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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took her long-promised swim in the River Seine Wednesday in an effort to demonstrate the river's cleanliness ahead of the opening of the Paris Games next week. Why it matters: France's long and costly effort to clean up the Seine in order to host swimming competitions...

Paris mayor swims in Seine ahead of Olympic Games opening

A prework swim rarely, if ever, includes the threat of bumping into a floater. But Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine River yesterday morning to prove how clean it was, despite reports of high E. Coli levels in June and threats from angry Parisians to increase those levels (by pooping in the river). The mayor’s dip was meant to show the Olympic marathon swimmers and Olympic and Paralympic triathletes set to compete in the Seine at the end of the month that it’s safe after a decade of murky waters.

Paris mayor takes a dip in Seine to quell Olympian fears about dirty river

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Paris — The City of Light placed the Seine river at the heart of its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The opening ceremony will be held along the Seine, and several open water swimming events during the games are set to take place in the river. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo had vowed that the Seine would be clean enough to host those events — the swimming marathon and the swimming stage of the triathlon, plus a Paralympic swimming event — despite swimming in the badly contaminated river being banned 100 years ago.To prove her point, she had promised to...

Paris mayor goes for a swim to show Seine river safe for the Olympics

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Brigid Pfeifer

There were a number of celebrities who passed away within the past week, including two notable actresses: Shelley Duvall and Shannen Doherty. Shelley Duvall passed away on Thursday July 11th at her home in Blanco, Texas. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and news of her death was confirmed by her partner Dan Gilroy.

Two Beloved Hollywood Actresses Have Passed Away This Week

New York City, NY

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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.

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The US Sun

TWO Brits who were found shot dead inside a burnt-out car in Sweden have now been named. The bodies of London-based travel agents Juan Cifuentes, 33, and Farooq Abdulrazak, 27, were discovered in the coastal city of Malmo. Cops are probing the chilling deaths as a potential double-murder after the...

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President Nixon hoped Operation Lam Son 719 would push forward his goal of "Vietnamization." In actuality, it resulted in a PAVN victory.

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Wreck-It Ralph Lauren has unveiled unoriginal and lame Summer Games attire once again.

Team USA 2024 Paris Olympics outfits blasted: bad getups glorified

Many modern devices have made it possible to explore natural wonders that were challenging or even dangerous to reach. Similarly, a real estate investor in Belize, Will Mitchell, set out to explore the blue hole in Belize with his underwater drone and the footage is terrifying. He shared it on YouTube. Elvis, the owner of the Itza Hotel located close to the blue hole explained what it exactly is. The man explained how it was a collapsed sinkhole that had land instead of water around 2500 years ago.

Man captures a terrifying shot of the Great Blue Hole after dropping a drone in water

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Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

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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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Today is a good day, because I get to write about two of my favourite subjects: Street style and what people in Paris are wearing right now. At Who What Wear, we love seeing fashion as it happens—looks in real time that aren't measured by an algorithm. This is why I was thrilled to re-introduce our annual street style series last month, for which we took to the streets of London—the car park behind Selfridges if we're being exact—to see what the city's fashionable inhabitants are actually wearing. And now, I am beyond pleased to bring you the latest instalment which, as you've likely guessed, comes direct from Paris.

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Does a photo of former President Donald Trump with an uninjured right ear prove that the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt did not damage the ear permanently, as was claimed in a tweet? No, that's not true: The photo was taken September 17, 2022, almost two years before the injury. Multiple independent live telecasts showed Trump's ear was bandaged during his first public appearance after the assassination attempt.

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Rihanna announced major news this week ahead of the Paris Olympic Games; see details.

Rihanna shares 'proud' major news ahead of Paris Olympics

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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has become nationally known for moving more than 1,600 homeless people indoors since he has become mayor. Now he wants to place 200 people struggling with mental illness and/or addiction into treatment, according to an upcoming City Council committee agenda.

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Fox News

Donald Trump can fundamentally alter his image and improve the stature of the U.S. throughout the world with a ringing endorsement of our values, our culture, and the urgency of unity.

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PARIS — A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometers-long (miles-long) area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass.

Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony

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Paris mayor swims in the Seine to demonstrate its safety ahead of the Olympics

PARIS — After years of promises and more than $1 billion of investment, Paris’s once-filthy river is finally swimmable. And the mayor proved it just days...

Paris mayor swims in the Seine to demonstrate its safety ahead of the Olympics

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