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Columbus, OH

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Caroline Marks from the United States won the women's surfing gold medal while French Polynesian Kauli Vaast won the gold medal in men's surfing on Monday at the Paris Olympics in Tahiti.Cheers and tears erupted from boats floating near the wave and crowds of spectators along the shore as the men's final match ended in the afternoon. Vaast pumped his arms into the air in victory after beating Jack Robinson from Australia, who received the silver medal."I don't really realize it, but I just made history," said Vaast. "I can't be prouder to represent Tahiti and France at home."The women's...

American Caroline Marks wins surfing gold at Paris Olympics

Phoenix, AZ

From being an instant superstar for the Phoenix Mercury since she was drafted to being detained in Russia for almost a year, Team USA center Brittney Griner is back to focusing on basketball and representing her country at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget...

Brittney Griner made Olympic history in victory over Germany, became 9th Team USA player to score 200 points

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The Sporting News is tracking live results and highlights from the 2024 Olympic women's gymnastics uneven bars final.

Olympic gymnastics results, highlights: Suni Lee earns sixth career medal, wins bronze on 2024 uneven bars final

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Team USA is widely regarded as the favorite to clinch the men's basketball gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Nonetheless, head coach Steve Kerr is diligently preparing his all-star team for a challenging quarterfinal match against Brazil. The Americans triumphed in their last group stage contest on ...

Steve Kerr Has One Word To Describe Team USA's Quarterfinal Matchup With Brazil

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  Olympic men's basketball is back again today as Team USA faces Puerto Rico. Today is Team USA's last game of the Group Stage as the American men continue their quest to bring home another gold medal in men's basketball. How and when to watch the Puerto Rico vs U.S. men's Olympic basketball gameThe Puerto Rico vs. U.S. men's Olympic basketball game will be played on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024...

How to watch the Puerto Rico vs. U.S. men's Olympic basketball game

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Actor Clarence Williams III, best known as the super cool undercover cop Lincoln "Linc" Hayes on TV's classic crime drama, The Mod Squad, died three years ago from colon cancer at 81 years old. This is the story of a talent that lives on.

The Tragic Death of 'Mod Squad'/'Purple Rain' Actor Clarence Williams III: Three Years Later

Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS, 1973 to 1980). On the Hillbillies, he played former Tennessee country mountain-folk-turned-wealthy Beverly Hills resident Jed Clampett. On Barnaby Jones, he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious detectives. Ebsen, however, almost became even more famous for a certain big-screen classic film in which he ultimately did not appear.

'Beverly Hillbillies" Actor Buddy Ebsen Was "Bitter" about not playing the Tin Man in 'Wizard of Oz'

Peru's reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization.FENAMAD, representing 39 Indigenous communities in the Cusco and Madre de Dios regions, said Monday that it believes illegal logging was taking place on Mashco Piro territory and that one logger was injured in the July 27 attack.A few weeks ago, photos emerged of the uncontacted tribe searching for food on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon, which some experts say was evidence logging concessions are "dangerously close" to its territory. Survival...

Reclusive tribe attacks loggers with bows and arrows in Peru's Amazon

South Carolina State

President Biden has approved an emergency declaration for South Carolina as Tropical Storm Debby, which made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane Monday, is expected to dump over 30 inches of rain on South Carolina.

Tropical Storm Debby could cause catastrophic flooding in South Carolina

Los Angeles, CA

Dennis the Menace actor Jay North is now 73 years old. This is his story. On August 3, 1951, Jay North was born Jay Waverly North, Jr., in Los Angeles, and seven years later, began acting on TV on shows like Wanted: Dead or Alive, and 77 Sunset Strip.

Former Childstar Jay North (TV's 'Dennis the Menace') Turns 73

Hawaii State

Sacramento, CA

The Italian restaurant chain Buca di Beppo filed for bankruptcy protection after customer visits to the family-style dining establishment declined in recent years. Buca di Beppo, which experienced "limited customer demand" during the pandemic, never fully recovered to the same level of revenue and sales after lockdown restrictions were lifted, the restaurant chain said Monday in bankruptcy court documents. The privately owned restaurant's revenue for the first five months of 2024 fell 10% to $74.8 million compared with a year earlier, court documents show. Buca di Beppo is entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy saddled with more than $10 million in debt. About $1.36...

Buca di Beppo goes bankrupt. Here are the restaurants that are closing.

Chicago, IL

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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.

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Cincinnati, OH

A U.S. fugitive known as "The Devil" who was wanted for a deadly shooting outside an Ohio bar 20 years ago has been captured in Mexico, where authorities say he had been working as a local police officer.Antonio "El Diablo" Riano, now 72, was arrested Thursday in Zapotitlan Palmas and charged with first-degree murder stemming from the December 2004 shooting in suburban Cincinnati, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release. On Monday, a judge ordered Riano  held without bond, CBS affiliate WKRC-TV reported.  Riano fled the state and then the country after he allegedly shot and...

U.S. fugitive dubbed "The Devil" caught in Mexico after 20 years on run

Florida State

Fort Myers, FL

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It’s a tough day for fitness enthusiasts in Florida as a well-known gym chain is pulling out of the state. The New York Sports Club, previously known as Around the Clock Fitness, has announced the closure of three locations across Florida, affecting both the local fitness community and the employees.

Florida Fitness Chain Shuts Down: Gyms Closing, Staff Laid Off

California State

Over 80 large wildfires are burning across 11 states, including California's massive Park Fire. The fire is now 31% contained, but temperatures are expected to remain in the triple digits this week, making it more dangerous for the firefighters battling the blaze.

Firefighters make progress against northern California's Park Fire

Palm Beach County, FL

Belle Glade, FL

Nine people died and one person was seriously injured when an overloaded SUV went out of control on a South Florida road, hit a guardrail and went upside down into a canal, authorities said.The 2023 Ford Explorer carrying 10 people was traveling south on Hatton Highway near the farming community of Belle Glade at about 7:30 p.m. Monday when it came to a part of the two-lane road that briefly jogs west before again heading south, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.The female driver failed to negotiate the turn and went off the road. The SUV hit a guardrail...

9 killed, 1 survives when SUV flips into canal in Florida

Texas State

Troy, TX

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended search efforts for four people who were missing after the boat they were on capsized Saturday near Homer in south-central Alaska.The missing were identified by a relative as a family of four from Troy, Texas - Mary and David Maynard, and sons Colton, 11, and Brantley, 7, the Anchorage Daily News reported Monday. Christi Wells, who provided a statement on behalf of Mary Maynard's parents, said the family enjoyed spending time with friends and relatives, and traveling.Wells said Mary Maynard, 37, was a traveling nurse and David Maynard, 42, stayed at home with the...

Texas family of 4 missing after boat capsizes in Alaska

Dramatic details emerged Tuesday after police said human remains were found inside a large crocodile suspected of killing a tourist in Australia's second fatal attack in about a month.The latest victim was 40-year-old doctor Dave Hogbin, who fell from a steep bank Saturday into the Annan River south of Cooktown in Queensland state, his family said in a statement. The general practice doctor from Newcastle in New South Wales had been traveling on a camping vacation through Queensland with his wife Jane Hogbin and their three sons aged 2, 5 and 7 years. Cooktown is more than 1,500 miles from...

Tourist eaten by crocodile saved wife's life before he died, she says

Denver, CO

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In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

California, KY

A new exhibit at the aerospace museum has a need for speed! Ruben Galvan is checking out the jet that gives a nod to our favorite movie "top gun".

Fly high at the Aerospace Museum of California!

After a Monday that saw USA gymnastics end their Paris Games with more medals, it's a key day for several other U.S. Olympians and teams Tuesday. Noah Lyles will run the 200-meter semifinal while the men's basketball team faces Brazil in their quarterfinals and the women's soccer team will face Germany in their semifinal. CBS News and Sports correspondent Dana Jacobson has more.

Team USA wraps up Olympic gymnastics competition; several teams in knockout play

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