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Saso wins another U.S. Women's Open, but this one is for Japan

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Yuka Saso became a U.S. Women's Open champion for the second time Sunday and took her place in history with a rare footnote - the first Filipino to win the Women's Open in 2021, ...

Jun 02, 2024

South Africa's president urges parties to find common ground in talks after election deadlock

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - President Cyril Ramaphosa called Sunday for South Africa's political parties to overcome their differences and find "common ground" to form the first national coalition government ...

Jun 02, 2024

Mexico votes in an election likely to choose the country’s first female president

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexicans will likely choose the first female president in the country's history Sunday between a former academic who promises to further the current leader's populist policies and a...

Jun 02, 2024

A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) - Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies mark...

Jun 02, 2024

Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country's top po...

Jun 01, 2024

Zelenskyy urges top defense officials to attend upcoming summit on ending Russia's war on Ukraine

SINGAPORE (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged a group of top defense officials at Asia's premier security conference on Sunday to attend an upcoming conference on ending the Russian w...

Jun 01, 2024

Triple-A catcher who was hit by a backswing is out of the hospital, resting and recovering

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Catcher Payton Henry of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons was released from the hospital on Saturday, a day after he was struck by a batter's backswing and carted off the field on a st...

Jun 01, 2024

Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in jury decision

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Chad Daybell has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend's two youngest children in Idaho. The sentence was handed down Saturday after an Idaho jury ...

Jun 01, 2024

River ferry sinks in Afghanistan, killing at least 20

ISLAMABAD (AP) - At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan Saturday morning, a Taliban official said. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the in...

Jun 01, 2024

The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since t...

Jun 01, 2024