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Swift Ford

Team USA has been struggling to dominate the Paris Olympics, with a slow start on day three. After claiming two gold medals and seven overall on Sunday, the US failed to capture any gold medals on Monday, dropping them down in the standings. Team USA captured six bronze medals and two silver medals - eight overall, but no golds.

Team USA fails to win a single gold medal on day three at Paris Olympics.

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6. In what continues to be a middling meet for the American men, #8 seed Thomas Heilman missed out on semifinals of the 100 butterfly.

2024 Paris Olympics: #8 Seed Thomas Heilman (USA) Misses 100 Fly Semifinals

The Independent

Great Britain’s 4×400 metres mixed relay team of Sam Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Amber Anning secured Olympic bronze and a new national record.It was Team GB’s first athletics medal of Paris 2024, with a time of 3:08.01, after qualifying third-fastest on Friday night.The United States, who set a world record 3:07.41 in the qualifiers, settled for second after the Netherlands’ Femke Bol laid down a 47.93 anchor leg to claim the title for the Dutch in a thrilling finish.

Team GB secure first athletics medal in Paris in relay race thriller

The Mirror US

Team USA have broken their own 4x400m mixed relay world record in their winning heat at Paris 2024 as the opening night of track and field action got underway

Team USA breaks track world record with incredible first run at Paris Olympics

Blanco, TX

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

Anti-doping agents were unable to locate France’s star swimmer Leon Marchand for a doping test earlier this week – but it wasn’t his fault, according to L’Equipe. Drug testing agents arrived at the Olympic village, where he had been staying, on Monday morning, July 29 at 5:45 AM, to, among other things, test Marchand.

Leon Marchand Misses Early Morning Drug Test At the Olympics After Testers Make an Error

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

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?

Virginia State

Bryshere Gray's name has been added to a growing list. Some Virginians have been keeping up with the ever-increasing tales of celebrities and their alleged connections to the saga of Sean Diddy Combs. There are now rumors that Empire actor Bryshere Gray is suing Diddy and Will Smith.

Empire actor Bryshere Gray is allegedly suing Will Smith and Sean Combs

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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

PARIS -- Three days after the men’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics, the Swiss team said Saturday one of its athletes has a stomach infection and will not compete in the mixed relay event. It was “impossible to say” if Adrien Briffod’s gastrointestinal infection is linked to water quality...

Sick triathlete after Olympics race pushes Switzerland to change team for mixed relay

Sam Westreich, PhD

It’s not humans. How a survivor of a super-extinction repopulated our planet. There are more than 8 billion humans alive at this moment on Earth (unless something has gone horribly wrong). But humans aren’t the only dominant mammals.

For Millions of Years, Earth Was Dominated by a Single Vertebrate Genus

Steve B Howard

I've covered Muscle Cars from the 1960s and 1970s I like, Muscle Cars that had the best performance, cars that I have owned, fast cars that I have driven, and even classic VWs that I think are cool most recently.

Longest-Lasting Cars: Top 3 Most Reliable Models

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 |Day 8. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6| Day 7. With over a million possible relay combinations, and that doesn’t include individuals, it’s been very hard to surmise not only who but where each swimmer is going to swim. You can catch up on our thoughts about the event before the Opening Ceremonies and what we speculated the relay line-ups would be this morning, but without further ado, here are tonight’s starting 32.

Marchand Joins the Mixed Medley. Scott to Swim Fly for Brits. (Day 8 Relay Line-Ups)

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Team USA has set a world record in the Mixed 4×400 relay at the Olympics. The team ran the race in 3:07:42, breaking the previous world record by over one second. The team of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon, and Kaylyn Brown broke the record that a different United States group set at the […]
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Team USA sets world record in mixed 4x400m relay at Olympics

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6. Correction: An earlier version of this article said that McIntosh was the first Canadian to win individual gold twice at one Olympics since 1912. Alex Baumann won two golds in 1984, and the article has been updated to reflect that.

Paris 2024, North America Day 6: McIntosh Becomes First Canadian Woman With Two Indiv. Golds

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Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6. Claire Weinstein clocked a personal-best 1:54.88 leading off the U.S. women’s 4×200 freestyle relay, becoming the fourth-fastest American ever in the 200 free at just 17 years old.

Claire Weinstein, 17, Leads Off 4×200 Free Relay in 1:54.88, Fourth-Fastest American Ever

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

After missing the Olympic final in the 200m backstroke, the Italian Olympic champion Ceccon reports on conditions in the Olympic Village in Paris. Current photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. On Wednesday evening, after missing the men’s 200m back final, the 100m back Olympic champion, Italian Thomas Ceccon explained that after...

Olympic 100 Back Champion Thomas Ceccon Cites Poor Living Conditions In Olympic Village

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Sarah Sjostrom Breaks OIympic Record With 23.66 50 Free In Semifinals, #3 Performance All-Time

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7...

Sarah Sjostrom Breaks OIympic Record With 23.66 50 Free In Semifinals, #3 Performance All-Time

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