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SILVIA STELLACI

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Associated Press national writer based in Washington, D.C. He reports on tennis and other sports.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) reacts toward referee Tyler Ford during the second half of Game 2 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Timberwolves say fan ejected for conduct toward Draymond Green at Thursday’s playoff game
The Minnesota Timberwolves say they are investigating if a fan directed racially charged comments toward Golden State’s Draymond Green during the fourth quarter of a playoff game between the teams on Thursday.
 
Switzerland's President Karin Keller-Sutter, US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Switzerland's Economy Minister Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, left and right, during a bilateral meeting between Switzerland and the United States, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
Swiss president hopes ‘Holy Spirit’ might guide US-China weekend talks in Geneva over tariffs
Switzerland’s president has lamented “disappointing” talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary that did not ease stiff U.S. tariffs on Swiss goods.
 
Hamas fighters attend the funeral procession of a Hamas official Samer al-Haj who was killed on Friday by an Israeli drone strike, at Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
Syria and Lebanon’s moves to centralize power leads to crackdowns on Palestinian factions
Authorities in Lebanon and Syria are cracking down on Palestinian factions that for decades have had armed presence in both countries.
 
A screen flashes the news of new Pope Leo XIV, during the second round match between Italys' Fabio Fognini and Britain's Jacob Fearnley at the Italian Open tennis tournament, Thursday. May 8, 2025, in Rome. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
Pope Leo XIV is a tennis player. Tsitsipas would be happy to hit some balls with him
It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from the Vatican. Because tennis is the sport that the first American pope likes to play.
 
US Mail is delivered at to an apartment complex in Pittsburgh on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
FedEx board member Steiner is picked to be next USPS postmaster general amid talk of privatization
A former CEO of the nation’s largest waste management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors will take over control of the U.S. Postal Service.
 
In this combination of photos provided by researchers, a wild male chimpanzee drums on a buttress tree while producing a pant-hoot call as he joins his groupmates in the Budongo Forest of Uganda in May 2017. (Adrian Soldati via AP)
Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communication
A new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks. Previous research has shown that chimps have their own signature drumming style.
 
Leverkusen's coach Xabi Alonso attends a press conference in Leverkusen, Germany, Friday, May 9, 2025. (Marius Becker/dpa via AP)
Xabi Alonso confirms he’s leaving Bayer Leverkusen ahead of expected move to Real Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso says he’s leaving the German club after this season, ahead of an expected move to Real Madrid. “This is the right moment to announce it,” the Spanish coach says.
 
Specialist Michael Pistillo, left, works with traders Ryan Falvey, center, and Niall Pawa on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Wall Street and other markets hold steady ahead of a highly anticipated US-China meeting on trade
U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish as Wall Street and other financial markets wait for a highly anticipated meeting on Saturday between China and the United States on trade.
 
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At shops around the Vatican, Pope Francis was a regular customer and a friend
In the streets around the Vatican, where Pope Francis used to make impromptu outings, some of the shopkeepers are mourning the man they knew, not as the leader of a church or head of state, but as an ordinary person.