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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Incident Summary: On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Paris, American diver Alison Gibson faced an unfortunate incident that led to a score of 0.0. Competing to secure a place in the semi-finals, the 25-year-old Texas-born athlete experienced a collision with the diving board that significantly impacted her performance.

Heart-Stopping Moment: Alison Gibson’s Dive Ends in Disaster at the 2024 Olympics

Mallory Swanson scores to put U.S. up 1-0 in gold medal match

Slovenian sport climber Janja Garnbret topped three out of the four boulder problems during the bouldering round of the Olympic women's boulder/lead combined final. Garnbret flashed Boulders 1 and 3 to take the lead. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.

Slovenian climber Garnbret tops boulders in combined final

American sport climber Brooke Raboutou won silver in the women's bouldering and lead combined final after a strong lead climb. Raboutou added to her high boulder score to finish second with a total score of 156 points. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.

U.S. climber Raboutou fastens onto silver during lead route

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Emma Hayes reflects on winning the Olympic gold medal with USWNT. Take a look at every goal the U.S. women's national team scored in the women's soccer tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.

Emma Hayes reflects on winning Olympic gold medal with USWNT

Kansas City, MO

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, known for his prowess on the football field, made a personal announcement during a press conference on Tuesday. The three-time Super Bowl champion revealed that he and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, are expecting their third child and that this will be their last.

Patrick Mahomes Reveals He's 'Done' Having Kids with Wife Brittany Mahomes After Baby No. 3

Georgia State

“The phone call was -- it rocked my world,” Felton Tate Jr. told Dateline. It was July 9, 2008. Felton, who was 18 at the time, received a call that his father, 40-year-old Felton Tate Sr., had been shot outside his home in Beauregard, Alabama. Felton Jr.’s parents had been divorced since he was little and he was staying with his mother at the time.

Questions remain in 2008 shooting of Alabama man Felton Tate

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The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

Paradise, CA

Ken Baker was expecting a check to arrive in the mail at his new house — part of a settlement after his Paradise, California, home burned in the 2018 Camp Fire. But that check won’t reach its destination. “The address it’s supposed to go to is no longer,”...

Their homes burned in the Camp Fire. Then the Park Fire destroyed their new ones.

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Emily Campbell celebrated with a cartwheel after clinching bronze in the women’s +81kg category to become the first British weightlifter to win two Olympic medals in over half a century.The Nottingham 30-year-old set a new combined personal best of 288kg over snatch and clean-and-jerk disciplines to finish behind defending champion Li Wenwen of China, and 21-year-old Hyejeong Park of South Korea.Campbell’s respective totals of 126kg and 162kg in each respective category were also personal bests as she finished with a cumulative score five kilograms better than the one that sealed her silver medal in Tokyo.China’s Li, who was forced to...

Emily Campbell launches cartwheel celebration after bagging Olympic bronze

Nikola Jokic finally got his elusive Olympic triple-double, putting up 20 points with 12 rebounds and 11 assists to lead Serbia to a bronze medal game win over Germany. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.

Full Nikola Jokic highlights from bronze medal win

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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Kate Jackson began her acting career as a silent ghost on TV's classic 1960s gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows but remains alive and well years after two horrific battles with breast cancer. Jackson went on to small screen prime-time stardom on police/detective/crime drama/comedies like The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and more. This is her triumphant story.

'Charlie's Angels' Star Kate Jackson Has Courageously Battled and Conquered Cancer Several Times

Albuquerque, NM

Rangers at Grand Canyon found the body of a missing person earlier this week, marking the third death at the national park since July 31, officials said Thursday. The body of Leticia Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque, was discovered Tuesday 150 feet below an overlook on the canyon’s South Rim, the National Park Service said in a news release.

Missing person found dead at Grand Canyon, third fatality at national park in a week

From nail-biting finishes down to a fraction of a second to Ledecky-style blowouts, check out these gold medal finishes from the pool at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.

Swimming finishes but they get increasingly farther away

PARIS — Americans played one electric quarter of basketball on Friday and that was more than enough to send them to the women’s gold medal game. Jackie Young, A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Copper Kahleah all scored in double figures as the U.S. cruised to a 85-64 victory over Australia in a semifinal game at Bercy Arena.

U.S. women blow out Australia, advance to gold medal basketball game

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Horoscope for Sunday, August 11th

Del Rio, TX

Shelters on the southern U.S. border and in some major cities that were inundated with migrants a year ago say they are seeing sharp declines in migrants seeking refuge, some reporting drops as high as 60% in just the past few months. In July, the White House said that the...

'Drastically less': The number of migrants in border towns and some big U.S. cities has plunged

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Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, is still looking for a forever home for an adorable six-year-old French bulldog named Joannie. The local animal rescue explains: “Joannie was found as a stray extremely emaciated and less than half her current weight now. She was missing fur on her body, face and ears. She has been nursed back to health and is doing wonderfully. While her age and exact history is unknown, it is clear she has mothered more than enough litters in her short lifetime.”

Meet The "Extreme Snuggler" French Bulldog Still Looking For Love

Denver, CO

David Heitz

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

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Jennifer Valente wins women's omnium, second gold of Games

American Jennifer Valente successfully defended her gold in the women's omnium. It's...

Jennifer Valente wins women's omnium, second gold of Games

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