Articles filed under Associated Press
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Anisimova avoids Wimbledon upset with 20 aces in win over Kenin. Swiatek and Zverev also advanceJul 02, 2026 5:38 pm - LONDON — Amanda Anisimova served three of her 20 aces in the deciding tiebreaker to hold off Sofia Kenin 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3) and reach the third round at Wimbledon on Thurs...
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The best movies of 2026 so far, from ‘Project Hail Mary’ to ‘Rose of Nevada’Jul 02, 2026 5:21 pm - It’s been a curiously seesawing first six months at the movies, which have been dominated as much by 26-year-old YouTuber-turned-filmmaker Curry Barker as they have 79-year-old Steven Spielberg. Some much-prized Hollywood IP has struggled (“Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu”) while other franchises (“Toy Story 5”) have been more than fine.
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How ‘Country Roads’ became the soundtrack of the US team’s World Cup runJul 02, 2026 5:14 pm - It's become one of the enduring scenes of the U.S. team during this World Cup: jubilant U.S. players joining tens of thousands of fans in singing John Denver's “Take Me Home, Country Roads” at the end of their matches.
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Tiger Woods’ hospital records will be handed over to prosecutors in Florida DUI case, judge rulesJul 02, 2026 5:09 pm - STUART, Fla. — Prosecutors are allowed to review medical records related to Tiger Woods ' March vehicle crash and subsequent arrest in Florida on suspicion of driving und...
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Caitlin Clark voted to start third straight WNBA All-Star Game, joined by two Fever teammatesJul 02, 2026 4:45 pm - NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark was voted to start her third straight All-Star Game and will be joined by Indiana Fever teammates Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston, the WNBA ann...
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The hot dog: We need to be frank about how German sausages became an American iconJul 02, 2026 4:34 pm - Nineteenth-century Indiana passed some of the country's toughest “blue laws” to protect Sunday's rest and worship from alcohol and ... hot dogs? But Indiana's push was n...
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Mikel Oyarzabal’s 2 goals send dominant Spain past Austria 3-0 and into Round of 16 at the World CupJul 02, 2026 4:26 pm - INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Mikel Oyarzabal scored two goals and Spain beat Austria 3-0 on Thursday for its first World Cup victory in a knockout match since winning the title in...
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Madison Square Garden is abuzz with eager Swifties ahead of Swift-Kelce weddingJul 02, 2026 4:07 pm - Amanda Powell flew a thousand miles from Little Rock, Arkansas, to the heart of New York City for just one reason: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding. She and two friends came “just to celebrate Taylor's wedding and congratulate her on her big day,” she said.
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What, like it’s hard? Newcomer Lexi Minetree put in the work to play a teen Elle Woods in ‘Elle’Jul 02, 2026 3:53 pm - When Lexi Minetree auditioned for the part of a teenage Elle Woods in a “Legally Blonde” prequel series for Prime Video, she went for it with the determination and creativity that the character herself used to apply to Harvard Law School in the original film.
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The US, Canada and Mexico begin bumpy negotiations to renew North American trade pactJul 02, 2026 3:08 pm - The United States trades $1.9 trillion a year — $5 billion a day — worth of goods and services with its neighbors, Canada and Mexico. They have supplanted China to become America's top two trading partners. So the stakes are high when it comes to fiddling with the rules that govern trade between the three countries.