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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2021 11:43 AM EDT
Aug. 20 1921 — Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 12, 2021 12:09 PM EDT
Aug. 17 1933 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees plays his 1,308th straight game to break Everett Scott’s record of 1,307. ...

Allyson Felix, of United States smiles after taking the bronze, in the final of women's 400-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
The long journey leads to an Olympic record for Felix

By Eddie Pells Aug. 06, 2021 09:30 AM EDT

Elaine Thompson-Herah, of Jamaica, celebrates after winning the final of the women's 200-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
You again! Thompson-Herah speeds to 2nd Olympic sprint sweep

By Eddie Pells Aug. 03, 2021 11:30 AM EDT

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica wins gold medal in women's 100 meters in Olympic record 10.61 seconds

Jul. 31, 2021 08:52 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica wins gold medal in women's 100 meters in Olympic record 10.61 seconds. ...

United States' Kevin Durant (7) smiles after their win in the men's basketball preliminary round game against Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Swimming wraps up with Dressel going for another gold medal

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 30, 2021 01:10 PM EDT

South Africa's Olympic soccer team members, wearing face masks, leave the training venue in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Monday, July 19, 2021. Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19. The Tokyo Games open on Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)
Medal predictions for events at the Tokyo Olympics

Jul. 19, 2021 05:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2021, file photo, Trayvon Bromell wins the men's 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. Bromell is the favorite in the 100 at the upcoming Tokyo Games. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat in Tokyo

By Eddie Pells And Pat Graham Jul. 05, 2021 10:33 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

Bartender Denis Angelov, of Provincetown, Mass., left, serves sparking wine to Julie Skaller, left, and her husband David Skaller, right, both of Brewster, N.Y., at Tin Pan Alley restaurant, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Provincetown. Hotels, restaurants and other businesses in tourist destinations are warning that hiring challenges during the coronavirus pandemic could force them to pare back operating hours or curtail services just as they’re eyeing a bounce-back summer. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Help Wanted: In pandemic, worry about finding summer workers

By Philip Marcelo Apr. 26, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

UN, Canada, Jamaica spearhead action to prevent debt crisis

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 29, 2021 11:47 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief and the prime ministers of Canada and Jamaica urged far bolder action Monday to prevent a debt crisis, including extending...

US players celebrate after scoring their second goal during the international friendly soccer match between USA and Jamaica at SC Wiener Neustadt stadium in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
US beats Jamaica 4-1 in soccer exhibition in Austria

By The Associated Press Mar. 25, 2021 03:39 PM EDT

This undated photo provided by Sarah Milewski shows Bill and Esther Ilnisky. The couple spent nearly seven decades together as Christian ministers and missionaries, including stints in the Caribbean and Middle East before preaching for 40 years in Florida.  When they died minutes apart of COVID-19 on March 1, 2021, at a Palm Beach County hospice, it may have been a hidden blessing, their only child, Sarah Milewski, said.(Sarah Milewski via AP)
Married 66 years, husband, wife die minutes apart of virus

By Terry Spencer Mar. 21, 2021 08:31 AM EDT

Young Boys' Jordan Siebatcheu, left, scores his side's opening goal against Leverkusen's goalkeeper Niklas Lomb during the Europa League round of 32, 2nd leg soccer match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Young Boys Bern in Leverkusen, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, POOL)
Siebatcheu, Cappis added to US roster vs Jamaica, N Ireland

Mar. 19, 2021 05:56 PM EDT

Dortmund's Giovanni Reyna, left, challenges for the ball with Arminia's Manuel Prietl during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Arminia Bielefeld in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, Pool)
Reynolds, Odunze receive US call-ups but not Hoppe

Mar. 17, 2021 02:09 PM EDT

Chelsea's Christian Pulisic, right, and Tottenham's Eric Dier duel for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham and Chelsea at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via AP)
US men's soccer to play Jamaica on March 25 in Austria

Mar. 01, 2021 10:23 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2013 file photo, farmer Breezy shows off the distinctive leaves of a marijuana plant during a tour of his plantation in Jamaica's central mountain town of Nine Mile. While the island has a regulated medical marijuana industry and decriminalized small amounts of weed in 2015, it is running low on the illegal market, due to heavy heavy rains followed by extended drought, an increase in consumption and a drop in the number of traditional marijuana farmers. (AP Photo/David McFadden, File)
Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle

By Sharlene Hendricks And Dánica Coto Feb. 05, 2021 11:57 AM EST

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden talks with a protester objecting to his stance on deportations during a town hall at Lander University in Greenwood, S.C., on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. President Joe Biden's administration has deported hundreds of people in its first days in office despite the president's campaign pledge to halt most deportations at the beginning of his term. It’s unclear how many of the people deported in recent days are considered national security or public safety threats or recently crossed the border illegally, as prescribed by new guidance issued by Biden’s Department of Homeland Security to enforcement agencies. That guidance went into effect Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, file)
Hundreds deported under Biden, including witness to massacre

By Nomaan Merchant Feb. 01, 2021 07:50 PM EST

Dr. Alan Roth talks to reporters at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Dozens of clinics have cropped up around the U.S. to address a puzzling and troubling aspect of COVID-19 — the after-effects that can stubbornly afflict some people weeks or months after the infection itself has subsided. “We know this is real,” said Roth, who oversees the Jamaica Hospital clinic. He has been grappling with body pain, fatigue and “brain fog” characterized by occasional forgetfulness since his own relatively mild bout with COVID-19 in March. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
'We know this is real': New clinics aid virus 'long-haulers'

By Jennfer Peltz Jan. 19, 2021 10:48 AM EST

REMOVES REFERENCE TO COVID-19 - In this July 13, 2019 file photo, Toots Hibbert performs with the Maytals in Grass Valley, Calif. In a statement from a family member Hibbert died on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)
Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77

By Hillel Italie Sep. 12, 2020 07:56 AM EDT