AP National News

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Marketa Vondrousova came to the All England Club a year ago unable to play tennis at all. She had a cast on her surgically repaired left wrist, so her visit was limited to sightseeing around London with her sister and cheering for a friend who

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The extremist rebel group Allied Democratic Forces has been accused of killing at least 12 people in Ituri province in northeastern Congo. Local farmers discovered their bodies in the bush early Friday as they went to work their fields. A local civil society organization said Saturday

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Days of heavy rain in South Korea have left at least 26 people dead and 10 others missing in landslides, floods and other incidents. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety says the 26 fatalities were reported on Friday and Saturday, all in the central

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Marketa Vondrousova became the lowest-ranked woman to win Wimbledon, defeating 2022 runner-up Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 in the final Saturday. Vondrousova is a 24-year-old left-hander from the Czech Republic who is ranked 42nd and was the first unseeded woman to play for the title at

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says he has been rushed to a hospital. Netanyahu’s office said he was in “good condition” but undergoing medical evaluation. It gave no further details.

The Associated Press An independent monitoring group says a large convoy carrying fighters from the Wagner private army has been spotted entering Belarus from Russia. The group Belaruski Hajun said at least 60 trucks, buses and other large vehicles crossed into country accompanied by Belarusian police. The group said the vehicles had license plates from

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police are searching for the killers of a North Macedonian businessman at a holiday resort in northern Greece. Police say two masked men riding a motorcycle approached a villa in the resort of Hanioti, southeast of Thessaloniki, which the 39-year-old businessman was renting along with

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The man who said he would burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm gave up his plan and instead held a one-person demonstration against burning holy books. The man is in his 30s and had been issued a permit for the protest by Stockholm police for the

PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) — Officials say a fire at a Louisiana chemical plant triggered explosions that shook homes several miles away and sent flames and smoke billowing into the air. Iberville Parish Sheriff Bret Stassi said no one was injured in the blaze late Friday at Dow Chemical’s plant on the Mississippi River near Plaquemine,

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The candidate who led his party to first place in Thailand’s general election in May says he’s open to bowing out of contention for new prime minister if he can’t win in a second round of voting in Parliament. Lawmakers failed to confirm Pita Limjaroenrat, the 42-year-old

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Ons Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova have started play in the Wimbledon women’s final at Centre Court on Saturday. The main stadium’s retractable roof was shut at the beginning of the match. The winner will become a first-time Grand Slam champion. They went into Saturday’s title match with a combined record of

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America PHILADELPHIA (AP) — By pursuing funding equity in court, financially challenged Pennsylvania districts are following a well-traveled school reform path. For decades, school districts around the country that found themselves on the short end of a resource imbalance have gone to court to force states to give them

By JACK DURA and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — One police officer was killed and two others were critically wounded in a shooting on a busy street in Fargo, North Dakota, that also left the suspect dead, police said. A witness told The Associated Press that she saw a car crash and

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish authorities say that they have preemptively evacuated some 500 people to avoid a wildfire that has broken out on the Canary island of La Palma. The regional president of the Canary Islands Fernando Clavijo says that the number of evacuees could easily rise and that

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has given in to China’s unilateral appointment of a new bishop in Shanghai and formally recognized Beijing’s installation of Bishop Shen Bin three months after the fact. The Vatican said on Saturday that Francis had appointed Shen as bishop of Shanghai. The Vatican spokesman said

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet for the Wimbledon championship. Sunday’s matchup at Centre is quite tantalizing. Alcaraz is ranked No. 1. Djokovic is ranked No. 2. Alcaraz is still just 20 and is seeking his first title at the All England Club and

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Days of heavy rain in South Korea have left at least 22 people dead and 14 others missing in landslides, floods and other incidents. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety says the 22 fatalities were reported on Friday and Saturday, all in the central