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Shiffrin caps injury-marred ski season with record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — For Mikaela Shiffrin, the award for the best slalom skier this season is different from the 15 crystal globes the American star won earlier in her career. This one, for a change, doesn’t feel like the end of a season. Shiffrin...
The NWSL season kicks off this weekend with 2 new teams
BAY FC 2023 FINISH: Expansion team for 2024. COACH: Albertin Montoya. KEY PLAYERS: Deyna Castellanos, Racheal Kundananji, Asisat Oshoala. OUTLOOK: Bay FC went on a spending spree heading into its first season and if coach Albertin Montoya...
An expanding NATO uses its diversity as strength. Member troops know Russia is watching
ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — The French navy frigate, bristling with weaponry and powering through frigid Norwegian seas not so far from Russia, awoke at 7:30 a.m. sharp to what, in the circumstances, was a surreal sound. The 1967 “ Summer of Love " hippie anthem...
Sweden’s flag is raised at NATO headquarters to cement its place as the 32nd member of the alliance
BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden’s flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine persuaded its reluctant public to seek safety under the alliance’s security umbrella. ...
Sweden’s flag is raised outside NATO headquarters, cementing the country's place as the 32nd member of the alliance
NATO's biggest drills since the Cold War send a signal to Russia and aim for a real-life feel
ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — Large NATO drills in the frigid fjords of northern Norway may be just war games meant to hone the fighting skills of the newly expanded 32-nation military alliance. But for troops taking part, they are very real. And that’s the whole...
Transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address
WASHINGTON (AP) — Transcript of President Joe Biden’s as-delivered State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, as provided by the White House. It includes interactions with the audience and White House corrections to Biden’s remarks in brackets: Good evening. Good evening. If...
Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality and centuries of broader non-alignment with major powers as security concerns in Europe have spiked following Russia’s 2022...
Swedish security service says 4 people arrested on suspicion of preparing 'terrorist offenses'
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Security Service said Thursday it had arrested four people on suspicion of preparing “terrorist offenses” with links to Islamic extremism and organized crime. The service did not say where or when the alleged attacks were to have taken...