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From one 14 to another, White Sox great Konerko gets gift from Pope Leo XIV

From one 14 to another, White Sox great Konerko gets gift from Pope Leo XIV

CHICAGO (AP) — White Sox great Paul Konerko got a present from one No. 14 to another in honor of the 20th anniversary of the 2005 World Series championship run — a jersey signed by noted Chicago fan Pope Leo XIV .
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Iga Swiatek's 6-0, 6-0 win over Amanda Anisimova delivers her her first Wimbledon title, 6th major

Iga Swiatek's 6-0, 6-0 win over Amanda Anisimova delivers her her first Wimbledon title, 6th major

LONDON (AP) — For years, Iga Swiatek never quite felt comfortable on Wimbledon's grass courts, never thought she could add a trophy there to her other Grand Slam triumphs. Oh, did that turn out to be wrong. And how.
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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and
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Trump tours Texas flood damage as the disaster tests his pledge to do away with FEMA

Trump tours Texas flood damage as the disaster tests his pledge to do away with FEMA

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded local officials amid mounting criticism that they failed to warn residents fast enough that a deadly wall of water was comi
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Son of ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug case, promising cooperation for lighter sentence

Son of ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug case, promising cooperation for lighter sentence

CHICAGO (AP) — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, becoming the first of the drug lord's sons to enter a plea deal.
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Jannik Sinner beats Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon and will face Carlos Alcaraz in the final

Jannik Sinner beats Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon and will face Carlos Alcaraz in the final

LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner overwhelmed a not-fully-fit Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semifinals on Friday to set up a showdown for the championship against Carlos Alcaraz . The No.
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Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks

Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks.
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Pennsylvania man who posted video of father’s severed head online is found guilty of murder

Pennsylvania man who posted video of father’s severed head online is found guilty of murder

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who posted a video of his father’s severed head on YouTube was convicted of murder Friday and sentenced to life without parole. Bucks County Judge Stephen A. Corr found Justin D.
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State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan

State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan unveiled by the Trump administration earlier this year, a move that critics say will damage America's global
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Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey

Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony Friday in northern Iraq, the first concrete step toward a promised d
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