Columbus, OH

Simone Biles falls off the beam to miss out on a medal for the first time at the Paris Olympics as Alice d'Amato takes gold.

Biles falls and misses out on beam medal

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After four career gold medals, American Vincent Hancock had to settle for silver as he and Austen Smith finished behind the Italians in mixed team skeet shooting.

Italy beats U.S., wins first Olympic mixed team skeet gold

Zheng Qinwen arrived at the Paris Olympics as a top-10 player but an unlikely candidate to win the title. She will leave as China’s first-ever singles champion, the biggest accolade of her young career.

Zheng Qinwen summons inner strength to claim China’s first Olympic singles gold medal with victory against Donna Vekić

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American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson won her first Olympic medal in the women’s 100 meters at the Paris Games on Friday.

Sha’Carri Richardson earns silver in women’s 100 meters at Paris Olympics

Nearly 1,000 protesters are involved in disorder after a protest in one of England's best-known resorts.

Chairs and bottles thrown as protesters clash in resort

South Carolina State

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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

A helicopter pilot from New Zealand has been killed in the Indonesian region of Papua, police have said. Glen Malcolm Conning, 50, was killed by a pro-independence group known as Free Papua Organisation (OPM), according to police. OPM spokesman Sebby Sambom told the BBC that he had not been able...

New Zealand helicopter pilot killed in Papua, police say

The crash, involving a motorbike and a car, happened on Ersham Road, Hailsham, on Friday afternoon.

Motorcyclist, 20, dies in collision

The developer says a "significant proportion" of the new properties would be affordable homes.

Up to 400 homes planned for edge of town

A faith leader has told how some members of the Muslim community were left terrified and did not want to leave their homes after a night of unrest in the city. Rioters in Sunderland attacked police officers, damaged buildings and targeted mosques on Friday in an outbreak of violence following the fatal stabbing of three girls in Southport.

Night of violence leaves community in fear

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Saint Augustine, FL

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Brittany Tavar, 45, disappeared from her home in St. Augustine, Florida, on July 6, 2010. She was part of a large family scattered on the other side of the country. Brittany's friends in the area described her as generous and caring. Not only was she regarded as a kind person, she was known to help others in need.

Florida Woman Befriends Homeless Man in 2010; Both Tragically Vanish

A man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnap after a teenager was allegedly held against her will in woods in Nottinghamshire. Police were called to Whinney Lane, New Ollerton, at 6.20pm on 17 July after the girl was approached in nearby Boughton Brake. The girl was released unharmed a...

Kidnap arrest after girl 'held against will' in woods

A rape survivor who received multiple letters from her jailed attacker has criticised a prison for failing "to keep victims safe". HMP Parc in Bridgend, south Wales, is already under pressure after 10 prisoners died in three months earlier this year. Rieve Nesbitt-Marr, 21, waived her right to anonymity to...

Rape survivor sent letters from attacker in prison

Algeria's Kaylia Nemour becomes the first African to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics after taking gold in the women's uneven bars.

Algeria's Nemour makes history with uneven bars gold

Welsh track cyclist Emma Finucane has won Olympic gold in the final of the women's team sprint in Paris.Finucane, Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell set a world record to defeat New Zealand in the final.The Team GB trio had qualified fastest after breaking the world record twice on the way to the final and this was a hat-trick of world's bests.Finucane becomes only the seventh Welsh woman to ever win Olympic gold with the success coming on the opening day of competition in her first Games.The 21-year-old is in contention to challenge for two more golds in Paris with the keirin final on Thursday and the sprint finale on the final day next Sunday.Finucane is already a world champion having won Britain's first individual female sprint global gold in a decade last year.The Carmarthen cyclist is also a European champion after becoming the first British female sprinter to achieve this feat.

Finucane wins Olympic gold in Paris

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Paris 2024 Olympics day 10: Andrade pips Biles to floor gold on day of drama; athletics, cycling and more – live

An artist and ocean enthusiast has combined his skills to create a working, speeding, shark boat. Fin Bowron is known for his larger-than-life replicas of glass bottled drinks and sculptures donning restaurant entrances country-wide. He has now combined his artistry with his ocean-faring occupations, which see him out on the...

Great white shark boat spotted in Northumberland

The Standard

 Olympics 2024 LIVE!The Paris Games brought a magical Monday evening for Team GB. Keely Hodgkinson stormed to victory in the women’s 800m final, and that came after the British trio took gold in the women’s team sprint to kick off the velodrome action.Daryll Neita, fresh from a narrow fourth in the women's 100m final, eased into the 200m final, where she will be joined by Dina Asher-Smith, while Joe Clarke and Kimberly Woods both picked up medals in the kayak cross finals.The day kicked off with the mixed triathlon relay, where Team GB followed up on Tokyo gold with Paris bronze after a photo finish while Kimberley Woods took bronze and Joe Clarke silver in the kayak cross finals. In the gymnastics, Simone Biles missed out on gold in both the beam and floor. Follow all the latest updates from the Paris Olympics via Standard Sport’s LIVE blog!

Olympics 2024 LIVE! Hodgkinson wins gold; Team GB take women's team sprint; Asher-Smith & Daryll through

A teenager has been jailed for life for murdering a father-of-three with a machete following a confrontation near a children's play area. Tieran Carmody, 19, stabbed Max Richardson, 35, in Harlow, Essex, on 21 August after being challenged about smoking cannabis in front of children. Mr Richardson, from Cheshunt in...

Teen jailed for murdering dad-of-three in smoking row

Auburn, WA

Suni Lee has made history by becoming the first American woman to medal in the uneven bars at two Olympic Games, securing bronze in Tokyo and again in Paris. At just 21, she has now earned six Olympic medals, including two golds and three bronzes. With one medal shy of Auburn's all-time record holder, Kirsty Coventry, Lee aims to tie or break the record in the upcoming balance beam and floor events. Although she faces tough competition, her future participation in the 2028 Olympics seems highly likely. Her health will be crucial as she seeks to solidify her legacy as Auburn's most decorated Olympian.

Suni Lee makes history with bronze medal in Uneven Bars Final at Paris Olympics

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Kenya's Chebet wins 5,000m gold as Kipyegon gets silver

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet wins a dramatic gold in the women's 5,000 metres at Paris 2024 as Faith Kipyegon is reinstated to second...

Kenya's Chebet wins 5,000m gold as Kipyegon gets silver

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