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FILE - Oksana Masters, of the United States, on her way to a silver medal in the Biathlon Women's 12.5km Sitting event during the 2018 Winter Paralympics at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea, March 16, 2018. Masters credits resiliency, determination and being headstrong for what she is today -- an eight-time Paralympic medalist. Masters persevered through 7 1/2 years in Ukrainian orphanages and with birth defects believed to be the aftermath of Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear accident. That malnourished orphan eventually was adopted by her American mom. She will compete at the Paralympics in Tokyo in road cycling this week. In six months, she also plans to defend her cross-country skiing Paralympic titles in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)
Masters cruises to Paralympic gold in hand-cycle time trial

By Pat Graham Aug. 30, 2021 02:18 AM EDT

Olympic volunteer Atsushi Muramatsu shows business-card size flyers to express gratitude for support from overseas, during an interview with The Associated Press in Rifu, Japan, Thursday, July 29, 2021. He made the flyers to hand out to foreign media covering the 2020 Summer Olympics at Miyagi Stadium, where he is serving as a volunteer. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)
Olympic volunteers strive to share stories of 3/11 disaster

By Chisato Tanaka Aug. 01, 2021 11:31 PM EDT

Russian Olympic Committee's artistic gymnastics women's team, Liliia Akhaimova, Viktoriia Listunova, Angelina Melnikova and Vladislava Urazova listen to music from a Russian composer during the medal ceremony after receiving theirs gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
GLIMPSES: Medalists' bouquets hold deeper meaning for Japan

By Stephen Wade Jul. 29, 2021 02:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Jun. 22, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Chicago Tribune. June 15, 2021. Editorial: Pass it: A gun safety bill even gun-rights groups support More than two...

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He listens as former President Donald Trump speaks before signing a trade agreement at the White House in Washington. At a meeting Thursday, June 18, 2021, China pledged to harshly punish anyone responsible for major industrial accidents or outbreaks of violence in coming days as the ruling Communist Party prepares lavish celebrations for its centenary on July 1, 2021. Vice Premier Liu ordered safety checks be carried out to forestall such incidents. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
China pledges harsh penalties ahead of party anniversary

Jun. 18, 2021 04:24 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 20, 2020, file photo, workers watch as a wrecking ball knocks debris loose from the Hard Rock Hotel building collapse site in New Orleans. New Orleans officials marked the return of two-way traffic to a major New Orleans thoroughfare Wednesday, April 28, 2021, more than 18 months after the partial collapse of a hotel under construction at the edge of the French Quarter killed three people and halted traffic and commerce on a section of historic Canal Street. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
18 months after collapse, a New Orleans street reopens

By Kevin Mcgill Apr. 28, 2021 01:59 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, April 26, the 116th day of 2021. There are 249 days left in the year. Today’s...

Fire causes partial roof collapse at textile factory

Apr. 19, 2021 03:50 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A fire caused extensive damage to a textile manufacturing facility in Portland early Monday, officials said. The...

A body is taken from the scene where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Friday, April 16, 2021. A gunman killed several people and wounded others before taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
FBI says it interviewed FedEx mass shooter last year

By Casey Smith And Rick Callahan Apr. 16, 2021 08:56 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 12, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2021. There are 263 days left in the year. Today’s...

Auto industry braces for more chip shortages after fire

Mar. 22, 2021 01:42 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire at a plant owned by Japanese chipmaker Renesas could deepen the ongoing global semiconductor shortage that has especially hampered...

Buddhist monks offer a prayer for victims of the 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami, at a memorial cenotaph near former high school building, background, in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Japan Thursday, March 11, 2021. Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japan's northeastern coast. (Yohei Nishimura/Kyodo News via AP)
Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit

By Mari Yamaguchi Mar. 11, 2021 07:50 AM EST

Two women take a selfie with the Olympic rings in the background in the Odaiba section of Tokyo, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke Thursday after the World Health Organization labeled the spreading virus a "pandemic," a decision almost certain to affect the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Torch relay among final hurdles for postponed Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Mar. 10, 2021 05:19 AM EST

Fishermen unload their nets after returning from a fishing trip on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Israeli Arab village of Jisr al-Zarqa, Israel, in the early morning of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. After weathering a year of the coronavirus pandemic, an oil spill in the Mediterranean whose culprits remain at large delivered another blow for the fishermen of Jisr al-Zarqa. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
After oil spill, Israel's fishermen net catch despite ban

By Ilan Ben Zion And Alon Bernstein Feb. 25, 2021 10:33 AM EST

A lamp is used during an outage following an earthquake in Ichikawa, Chiba prefecture, about 230 kilometers (143 miles) away from Fukushima Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The Japan Meteorological Agency says a strong earthquake has hit off the coast of northeastern Japan, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas. (Keiko Hatto via AP)
Strong quake hits Japan's northeast coast; no tsunami alert

By Yuri Kageyama Feb. 13, 2021 12:36 PM EST

Gyms, movie theaters can resume with limits in Boston

By The Associated Press Jan. 31, 2021 02:41 PM EST
Businesses like gyms, movie theaters, museums and sight-seeing harbor cruises can resume Monday in Boston under its coronavirus pandemic reopening plan. ...

Alaska village weighs water options after fire burns plant

Jan. 26, 2021 09:51 AM EST
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Residents of an Alaska village met with health officials and government agencies to consider methods to restore running water after a...

Firemen try to douse a fire at Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker that is manufacturing the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine for the coronavirus, in Pune, India, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
5 killed in blaze at Indian producer of COVID-19 vaccine

By Rafiq Maqbool Jan. 21, 2021 05:33 AM EST

Gas tank explosion in Kosovo injures 44, damages shops

Jan. 05, 2021 03:06 PM EST
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — An explosion involving a liquefied gas tank Tuesday injured dozens of people in southern Kosovo, according to police and health...

Japanese writer Yu Miri speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Miri's novel "Tokyo Ueno Station" has won the National Book Award 2020 for Translated Literature in the United States. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Novelist Yu Miri: Olympics not helping Fukushima rebuilding

By Mari Yamaguchi Dec. 23, 2020 08:34 AM EST