Israel arrests 2 settlers after deadly rampage on a village left one Palestinian dead

Renowned opera singer David Daniels and his husband have pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting another singer in Houston. Daniels, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Scott Walters each pleaded guilty Friday to a second-degree felony charge of sexual assault of an adult. The pleas came as the trial of the pair on charges of first-degree felony aggravated sexual assault was about to begin. Daniels and Walters were accused by a former Rice University student of assaulting him in Houston. They had met at a reception following a performance by Daniels.

A Vermont driver accused of causing a crash that killed Treat Williams knew the actor and considered him a friend but denies wrongdoing and says charges are not warranted. Ryan Koss said in a statement Friday evening that he knew Williams for years as a member of the tight-knit community of Dorset and as a fellow theater member. He says he is devastated by the fatal crash on June 12. Koss was issued a citation grossly negligent operation causing death and ordered to appear in court in September to be formally charged. Police say Koss pulled in front of Williams’ motorcycle.

Rain continued to pelt northeastern China in the wake of Typhoon Doksuri as authorities reported more fatalities and missing people while evacuating thousands more. State media reported Saturday that one person died and five went missing in the city of Shulan in Jilin province, which has seen five straight days of rainfall. Over 14,300 people were evacuated from the city of more than 700,000, according to the local disaster relief agency. China is struggling with record-breaking rains in some areas while others suffer scorching summer heat and drought that threatens crops. The massive rains are remnants of Typhoon Doksuri and have battered northern China since late July, disrupting the lives of millions.

Israeli police that they arrested two Israeli settlers after they stormed a Palestinian village in the West Bank in a rampage that left one Palestinian dead. Armed settlers entered Burqa, a herding village east of the city of Ramallah, late Friday, shooting and killing 19-year-old Qusai Matan, Palestinian health officials said. Israeli media reported that one of the arrested settlers, who remained unnamed, used to work as an aide for a lawmaker of the far-right Israeli “Jewish Power” party which is in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition of ultranationalist and ultraorthodox parties in the Israeli parliament. The party includes Itamar Ben-Gvir, a pro-settlement firebrand known for hardline positions against Palestinians.

Matchroom Boxing says that Dillian Whyte’s heavyweight rematch against Anthony Joshua has been canceled after Whyte returned “adverse analytical findings” on a doping test. The bout had been scheduled for Aug. 12 at London’s O2 Arena.

A prosecutor in southern Italy says the boat crash that killed a U.S. tourist off the Amalfi Coast is being investigated as a case of possible manslaughter. Salerno Chief Prosecutor Giuseppe Borrelli told reporters Saturday that the skipper of the motorboat that slammed into a chartered sailboat has been questioned. In the crash on Thursday afternoon, Adrienne Vaughan, a 45-year-old publishing executive, died and her husband and the skipper were injured. Borrelli said the skipper underwent blood tests to determine alcohol and drug levels. He indicated more study was needed to see if those levels affected the skipper's ability to pilot the boat rented by the American family.

Chelsea has signed goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from Brighton on a seven-year contract. The transfer fee was reported to be 25 million pounds ($32 million) for the Spain international who is expected to challenge Kepa Arrizabalaga for a starting spot. The 25-year-old Sanchez made 23 Premier League appearances last season.

Manchester United has signed Denmark striker Rasmus Højlund from Atalanta in a move that ends the Premier League club’s search for a replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo. Højlund cost an initial 64 million pounds ($82 million) and that fee could go up by a further 8 million pounds ($10 million) dependent on his success. He has signed a five-year contract with an option to extend by 12 months. In an offseason that has seen United repeatedly linked with a move for Harry Kane the club has opted to go with an emerging talent of Højlund. The 20-year-old Højlund has impressed with his performances for Atalanta in the Italian league.

South Africa has already upset the odds to advance to the knockout stages of the Women’s World Cup. Now it is aiming to spring another surprise against one of the tournament favorites. Captain Refiloe Jane says “anything is possible” against Netherlands for a team that has become one of the big stories of this World Cup. Thembi Kgatlana’s stoppage-time winner against Italy secured South Africa’s place in the round of 16. The joyous scenes after the final whistle of that 3-2 win created some of the most memorable images of the World Cup so far. South Africa faces a Netherlands team that topped Group E ahead of the defending champion U.S. team.

Police in the Philippines say one person has died and more than 100 have had to be rescued after a ferry struck floating debris at sea and took on water Saturday. The accident involving the King Sto. Nino 7, which was carrying 117 people, was the third to hit the country in just over a week, officials said. All those on board were rescued except for a woman who suffered a heart attack and died during the scramble for safety. It was the third ferry accident to hit the country in just over a week. Sea accidents are common in the Philippines because of frequent storms, poorly maintained boats, overcrowding and weak enforcement of safety regulations.

The Loch Ness Centre in Scotland is calling for “budding monster hunters” and volunteers to join in what it dubs the largest search for the Loch Ness Monster since the 1970s. The visitor attraction said this week that modern technology such as drones that will produce thermal images of the lake will “search the waters in a way that has never been done before.” A hydrophone will also be used to detect acoustic signals under the water. The new surface water search for the fabled “Nessie" is planned for the weekend of Aug. 26 and 27. It is billed as the largest of its kind since the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau studied the loch for signs of the mythical beast in 1972.

Japan has scored its 14th goal of the Women’s World Cup and conceded its first in a 3-1 win over Norway to reach the quarterfinals for the fourth time. Hinata Miyazawa sealed the win with her fifth goal of the tournament to remain the leading scorer. Risa Shimizu’s 50th-minute goal followed an Ingrid Syrstad Engen own goal in the first half to help give Japan its fourth consecutive win of the tournament.

Fans of the United States women’s soccer team remained faithful viewers no matter what hour the game was on. The Americans three group stage matches at the Women’s World Cup had an average combined English- and Spanish-language audience of of 5,256,000. Trying to replicate that over the next four matches will be a difficult task. With its second-place finish in Group E, the remaining U.S. matches will take place overnight. Had the Americans won the group, its round of 16 and quarterfinal matches would have been in prime time.

South Korea is plowing ahead with the World Scout Jamboree, rejecting a call by the world scouting body to cut it short. Thousands of British and U.S. scouts started leaving the coastal campsite Saturday because of a punishing heat wave. Hundreds of participants have been treated for heat-related ailments since the jamboree began Wednesday at the coastal site in Buan as South Korea grapples with one of its hottest summers in years. South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo says the country is determined to continue the jamboree as planned through Aug. 12.

DALLAS — He is 30. His Heisman Trophy-winning season at Texas A&M was 11 years ago. The last of his 258 NFL pass attempts occurred on Dec. 27, 2015.

LOS ANGELES — The basketball game that changed Greg Brown's life and set the course for that of his oldest son came on a winter night in 1996 in the Philadelphia suburbs.

CHICAGO — Once known as the “Conference of Champions,” the Pac-12 appears to be going the way of Blockbuster and Napster.

DENVER — As harsh changes in the economic climate wreak havoc on the college football landscape, Neon Deion Sanders burns hotter than the sun, chuckling as the Pac-12 Conference crumbles into the ocean.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Safe to say everyone participating in the Chiefs’ training camp at Missouri Western State arrived here aware of what’s within their grasp this season.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This had been in the works for a while.

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An analyst says Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc. A journalist and researcher says the request came during a visit by one of the coup leaders to neighboring Mali, where Wagner is active. He says Wagner is considering the request. Niger’s junta faces a Sunday deadline set by the regional bloc known as ECOWAS to release and reinstate the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who has described himself as a hostage.

Ukrainian drones have hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea, according to Russian officials. They said that the vessel’s engine room sustained damage in the strike late Friday night in the Kerch Strait. Russia’s Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport said there were no casualties among the 11 crew members. An official with Ukraine’s Security Service confirmed to The Associated Press that the service was behind the sea drone attack on the tanker. Friday night’s attack was the second sea attack involving drones that day after Ukraine said its drones struck a major Russian port Friday damaging a warship and underlining Kyiv’s growing naval capabilities and the growing importance of the Black Sea as a battleground in the war.

UNDATED (AP) — The Big 12 is adding Arizona, Arizona State and Utah as members next year, completing its raid of the Pac-12. The latest blow to the Pac-12 came just hours after the Big Ten welcomed Oregon and Washington to grow its new West Coast wing next year. A little more than a year ago…

Manchester City has signed Croatia center-back Joško Gvardiol from Leipzig for 90 million euros ($99.2 million). He is among the most expensive defenders in soccer history. The 21-year-old Gvardiol is known as “Little Pep” because of his name’s likeness to City manager Pep Guardiola. He is one of the most highly rated defenders in the world and enhanced his reputation with impressive performances for Croatia at the World Cup last year. He won the German Cup in back-to-back seasons with Leipzig and played in the Champions League. The transfer fee puts Gvardiol among the likes of Manchester United’s Harry Maguire and Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk among the costliest defenders in the world.

Three Indian soldiers have been killed in a gunbattle with rebels fighting against New Delhi’s rule in Kashmir. That's according to an Indian military handout Saturday, which said the battle on late Friday broke out after soldiers launched an unspecified search operation. It said three soldiers were injured in the exchange of gunfire with rebels, and they later died. The gunfight came as authorities stepped up security on the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status. India’s 2019 decision stripped the region’s statehood, its separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs.

Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger collapsed as soon as they started. Tensions are escalating as Sunday's deadline nears for possible military intervention by other West African countries. This would be the first time in years that the regional bloc known as ECOWAS would try to forcefully put down a coup. There are fears that any fighting in the event of a military intervention will not be limited to Niger’s capital. And with neighboring Nigeria leading the intervention, that could distract its overstretched military from the difficult fight against armed groups at home.

Syria’s main insurgent al-Qaida-linked group denied it was behind the killing of the Islamic State group’s leader in the country’s northwest saying it would have otherwise claimed responsibility. The security arm of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, made the announcement Friday night, a day after IS blamed the Syrian insurgent group for the death of its little-known leader, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi, who headed the extremist organization since November. The Islamic State group broke away from al-Qaida a decade ago and attracted supporters from around the world.

Pakistani police have arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at his home in the eastern city of Lahore.

A Pakistani court convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan in asset concealment case Saturday, which could disqualify him from politics. It’s a fresh blow to Khan’s bid to return to power. Since his ouster from power in a no-confidence vote in the parliament in April 2022, Khan has been slapped with more than 150 legal cases, including several on charges of corruption, terrorism and inciting people to violence over deadly protests in May that saw his followers attack government and military property across the country.

A Norwegian who has just become the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains announced she was retiring from climbing high peaks upon her return to Nepal. Kristin Harila and her Sherpa guide Tenjin were given a hero’s welcome at the Kathmandu airport on Saturday where hundreds including mountaineers, government officials and well-wishers gathered to welcome them back with cheers and flower garlands. They scaled Mount K2 in Pakistan last week, thus concluding the climb of the 14th peak — that is more than 8000 meters (about 26,000 feet) — high in 92 days, shattering the previous record of 189 days. Harila said Mount K2 was very difficult to climb this year because of heavy snow.

Pakistani court convicts former PM Imran Khan in asset concealment case, which could disqualify him from politics.

Star playmaker Alexia Putellas has come off the bench and goalkeeper Cata Coll has made her full international debut as Spain beat Switzerland 5-1 to reach the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals for the first time. Coll was a surprising new cap to replace Misa Rodriguez after Spain conceded four goals in a group-stage loss to Japan. Spain coach Jorge Vilda made five changes to his starting lineup in response to that loss. Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Putellas is coming back from a serious knee injury and Spain coaches have managed her gametime so far at the tournament. She went on the 77th minute.

The New York Yankees host the Houston Astros on Saturday.

The Chicago White Sox come into the matchup with the Cleveland Guardians as losers of five straight games.

The Kansas City Royals will try to prolong a seven-game win streak with a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Milwaukee Brewers host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.

The New York Mets hit the road against the Baltimore Orioles looking to stop a five-game road losing streak.

The Detroit Tigers take on the Tampa Bay Rays looking to break a four-game home skid.

The Toronto Blue Jays lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox.