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Turkey detains stand-up comedian for allegedly insulting religious values 07/02/2026 10:13am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Thursday detained a comedian whose stand-up routine drew complaints that it insulted religious values after it was widely viewed online. Deniz Goktas was detained for questioning at Istanbul’s main airport on his return from a trip abroad, the state- Papua separatists claim to have shot dead a US pilot who transported Indonesian troops 07/02/2026 10:10am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Papua separatist group said Thursday it shot dead an American pilot who allegedly transported Indonesian troops into the restive province. A spokesman for the West Papua Liberation Army, or TPNPB, said its fighters fatally shot Nicholas F. Goselin and set fire to an ai Sports on TV for Friday, July 3 07/02/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, July 3 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:25 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Western at Sydney 11 p.m. FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at Hawthorn 2 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Collingwood at Gold Coast AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1 Today in Sports - Novak Djokovic wins his first Wimbledon, beating defending champion Rafael Nadal 07/02/2026 10:10am • July 3 1920 — Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers a second straight year (6-3, 6-0) to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon. 1925 — Suzanne Lenglen wins her sixth and final women’s singles title at Wimbledon, easily beating Joan Fry, 6-2, 6-0. 1931 — Max Schmeling knocks out Youn The Supreme Court tackled race, history and the law in fraught and reflective major rulings 07/02/2026 10:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court just wrapped up a term that yielded significant rulings in cases involving race and discrimination that could have lasting effects on U.S. politics and society. Justices were at times bitterly divided — and critical of one another — in rulings that winnowed DC's World Central Kitchen helps feed Venezuelans after earthquake 07/02/2026 10:03am • Hours after back-to-back earthquakes hit northern Venezuela, volunteers with World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit founded by chef José Andrés in D.C., mobilized to help distribute food to people who are in a desperate situation. As work continued to rescue trapped people, the nonprofit was busy Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections 07/02/2026 09:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They're communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party's ascendant left are communists wh Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 07/02/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Jul. corn rose by 1 cent at $4.22 a bushel. Jul. wheat was off 1.25 cents at $5.91 a bushel. Jul. oats fell by 2.75 cents at $2.69 a bushel. Jul. soybeans was unchanged at $11.26 a bushel. Beef wa Belarus convicts a journalist and sentences him to 3.5 years in prison 07/02/2026 09:42am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has convicted a journalist and sentenced him to 3 1/2 years in prison in the latest step against free speech in the country, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reported Thursday. Kiryl Pazniak, 49, who hosted a popular political show on YouTube, h Security guard rescued from a collapsed shopping mall eight days after earthquakes in Venezuela 07/02/2026 09:27am • CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela (AP) — Security guard rescued from a collapsed shopping mall eight days after earthquakes in Venezuela. By the numbers: More than 1 million immigrants apply to legalize their status in Spain 07/02/2026 09:16am • MADRID (AP) — More than 1 million immigrants in Spain sought to legalize their status after the Southern European nation launched an initiative earlier this year to integrate foreigners living and working in the country without authorization. The window to apply for the program, which was announce Real Madrid basketball team parts ways with former Spain coach Sergio Scariolo 07/02/2026 09:11am • MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid and Sergio Scariolo have mutually agreed to end the coach's tenure with the Spanish basketball club. Madrid made the announcement on Thursday and thanked Scariolo, who took over at the club last year after a stint with Spain's national team. He replaced Chus Mateo, who be Top EU court dismisses Google appeal of $4.5 billion antitrust fine 07/02/2026 09:09am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Judges at the European Union's top court dismissed an appeal by Google over a landmark, 4.1 billion euro ($4.5 billion) antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The case has been tan Real Madrid decides not to join investment deal by Gasol in Spanish women's league 07/02/2026 09:02am • MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid is not participating in the agreement made by the Spanish women's soccer league with former NBA player Pau Gasol and other investors. The club said “this agreement does not align with the growth model of women’s football, which is based on sustainability, transparency U.S. filings for jobless aid fall to 215,000 as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels 07/02/2026 09:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for jobless aid inched down last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 27 fell by 1,000 to 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the