Sports Illustrated

Russian athletes can compete independently.

Why Was Russia Banned From the Olympics?

The Mirror US

Canada has been punished by FIFA in a drone scandal involving spying on other teams, resulting in a six-point deduction in the 2024 Paris Olympics

Canada women's soccer rocked by punishment for 2024 Paris Olympics spying scandal

New York Post

The Canadian women’s soccer team has suffered a major punishment for starting the 2024 Paris Olympics on a scandalous note.

On Saturday, FIFA hit the team with a six-point deduction in the sport’s Olympic tournament and also banned manager Bev Priestman and two assistants for a year each as punishment for the drone scandal, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jonathan Tannenwald.

In the week leading up to the competition, New Zealand team officials filed a complaint to the International Olympic Committee upon seeing that Canadian team soccer analyst Joseph Lombardi was allegedly flying a drone to record the team’s practice on Monday.



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Canada women’s soccer team gets massive FIFA punishment amid Spygate drone scandal

Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - Olympic champion Nikita Nagornyy found it unacceptable that Russian gymnasts were barred from competing at the Paris Games due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, saying his country's exclusion would be remembered as one of the worst moments of Olympic history.

Olympics-Gymnastics-Olympic champion Nagornyy hits out at Russia's exclusion from Paris Games

New York City, NY

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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

PARIS (Reuters) -Japan's 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa led a trio of teens on the podium in the women's street skateboarding at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, in front of a sellout crowd at the La Concorde venue.

Olympics-Skateboarding-Yoshizawa of Japan leads teen charge in women's street

California State

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In a concerning trend for California, numerous large companies are gearing up for significant layoffs, affecting thousands of workers across various industries. According to the WARN Tracker, California has seen a staggering 37,086 WARN layoffs this year alone, impacting 713 businesses statewide.

Concerns Rise as Massive Layoffs Hit California

iHeartRadio

An Olympic coach was fired one day before the Opening Ceremony amid a scandal.

Olympic Coach Fired Before Opening Ceremony

USA TODAY Sports Media Group

Baseball and softball are Olympic sports again.
After being taken off the official program after 2008, both sports made a comeback for the 2021 Summer Olympics — played in 2021 thanks to a global pandemic. That marked the first time in 13 years anyone was awarded gold medals for their dominance on the diamond.
However, you won’t see either sport in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The short answer why? The Paris organizers didn’t want it.
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The 2024 Paris Olympics organizing committee didn’t include baseball or softball
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is ultimately responsible for staging the games and...

Why aren’t baseball or softball at the 2024 Paris Olympics?

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Los Angeles County, CA

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Optum, a health care services subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, reported to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) report, July 18, that they would be laying off 524 employees across San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange and Alameda counties.

Optum laying off 524 employees in San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange counties

Chicago, IL

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?

Bucks County Beacon

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

Sydney, australia — The world's largest platypus conservation center has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi-aquatic mammal found only in Australia amid threats to its habitat from extreme weather and humans. The four platypuses — two females and two males — were...

World's largest platypus conservation center welcomes first residents

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

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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

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1

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Canada's Paris Olympics women's football campaign has begun amid great controversy enveloping the national team

Olympics football drama continues, as manager is SUSPENDED

Denver, CO

David Heitz

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

Charisma reveals that Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has been criticized again for what are considered to be insensitive comments. On his Twitter/X account, the Texas preacher said the following.

Virginia ministers weigh in on Joel Osteen's comments about blessings

Billions of dollars, millions of tourists, and thousands of athletes and security forces are behind the Paris Olympics, which kick off Friday with a ceremony on the Seine River. The city’s first Olympic Games in a century faced some roadblocks in the run-up, from political upheaval and bad weather, to threats of COVID-19 and strike action. Lisa Bryant reports.

On eve of Olympics ceremony, Paris is ‘ready,’ officials say

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Top US Olympic official reassures sports they are welcome in US

PARIS — U.S. Olympic and Paralympic chief Gene Sykes reassured worried sports officials that they need not fear being investigated by American law enforcement when in...

Top US Olympic official reassures sports they are welcome in US

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