PARIS — Breanna Stewart scored 16 points and the U.S. women advanced to their eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal game with a 85-64 victory over Australia on Friday. The Americans, who extended their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive games, will face either France or Belgium on Sunday. The U.S....
Travis Scott Is Arrested at a Paris Hotel After Altercation With a Security Guard, Prosecutors Say
PARIS — Rapper Travis Scott was arrested at a Paris hotel after an altercation with a security guard, French prosecutors said Friday. The arrest occurred after police were called to the Georges V hotel early Friday to arrest a man "nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard," according...
LeBron James Still Leads the Way for the US at Age 39
PARIS — LeBron James knows there aren't many moments like this left. He's 39. He's entering his 22nd professional season. It's logical to expect that the Paris Olympics will be his last time on this stage, and who knows if he's got one more NBA championship run in him. James...
Baby Gorilla Is Born at Detroit Zoo, the First in Its 96-Year History
ROYAL OAK, Mich. — It's a baby — gorilla. The Detroit Zoo in suburban Detroit said the birth Thursday was the first in its 96-year history. "Bandia had a very smooth pregnancy, which is so important for a first-time mom," said Tami Brightrall, the zoo's associate curator of mammals. The...
A Win for the Harris-Walz Ticket Would Also Mean the Country’s First Native American Female Governor
If Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are elected this fall, not only would a woman of color lead the country for the first time, but a Native woman would govern a state for the first time in U.S. history too. Peggy Flanagan: A...
Man Charged in 1977 Strangulations of Three Southern California Women After DNA Investigation
VENTURA — A 73-year-old man has been charged in the strangulation deaths of three Southern California women in 1977 after cold case detectives obtained a DNA match, authorities said Thursday, adding they believe there could be more victims. Warren Luther Alexander of Diamondhead, Mississippi, made his first court appearance Thursday...
Meet America’s Newest Giant Pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao
SAN DIEGO — California's governor flew in for the young bears' debut. Throngs of media gathered inside the zoo, while the city of San Diego warned of traffic jams ahead of the much-anticipated event Thursday. The San Diego Zoo rolled out the red carpet for the first public showing of...
Wall Street Is Clawing Back More Losses to Close Its Wild, Whipsaw Week
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady on Friday at the tail end of a wild, whipsaw week for Wall Street. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in midday trading after drifting between small gains and losses. It's coming off its best day since 2022, and it's close...
Russia Declares an Emergency in Kursk, Under Attack by Ukraine. 12 Killed in Russian Strike on Mall
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia declared a "federal-level" emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine and sent reinforcements there on Friday, four days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured across the border in what appeared to be Kyiv's biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began....
California Governor Vows to Take Away Funding From Cities and Counties for Not Clearing Encampments
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday had a message for local governments: clean up homeless encampments now or lose out on state funding next year. Standing in front of a cleared homeless encampment in Los Angeles, Newsom vowed to start taking state funding away from cities and counties...