PBS NewsHour

CoCo cruises, another teen rules and China dominates diving.

Takeaways and photos from Paris Olympics Day 3

The Spun

If Coco Yoshizawa were in the United States she wouldn't be old enough to drive a car or buy a beer. But at 14 years of age, she's old enough to become an Olympic gold medalist.  This week Yoshizawa won the gold medal in Olympic street skateboarding, posting a score of 272.75 in the ...

14-Year-Old From Japan Won Gold In Women's Skateboarding With Epic Move

It may have been a bronze medal, but it was celebrated in the stands like it was a gold.

Brazil’s Rayssa Leal takes dramatic, wildly celebrated bronze in street skateboarding as 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa wins gold

New York Post

Ten’s a crowd. 

Coco Gauff revealed that she’s the only Team USA women’s tennis player living inside the Olympic Village in Paris after a chaotic living situation forced the rest of her teammates to flee to a hotel. 

Fresh off of leading her fellow Olympians as the flagbearer for Friday’s opening ceremony, Gauff gave a 7-second tour of the American women’s tennis players inside the $1.6 billion housing complex. 

“10 girls, two bathrooms. #olympicvillage,” the 20-year-old tennis phenom wrote in her TikTok video on Saturday.

The video featured the Olympians doing their hair and makeup and getting dressed across a few...

US tennis star Coco Gauff reveals her teammates left Olympic Village for hotel over rooming situation

He edged out American Jagger Eaton by 0.1 points, with another US skateboarder, Nyjah Huston, taking bronze. The day after 14-year-old compatriot Coco Yoshizawa won gold in an all-teenage women's final, the 25-year-old Horigome continued Japanese domination in a final where the top six finishers were all 22 or older.

Japan's Horigome retains Olympic men's street skateboarding title

A former health care worker charged with posting the medical records of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on a message board widely known as a hotbed for hate speech told a federal court on Tuesday that he never accessed the documents and rarely even thought about members of the Supreme Court.

Health care worker accused of posting Justice Ginsburg’s medical records denies accessing them

Florida State

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Akeena

Wow, that's a tough situation for UKG employees in Florida. Imagine gearing up for a holiday weekend and then getting blindsided with news of massive layoffs. It's not just the number—2,200 employees, which is 14% of their workforce—but also how abruptly it was done, right before the Fourth of July.

Thousands of workers in Florida laid off by a major company

Norah O’Donnell will step down as anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News following the November election, taking on a new role at the network, the veteran journalist told colleagues Tuesday in a memo.

Norah O’Donnell to step down as anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’ for new role

Consumers have reached their breaking point with $6 iced coffees and lemonades at Starbucks.

Starbucks sales tumble as customers reject high-priced coffee

William L. Calley Jr., the only US Army soldier to be convicted in the 1968 My Lai massacre, which saw more than 300 unarmed Vietnamese civilians killed by US soldiers in one of the most notorious war crimes in American history, has died. He was 80.

William Calley, officer convicted for his role in My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, dead at 80

Greenfield, IA

As disaster devastation increases, many lack the financial preparedness skills and tools necessary to bounce back and think FEMA aid will be enough, writes Daniel Kaniewski.

Opinion: Americans don’t have enough in the bank to weather unrelenting disasters

Pennsylvania State

Butler, PA

In a heated exchange during Tuesday’s hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pressed Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. about the number of agents working Donald Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally.

‘Stop interrupting me’: Cruz gets in heated exchange with Secret Service official

A recall of Boar’s Head meat linked with a listeria outbreak has been expanded to include 7 million additional pounds of products.

Boar’s Head recall expanded to include 7 million more pounds of meat products

Birmingham, AL

Valrico, FL

In a recent announcement, The Fresh Market, a beloved grocery chain in Florida, is bidding farewell to its Valrico location. The store, located in one of the fastest-growing areas of the U.S., has cited uncontrollable inflation as a driving force behind its closure, echoing broader economic challenges impacting even higher-end retailers.

A grocery chain in Florida is unexpectedly closing down

Newark, NJ

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Paterson, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Jasmine McGregor, 32, and Jhenelle Lewis, 35, both of Paterson, New Jersey, have pleaded guilty to conspiring with a physician to distribute oxycodone, a powerful opioid, without legitimate medical justification. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Paterson Residents Conspired with Physician to Illegally Distribute Opioids

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

New York City, NY

New Orleans, LA

The Justice Department said Tuesday it filed a civil lawsuit against Norfolk Southern, alleging that the company knowingly created large delays for Amtrak passengers traveling between New York and New Orleans.

Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern, accusing rail company of creating delays for Amtrak passengers

Text messages between law enforcement before the assassination attempt against Donald Trump earlier this month suggest that some officers raised the shooter’s presence at the rally more than 90 minutes before he climbed onto a roof and fired eight rounds at the former president.

Text messages from law enforcement show concerns were raised more than 90 minutes before Trump rally shooting

The northern lights could grace skies farther south than usual this week because of a solar storm that may affect Earth, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

Strong solar activity may soon trigger auroras farther south than usual

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

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Why Japan’s teenage girls are so good at skateboarding

With the oldest average population in the world, squeaky clean city streets and something of a national reputation for adhering to the rules, Japan might not...

Why Japan’s teenage girls are so good at skateboarding

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