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FILE - In this July 21, 2021 file photo, Canada's Victoria Hayward holds her helmet aloft during the softball game between Mexico and Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Fukushima , Japan. Hayward will be back on the field this weekend as a softball player — and as an owner. After hitting .300 at the Tokyo Olympics, the Canadian outfielder heads one of four teams that start play Saturday, Aug. 28, at Athletes Unlimited outside Chicago.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
League of their own: Softball players are part-owners

By Ronald Blum Aug. 28, 2021 11:51 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 12:16 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 15 The Guardian on U.S. President Joe Biden,...

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019 file photo, Strasbourg chief Rabbi Harold Abraham Weill looks at vandalized tombs in the Jewish cemetery of Westhoffen, west of the city of Strasbourg, eastern France. Coronavirus lockdowns in 2020 shifted some anti-Semitic hatred online, where conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the pandemic’s medical and economic devastation abounded, Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry in an annual report Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
Report: Pandemic amped up anti-Semitism, forced it online

By Laurie Kellman Apr. 07, 2021 04:02 AM EDT

This Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 image shows the suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump. On Friday, the social media company permanently suspended Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." (AP Photo)
A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

By Aamer Madhani And Jill Colvin Jan. 09, 2021 02:16 AM EST

This Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 image shows the suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump. On Friday, the social media company permanently suspended Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." (AP Photo)
A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

By Aamer Madhani And Jill Colvin Jan. 08, 2021 10:30 PM EST

Valeriu Nicolae, center background, a Romanian Roma human rights activist, who runs as an independent in the upcoming parliamentary elections, sets up a tablet for online schooling for children of a family in a poor area of Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Romania will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday Dec. 6. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Romania: Election expected to usher in 'European' generation

By Vadim Ghirda And Sabina Niksic Dec. 05, 2020 03:07 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2020, file photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen removes her face mask as she arrives to give a statement at the EU headquarters in Brussels. The European Union still hasn't completely sorted out its messy post-divorce relationship with Britain — but it has already been plunged into another major crisis. This time the 27-member union is being tested as Poland and Hungary block passage of its budget for the next seven years and an ambitious package aimed at rescuing economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP, File)
EU hit by new crisis, this time over money and values

By Justin Spike And Vanessa Gera Nov. 19, 2020 02:07 AM EST

President Donald Trump walks off stage after speaking during a campaign rally at Richard B. Russell Airport, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
3 congressional incumbents win new terms in Georgia

By Jeff Amy Nov. 03, 2020 09:33 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2019, file photo, Republican U.S. House hopeful Yvette Herrell of New Mexico waits for a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., about a GOP challenge to the way the state is counting absentee ballots. Three Republican hopefuls seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small for a key southern New Mexico seat. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
House Latest: Okla. congresswoman Horn loses to GOP’s Bice

Nov. 03, 2020 06:16 PM EST

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks during a campaign rally for President Donald Trump at Middle Georgia Regional Airport, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Macon, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Vote will show Georgia as swing state or extend GOP control

By Jeff Amy Oct. 31, 2020 06:37 AM EDT

Supporters stand with construction executive Marjorie Taylor Greene, right, as she's on the phone, late Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Rome, Ga. Greene, criticized for promoting racist videos and adamantly supporting the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, won the GOP nomination for northwest Georgia's 14th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Greene, who made racist videos, wins GOP nod in Georgia

By Ben Nadler Aug. 11, 2020 10:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2020 file photo, processed mail-in ballots are seen at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election in Doylestown, Pa. Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail, a fight that could determine President Donald Trump's fate in the November election. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Wealthy donors pour millions into fight over mail-in voting

By Brian Slodysko And Thomas Beaumont Jul. 27, 2020 12:56 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 8, 2020, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a briefing at the Department of Education building in Washington. On Friday, July 17, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that DeVos said that “only 0.02%” of children will die when returning to school during the pandemic. A spokeswoman with the U.S. Department of Education confirmed to the AP that the statement was falsely attributed to DeVos, who supports the reopening of schools and the return of children to classrooms. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By Ali Swenson, Beatrice Dupuy, Arijeta Lajka And Amanda Seitz Jul. 17, 2020 04:57 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2020, file photo, protesters wear protective masks as they march after a Juneteenth rally outside the Brooklyn Museum, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders has become a hub of misinformation and conspiracies theories that have pivoted to a variety of new targets. Their latest: Black Lives Matter and the nationwide protests against racial injustice. (AP Photo/John Minchillo
Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter

By Amanda Seitz Jul. 05, 2020 08:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2020 file photo, a worker processes mail-in ballots at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election in Doylestown, Pa. A network of deep-pocketed progressive donors are launching a $59 million effort to encourage people of color to vote by mail in November, a step many Democrats view as crucial to turning out the party's base during a global pandemic. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Progressive donor group announces $59M vote-by-mail campaign

By Brian Slodysko Jun. 18, 2020 05:27 AM EDT

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech during the inauguration of the Centenary Turul Statue in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Trianon Peace Treaty in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary, Saturday, June 6, 2020. The Turul, mostly depicted as a hawk or falcon, is a mythological bird and the ancient symbol of Hungarian national identity and togetherness. Hungary is commemorating the 100th anniversary of a post-World War I peace treaty which led to the loss of about two-thirds of its territory and left some 3.3 million Hungarians outside the country's new borders. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)
Hungarian government launches coronavirus questionnaire

Jun. 08, 2020 03:27 PM EDT

225 VIPs urge world powers to adopt $2.5 trillion COVID plan

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 01, 2020 11:13 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 225 current and former global VIPs urged the world’s 20 major economic powers on Monday to hold an urgent meeting to agree to a...

Quarantine officials disinfect as a precaution against the new coronavirus at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 1, 2020. South Korea is reporting a steady rise in cases around the capital as officials push to require entertainment venues to register their customers with smartphone QR codes so they could be easily located when needed. (Kim In-chul/Yonhap via AP)
The Latest: US Marines arrive in Australia despite pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2020 02:11 AM EDT

In this April 15, 2020, photo, Bishop of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire, the Rt. Rev. Robert Hirschfeld, wears his bishop's mitre and mask as he rides outside the State House in Concord, N.H., to raise awareness to keep reducing infection rate and to raise funds for a local charity. (Geoff Forester/Concord Monitor via AP)/The Concord Monitor via AP)
Amid pandemic, charities and nonprofits face huge challenges

By David Crary And Kathy Mccormack Apr. 22, 2020 12:44 PM EDT

Soldiers carry boxes with food to deliver to the poor at the Santa Rosita neighborhood on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Monday, April 6, 2020, during a stay-at-home curfew designed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
165 VIPs urge 20 economic powers for billions for COVID-19

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 07, 2020 01:45 AM EDT