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Wall Street falls as Nvidia, Palantir and other AI stars keep sinking

NEW YORK (AP) — Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks that had surged in the mania surrounding artificial-intelligence technology are dragging Wall Street lower again on Wednesday. Th...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

World Boxing will require sex testing for fighters before world championships in September

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The governing body for Olympic-style boxing will require sex testing for all fighters wishing to compete in the women's division at its world championships next month. Wor...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

How a ship that glides like a pelican could change travel and defense

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The winged passenger ferry gliding over the surface of Narragansett Bay could be a new method of coastal transportation or a new kind of warship. Its maker, Rege...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Dave Koz and his band were in flight delay hell. So they picked up their instruments

Passengers on a flight from St. Louis to Seattle got an unexpected pick-me-up when jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and bandmates held an impromptu jam session in the aisle while the plane was stuc...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

NATO defense chiefs hold 'candid discussion' on security guarantees for Ukraine

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense chiefs held a “candid discussion" Wednesday about what security guarantees they could offer Kyiv to help forge a peace agreement that ends Russia’s three-year wa...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Paris residents fight overtourism and ‘Disneyfication' of beloved Montmartre neighborhood

PARIS (AP) — When Olivier Baroin moved into an apartment in Montmartre about 15 years ago, it felt like he was living in a village in the heart of Paris. Not anymore. Stores for residents ar...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Black Cowboy joy is spread by 'Boots on the Ground' viral line dance

NEW YORK (AP) — When Tre Little two-stepped in his cowboy boots at the BET Awards preshow this summer, he was overcome with joy and gratitude. “I used to watch this on TV every year, and I’m...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump thinks owning a piece of Intel would be a good deal for the US. Here's what to know

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump wants the U.S. government to own a piece of Intel, less than two weeks after demanding the Silicon Valley pioneer dump the CEO that was hired to t...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Rwanda-backed rebels killed over 140 civilians in eastern Congo, rights group says

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels killed at least 140 people in farming communities in eastern Congo in July, a human rights group said in a report Wednesday, describing the killing...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Bus crash in Afghanistan kills more than 70 Afghans returning from Iran

A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan killed at least 79 people returning from Iran, including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interi...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Aubrey Plaza describes grief over husband Jeff Baena's death, likens it to an 'ocean of awfulness'

Aubrey Plaza has described her grief over husband Jeff Baena’s death, likening it to “a giant ocean of awfulness.” The actor spoke on the podcast ‘’Good Hang with Amy Poehler,” telling h...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Villagers offer harrowing accounts of one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan's civil war

CAIRO (AP) — When Ahlam Saeed awoke last month to the sound of gunfire and roaring vehicle motors, the 43-year-old widow rushed outside her home in war-torn Sudan to find a line of at least ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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