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Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The CrossFit Games have resumed a day after a competitor died after going underwater and not resurfacing during a swimming event in a Texas lake. In a post on the social platform X, officials said they resumed the event Friday after deciding that “the best way to grieve is together.”

Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling business. Mathew Bowyer entered the plea in federal court in Santa Ana on Friday. He also pleaded guilty to money laundering

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The European Union and the United States have marked the fourth anniversary of massive protest in Belarus by calling for the release of all political prisoners voicing support for the Belarusian people. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell emphasized that “the EU remains united in its support to the

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida man has been sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for attacking a Muslim U.S. Postal Service worker and trying to pull off her hijab. Court records show that 47-year-old Kenneth Pinkney was sentenced Friday in Miami federal court. He pleaded guilty in April to assault

AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif’s fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faces online abuse over misconceptions about her sex. Hours before Khelif battled for a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division Friday night, women arrived at Roland

Report for America/Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An investigation funded by the state of Alabama says the last known U.S. slave ship is too broken and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Gulf Coast without dismembering it. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical Commission says the ship had

AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The union that represents train engineers says Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make their schedules more predictable. These quality of life concerns nearly caused a nationwide rail strike two years ago. The nation’s largest railroad is telling the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Betty Prashker, a pioneering editor of the 20th century who as one of the first women with the power to acquire books published such classics as Kate Millett’s “Sexual Politics” and Susan Faludi’s “Backlash,” died July 30 at age 99. Her daughter, Lucy Prashker, says Prashker died at

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh is accused of driving under the influence. Authorities say he ran into a bicyclist who was riding in the bike lane of an Atlanta street Thursday night. Court records show he faces seven charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol, and driving under the influence of

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Wildfires in Oregon have burned more acres of land in 2024 than in any other year since reliable records began in 1992. According to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, more than 1.4 million acres, or 2,200 square miles, have burned in the state so far. Center spokesperson Carol Connolly

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a murder conviction in the killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed the botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious.” The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes didn’t get a fair trial. Osorio-Arellanes was sentenced to