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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): ___ 3:50 p.m. Top-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia. The six-time Wimbledon champion has won the past three men’s singles titles at the All England Club. The 26-year-old Kokkinakis is ranked 79th. ___ 3:35 p.m. French Open runner-up Casper Ruud lost in the second round at Wimbledon. The third-seeded Norwegian was beaten by Ugo Humbert of France 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 on No. 2 Court. Ruud was making his third appearance at the All England Club. His victory over Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Monday was his first at the grass-court Grand Slam. ___ 2:25 p.m. Second-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia was eliminated in the second round of Wimbledon, losing to Jule Niemeier of Germany 6-4, 6-0. Kontaveit has never reached the fourth round at the All England Club, the only one of the four major tournaments … [Read more...] about Wimbledon updates | Top-ranked Djokovic eases into 3rd round

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): ___ 8:40 p.m. Fifth-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 7-6 (0), 6-3 victory over Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands. The win keeps the 19-year-old Spaniard on course for a potential quarterfinal match against top-ranked Novak Djokovic. Alcaraz will next play the 32nd-seeded Oscar Otte of Germany. Tenth-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy beat Mikael Ymer of Sweden 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 to reach the third round, where he’ll play either Andy Murray or John Isner. In the women’s draw, third-seeded Ons Jabeur beat Katarzyna Kawa 6-4, 6-0 to set up a third-round match against Diane Parry of France. ___ 5:30 p.m. Emma Raducanu is out of Wimbledon in the second round after losing to Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-3 on Centre Court. The 19-year-old Raducanu is the reigning U.S. Open champion but she ran into a player on a roll. The 28-year-old Frenchwoman won her … [Read more...] about Wimbledon updates | Alcaraz, Sinner, Jabeur advance

Today we remember the gallant Americans who fought on D-Day and on all the other battlefronts of World War Two.  And yet we should also remember that Americans fought for peace . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared in his D-Day radio address , “They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest,” he added, to bring a “sure peace … invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men.” Also today, we are in a new struggle against the schemings of unworthy men: Vladimir Putin and his army of “Orcs.” And while we are not ourselves fighting, we are helping. The vast majority of Americans agree that’s the right thing to do — polls show support above 70 % . Yet if helping Ukraine win its war for survival against Russia is a good idea, then helping to win the peace afterward is also a good idea. Fortunately, we have a successful precedent to point to: The Marshall Plan , launched 75 years ago  on June 5, 1947,  is also an anniversary worth celebrating. … [Read more...] about PINKERTON: Blessed Are The Peacemakers — And The Rebuilders

The Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The Latest on the NATO summit in Madrid: ___ Italian Premier Mario Draghi says plans for an increased U.S. military presence in Europe don’t amount to a military escalation within NATO. Draghi says the increase announced Wednesday by the White House would amount to just 70 additional U.S. troops on Italian soil and an air defense system that had already been planned. But he added at the NATO summit in Madrid: “You have to be ready.” Draghi said overall Italy is committing 10,000 troops to NATO. That includes 2,000 divided among the Italian command of NATO in Bulgaria, its presence in Romania and staffing of air patrols over the Baltics. Another 8,000 are on standby in Italy “if eventually necessary.” ___ — Turkey lifts objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO ahead of alliance summit — Biden, NATO to beef up force posture amid Russian aggression — Macron says Russia can’t win in Ukraine — The AP Interview: Spanish PM … [Read more...] about Live updates | Italy sees no NATO military escalation

As recently as 2015, there were more artists living in New York City than ever before (about 55,000). But from January 2021 to January 2022, rents surged 33%, pushing artists farther and farther out of the city’s creative neighborhoods. advertisement advertisement Then came Silver Art Project. Founded in 2018, the nonprofit runs an art residency on the 28th floor of 4 World Trade Center . Like other organizations with similar goals, Silver Art’s mission is to support artists who are being priced out of the city. Silver Art provides free studios and mentorship to a select cohort of artists; to date, more than 50—ranging from painters and visual artists to photographers and sculptors—have participated. This month marks the end of the second residency, which included 25 artists. While Silver Art is in the process of reviewing more than 1,200 applications for its upcoming cohort, I spoke with four artists who just spent a year working at 4 WTC. Most … [Read more...] about ‘You’re on top of the world’: Inside 4 artists’ studios on the 28th floor of the World Trade Center