India’s star shuttler. PV Sindhu will be leading the Indian contingent at the prestigious Paris Olympics 2024. However, Sindhu has been granted an easy group and is expected to reach the knockout stages of the competition fairly easily. Sindhu previously represented India in the Olympics in Rio in 2016...

PV Sindhu draw at 2024 Paris Olympics - Indian star handed favourable group as she eyes third Olympic medal

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Allyson Felix has teamed up with Pampers to create the first-ever Pampers Nursery in the Athletes Village at the Paris Olympics.

Allyson Felix, Pampers to launch first-ever nursery at Paris Olympics

uInterview.com

U.S. Olympic runner Gabby Thomas has her sights set on winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She shared her journey and the challenges she has faced along the way. “Winning gold is now a clear goal for me,” Thomas told uInterview exclusively. “In the past, I was just happy to be competing and never expected to become an Olympian. But now, I know what I can achieve, and I’m focused on running my best.”

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: U.S Olympic Runner Gabby Thomas Is Aiming For Gold At Paris Olympics 2024

Chinese swimmers taking part in the Olympic Games in Paris will be drug-tested twice as much as some other nations. Doping authorities have come under pressure in recent months after it emerged 23 swimmers tested positive for a banned substance and were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Games. Eleven...

Chinese swimmers face increased testing before Paris

Three-time Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty's mum says she hopes he will give up swimming after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Caroline Peaty spoke of her son's "suffering" and said she wished for him to have some "normality" now. The 29-year-old athlete, from Staffordshire, spoke about periods of depression and...

Adam Peaty: Mum urges son to quit after Olympics

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

E! News

Watch: 2024 Olympics: Gymnast Hezly Rivera Details Her Journey to Team USA (Exclusive) According to Hezly Rivera, every one of her teammates on the U.S. women's gymnastics squad is the biggest hype artist. "They're very uplifting and supportive, and they'll always cheer you on, no matter what," the 16-year-old, who'll...

2024 Olympics: Gymnast Hezly Rivera Shares What It's Really Like to Be the New Girl on the Women's Team

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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.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

New York City, NY

Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

VIENNA -- A shooting in southwestern Germany linked to a domestic dispute on Sunday left three dead and two wounded from the same family, police said. The dead included the suspected shooter, another man and a woman, police spokesperson Ramona Döttling told The Associated Press. Police were called to the scene in the town of Albstadt, halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance, shortly after noon, she said.

A shooting in Germany linked to a domestic dispute leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Former President Donald Trump on Monday chose U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio to be his running mate as he looks to return to the White House. Here are some things to know about Vance, a 39-year-old Republican now in his first term in the Senate:. Vance...

Who is JD Vance? Things to know about Donald Trump's pick for vice president

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NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Walmart has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle allegations of unlawful unit pricing practices across its 64 New Jersey retail stores. The settlement, which includes a $1.61 million civil penalty, marks the largest ever obtained by the Division’s Office of Weights and Measures (OWM).

Walmart Pays $1.64M Settlement for Unlawful Pricing in NJ

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Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a collaborative effort with the state legislature to restrict students’ use of smartphones during school hours. This initiative follows a warning issued on Monday from Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy about the detrimental effects of social media on children’s mental health.

California governor moves to ban smartphone use in schools

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A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

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BUTLER, Pa. -- Signs of trouble were evident in the minutes before shots rang out at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania: Police had a report of a suspicious man pacing near the magnetometers and were apparently exchanging photos of the suspect. Witnesses pointed and shouted at an armed man on a nearby roof.

Signs of trouble at Trump rally were evident in minutes before gunman opened fire

Bethel Park, PA

FBI investigators said Monday that they have gained entry to the cell phone of the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a weekend campaign rally in Pennsylvania. An FBI technical specialist gained access to the contents of suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks' phone, allowing investigators to...

Investigation into Trump assassination attempt focuses on motive

James Sikking, who starred as a hardened police lieutenant on “Hill Street Blues” and as the titular character's kindhearted dad on “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” has died at 90. Sikking died of complications from dementia, his publicist Cynthia Snyder said in a statement Sunday evening. Born the...

James Sikking, star of 'Hill Street Blues' and 'Doogie Howser, MD,' dies at 90

Kaysville, UT

A missing Utah teen and her two cousins have been found safe, nearly two weeks after they disappeared in Mexico, the FBI said in a statement to ABC News. Elizabeth Gonzalez, 14, and her two cousins, Sofia Mailen Moreno Zamora, 6, and Regina Moreno Zamora, 4, disappeared on June 30, while Gonzalez was in Mexico City visiting family, authorities said.

American teen, 2 cousins missing in Mexico found safe

Los Angeles, CA

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Eccentric fitness guru Richard Simmons, known for his unrelenting positivity, has died, according to his representative.

Fitness guru Richard Simmons dead at 76

Bucks County Beacon

“Who sits there and thinks, with all the needs we have in America, of criminalizing the homeless?” wonders Pastor Robert Brown of Bristol’s Bible Evangelical Methodist Church after learning that the United States Supreme Court approved punishing those experiencing homelessness who have nowhere to sleep.

After SCOTUS OK’s Criminalization of Homelessness, Pennsylvania Democrats Plan Legislative Response to Protect Rights of the Unhoused

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World swimming body promises more anti-doping tests of Chinese team before Paris Olympics

GENEVA -- Chinese swimmers going to the Paris Olympics are undergoing increased drug testing of at least eight times this year before the Games, World Aquatics...

World swimming body promises more anti-doping tests of Chinese team before Paris Olympics

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