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US commander says China has failed to coerce rival states in South China Sea

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the disputed South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics” and the United States and other allied countries are ready to further boost deterrence against Beijing’s aggression, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander

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As Trump seeks to be a peacemaker, Netanyahu leaves Washington without breakthrough on Gaza deal

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington this week netted President Donald Trump another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize he covets, but the ceasefire the U.S. leader sought for the war in Gaza didn’t emerge. Despite Trump throwing his weight behind

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

By STELLA MARTANY and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press 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 on Friday in northern Iraq, the first concrete step toward a promised disarmament as part of a peace process.

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Jul. 11. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Jul. 11. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Baltimore 5 Miami 2 Final N.Y. Yankees 11 Chicago Cubs 0 Final Minnesota 2 Pittsburgh 1 Final N.Y. Mets 8 Kansas City 3 Final L.A. Angels 6 Arizona 5 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Cleveland 4 Chicago White Sox 2 Final Boston 5 Tampa Bay 4 Final Seattle 12 Detroit

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Friday, Jul. 11. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Friday, Jul. 11. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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Thousands gather in Srebrenica on 30th anniversary of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since WWII

By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world gathered in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of a massacre there of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men — an atrocity that has been acknowledged as Europe’s only genocide after the Holocaust. Seven newly

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Polish prosecutors investigate far-right lawmaker for comments on Auschwitz

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation after a far-right lawmaker described the gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp as a “fake.” Grzegorz Braun, a member of the European Parliament, has previously been accused of antisemitism, and extinguished Hanukkah candles in parliament with a fire extinguisher in 2023. He was a

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— SOC–SEATTLE SOUNDERS-SPORTING KANSAS CITY DESCRIPTION: The Seattle Sounders plays at the Sporting Kansas City. 150 words, more

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— SOC–SEATTLE SOUNDERS-SPORTING KANSAS CITY DESCRIPTION: The Seattle Sounders plays at the Sporting Kansas City. 150 words, more

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— SOC–SEATTLE SOUNDERS-SPORTING KANSAS CITY DESCRIPTION: The Seattle Sounders plays at the Sporting Kansas City. 150 words, more

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— SOC–SEATTLE SOUNDERS-SPORTING KANSAS CITY DESCRIPTION: The Seattle Sounders plays at the Sporting Kansas City. 150 words, more

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press MLB Saturday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Seattle -112 at DETROIT -104 Cleveland -154 at CHICAGO WHITE SOX +130 at BOSTON -190 Tampa Bay +160 at HOUSTON -124 Texas +106 Toronto -146 at ATHLETICS +124 National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Atlanta -118 at ST. LOUIS +100 LA Dodgers -142

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Rubio and Wang stress cooperation after talks in Malaysia as US-China tensions simmer

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed Friday to explore “areas of potential cooperation” between Washington and Beijing, and stressed the importance of managing differences, following their first in-person meeting as they wrapped up a two-day regional security

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National League Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .299; Busch, Chicago, .296; Donovan, St. Louis, .296; Naylor, Arizona, .294; T.Turner, Philadelphia, .294; Machado, San Diego, .291; Frelick, Milwaukee, .290; Burleson, St. Louis, .289; Edwards, Miami, .288; Hoerner, Chicago, .287. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 88; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 71; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 67; Soto, New York, 67; Tucker, Chicago, 67;

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