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GENEVA (AP) — No worries about spectators getting a beer at the stadium when Australia hosts the 2032 Olympics. Brisbane organizing committee president Andrew Liveris says “we’ll serve a beer because we can.” Liveris was asked about the alcohol prohibition for ordinary fans at the 2024 Paris Olympics. That’s the law for stadiums in France.

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has countersued the advice columnist who accused him of rape, saying she defamed him by continuing to insist she was raped even after a jury declined to agree. Lawyers for Trump filed papers late Tuesday to say writer E. Jean Carroll should

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government’s climate advisers have slammed officials for their slow pace in meeting their net zero target and backtracking on fossil fuel commitments. The Climate Change Committee, which tracks the U.K. government’s decarbonization efforts, says Britain has “lost its clear global leadership position on climate action.”

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Seacrest earned a plum gig this week, replacing the retiring Pat Sajak as host of “Wheel of Fortune.” Producers went with a dependable big name, a reminder that the days of game show hosts primarily being known as game show hosts are over. Sajak,

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit area woke up Wednesday to some of the worst air quality in the United States as smoke from Canada’s wildfires settled over most of the Great Lakes region and unhealthy haze spread southward, as far as Missouri and Kentucky. Drifting smoke from

By DEEPA BHARATH of The Associated Press and ALEJANDRA MOLINA of Religion News Service OAK FLAT, Ariz. (AP) — Azee Romero climbed barefoot on the wrinkled trunk of the massive Emory oak tree at the center of the Oak Flat Campground. The 5-year-old in his black dinosaur t-shirt with hair tied under a backwards baseball

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian opposition figure says that he has provided the International Criminal Court with materials that allegedly detail President Alexander Lukashenko’s involvement in the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Belarus. Moscow has used the territory of its dependent ally for invading Ukraine, maintained its troops

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Jurors who will decide the fate of actor Kevin Spacey were sworn in Wednesday in a London court as the Oscar winner faces charges of sexually assaulting four men as long as two decades ago. The outcome of the trial could send Spacey to prison or revive

By TOM MURPHY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Nathan Hill started receiving $12.75 an hour from a state Medicaid program to help care for his severely disabled son during the pandemic, money he said allowed his family to stop using food stamps. The program was designed to provide a continuation of care and ease a

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and TERRY CHEA Associated Press Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When DoorDash began, its three co-founders did all the deliveries themselves. A decade later, they’re still at it. DoorDash Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Andy Fang makes DoorDash deliveries for about an hour each month, which helps him fix problems quickly and

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A brushfire is threatening dozens of homes in northern Scottsdale, Arizona, and has prompted evacuations. Authorities say more than 1,000 people are under evacuation orders. The blaze, called the Diamond Fire, broke out at around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. It’s now burned about 3.9 square miles of land without any containment. However,

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The United States is about to start the countdown to its 250th anniversary. The buildup begins this July 4 at a Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs at American Family Field in Milwaukee, where the organization created by Congress to oversee the party will

LONDON (AP) — Two protesters from the Just Stop Oil group have run onto the field at Lords and briefly disrupted play about five minutes after the start of the second Ashes cricket test between England and Australia. The environmental activists tried to spread orange powder on the field but the England and Australia players

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The warnings have been sounded for more than a year: A recession is going to hit the United States. If not this quarter, then by next quarter. Or the quarter after that. Or maybe next year. So is a recession still in sight? The latest signs

By JAIME HANSON of NerdWallet The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering a new rule that would slash credit card late fees by 75%, from current highs of up to $41 to as low as $8. Though a reduction in fees may seem attractive, opponents argue it will lead to long-term consequences that include lower

By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After three years, the pandemic-era freeze on federal student loan payments will end in October. It might seem tempting to just keep not making payments, but the consequences can be severe, including a hit to your credit score and exclusion from future aid

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities arrested on Wednesday a man they accused of helping Russia direct a missile strike that killed at least 10 people, including three teenagers, at a popular pizza restaurant in east Ukraine. The Tuesday evening attack on Kramatorsk wounded 61 other people, Ukraine’s National Police

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Iga Swiatek is coming off her third title in the past four years on the French Open’s red clay. She also won a championship on the U.S. Open’s hard courts and reached the semifinals on that surface at the Australian Open. And what about on grass courts? Wimbledon has

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed on Wednesday despite a rally on Wall Street driven by optimism over reports suggesting the American economy is in better shape than feared. France’s CAC 40 advanced 0.7% in early trading to 7,263.87, while Germany’s DAX rose 0.7% to 15,953.77. Britain’s FTSE