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Kenyan running star Faith Kipyegon is considered one of the greatest 1,500m athletes the world has ever seen. If she wins her third consecutive Olympic gold in Paris, she’ll become the first athlete in the history of the event to achieve this feat, male or female. She holds world...

Faith Kipyegon is set to make Olympics history – what Kenya needs to do to keep producing athletes like her

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Watch: Diver Tom Daley Gives Inside Look at Cardboard Beds in 2024 Paris Olympic Village. The world coming together at the 2024 Olympics for more than two weeks of emotional origin stories, cheering families, ecstatic coaches, viral moments and, oh yes, lots and lots of sports?. We'll take it. The...

2024 Olympics: Meet the International Athletes Hoping to Strike Gold in Paris

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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

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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.

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

The judge who found Donald Trump liable for fraud and ordered the former president to pay $454 million said he will not recuse himself from the case.

Judge who ordered Trump to pay $454 million says he was ‘accosted’ by lawyer and won’t recuse himself from case

Rare footage captured by a camera strapped to the back of an endangered shark shows the moment it was struck by a boat, prompting the animal to dash into deep waters.

Boat hits massive 23-foot shark in rare video footage

The Independent

The 2024 Olympic Games has begun in Paris as 205 teams battle for 329 gold medals across 40 sports.Athletics is always the biggest draw of the Olympics and will again be the most watched sport, with stars of the track and field often becoming the faces of the Games.The blue-riband event is the 100m finals and both races are shaping up to be fascinating this time around. American world champion Noah Lyles goes up against Jamaica’s newest star, Kishane Thompson, while in the women’s race it’s USA v Jamaica again as Lyles’ teammate Sha’Carri Richardson faces competition from Shericka Jackson...

Olympics athletics schedule: Every event, date and start time at Paris 2024

The Spun

The 2024 Summer Olympics are underway, with the Opening Ceremony set to take place on Friday evening live from Paris, France. The Olympics are where the world's most fittest - and smartest - athletes come to compete. There are 15,000 Olympians competing in the Summer Games in Paris, but a handful ...

The 10 Athletes With The Best Bodies At The 2024 Summer Olympics

PARIS -- The U.S. figure skating team was formally confirmed as gold medalists from the 2022 Beijing Olympics by a sports court ruling Thursday, opening the way for the team to get its medals at the Paris Summer Games. “We are thrilled to finally honor these incredible athletes," Sarah Hirshland,...

US figure skaters to get team gold medals at Paris Olympics after doping case ruling

A surfer’s leg that was severed by a shark attack on Tuesday later washed up on an Australian beach, where a police officer retrieved it and put on ice.

Surfer’s leg washes up on shore after shark attack

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NORAD intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers flying near Alaska Wednesday in what a US defense official said was the first time the two countries have been intercepted while operating together.

NORAD intercepts Russian and Chinese bombers operating together near Alaska in first such flight

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Virginia Wendy Williams fans, this is your July 2024 update on the former talk show host. Her best friend of 44 years, Regina Schell, has shared recent concerns with TV Show Aces and says she has not seen or talked to Wendy in more than a year.

Wendy Williams fans are worried after her best friend claims not to have heard from her in a year

Save on a new coffee maker today with 41% off a Bruvi Brewer and three boxes of b-pods.

Save over 40% on this Bruvi brewer at $198 when you buy three packs of coffee pods

Tennis player Coco Gauff has been selected as the female flagbearer for Team USA at Friday's Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris. The 20-year-old Grand Slam winner joins basketball superstar LeBron James, who was selected as the male flagbearer on Monday. Gauff, who won the 2023 US Open, is competing...

Tennis player Gauff to be US women's flagbearer

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are two of the biggest celebrities in modern times. While much of the happenings between the two involved their marriage and divorce, there are bigger things for them to focus on. Most notably their children.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Son Diagnosed With Rare Skin Condition

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Team USA has earned a set of Olympic gold medals, but they came from the Beijing 2022 winter version, the result of a Russian figure skater's doping-related disqualification from a team event.

Team USA awarded ice skating gold from 2022 Olympics

An Irish museum will withdraw a waxwork of singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor just one day after installing it, following a backlash from her family and the public, it told CNN in a statement on Friday.

Irish museum pulls Sinéad O’Connor waxwork after just one day due to backlash

World Aquatics revealed earlier this month that Chinese athletes were being tested for banned substances more frequently than others in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics, and on Tuesday the global governing body released the full testing data for all aquatics athletes thus far in 2024. World Aquatics reports that...

World Aquatics Releases Doping Test Data Prior To Paris; Chinese Swimmers Tested 20+ Times

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Hot and dry weather is fueling wildfire activity in the Western United States and Canada, with fires damaging homes, causing injuries and forcing evacuations. The largest active wildfire in the US has scorched more than 280,000 acres in eastern Oregon and another blaze has exploded to over 145,000 acres in California. Here’s the latest:

A man is accused of pushing a burning car into a gully, causing a California wildfire that’s spread to over 164,000 acres

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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Eliud Kipchoge by the numbers: The extraordinary stats of an incredible athlete

The numbers that paint a picture of the Kenyan distance running sensation’s lifestyle and...

Eliud Kipchoge by the numbers: The extraordinary stats of an incredible athlete

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