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Shooters and shade, community and cheese: How social media changed the 2024 Paris Olympics
After 16 days of thrilling, heartbreaking and dramatic events, the 2024 Paris Olympics have come to a close. Though the Olympic events took place in and around Paris, there was an additional arena in which to experience them: online. With social media only growing more ubiquitous, the drama and excitement...
Fatal weekend shootings jolt growing Denver-area suburb
DENVER — (AP) — Four men were fatally shot and a woman was hospitalized with gunshot wounds during a spate of weekend violence in the Denver suburb of Commerce City. A person of interest in one of the cases was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot, police said Sunday.
Paris closes out the 2024 Olympics with a final star-studded show
SAINT-DENIS, France — (AP) — Paris closed out two and a half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a boisterous, star-studded show in France's national stadium on Sunday, handing over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city in line: Los Angeles in 2028.
From Randy's Donuts to the gridlocked 405, these are the venues that should host the L.A. Olympics in 2028
PARIS — Beach volleyball by the Eiffel Tower. Equestrian at the Palace of Versailles. Triathlon swimming in the Parisian sewer system. Paris 2024 has incorporated some iconic venues into the Olympics. That’s caused some to claim that Los Angeles should be nervous to host the 2028 Summer Olympics because...
2024 Paris Olympics: Top moments, quotes from the Summer Games
There are over 11,000 athletes in the Olympic Games, and over 11,000 stories of triumph, heartbreak, hope and perseverance. As the Paris Olympics wind to their conclusion, here are some of those stories, as told by the Olympians and others at these Games. Some are bringing home medals, some are returning home with only memories, but all will always be Olympians.
2024 Olympics Day 16 results: U.S. women's basketball wins gold; medals in women's volleyball, men's water polo
Medal table | Olympic schedule |How to watch | Olympic news. The final day of competition for the 2024 Paris Olympics ended with the United States winning gold in women's basketball and women's omnium, while also earning medals in women's volleyball, men's water polo and women's wrestling. Team USA finished to tie China in gold medals, while winning the overall medal count by an impressive margin and collecting its best total since 1984.
Israel widens evacuation orders in southern Gaza. Hamas wants plans for a deal instead of more talks
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — (AP) — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday, a day after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. The airstrike was one of the deadliest attacks in the 10-month war.
Debby's aftermath leaves thousands in the dark; threatens more flooding in the Carolinas
PHILADELPHIA — (AP) — The weather system previously known as Hurricane Debby was not quite done with parts of the U.S. Sunday as flood warnings remained in effect in North Carolina and thousands were without power in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. After hitting Florida as a hurricane...
Families of Brazilian plane crash victims gather in Sao Paulo as French experts join investigation
SAO PAULO — (AP) — More than 40 families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil gathered Sunday at a morgue and hotels in Sao Paulo as three French government investigators arrived in the country. Forensics experts worked to identify the remains of the 62 people killed.
Jordan Chiles has been stripped of a gymnastics bronze medal, but the USOPC says it will appeal
PARIS — (AP) — U.S. Olympic officials are appealing a court ruling that resulted in American gymnast Jordan Chiles being asked to return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) voided an on-floor appeal by Chiles' coach...
House explosion in Maryland kills 1, injures 2 and damages nearby homes
BEL AIR, Md. — (AP) — At least one person died and two were injured after a Maryland house exploded Sunday amid reports of a possible gas leak, fire officials said. Neighbors described feeling and hearing the early morning blast that damaged a number of surrounding houses in Bel Air, a town about about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Baltimore.
USA Gymnastics requests Jordan Chiles ruling be revised, submits new video proving inquiry was filed in time
Jordan Chiles's Olympic bronze medal saga continued on Sunday, with USA Gymnastics officially appealing the ruling. Chiles, who won bronze during individual floor finals after her coach Cecile Landi successfully submitted an appeal to have her score raised, has been ordered to give her medal back after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the appeal was submitted too late.
English town of Southport mourns 9-year-old stabbing victim and calls for an end to unrest
LONDON — (AP) — The people of Southport, England, came together Sunday for the first of the funerals for three girls killed during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, remembering 9-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar's radiant smile and calling for an end to the unrest that has convulsed Britain since the attack two weeks ago.
Anson Dorrance retires as North Carolina women's soccer coach after NCAA-record 21 national titles
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — (AP) — Anson Dorrance, whose 21 NCAA championships are the most by a head coach in any Division I sport in college history, is retiring after 45 seasons directing the women’s soccer program at North Carolina. The Tar Heels said Dorrance informed athletic...
Large desert tortoise rescued from Arizona highway after escaping from ostrich ranch 3 miles away
PICACHO, Ariz. — (AP) — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway?. It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper recently helped rescue an escaped sulcata tortoise that was attempting to cross Interstate 10 near Picacho.
Bo Nix impresses in Broncos QB competition, Anthony Richardson returns for Colts
Bo Nix hadn't played in a football game and not been a starter since eighth grade, he told reporters this week. He came off the bench on Sunday, but he hopes that's a temporary feeling. Nix, the Denver Broncos' rookie first-round pick, is battling Jarrett Stidham to be the team's...
Vance defends 'cat lady' comments, suggests Trump won't ban abortion pill in morning show appearances
J.D. Vance, former president Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 election, made the rounds on several morning news shows on Sunday. In a series of interviews, the Republican Senator from Ohio addressed Trump's recent comments about possibly restricting access to Mifepristone, the so-called “abortion pill,” as well as his controversial statements about “childless cat ladies,” and questions he's raised about the military service of Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Brittney Griner weeps after winning third Olympic gold medal: 'My country fought for me to get back'
PARIS — Brittney Griner won her third Olympic gold medal here on Sunday, but this one, she said, her first since 10 hellish months in a Russian, would "hold a special place amongst the other two." Tears welled in her eyes as she stood on a podium, with the...
Brittney Griner lets tears flow during national anthem after U.S. women win gold
PARIS — (AP) — Standing on the medal stand with her third gold medal draped around her neck, Brittney Griner looked at the U.S. flag with tears streaming down her cheeks during the national anthem. She didn't wipe them away until after the anthem ended, never trying to...
Vance hails Trump's Fed idea and pushes back against criticism over past words on American families
ATLANTA — (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance used a round of Sunday news show appearances to disparage the Democratic ticket and promote Donald Trump's record and second-term plans and defend himself from criticism over past remarks that have become a campaign issue. The Ohio senator,...
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