Articles filed under Associated Press
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Israel's national anthem loudly jeered before Olympic soccer match against MaliJul 24, 2024 5:25 pm - PARIS — Israel's national anthem was loudly jeered before its soccer team kicked off play at the Paris Olympics against Mali on Wednesday night. The game began with a mas...
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Coco Gauff to be female flag bearer for U.S. team at Olympic opening ceremony, joining LeBron JamesJul 24, 2024 5:21 pm - PARIS — Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday’s opening ceremony. Gauff, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is ...
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Olympic soccer gets off to violent and chaotic start as Morocco fans rush the field vs ArgentinaJul 24, 2024 5:17 pm - SAINT-ETIENNE, France — The Olympic men's soccer tournament got off to a violent and chaotic start Wednesday with Morocco's shocking 2-1 win against two-time gold medalis...
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Oilers hire Bowman as GM less than 3 years since he resigned after Blackhawks sexual assault scandalJul 24, 2024 5:03 pm - The Edmonton Oilers hired Stan Bowman as general manager and executive vice president of hockey operations on Wednesday, making him the first former Chicago Blackhawks executive re-hired by an NHL team since the team's 2010 sexual assault scandal came to light in recent years.
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Thousands fill Washington's streets to protest Israel's war in Gaza during Netanyahu visitJul 24, 2024 2:55 pm - WASHINGTON — Thousands of people protesting Israel’s war in Gaza marched Wednesday in Washington, chanting “Free, Free Palestine” as they filled blocks of city streets an...
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is here to shake up the Marvel Cinematic UniverseJul 24, 2024 12:31 pm - Shawn Levy is no novice when it comes to rumors around his projects. Years on "Stranger Things" taught him how to tune out the noise. Yet even he’s found himself astonished by the sheer volume of speculation around "Deadpool & Wolverine."
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Dan Aykroyd revisits the Blues Brothers’ remarkable legacy in new Audible OriginalJul 24, 2024 8:50 am - The shades are on, the skinny tie is knotted and the fedora is perched just so — Dan Aykroyd is ready to look back, which he does in the Audible Original “Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude.”
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In ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ the superhero movie finally accepts itself for what it isJul 24, 2024 8:49 am - It's no surprise that the long-anticipated "Deadpool and Wolverine" embraces its fourth wall-breaking self-awareness — even as it looks increasingly and more earnestly like the superhero movie blueprint it loves to exploit.
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Salt Lake City celebrates announcement that it will host the 2034 Winter OlympicsJul 24, 2024 8:21 am - SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City was formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics following a Wednesday vote by the International Olympic Committee in Paris, giving Utah its ...
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Harris asks for 2024 support from women of color during an address at a historically Black sororityJul 24, 2024 7:10 am - WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris told members of the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta on Wednesday that “we are not playing around” and asked for their ...