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Protests in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age
PARIS (AP) — French union activists marched on the headquarters of the Paris Olympics and slowed traffic at the capital's Orly Airport with strikes Tuesday as they sought to reignite resistance to a higher retirement age. But the last-ditch effort drew fewer followers than at the...
Ex-captain Amandine Henry back with France to prepare for Women's World Cup
PARIS (AP) — Former France captain Amandine Henry was called up by coach Herve Renard on Tuesday to prepare for the upcoming Women's World Cup. Renard chose 26 players in a squad that will ultimately be trimmed to 23 for the tournament in Australia and New Zealand next month. ...
Papa Jake survived D-Day on Omaha Beach, now he's a TikTok star
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa Jake," enjoyed giving hugs to the many fans he met during his trip to Normandy for D-Day commemorations. Larson, who has more than 600,000...
France's spectacular abbey Mont-Saint-Michel celebrates 1,000th birthday
PARIS (AP) — France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It's been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key Normandy tourism magnet is being celebrated until November with exhibits,...
'It was tough': World War II veterans return to Utah Beach to mark D-Day's 79th anniversary
ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. ...
Ohtani, Rengifo lifts Angels past Astros to avoid sweep, 2-1
HOUSTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels edged the Houston Astros 2-1 on Sunday to avoid a four-game series sweep. Ohtani was hitless before clubbing a pitch from Phil Maton (0-1) off the wall in right field, driving...
Saturday's Scores
Girls Softball OHSAA Softball Championships Division I State Final Austintown Fitch 6, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 1 Division II Tallmadge 8, Canfield 0 Division III Wheelersburg 6,...
Friday's Scores
Girls Softball Division I State Semifinal Austintown Fitch 3, Lebanon 0 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 2, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 1 Division IV State Semifinal Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 9, Rockford...
Young Kabuki actor's debut breaks Japanese theater traditions
TOKYO (AP) — Ten-year-old Maholo Terajima Ghnassia loves watching anime and playing baseball. He likes making beats and whisper ASMR. And he's breaking conventions in Japan’s 420-year-old Kabuki theater tradition. In Kabuki, all the roles are played by men, including beautiful...
Mirra Andreeva is a teen who doesn't like homework, wins easily at French Open; Coco Gauff next
PARIS (AP) — Mirra Andreeva is the latest teen sensation in tennis, a 16-year-old Russian who is the youngest player to win a match in the women's main draw at the French Open since 2005. Do the math: That’s before she was born. The 143rd-ranked Andreeva made her...
