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Disabled people protest Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the Melun train station, outside Paris. An influential disabled rights group in France is boycotting a conference on disability Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, amid frustration at dismal accessibility for people in wheelchairs and with other mobility challenges -- and years of unmet promises to make things better ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On the network of 309 stations of subway system, only one line with 13 stations is fully accessible. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Protests for disabled rights in France before Paris Olympics

By John Leicester Apr. 26, 2023 06:42 AM EDT

FILE - Paris officials unveil a display of the Olympic rings on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron's government is under pressure over the rights of people with disabilities as he hosts the country's first national conference on the issue since the COVID-19 pandemic. The looming deadlines in 2024 of the Olympic Games and Paralympics in Paris are also fuelling campaigners' calls for rapid action on accessibility and other rights for people with disabilities (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
France under pressure over disabled rights as Olympics loom

By John Leicester Apr. 25, 2023 06:37 AM EDT

Gold medal winner, Aaron Gate of New Zealand, center, celebrates during the men's 40km points race final during the Commonwealth Games track cycling at Lee Valley VeloPark in London, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
Aussies change handlebars at Commonwealths and keep winning

By Courtney Walsh Aug. 01, 2022 10:20 AM EDT

Brazilian skier out of Olympics after car crash in Italy

Jan. 28, 2022 07:33 AM EST
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian cross-country skier Bruna Moura will miss the Beijing Olympics after sustaining multiple fractures in a car crash in Italy. ...

FILE - Trinidad and Tobago's bronze medalist Deon Lendore poses during the medal ceremony for the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Britain, on March 3, 2018. Lendore, 29, a former Olympic sprinter and bronze medalist for Trinidad & Tobago and NCAA champion at Texas A&M, was killed in a head-on collision in Texas, state police said, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Trinidad Olympic sprinter Deon Lendore killed in Texas crash

Jan. 11, 2022 05:26 PM EST

Stephenie Mcpherson, right, of Jamaica, reacts after winning a women's 400-meter semifinal as Allyson Felix, of the United States, looks on, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Olympic Latest: Canada wins 1st gold in women's soccer

Aug. 05, 2021 08:36 PM EDT

Athletes compete during the track cycling men's omnium tempo race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Braspennincx, Walls win track cycling gold at Tokyo Games

By Dave Skretta Aug. 05, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

France's Jean Patry celebrates a point during a men's volleyball semifinal match against Argentina, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Olympics Latest: China women win table tennis again

Aug. 04, 2021 08:23 PM EDT

CORRECTS LAST NAME TO SCHAUFFELE FROM SHAUFFELE - Xander Schauffele of the United States, right, is congratulated by Hideki Matsuyama of Japan after winning gold in the men's golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Kawagoe, Japan. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Xander Schauffele with 2 clutch putts gives US gold in golf

By Doug Ferguson Aug. 01, 2021 03:29 AM EDT

Nora Gjakova of Kosovo, top, reacts as she competes with Tsukasa Yoshida of Japan in their women's -57kg semifinal judo match, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Judoka Nora Gjakova wins gold on mourning day for Kosovo

Jul. 26, 2021 07:29 AM EDT

Workers paste the overlay on the wall of the National Stadium, where opening ceremony and many other events are scheduled for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Tokyo. Roads are being closed off around Tokyo Olympic venues including the new $1.4 billion National Stadium where the opening ceremony is set for July 23(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
All roads -- blocked off roads -- lead to Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade And Kantaro Komiya Jun. 08, 2021 04:24 AM EDT

A view of the front pages of Britain's newspapers showing their coverage of the coronavirus, in London, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Newspapers in Britain have criticised the lack of testing NHS staff for the virus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Outbreak's global cost may top $4T; auto insurers get break

Apr. 03, 2020 04:05 AM EDT

A food delivery courier, center, rides a bike among emptied office buildings during an evening rush hour, with the St. Nicholas church in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. President Vladimir Putin has ordered most Russians to stay off work until the end of the month to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
The Latest: Russian police detain activists delivering gear

By The Associated Press Apr. 03, 2020 01:45 AM EDT

A man works to complete the infrastructure at the field medical station set up at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J., Thursday, April 2, 2020. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy toured the medical station that is expected to open early next week. It is slated to field non-coronavirus cases. It's one of four such facilities that are supposed to open in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey's COVID-19 death rate spikes, totaling 537

Apr. 02, 2020 03:00 PM EDT