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By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic literally took matters into his own hands on the wet Wimbledon grass by using his towel and some elbow grease to help dry the surface. Djokovic was playing in the opening match of this year’s tournament on Centre Court. That is the traditional

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire is in open rebellion. Georgia is all but out. South Carolina and Nevada are on board but face stiff Republican pushback. Michigan’s compliance may mean having to cut the state legislative session short, despite Democrats controlling both chambers and the governor’s mansion. Then there’s Iowa,

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Most of the U.S. may be looking forward to July Fourth for dazzling displays of fireworks or setting off firecrackers and poppers with their neighbors. Those with furry, four-legged family members — maybe not so much. For a lot of dogs and dog parents, the Fourth of

Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s new minister for migration says he would consider it “unthinkable” for the European Union to pull out its border protection force from the country. A dispute between the Greek government and the EU border agency Frontex worsened after a trawler carrying hundreds of migrants sank off the coast

By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For singer Norah Jones, the “Little Broken Hearts” album is a lesson in making the most of a bad experience. Now a decade old, the album stands out as a little gem, and clearly very different than anything else in her catalog, with the help

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher in a shortened trading day Monday as momentum slowed on Wall Street following its powerful rally through the first half of the year. The S&P 500 rose 5.21 points, or 0.1%, to 4,455.59 and reached its highest level since April 2022. The

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has lost in the first round of her 24th appearance at the All England Club. Williams fell to the ground at Centre Court early on against Elina Svitolina and her right knee was treated twice by a trainer. The 43-year-old

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis blocked traffic and snarled movement at the country’s main international airport, in the latest mass demonstration over Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious planned judicial overhaul that has divided the nation. Protesters waving Israel’s blue-and-white national flag and blowing horns blocked the main thoroughfare outside Ben Gurion Airport’s main terminal on Monday.

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore and a local elected official say litigation alleging Moore ruined the man’s marriage by having an affair with his wife is ending, two weeks after a lawsuit was filed. They provided no additional details Monday beyond stating

CARY, Ill. (AP) — A commercial-grade firework exploded in the face of an Illinois man as he was investigating why it hadn’t detonated. Investigators in Lake County say the 58-year-old man was looking into the tube containing the firework when it launched and exploded Sunday night. He is in critical condition at a hospital. Following

Associated Press Air travel is getting a bit easier, thanks to a break in storms that have pummeled the East Coast. The number of canceled and delayed flights on Monday was running well below Sunday’s rate. Besides the better weather, airlines are running lighter schedules a day ahead of the July 4 holiday. Wednesday figures

LONDON (AP) — Saudi Arabia and Russia are extending cuts to the amount of oil they pump to the world to try to prop up prices. It shows how two of the world’s largest oil producers are scrambling to boost income from the fossil fuel even as demand has weakened with the economy. The move

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Players from Russia and Belarus are back competing at Wimbledon a year after they were barred by the All England Club because of the invasion of Ukraine. The war that began in February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine with help from Belarus continues but the

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — One of Kevin Spacey’s accusers described the actor as a “slippery, snaky, difficult person” and says his escalating sexual assaults caused him shame, anxiety and depression. The man testifying Monday at Spacey’s sexual crimes trial says he cannot bring himself to watch the Oscar-winner’s films or TV

LONDON (AP) — Actors Rose Leslie and Kit Harington have welcomed their second child. A publicist for Harington confirmed Monday that the couple have added a daughter to their family. Further details weren’t immediately available. Harington and Leslie are both 36 and famously met on the set of “Game of Thrones,” where they played star-crossed

By JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than one person is suspected of opening fire during a holiday weekend block party in Baltimore that killed two and wounding 30 others, many of them under 18, police said Monday. The circumstances leading up to the shooting early Sunday remained under investigation after police spent

By NASSER NASSER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israel used drones to strike targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank early Monday and deployed hundreds of troops in an incursion that resembled the broad attacks carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health

LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A car crashed into a busy New Hampshire restaurant and injured more than a dozen patrons inside, authorities said. The vehicle struck the Looney Bin Bar & Grill a little after 12:40 p.m. Sunday and came to a stop well inside, pinning one man inside the bathroom, restaurant owner Michelle Watson