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The Boston Celtics have a new owner. The drive to add more NBA championships won't change

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have a new owner, and there's one thing that isn't going to change at the NBA's most-decorated franchise. “Coming in second is not the objective, and it’s no...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Despite a flurry of meetings on Russia's war in Ukraine, major obstacles to peace remain

The second Oval Office meeting in six months between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went off smoothly Monday, in sharp contrast to their disastrous e...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Zelenskyy deploys gratitude diplomacy in second White House meeting with Trump

LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn't going to risk being accused of being ungrateful this time. With peace talks on the table and a chance to rebound from his disast...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

NFL stars under pressure: Which players have the most to prove this season?

The pressure is on several big-name NFL players as they enter a season that will go a long way toward determining their playing futures — and possibly that of their teams. New York Jets quar...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Photo of a stalled commuter train on a submerged track shows Mumbai’s frailties during monsoon

MUMBAI, India (AP) — A commuter train is stalled on a railway track that is submerged in water. Passengers get off it, open their umbrellas and leave, frustrated by the abrupt stop in their ...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A Gaza-bound ship that left Cyprus with 1,200 tons of food aid nears Israeli port

LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) — A ship that set off from Cyprus loaded with 1,200 tons of food supplies for the Gaza Strip is approaching the Israeli port of Ashdod on Tuesday in a renewed effort to...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Swiss watchmaker Swatch apologizes for ad showing gesture seen as racist

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss watchmaker Swatch apologized Monday for an ad campaign that upset consumers in China and elsewhere and said it had “immediately removed all related materials worldwide.” ...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Dodgers look to break road losing streak, take on the Rockies

Los Angeles Dodgers (71-54, first in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (36-89, fifth in the NL West) Denver; Tuesday, 8:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Emmet Sheehan (3-2, 3.86 ERA,...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

India's Modi to meet China's top diplomat as Asian powers rebuild ties

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with China’s top diplomat on Tuesday in a sign of easing tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors after a yearslong standof...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Hurricane Erin's massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina's Outer Banks

There's a popular T-shirt on Hatteras Island on the North Carolina Outer Banks that says: “One road on. One road off (sometimes)” — poking fun at the constant battle between Mother Nature an...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

South Sudanese exiles face uncertain future after release from prison in Sudan

RENK, South Sudan (AP) — As a young man in the mid-1980s, Daud Mahmoud Abdullah left his home in Aweil in South Sudan and headed north. It was a time of war. South Sudan was still part of Su...

DATE: Aug 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Rockies were once in danger of breaking MLB mark for losses. Now, they're piling up wins

DENVER (AP) — This was a cool moment for Warming Bernabel — being doused with an icy bucket of water. Not that long ago, winning moments like this were few and far between for the Colorado ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press