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Tai chi practitioners seek balance and well-being in fast-paced Beijing 07/14/2026 09:06pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� One arm raised and the other lowered, hundreds of people move every morning like birds spreading their wings at the heart of Beijing���s Temple of Heaven. It���s a movement in tai chi, a physical and philosophical practice developed more than 300 years ago that continues to resonat Lamine Yamal didn't score, but a sneaky play helped Spain beat France in the World Cup semifinals 07/14/2026 09:05pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Lamine Yamal sensed an opportunity, taking off toward Lucas Digne as the France defender was trying to clear a ball he had just headed awkwardly in his own penalty area. Digne didn't even see Yamal coming when he raised a leg for a clearing kick. His foot crashed into the S Texas is drenched by heavy rains as forecasters warn that more storms could bring dangerous floods 07/14/2026 08:55pm • Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out highways and stranded motorists Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather could bring dangerous flooding to already drenched counties near the border with Mexico. Storms dumped up to a foot of rain in some rural areas of Texas, leadi China expels Politburo member Ma Xingrui in Xi���s anti-corruption campaign 07/14/2026 08:55pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� A senior official has been expelled from China's ruling Communist Party, state media said Tuesday, the latest to fall in Chinese leader Xi Jinping's long-running anti-corruption campaign. Ma Xingrui is one of three members of the current Politburo, the 24-member body made up of top Trump touts 'tremendous chemistry' with new Iraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi during White House visit 07/14/2026 08:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump gave Iraq's new prime minister an effusive welcome at the White House on Tuesday, promoting the ���tremendous chemistry��� between him and a fellow wealthy businessman who arrived at the seat of governmental power without any prior political experience. Al European troops and warplanes join Paris Bastille Day parade in a show of unity for Ukraine 07/14/2026 08:46pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Ukrainian fighter pilots and troops took pride of place in France's national Bastille Day celebrations Tuesday as a massive parade showcased support for Ukraine and symbolically flexed European military muscle. On President Emmanuel Macron���s last Bastille Day as president, he hosted Pat Oliphant, fearless Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist, dies at 90 07/14/2026 08:45pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Pat Oliphant, an influential political cartoonist known for creating caricatures of U.S. and world leaders, died Monday. He was 90. Oliphant died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from age-related issues, said his son, Grant Oliphant. A multidimensional artist who also created sc US-Russian crew arrives at the International Space Station for 8-month mission 07/14/2026 08:39pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� A U.S.-Russian space crew arrived Tuesday at the International Space Station after launching from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Russian crewmates Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off as scheduled at 7:47 p.m. (10:47 a.m. EDT, 1 No additional prison time for former Md. firefighter who pleaded guilty to sex abuse of 4 boys 07/14/2026 08:35pm • A former Prince George���s County, Maryland, firefighter who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing four boys in the 1990s, was sentenced Tuesday in an emotional hearing that left a judge angry about the terms of the plea deal. Under the deal reached with prosecutors, John Inman's 45-year sentenc Federal appeals court ends a decades-old school desegregation order in Louisiana 07/14/2026 08:35pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� A federal appeals court on Tuesday ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate segregation. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a decades-old desegregation mandate for the Concordia Parish School Board, h Yemen at risk of getting dragged back into war as Saudis and Houthis exchange airstrikes 07/14/2026 08:35pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� A truce that ended nearly a decade of war in Yemen has mostly held since 2022. It is being severely tested four years later, as tensions tied to the war in Iran risk spilling over. The civil war in Yemen that began in 2014 eventually pitted Iran-backed Houthi rebels against a Saudi-le Both Bahrain and Kuwait come under attack as Iran retaliates over US strikes and the reimposed blockade 07/14/2026 08:34pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Both Bahrain and Kuwait come under attack as Iran retaliates over US strikes and the reimposed blockade. Caribbean leaders press for slavery reparations, end of islands' territorial status 07/14/2026 08:33pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� A group of Caribbean leaders met with senior clergy from the Church of England on Tuesday as the push for slavery reparations intensifies, with activists also calling for the independence of British, French, Dutch and U.S. territories in the region. The reparations com Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700 07/14/2026 08:27pm • Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track despite an expanding response. Congo has been battling an outbreak of a rare type o Authorities say 1 person is dead after fire on boat off San Francisco 07/14/2026 08:26pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Authorities say 1 person is dead after fire on boat off San Francisco.