SALT LAKE CITY (AP) 鈥 The Winter Olympics will make its grand return to Salt Lake City in 2034, the International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday, marking the success of Utah's decades-long effort to preserve Olympic venues and retain public enthusiasm.
PARIS (AP) 鈥 French authorities say they have detained a Russian man on suspicion of planning to 鈥渄estabilize the Olympic Games.鈥
Drops for Tesla and Google parent company Alphabet are dragging indexes lower after the Big Tech giants delivered earnings that failed to impress. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% Wednesday and is on track for its fifth fall in six days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 342 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite slumped 2%. Tesla tumbled after the electric vehicle maker said its profit for the spring sank 45%. Alphabet dropped despite delivering better-than-expected profit and revenue. Analysts pointed to pockets of weakness including weaker growth in advertising revenue for YouTube than expected.
French authorities arrest a Russian-born man in Paris on suspicion of planning to 鈥渄estabilize鈥 the Olympics.
PARIS (AP) 鈥 The French Alps were named as the 2030 Winter Games host by the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, though with conditions attached and signoff required from whoever is the next prime minister of France.
A plane has crashed just after taking off from Nepal鈥檚 capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor. Civil aviation authorities say all the people aboard the plane were Nepali except for one passenger who was a Yemeni national. Police say that authorities have pulled all 18 bodies from the wreckage at Kathmandu's main airport. Airport officials say that the plane was heading to Nepal鈥檚 second-most populous city of Pokhara for maintenance work and most of the passengers aboard were either mechanics or airline employees. Aviation officials say the plane had just taken off Wednesday when it turned right before crashing into the eastern section of the airport.
Competitions at the Paris Olympics officially began with players kicking off at soccer matches involving Spain and Argentina in Paris and Saint-Etienne on Wednesday. Spain took on Uzbekistan at Parc des Princes in western Paris 鈥 once the home of French striker Kylian Mbapp茅 when he played for Paris Saint-Germain. Argentina also got the ball rolling at 3 p.m. against Morocco in Saint-脡tienne at Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium. It is nicknamed Le Chaudron (The Cauldron) for the fervent atmosphere created by passionate supporters of the local club.
As expected, Salt Lake City will be an Olympics host again after the IOC formally awarded the 2034 Winter Games to the United States bid. The capital city of Utah was the only candidate after the International Olympic Committee gave Salt Lake City exclusive negotiating rights last year in a fast-track contest for 2034. Salt Lake City鈥檚 final approval was in a vote Wednesday by IOC members. The IOC also made an unusual demand, pushing local officials to pledge to help end an FBI investigation into actions taken by the World Anti-Doping Agency regarding Chinese swimmers who were allowed to compete at the last Olympics despite positive drug tests.
Competition at Paris Olympics begins with kickoff at soccer matches between Uzbekistan-Spain and Argentina-Morocco.
Salt Lake City has been formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics following a vote by the International Olympic Committee in Paris. The decision gives Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002. Salt Lake City was the lone contender the Olympic committee was considering for 2034. Climate change and high operational costs have reduced the number of cities willing and able to host the Winter Games. Utah has capitalized on low interest elsewhere. The 2034 plan requires no new permanent construction since all 13 venues are already in place.
Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday鈥檚 opening ceremony. Gauff, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is set to make her Olympic debut at the Paris Games and will be the first tennis athlete to carry the U.S. flag. She and James were chosen by Team USA athletes. The 20-year-old Gauff made the American team for the Tokyo Games three years ago as a teenager but had to sit out those Olympics because she tested positive for COVID-19 right before she was supposed to fly to Japan.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington to address Congress on Wednesday. He has signaled that a cease-fire deal could be taking shape after nine months of war. Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military鈥檚 latest order to leave parts of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis say they are sleeping in the streets. The Health Ministry in Gaza says over 39,100 Palestinians have been killed in the war. On Thursday, officials from Egypt, Israel, the United States and Qatar will meet in Doha with the aim of resuming talks for a proposed three-phase cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
Indigenous peoples have been playing stickball for centuries. It's perhaps the oldest game in North America, and every summer since 1975, teams have competed in Mississippi to become champion. A game of physicality and endurance, stickball is often called the grandfather of field sports. 聽The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has been producing some of the country鈥檚 best players for generations. and their annual tournament in Mississippi is the game鈥檚 premier event. In any tournament or exhibition game in the country, a team from Mississippi will almost certainly be the one to beat in the competition for glory, and a ceremonial drum.
What do Venezuelans believe in? The government has not published official data for years, but academics rely on projections and field work to have a sense of the religious landscape. Religion may not have a direct impact on the July 28 election, when President Nicolas Maduro might be re-elected for a six-year term. But religiosity has played a role in the past few decades, especially during his predecessor's government. Religious groups say they generally enjoy freedom of religion or belief so long as they refrained from criticizing Maduro-aligned figures or policies.
After dropping out of the presidential race, Joe Biden will address the nation tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted Biden鈥檚 endorsement and is building momentum ahead of the DNC in Chicago. On the campaign trail, Harris is heading to the solidly Republican state of Indiana, and Donald Trump is holding his first public campaign rally since Biden鈥檚 exit from the 2024 race. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also addressing Congress against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Gaza.
The European climate service Copernicus said Monday broke the previous day's record of the world's hottest day ever. It鈥檚 yet another heat record that鈥檚 been shattered in the past couple of years. Copernicus鈥 preliminary data shows the global average temperature Monday was 17.15 degrees Celsius, or 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit, which beats Sunday's record by 0.06 degrees Celsius. The previous record before Sunday was set just a year ago. Before last year, the previous recorded hottest day was in 2016 when average temperatures were at 16.8 degrees Celsius, or 62.24 degrees Fahrenheit.
Taiwan has shuttered offices, schools and tourist sites across the island ahead of a powerful typhoon due to make landfall later Wednesday. Typhoon Gaemi already worsened rains in the Philippines, where at least 13 people have died. In Taiwan, one person was killed by a falling tree. The typhoon had winds of 113 mph Wednesday and heavy rain was falling in much of Taiwan. Gaemi did not make landfall in the Philippines but enhanced its seasonal monsoon rains. At least a dozen landslides and floods over five days have displaced 600,000 people in the Philippines. The downpour swelled a major river in the eastern fringes of the Manila region, and the currents swept away furniture and a steel cargo container.
Coco Gauff named flag bearer for US Olympic team at opening ceremony, joining LeBron James.
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Salt Lake City confirmed as host for the 2034 Winter Games by International Olympic Committee.
The Olympic Games are putting the French in the spotlight, as the hosts. But who are 鈥渓es Fran莽ais" 鈥 as they call themselves? Short answer: They don't fit neatly into any one box. They practically wrote the book on fraternity, liberty and equality but often fall short of their ambitious ideals. They're fans of "le fast food" but also are among the least overweight populations in Europe. They're a glorious mix of cultures but one of their national icons is a plucky cartoon character from ancient times. They're official secular but immensely proud of their world-famous religious architecture. And, yes, they make great wine but no longer guzzle it like they used to.
Netanyahu visit sparks wave of protests in DC, with all sides criticizing the Israeli PM
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) 鈥 When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has dwindled to 30. He says his once fertile soil has become a nearly lifeless field that no longer…
Naomi Osaka will join gymnastics icon Simone Biles and track and field star Sha鈥機arri Richardson on the Olympic stage. These Black women athletes at the height of their careers have been vocal about mental health, public critique and other personal struggles. Osaka and Biles needed time away from their respective sports to prioritize mental health. Richardson returned to competition after a highly scrutinized ban from track and field. They鈥檝e all bounced back to the world鈥檚 biggest stage while displaying different levels of vulnerability. Their stories, different yet similar, give viewers a unique image of Black women.
The 2024 Olympics is getting underway this week. Stay on top of all the action 鈥 everything on the track, courts and fields, in the pools and all the other events 鈥 with this guide that tells you everything you need to know about the event in Paris.
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥 Curious about which songs are fueling the Olympians competing in Paris starting this month? The Associated Press has an idea.
- With teams from 24 European countries, and fans from throughout the continent and across the globe, Drug-Free World spread the message of drug prevention far and wide throughout the UEFA European Championship games -
PARIS (AP) 鈥 Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news sites improbably registered in an obscure Pacific territory, population 15,000.
Nearly a third of the children and vulnerable adults in state, foster and faith-based care in New Zealand between 1950 and 1999 were physically, sexually, verbally or psychologically harmed. That's according to a just-released report from New Zealand's six-year inquiry into abuse, neglect and exploitation. The 3,000-page report released Wednesday says some 200,000 people were abused. It also says some children were tortured, and calls the abuse a national disgrace. The report urged immediate redress for survivors and consequences for abusers, along with far-reaching overhauls of the child welfare system and criminal and civil laws. The inquiry found that faith institutions were among the worst settings for abuse.
A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris in Wisconsin as she opened her Democratic political case against Republican former President Donald Trump. In her first rally since locking up the presidential nomination, she said Tuesday that in the November election against Trump, 鈥渋t's a choice between freedom and chaos.鈥 In Washington, congressional Democratic leaders Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Vice President Harris, capping their party鈥檚 swift embrace of her 2024 candidacy. Two days after President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid and as the Democratic Party coalesces around Harris, she traveled to Milwaukee on Tuesday. She has raised more than $100 million since Sunday afternoon.
The political establishment鈥檚 failure to fix decades of crisis in Argentina explains the tide of popular rage that vaulted the irascible Javier Milei, a self-declared 鈥渁narcho-capitalist,鈥 to the presidency. But it also helps explain the emergence of a unique society that runs on grit, ingenuity and opportunism 鈥 perhaps now more than ever as Argentina undergoes its worst economic crisis since its catastrophic foreign-debt default of 2001. To reverse the decades of reckless spending, Milei scrapped hundreds of price controls. He slashed subsidies for electricity, fuel and transportation, causing prices to skyrocket in a country that already had one of the world鈥檚 highest inflation rates. Poverty now afflicts a staggering 57% of Argentina鈥檚 47 million people.
Asian stocks are mostly lower as markets digest Japanese and Australian business data, while U.S. stocks held relatively steady as earnings reporting season ramped up for big companies. U.S. futures fell while oil prices were higher. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite edged down 0.1%. Nvidia was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500, and UPS tumbled after delivering weaker profit for the spring than analysts expected. But the smaller stocks in the Russell 2000 index continued their big run and rose 1%. They鈥檝e flipped the market鈥檚 leaderboard recently and zoomed higher amid hopes for cuts to interest rates.
Ninety-seven runners have pushed off in desolate Death Valley for an annual ultramarathon billed as the world鈥檚 toughest foot race. The men and women ranging in age from 19 to 69 and hailing from 21 countries and 26 U.S. states started the Badwater 135 on Monday amid an excessive heat warning. Over 48 hours, the participants will run amid daytime temperatures reaching over 120 degrees Fahrenheit and night heat above 100 F. They will travel over roadways open to traffic and pass through places with names like Furnace Creek and Devil鈥檚 Golf Course. The race started in 1987 and is always run when temperatures peak in mid-July.
Donald Trump is holding his first public campaign rally since President Joe Biden dropped out of a 2024 matchup that both major parties had spent months preparing for, leaving the former president to direct his ire toward his likely new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump is expected to turn his full focus on Harris as he stops Wednesday in North Carolina. The former president鈥檚 trip to the swing state shows he鈥檚 concerned about keeping it in his win column this November, even as his team reaches for wins in traditionally Democratic-leaning states like Minnesota, where Trump is set to visit Saturday. Trump has ramped up his criticism of the vice president, whom he鈥檚 characterized as 鈥渢he same as Biden but much more radical.鈥
Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington. A stretch of Interstate 84 connecting Oregon and Idaho in the area of one of the fires was closed indefinitely Tuesday. I-84 between Ontario and Baker City closed as flames from the Durkee fire moved toward the roadway in multiple locations. In central Washington, new fires prompted mandatory evacuations and threatened a natural gas plant. New lightning-sparked wildfires in the Sierra near the California-Nevada border forced the evacuation of a recreation area, closed a state highway and were threatening structures Tuesday.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) 鈥 Mudslides triggered by heavy rain in a remote part of Ethiopia have killed at least 229 people, including many who tried to rescue survivors, local authorities said Tuesday, in what the prime minister called a "terrible loss."
AGUA CALIENTE, Venezuela (AP) 鈥 At a crossroads not far from a gas station overgrown with weeds, young men and women in faded green fatigues stop vehicles returning from a rally for opponents of Venezuelan President Nicol谩s Maduro, ask passengers for their identifications, and inspect their …
Comments Donald Trump鈥檚 running mate JD Vance made in 2021 questioning Vice President Kamala Harris鈥 leadership because she did not have biological children have resurfaced. It's testing Vance in his early days campaigning as part of Republicans' presidential ticket. During Vance鈥檚 Senate bid, he referred to Democrats as "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they鈥檝e made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.鈥 He said that included Harris. Vance said, 鈥淗ow does it make any sense that we鈥檝e turned our country over to people who don鈥檛 really have a direct stake in it?鈥 Harris' campaign says that 鈥渆very single American has a stake in this country鈥檚 future.鈥
There鈥檚 been a head-spinning reversal of messages from the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. On Sunday, its leader applauded President Joe Biden鈥檚 鈥渟elfless act鈥 of withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. On Monday, the agency announced the firing of that leader, Brent Leatherwood. But on Tuesday, it retracted that announcement. Instead, the executive committee of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced its own chairman has resigned. The committee affirmed its support for Leatherwood as its president. Leatherwood is a staunch conservative, but amid strong support for former President Donald Trump among many Southern Baptists, some want the agency and denomination to move even further to the right.
In her first rally as a presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris Harris is framing the race with Donald Trump as a choice between 鈥渇reedom鈥 and 鈥渃haos.鈥 Democratic leaders Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Harris on Tuesday, capping off their party鈥檚 swift embrace of her 2024 candidacy. Meanwhile, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stepped down from her job following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Cheatle had been facing growing calls to resign and several investigations into how the shooter was able to get so close to the Republican presidential nominee.
LONDON (AP) 鈥 What do you do when you travel in a chauffeur-driven Bentley but want to be known as the green king?
A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries have set out on foot from Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico, as they attempt to reach the U.S.. However, recent similar attempts have failed, with groups of migrants disbanding after a few days without leaving the region. Several members of the group said they hoped to reach the U.S. before the November presidential election as they fear that if Donald Trump wins, he will follow through on a promise to close the border to asylum-seekers. These groups are sometimes led by activists. Other times, by the migrants themselves who get tired of waiting for asylum appointments in the U.S.
John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, 聽has died. He was 90. He is credited with helping develop the English take on urban, Chicago-style rhythm and blues that played an important role in the blues revival of the late 1960s. A statement on Mayall's official Instagram page says he died Monday at his home in California. Though Mayall never approached the fame of some of his illustrious alumni, he was still performing in his late 80s, pounding out his version of Chicago blues.
State election directors from across the country have voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official that the system won鈥檛 be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election. The manager of election and government programs for the postal service attempted to reassure the directors at a meeting in Minneapolis on Tuesday that the system鈥檚 inspector general will publish an election mail report next week that will contain 鈥渆ncouraging鈥 performance numbers for this year so far. State election directors stressed that they鈥檙e still worried that too many ballots won鈥檛 be delivered in time to be counted.
As areas across the U.S. continue to experience extreme heat, employers have taken steps to protect workers from high temperatures. UPS has added more cooling equipment to its vehicles and facilities. Some organizations are preparing frozen towels for employees to keep them cool. And one Texas-based company is using technology that detects when a worker is overheating. In the absence of federal heat rules as proposed recently by the Biden administration, some employers are setting up worker protections as summers grow hotter, longer and more extreme due to climate change.
Sparks flew as a Nevada judge rebuked a defense attorney and a former Los Angeles-area gang leader lashed out against prosecutors during his renewed effort to be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur. The judge last month rejected a hip-hop music figure's attempt to underwrite Duane 鈥淜effe D鈥 Davis鈥 $750,000 bail bond. The judge on Tuesday called for more documentation by next week. She also accused defense lawyer Carl Arnold of shaping media attention about the case, which Arnold denied. Davis has been jailed since his arrest last September. He has pleaded not guilty聽to murder and is due for trial in November.
TORONTO (AP) 鈥 Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls said Tuesday that his Donald Trump-inspired celebration of a hit Sunday was not intended as an endorsement of the Republican presidential candidate and added he was unlikely to do it again.
U.S. airline regulators have opened an investigation into Delta Air Lines, which is still struggling to restore operations on Tuesday, more than four full days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and disrupted global air travel. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the Delta investigation on the X social media platform Tuesday 鈥渢o ensure the airline is following the law and taking care of its passengers during continued widespread disruptions.鈥 Delta and its Delta Connection partners canceled about 500 flights on Tuesday, or about two-thirds of all cancellations in the United States.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥 A 25-year prison sentence for Cardell Hayes, the man who killed former New Orleans Saints start Will Smith in 2016, was reduced to 22 years and two months on Tuesday by a Louisiana judge who sought to give Hayes credit for the time he spent confined to his home before his …
