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The 23 venues bidding to host World Cup matches in 2026

Jun. 15, 2022 02:07 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at the 23 venues bidding to host soccer matches at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada: ___ ...

FILE - Mexico's Hector Herrera plays during the first half of a FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, in Cincinnati. The Houston Dynamo signed Mexican national team captain Héctor Herrera to a designated player contract Wednesday, March 2, 2022, that will run through at least the 2024 season. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)
Dynamo sign Mexican star Héctor Herrera as designated player

Mar. 02, 2022 01:24 PM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Feb. 18 1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2022 11:08 AM EST
Feb. 11 1878 — The Boston Bicycle Club, the first bicycle club in the United States, is formed. 1949 — Willie Pep becomes the first boxer...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Sep. 16, 2021 11:38 AM EDT
Sept. 17 1897 — England’s Joe Lloyd beats Scotland’s Willie Anderson by one stroke to win the U.S. Open in Wheaton, Ill. ...

FILE - MyKayla Skinner gestures after competing on the uneven bars during the women's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in St. Louis, in this Friday, June 25, 2021, file photo. Skinner, a member of the six-woman U.S. delegation that will compete in Tokyo, has been highly critical of former national team coordinator Martha Karolyi and believes USA Gymnastics is in a better place following her retirement in 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Too much, too soon? USA Gymnastics in midst of culture shift

By Will Graves Jul. 15, 2021 05:33 PM EDT

FILE - United States women's national soccer team coach Vlatko Andonovski talks with Megan Rapinoe, center, and Alex Morgan before an international friendly soccer match against Portugal in Houston, in this Thursday, June 10, 2021, file photo. In Tokyo the Americans will play for their first world championship under coach Vlatko Andonovski. His immensely deep and talented squad includes the sport's biggest names: Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Christen Press and Carli Lloyd. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Portugal vs USA 6/10/2021

Jun. 29, 2021 08:38 AM EDT

FILE - Jamaica defender Konya Plummer (5) and USA forward Christen Press (23) get tangled up while chasing the ball during the first half of their 2021 WNT Summer Series soccer match in Houston, in this Sunday, June 13, 2021, file photo. After getting memorably eliminated by Sweden at the Brazil Olympics, the U.S. Women's national team has something to prove in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)
Jamaica vs USA 6/13/2021

Jun. 29, 2021 08:34 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Dallas Morning News. June 25, 2021. Editorial: ERCOT shouldn’t be exempt from laws of open government The Electric...

A young migrant girl from Venezuela stands with her mother as they wait with Border Patrol after turning themselves in after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. Record numbers of Venezuelans are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as overall migration swells. They're fleeing turmoil in the country with the world's largest oil reserves and pandemic-induced pain across South America. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Driven by pandemic, Venezuelans uproot again to come to US

By Joshua Goodman Jun. 28, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2021, file photo, a person holds a sign to protest at Houston Methodist Hospital in Baytown, Texas, a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. Over 150 employees at Houston Methodist system, who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine, have been fired or resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine requirement, said Houston Methodist system spokesperson Gale Smith on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
Houston hospital workers fired, resign over COVID-19 vaccine

By Jamie Stengle Jun. 22, 2021 06:51 PM EDT

Houston hospital says 153 employees who refused to get COVID-19 vaccine have resigned or been fired

Jun. 22, 2021 06:40 PM EDT
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston hospital says 153 employees who refused to get COVID-19 vaccine have resigned or been fired. ...

Fans cheer as Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel (60) walks to the dugout after being removed from the baseball game during the third inning against the Houston Astros, Sunday, June 20, 2021, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Keuchel chased early, beaten in 1st start against Astros

Jun. 20, 2021 06:04 PM EDT

Nicole Golden, a spokesperson for Moms Demand Action, speaks to members of the media during a protest in front of the Texas Governor's Mansion, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Austin, Texas, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Wednesday that would allow Texans who are 21 years old or older to carry handguns without a permit. The permit-less carry measure will go into effect Sept. 1. (Ana Ramirez/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Texas joins list of states dropping permit rules for guns

By Lindsay Whitehurst And Jim Vertuno Jun. 17, 2021 03:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2021, file photo, demonstrators at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, wave at cars that honk at them to support their protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit, saying if workers don’t like the rule, they can go find another job. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Workers push back against hospitals requiring COVID vaccines

By Juan A. Lozano And Brian Melley Jun. 14, 2021 03:22 PM EDT

People gather to protest Houston Methodist Hospital system's rule of firing any employee who is not immunized by Monday, June 7, 2021, at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas. Houston Methodist staff who have refused the COVID-19 vaccine so far and their supporters participated in a gathering and march. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Judge tosses hospital workers' vaccine requirement challenge

Jun. 13, 2021 12:20 PM EDT

Houston hospital suspends 178 unvaccinated employees

Jun. 09, 2021 08:41 PM EDT
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital has suspended 178 employees for two weeks without pay for not complying with demands that they be vaccinated against COVID-19...

This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Raymond Riles. Riles, the longest serving death row inmate in the U.S. was resentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 after prosecutors in Texas concluded the 71-year-old man is ineligible for execution and incompetent for retrial due to his long history of mental illness. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, File)
Longest serving death row inmate in US resentenced to life

By Juan A. Lozano Jun. 09, 2021 04:53 PM EDT

FILE - Pleasure boats cut through the waters of Lake Conroe, near Conroe, Texas on June 10, 2014. Travelers are leaning toward less-crowded vacation destinations this year. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
Why you should consider a ‘second city’ trip in 2021

By Sally French Of Nerdwallet Jun. 07, 2021 10:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 20, 2020 file photo a woman adjusts her hat and mask as she arrives from Tijuana, Mexico, crossing by foot at the San Isidro port of entry in San Diego. An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an uptick that's come amid travel restrictions at the border with Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
More US citizens apprehended for moving drugs over border

By Suman Naishadham May. 31, 2021 11:06 AM EDT