News
Europe league, expansion, Kawhi probe, second apron all topics at NBA's board of governors meeting
9+ hour, 38+ min ago (999+ words) LAS VEGAS — The NBA will be doing some international business alongside the FIFA World Cup final in the coming days, as it moves closer to the planned launch of a new league in Europe sometime in the fall of 2027. Commissioner…...
Gibraltar ushers in a new era as British territory's border fence with Spain is removed
13+ hour, 11+ min ago (551+ words) MADRID — Thousands of people who travel every day between the southern tip of Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar will no longer have to cross a physical border, beginning on Wednesday. The official opening at midnight on Tuesday — after…...
World Cup knockout match brings thousands of fans to Atlanta despite dangerous heat
1+ week, 6+ day ago (258+ words) ATLANTA — Thousands of soccer fans are heading to downtown Atlanta as the World Cup match between England and the Democratic Republic of the Congo kicks off Wednesday at noon. Atlanta is hosting its first knockout stage match of the 2026 FIFA…...
Study: Climate change is behind Europe's high temperatures
2+ week, 5+ day ago (615+ words) The record-breaking heat that's scorching Europe day and night this month would not have been possible without climate change, according to a new study. The World Weather Attribution rapid study released Friday found that the heat would have been virtually…...
A historic heat wave catches Europe's fashion industry unprepared
2+ week, 5+ day ago (856+ words) PARIS — As a historic heat wave gripped Paris this week, fashion houses tried to keep their guests cool with ice packs, mist machines and iced Evian on silver platters. It wasn’t enough: some venues still sweltered, water ran short and…...
Cape Verde's Vozinha becomes an Instagram sensation thanks to his saves and a streamer's push
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (748+ words) GUADALAJARA, Mexico — When shown the number of Instagram followers he had gained after helping tiny Cape Verde hold off powerhouse Spain in his team's World Cup debut, 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha gasped and laughed, in shock. He was speaking shortly after…...
15-month-old girl found dead in hot car outside warehouse
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (291+ words) LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 15-month-old girl was found dead Thursday in a vehicle parked outside a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, prosecutors said. Authorities received a 911 call at about 4:15 p.m. ET to a facility in Lower Nazareth Township, The Express-Times…...
Fire kills 2 people, injures several on Spain's Mallorca
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (230+ words) MADRID — A fire that broke out early Thursday at a home in a tourist area on the Spanish island of Mallorca killed two people and injured several others, authorities said. The fire broke out at around 5 a.m. on the third…...
Pope visiting 'dock of shame' in Canary Islands where migrants slept in squalor
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (640+ words) LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Spain — Pope Leo XIV traveled to the Canary Islands on Thursday to draw attention to the plight of migrants who risk their lives every year trying to reach Europe, fulfilling a wish of Pope Francis…...
Pope honors Barcelona's Sagrada Familia as masterpiece of stone, color and light on Gaudí centenary
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1000+ words) BARCELONA, Spain — Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Sagrada Familia Basilica as a masterpiece of "stones, colors and light," as he marked the centenary of the death of its architect, Antoni Gaudí, with a Mass on Wednesday to inaugurate its final…...