AP Photo/RID Dutch folk dancers performing in Hyde Park, London, England, at the opening of the International Folk Dance Festival on July 15, 1935. Seventeen European countries were represented at the event.
CAIRO — A few days after the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran, Reza Kiamarzi decided to trek into the mountains outside his home city of Isfahan in southern Iran. A veterinarian and researcher on birds of prey, his mission was to find nests of endangered falcons high up in the cliffs. The bombardment during the war on Iran earlier this year coincided with the breeding season for Iran’s cherished Saker and red-naped Shaheen falcons, some of the fastest flying birds in the world. He knew of two nests near military bases that had been struck, and he wanted to know if the ...
GUNNISON, Colo. (AP) — A helicopter helping to fight a Colorado wildfire has crashed into a reservoir, killing the pilot, authorities said. The aircraft was reported down Sunday in the Silver Jack Reservoir and the pilot's body was recovered by divers, the Gunnison County sheriff's office posted online. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was a Kaman Aerospace K-1200 helicopter that “crashed under unknown circumstances, becoming inverted,” according to its preliminary report. The pilot, the only person on board, was assisting firefighters with the 2-week-old Gold ...
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Five people were killed in a “targeted mass shooting” against a family in southwestern Illinois, police said. Two more people were wounded, and two teenagers, ages 15 and 16, were in custody, police said. The shootings occurred primarily Sunday at three locations in East St. Louis, including a park. East St. Louis, population 17,500, is across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. It had 15 homicides in 2025, down from 34 in 2020, records show. “It’s terrible. It’s evil. But it will not keep this city down,” Illinois State Police Director ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Haven’t cracked “The Odyssey” since high school? Don’t worry, you don’t need a classics degree to understand Christopher Nolan’s adaptation. One of his primary goals was to make it accessible and relatable to a modern audience. “It’s something that we all ...
AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen Director Francis Ford Coppola, his wife Ellen and daughter Sofia pause briefly inside Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles after arriving for the opening night performance of Abel Gance’s film masterpiece “Napolean” on July 14, 1981.
