<div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4IpS3s_0urmOUDy00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4IpS3s_0urmOUDy00" width="1200" height="630" ><p>The U.S. women's basketball team continued their domination at the Paris Olympics Wednesday with an 88-74 win against Nigeria, cementing their spot in the tournament's semifinals. CBS News and Sports correspondent Dana Jacobson spoke with five-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird about the team.</p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div>

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Three gold medals in track and field at Saint-Denis, France, on Thursday raised the United States’ total haul to 30

Olympics medal count today: See where the United States stands on Friday at 2024 Paris Olympics

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The United States women's basketball team has made a significant change to its starting lineup for this Wednesday's quarterfinal against Nigeria.  Moments ago, Team USA announced that it's starting Napheesa Collier, A'ja Wilosn, Jackie Young, Breanna Stewart and Chelsea Gray. The big takeaway ...

U.S. Women's Basketball Changes Starting Lineup For Quarterfinals Game

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Although the Olympics is slowly coming to a close, day 14 is still jam-packed with action.

The star-studded U.S. women’s basketball team, including A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu, looks to build on its extensive Olympic success.

The squad has yet to lose an Olympic game since 1992, and at 11:30 a.m., the crew will clash with Australia for a spot in the gold medal game.

Following suit — at 1:30 p.m. — American runners will look to notch gold in the women’s 4×100-meter relay final. 

In their first relay heat, speedy sprinters Gabby Thomas, Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry...

The events to watch at the Paris Olympics on Friday, August 9

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Sha'Carri Richardson secured her first Olympic gold medal after a thundering anchor leg in the women's 4x100 relay on Friday.The Americans – Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry – braved a wet track in rainy conditions to win the team's 12th Olympic medal in the event. They did it in a time of 41.78 seconds – a season-best.Thomas ran the third leg and got her second gold medal in the Games. Her first gold was in the 200-meter on Tuesday. When Thomas handed off to Richardson, the U.S. was in third place.Richardson had to reel in Britian's Daryll Neita...

U.S. women win gold in 4x100 relay at Paris Olympics

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  The Olympic men's basketball semifinals are on. The U.S. vs. Serbia game will be played today, with Team USA's big men Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid and Bam Adebayo hoping to slow down Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic, who is playing for Serbia at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.Keep reading to find out when and how to watch the U.S. vs. Serbia men's Olympic basketball game today.How and when...

How to watch the U.S. vs. Serbia men's Olympic basketball game today

A plane with 61 people aboard crashed in a fiery wreck in a residential area of a city in Brazil's Sao Paulo state Friday, the airline said in a social media post on Friday. The airline said there were no survivors and that all 57 passengers and 4 crew members died at the scene. The airline VOEPASS had previously said there were 62 people aboard. It confirmed in an earlier statement that the plane, headed for Sao Paulo's international airport Guarulhos, crashed inside a gated community in the city of Vinhedo. The plane took off from Cascavel Airport at 11:46 a.m....

Plane crash in Brazil kills all 61 on board

Forensic authorities in the Dominican Republic worked Wednesday to identify the remains of at least 14 mostly decomposed bodies found on an abandoned vessel 10 nautical miles of its northern coast.The Dominican Republic Navy said the 14 skeletons appeared to belong to individuals from Senegal and Mauritania, according to the documentation found next to the bodies.Authorities are also working to determine the cause and time of the deaths and whether 12 packages of a substance found on the boat contained illicit drugs, presumably cocaine or heroin.Cell phones and geolocation devices were also found on the boat, said the Navy, which released images...

14 bodies, stash of suspected drugs found on abandoned boat

Flashback to the late 80's, early 90's R&B JAMS! Director Jonathan Meris is throwing back to these classic cuts! Turn it up!

Johnnie's Jams Featuring Director Jonathan Meris

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Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS, 1973 to 1980). On the Hillbillies, he played former Tennessee country mountain-folk-turned-wealthy Beverly Hills resident Jed Clampett. On Barnaby Jones, he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious detectives. Ebsen, however, almost became even more famous for a certain big-screen classic film in which he ultimately did not appear.

'Beverly Hillbillies" Actor Buddy Ebsen Was "Bitter" about not playing the Tin Man in 'Wizard of Oz'

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Police detained the player in the French capital.

Olympian Arrested In Paris, 2 Days After Team's Loss

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It's the first time since 1996 that the host country will play for a gold medal in men's basketball

2024 Paris Olympics: Victor Wembanyama lifts France to gold-medal match after thrilling win over Germany

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Actor Bob Denver, who passed away in 2005, will forever be remembered for his leading role on the classic 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island. Denver also played another famous TV character: the beatnik-type Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

TV's 'Gilligan Island' Stars Dawn Wells and Bob Denver and Their Controversy Behind the Scenes

PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympics are underway. The United States led the medal standings after the 11th day of competition with China second and host France third, but more winners will join the list every day from July 27-Aug. 11. See which countries lead the medal count and the highlights in today’s schedule. Below is a list of all the medal winners, day by day.

Paris Olympics 2024 Winners Day 12

The 2024 Paris Olympics will officially come to an end on Aug. 11, and it’s been quite a run. So, how do you watch the Paris Olympics closing ceremony? Get some tissue ready, because it’s almost here. I personally like the opening ceremony more than the closing one, because it’s sad to see the games end. But, both the opening and closing ceremonies are always exciting, so I’m looking forward to seeing the Paris Olympics close out. It’s also right around my birthday, so I might as well pretend it’s a birthday celebration for me.

Here’s How To Watch the Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A group of 9- and 10-year-old boys found a fun way to spend their summer break. They stumbled on a gold mine – or rather, a rock mine – that has turned into a sparkling success.Carter, Isiah, Tommy, and Pete are buds from the same neighborhood in Lombard. Now they're business partners."Isiah was smashing these rocks with a hammer, and he found one of the gems," Carter said. "Then Isiah said we should sell these, and then we just started selling them."Taken from Isiah's side yard, the boys hammered out a plan as solid as their merchandise....

Lombard boys' rocky business venture proves to be a sparkling success

The 2024 Olympic Games continue in Paris, France. Women’s 5×5 basketball is in action Wednesday for quarterfinal games. Eight teams look to advance to Friday’s semifinal round which features a chance to clinch a spot on the podium. Follow along with updates throughout the action in Paris.

Paris Olympics, Aug. 7: Women's 5x5 quarterfinals tip off

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A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago.Arthur Lee Burton, 54, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. local time. He was condemned for the July 1997 killing and attempted rape of Nancy Adleman, a 48-year-old mother of three. Adleman had been brutally beaten and strangled with her own shoelace in a heavily wooded area off a jogging trail along a...

Texas man executed for 1997 killing of female jogger

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Thursday requiring hospitals to ask patients for their immigration status. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.

Texas governor directs hospitals to ask patients for immigration status

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A 22-year-old airman has been accounted for 81 years after he died as a prisoner of war, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said on Friday.U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Alvin R. Scarborough, 22, of Dossville, Mississippi was serving in the 454th Ordnance Company when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1942 - sparking months of intense fighting. American and Filipino service members continued fighting until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.After the troops surrendered, thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers - including Scarborough - were...

Remains of Mississippi airman identified 81 years after he died as POW

The U.S. women's basketball team continued their domination at the Paris Olympics Wednesday with an 88-74 win against Nigeria, cementing their spot in the tournament's semifinals. CBS News and Sports correspondent Dana Jacobson spoke with five-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird about the team.

Team USA women's basketball reaches Paris Olympic semifinals

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