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Many Delaware beachgoers feel the sting of a blooming jellyfish population

More beachgoers have been getting an unexpected shock this summer as jellyfish numbers bloom along the Delaware coast, interrupting — but not stopping — the summer fun. Beach patrol captains reported a dramatic increase in jellyfish activity and stings in July, the most they’ve seen in recent memory. Lewes Beach reported a fourfold increase in stings compared […]

AUG. 6, 2025

Pride Parades Across the World

Parades were held across the world on weekends for Pride month.

JUNE 23, 2025

Week in Pictures

JUNE 16, 2025

AP PHOTOS: Air India plane crashes with hundreds of passengers onboard

An Air India plane bound for London crashed Thursday with hundreds of passengers onboard in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad.

JUNE 13, 2025

A former student opens fire at an Austrian school, killing 10 and taking his own life

GRAZ, Austria (AP) — A former student opened fire at a school in Austria’s second-biggest city Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding 12 others before taking his own life, authorities said. There was no immediate information on the motive of the 21-year-old man, who had no previous police record. He used two weapons, which he was believed […]

JUNE 10, 2025

Week in Pictures

MAY 26, 2025

Howard gets its first March Madness win, holding off UMBC 86-83 in the First Four

Bryce Harris had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he sank a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds remaining that sent Howard to its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history, 86-83 over UMBC in the First Four on Tuesday night. Ose Okojie scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Bison (24-10), who entered with an 0-4 […]

MARCH 18, 2026

AP nombra a Daisy Veerasingham presidenta de la cooperativa

Daisy Veerasingham. (AP Foto) NUEVA YORK (AP) — The Associated Press designó el martes a Daisy Veerasingham, actual vicepresidenta ejecutiva y gerente de ingresos, como nueva presidenta y CEO de la cooperativa noticiosa. Sucederá a Gary Pruitt, quien se retira al inicio del año próximo. Será la primera mujer, la primera persona de color y […]

AUG. 3, 2021

Any Cabrera corresponsal y editora de AP fallecio a los 60 anos

In this April 17, 2013 photo, Associated Press news editor Any Cabrera poses for a staff photo at AP’s Mexico City AP bureau. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) Any Cabrera, veterana periodista del servicio en español de The Associated Press, quien cubrió muchas de las historias más importantes de Latinoamérica durante 33 años en la cooperativa noticiosa […]

MAY 24, 2016

Hard pass. Cold brew. Dad bod. Merriam-Webster adds over 5,000 words to ‘Collegiate’ dictionary

Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including “petrichor,” “teraflop,” “dumbphone” and “ghost kitchen.” The 12th edition of “Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary” comes 22 years after the book’s last hard-copy update and […]

SEPT. 25, 2025

What are Gaelic games and how are they producing NFL hopefuls in kicking and punting?

Ireland’s indigenous sports are called Gaelic games, and Gaelic football in particular features kicking skills that can transfer to American football via placekicking and punting. A growing number of Gaelic football players are giving American football a shot, either through college programs or the NFL’s international player pathway program. Before the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Minnesota Vikings at Croke Park in the first regular-season NFL […]

SEPT. 24, 2025

British Open has 5-way tie for the lead in fickle weather with Scottie Scheffler in the mix

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Sunlight streaked through a few low-hanging clouds when Padraig Harrington opened the British Open with a piercing 3-iron into the wind. Darkness began covering Royal Portrush nearly 16 hours later Thursday night when the final group trudged off the 18th green. One of the longest days was also among the more fickle […]

JULY 17, 2025