Columbus, OH

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 said on Monday. The Chinese swim team in Paris is set to have 11 athletes who tested positive for a banned heart medication in 2021, six months before the Tokyo Olympics. They avoided being suspended. In Tokyo, the swimmers won three gold medals.

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

The Associated Press

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Colombia’s soccer federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the crowd control issues that broke out at the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia, police said Monday. Ramón Jesurún, 71, and his son Ramon Jamil Jesurún were detained and charged after the event Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami-Dade police detective Andre Martin told The Associated Press. Both men are facing three counts of felony battery on an official after being accused of fighting multiple stadium security guards. They were released from custody on Monday. Arrest records said both men tried to go onto the field through a tunnel where media was gathering after the match. They were stopped by security, and the police report said they “became irate” at the delay. A verbal altercation eventually turned physical with a guard placing an “open palm” on Ramon Jamil Jesurún’s chest to “guide him back” and the younger Jesurún grabbing the guard “around his neck” and pulling him to the ground before throwing “two punches that impacted” the guard, the report said. The two men were placed into custody after midnight.

Colombia's soccer federation president and son among 27 arrested in chaos at Copa America final

Daily Mail

CONMEBOL, the South American soccer governing body accused of mismanaging the 2024 Copa America, is pointing the finger at stadium officials in Miami after 27 people were arrested.

CONMEBOL blames Copa America chaos on Hard Rock Stadium officials after 27 arrests and 55 ejections in Miami as Argentina beat Colombia

Miami Gardens, FL

ESPN

Hard Rock Stadium pointed the blame back at CONMEBOL on Tuesday, saying that stadium authorities "implemented, and in many cases exceeded, CONMEBOL's security recommendations" after ticketless fans tried to force their way into the Copa América final.

Copa América: Stadium, CONMEBOL point blame over chaos

Chinese athletes will be tested twice as much as some other nations before the Paris Games.

Chinese swimmers face increased testing before Paris

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

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

Virginia State

Mercurochrome and Merthiolate were in medicine cabinets in many Virginia homes decades ago. They were in bottles with droppers that gallons the red liquid. Looking at that old bottle in the above image brings back many memories.

Mercurochrome and Merthiolate once were in many Virginia homes

Pennsylvania State

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Bucks County Beacon

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

Elmont, NY

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Islanders have signed forward Simon Holmstrom to a one-year contract. The Islanders announced the signing with the 23-year-old restricted free agent from Sweden on Tuesday. Holmstrom had 15 goals and 10 assists in 75 games with the Islanders last season. His five...

The Islanders have signed restricted free agent forward Simon Holmstrom to a 1-year contract

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the NCMEC, 15 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Not included in that number are those who have been missing in Missouri since June 2024.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Georgia State

Marietta, GA

DeanLand

Here's a Georgia history mystery with an Independence Day twist. How did a US patriot soldier who helped defeat the British in the War of Independence end up buried in Marietta, when:

Georgia Governor Fought for US Independence, Buried in Marietta 100 Years After Death

New Jersey State

Morristown Minute

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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Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

Can you make a good guess about the zodiac signs with the highest tendency to break rules? While there are zodiac signs who love to follow the rules and due process, there are others who are known for breaking the rules.

3 Zodiac Signs Who Often Break Rules

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – California voters will get to decide, November 5, on Proposition 32, a measure that raises the minimum wage to $18 an hour for all workers. The current minimum wage is $16 an hour in California and adjusts for inflation. Fast food workers make $20 per hour and health care worker's wage will eventually increase to $25 per hour.

Proposition 32 will allow voters to decide on $18 minimum wage for all California workers

Locust Grove, VA

The Battle of the Wilderness occurred in Locust Grove, Virginia, on May 5, 1864. According to History Facts, at one point, the Civil War c ceased so that soldiers could watch a fistfight between a soldier from the North and one from the South.

Union and Confederate soldiers allegedly called a ceasefire in Virginia to watch a fistfight

Illinois State

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

Denver, CO

David Heitz

Two immigrants from south of the border told the City Council Monday they were harassed when using hotel vouchers for shelter in Denver. Speaking through an interpreter, Leivy Ortega and Henry Aguilar said they received vouchers for hotel stays from an unnamed non-profit. But they had problems using the vouchers, they said. Ortega said she came to Denver from Connecticut and lived in her car for 15 days. She received a three-day hotel voucher, she said, but hotel staff initially would not honor it. She did not name the hotel. She said staff finally looked at her paperwork and gave her a room, but they wanted to charge her. for it. She said they initially weren’t going to allow her to stay because she has a service animal.

Immigrants allege Denver hotel staff mistreated them

The Mirror US

Argentina's players were filmed singing a racist and transphobic chant as they celebrated their Copa America win, with France's Football Federation now taking legal action against the South Americans

France files complaint over Argentina players’ ‘racist chant’ during Copa America celebration

NewsBreak

FIFA asks for Club World Cup broadcast bids just 11 months before 32-team event launches in US

GENEVA (AP) — Just 11 months before the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup in men's soccer, FIFA invited bids on Monday for rights to broadcast the...

FIFA asks for Club World Cup broadcast bids just 11 months before 32-team event launches in US

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