutting campaign staff as he struggles to catch Donald Trump in the GOP’s crowded primary contest while facing sudden financial pressure. DeSantis, the Florida governor, let go fewer than 10 paid staffers late last week. That’s according to