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Young Japanese artists turn school blackboards into a hit medium for creativity 07/25/2026 07:49am • KUMAGAYA, Japan (AP) ��� The humble blackboard is serving as the canvas, and colorful chalk the paint, for young Japanese artists. ���Kokuban Art Koshien " is an annual national chalk art championship for high school students. Combining the word for ���blackboard��� ("kokuban") and the famous stadiu French champion OL Lyonnes continues recruitment drive by signing Barcelona's Salma Paralluelo 07/25/2026 07:49am • LYON, France (AP) ��� French women's champion OL Lyonnes signed Spain forward Salma Paralluelo from Barcelona on a four-year contract on Saturday. Lyon announced the signing on X. A standout junior athlete, the 22-year-old Paralluelo scored twice for Barcelona when it routed Lyon 4-0 in the Champion Japan���s monkey sensation Punch turns 1, drawing a flood of well-wishing messages, in photos 07/25/2026 07:41am • ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) ��� Punch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people���s hearts by clinging to an orangutan plushie, is marking his first birthday with a flood of well-wishing messages from his fans around the world ��� even though he now has friends and is no longer holding Atletico signs South Korea World Cup midfielder Lee Kang-In from PSG 07/25/2026 07:33am • MADRID (AP) ��� South Korea midfielder Lee Kang-In has agreed to join Atletico Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain, the Spanish club said Saturday. Atletico said the player would sign a contract through June 2031. The transfer fee was undisclosed but it is reportedly between 35 and 40 million euros ($39 Most Maryland school systems will hit base $60,000 teacher pay, after some 'difficult' decisions 07/25/2026 07:12am • The majority of Maryland���s 24 public school systems met a July 1 deadline to boost their starting teachers��� pay to a minimum salary of $60,000, but for some smaller districts the higher salaries came at the cost of cuts elsewhere in their budgets. The salary deadline is part of the state���s Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years 07/25/2026 06:48am • What���s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack���s house, it���s whatever is on sale. Jack, 50, scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries. When she reaches the store, she looks in the weekly circular for coupons she might have missed. If shelf prices look too high, she t France deploying massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on wildfire, after nearly 200,000 evacuations 07/25/2026 06:39am • LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) ��� France deploying massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on wildfire, after nearly 200,000 evacuations. Bridges and infrastructure hit as US struck deeper inside Iran 07/25/2026 06:30am • The United States has gradually expanded the scope of its attacks against Iran over the course of two weeks of punishing airstrikes that increasingly resemble the war���s opening salvos. After a brief ceasefire in June following the signing of an interim deal to end the conflict, a battle for contr Annual mud festival opens in South Korea's coastal city of Boryeong, in photos 07/25/2026 06:14am • BORYEONG, South Korea (AP) ��� Tourists played and frolicked during the opening of the annual messy-but-fun Boryeong Mud Festival in South Korea. ____ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. 11 European tourists and 1 local rescued after speedboat sinks in Indonesia. Boat captain missing 07/25/2026 06:02am • PALU, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian rescuers found alive 11 European tourists and a local crew member who went missing after their speedboat apparently broke apart and sank in rough weather off a bay on Sulawesi island, officials said Saturday. Search teams continued looking for the vessel's captain New murals are going up around DC to continue celebrating America���s 250th anniversary 07/25/2026 05:53am • You may soon notice new murals in D.C., as part of the District���s DC250 Mural Project. ���Public art is a fantastic way to celebrate our country���s semi-quincentennial ��� through art, we can share our stories, celebrate our shared values, and inspire future generations,��� Mayor Murie Another National Mall water feature needs repairs 07/25/2026 05:38am • The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the seawall around the Tidal Basin, and Constitution Gardens have all recently undergone repairs. Now, another water feature on the National Mall is being repaired after it was damaged. A contractor's vehicle drove over the center of a fountain feature at The 'rockets and feathers' effect: Inflation eases but grocery bills do not 07/25/2026 05:37am • Economics has a term for what U.S. grocery prices have done in recent years: rockets and feathers. Rockets, because the cost of food eaten at home zoomed up in the aftermath of the pandemic. Feathers, because once prices rise, they���re slow to come down. That���s been frustrating for Americans hit Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years 07/25/2026 05:15am • What���s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack���s house, it���s whatever is on sale. Jack scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries. When she reaches the store, she grabs the weekly circular to look for coupons she might have missed. If the shelf prices look too high, s 'So proud': Maryland woman selected by McDonald's to attend FIFA World Cup final 07/25/2026 05:07am • Sonia Mendez recalled standing in the communal room at the McDonald's location in Riverdale, Maryland, when suddenly, members of her crew walked in holding colorful "Congratulations" balloons and flowers. They all shouted congratulations and clapped for her, leaving Mendez stunned. "Vas a