The Associated PressHoward Fendrich WIMBLEDON, England–Roger Federer won more points than Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. Federer was the first of the pair to come within a point of taking the championship yesterday, too. Had two such chances in the fifth set, even. Indeed, Federer dominated the historic match […]
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The Associated PressHoward Fendrich WIMBLEDON, England–Clutching her trophy 20 minutes after becoming Wimbledon’s champion, Simona Halep checked out the board inside Centre Court that lists tournament winners. Below all of the mentions of Serena Williams, her opponent in Saturday’s final, there already was inscribed: “Miss S. Halep.” Halep was not […]
The Associated PressAdry Torres NEW YORK–Aaron Judge was near the batter’s box for a pretty good view of Gio Urshela’s nifty slide at the plate to give the New York Yankees the go-ahead run in the fifth inning. The Yankees slugger is sure the club wouldn’t have one of the […]
Jamie Mountain Eric Shute of the Village People was a little too adventurous on the basepaths and ran right into the tag of the Shade’s third baseman during his squad’s loss in the ‘B’ final of the annual Kingsley Downs/Gus Lindberg Memorial slo-pitch tournament on Sunday afternoon at the Devlin […]
Marc Stuempfle The crowd packed into Rainy Lake Square on Thursday evening to listen to the rock show from hometown boys, Kings of None. Lead guitarist Tyler Gagne was immersed with the rhythm of the music during the third concert in this summer’s Rainy Lake Concert Series. The band captivated […]
By Barry Adams The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Patrick Jung was in fourth grade at 81st Street School in Milwaukee when he learned of the travels of Jean Nicolet, the famed French explorer. According to Jung’s social studies book, Nicolet traversed the Great Lakes in 1634 seeking a passage […]
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A healthy lifestyle can cut your risk of developing Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia even if you have genes that raise your risk for these mind-destroying diseases, a large study has found. People with high genetic risk and poor health […]
The Associated Press LONDON — Codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing has been chosen as the face of Britain’s new 50 pound note, the Bank of England announced Monday. Governor Mark Carney said Turing, who did ground-breaking work on computers and artificial intelligence, was “a giant on whose shoulders so […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A former astronaut landed back at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday after helping to shatter a pair of records for a round-the-world airplane flight over the North and South poles. Terry Virts was part of the team whose 46-hour, […]
By Llazar Semini The Associated Press TIRANA, Albania — A joint Albanian-American underwater archaeology project says it has found amphoras that are at least 2,500 years old in the Ionian Sea off the Albanian coast, which might yield an ancient shipwreck. The research vessel Hercules of the RPM Nautical Foundation […]
By Ashok Sharma The Associated Press NEW DELHI — India is looking to take a giant leap in its space program and solidify its place among the world’s spacefaring nations with its second unmanned mission to the moon, this one aimed at landing a rover near the unexplored south pole. […]
By David Keyton The Associated Press JOENSUU, Finland — Armed with needles and a yarn of wool, teams of avid knitters danced Thursday to the deafening sounds of drums beating and guitars slashing at the first-ever Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship in eastern Finland. With stage names such as Woolfumes, […]
