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After months of gloom, the prospect of victory transforms the party faithful.

Having a Chance Has Changed the Democrats

When I’m invited to a wedding, I try to say yes, even if the ceremony will be long and boring. En route, I sometimes think how nice it would be to stop for a beer, skip the rites, and arrive in time for what moves me most: the vows. Of course, I never indulge that impulse. I get there on time and sit, bored, because I am there to support my friends, not to be maximally entertained.

Why I Hate Instagram Now

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. Love Island USA, the most-streamed reality show in the country, is not difficult to understand. It’s a dating competition where an initial group of 10 or so singles arrive on an idyllic island and are split up into couples. Before long, new “bombshells” arrive to test their connections ahead of “recoupling” ceremonies that leave single islanders vulnerable to being “dumped”—that is, eliminated from the show. The reality-TV format of sticking a bunch of attractive young people in the same place and observing the ensuing chaos isn’t new, but the Love Island franchise has clicked with viewers in part because of its campy, fluorescent take on the classic setup. Every season, the islanders’ shared living quarters are outfitted with the show’s signature highlighter color scheme, giving the palatial villas an amusingly dormlike quality. Although contestants are usually in their 20s, the series incorporates games and challenges that sometimes make it feel like the passion project of an overzealous freshman-orientation leader.

A Hot New Bombshell Is Taking Over Reality TV

The Spun

Armand Duplantis, the Swedish pole vaulter, made history at the Summer Olympics on Monday evening. His girlfriend, Swedish fashion model Desiré Inglander, has since been trending on social media. Duplantis, 24, grew up in the United States, but chose to represent his mother's home country, ...

Swimsuit Photo Of Armand Duplantis's Girlfriend Goes Viral At The Olympics

Beach volleyball is a massive hit at the Summer Olympics. The sport, which debuted at the Atlanta Games in 1996, has been popular at most Olympics, but this year, it seems to have reached another level. Multiple factors could be at play here. The event is being played at Eiffel Tower Stadium, right ...

Meet The Spanish Beach Volleyball Player Everyone's Obsessed With

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Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Olympians at the Paris Games are taking care with their hair. French curl braids have been a popular choice, and there’s a wide array of dyes, plaits and long locks. After honing his style for the walk-in at Stade de France ahead of the 100-meter final — weaving little white pearls into his hair for the track and field’s marquee event — Noah Lyles won the gold medal by a whisker, or a hair’s breadth. Jamaica’s sprinting star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce set the bar high at past meets with her long, bright green and gold hair, and national colors have again been a popular theme for hair tones at the 2024 Olympics. Hurdler Denisha Cartwright of Bahamas went for more of an individual statement, going for electric pink to run on the purple track in Paris.

AP PHOTOS: A look at the hairstyles from the 2024 Summer Olympics

The Independent

 A whale made a surprise appearance during an Olympics surfing event in Tahiti on Monday, 5 August.As Tatiana Weston-Webb from Brazil and Brisa Hennessy of Costa Rica competed in a semi-final match, the huge marine mammal breached in a mesmerising spectacle for both competitors and spectators.Paris 2024 surfing competitions have been held in Teahupo’o, on the French Polynesian island.Whales gather around the islands during mating, birthing and migration season.Weston-Webb went on to win the semi-final before taking home a silver medal.      Read More               Radio presenter accidentally reveals surprise party for Team GB medallist live on airTearful Dina Asher-Smith leaves interview after Olympics 100m heartbreakNavy football player finds out sister won Olympic gold while on pitch      

Whale breach steals show during Paris Olympics surfing in Tahiti

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

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Herbie J Pilato

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'

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

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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

Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - European champions Poland stormed into the Olympic men's volleyball final with an extraordinary five-set win over the United States on Wednesday, giving themselves a chance of winning a first gold medal since 1976.

Olympics-Volleyball-Poland beat US to end 48-year wait to reach final

960 The Ref

Medal table | Olympic schedule |How to watch | Olympic news. The United States has a history of dominance in women's beach volleyball, with four gold medalists in the last five Summer Olympics. But that trend didn't hold true in Paris, with no American women making it past the quarterfinals.

Paris Olympics: Sara Hughes, Kelly Cheng eliminated by Switzerland in beach volleyball quarterfinals

Los Angeles, CA

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L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. For many Americans, the defining image of the 2024 Olympic Games will have been Simone Biles’s broad smile, suffused with pride, relief, the joy of success, and a touch of I-told-you-so. She flashed that smile as her team reclaimed gold, as she earned the title of two-time Olympic all-around women’s champion, and as she bested the vault, the event that troubled her in 2021’s Tokyo Games.

Elite Athletes Could Be Less Single-Minded

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

102.5 The Bone

Day 11 PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 06: Silver medalist Annette Nneka Echikunwoke of Team United States celebrates after competing in the Women's Hammer Throw Final on day eleven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 06, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Photos: Paris Olympics day 11 highlights

September cover story by Pulitzer winner Caitlin Dickerson, on traversing the Darién Gap, also available in Spanish

The Atlantic publishes “Si Trump gana,” Spanish translation of “If Trump Wins” special issue

Denver, CO

David Heitz

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

Florida State

Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Another of the sports making a debut at the 2024 Olympics is the Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay, where teams with one male and one female athlete alternate for four stages, race-walking about 10 kilometers during each stage and totaling a marathon distance. Here, Maria Perez of Spain reacts as she crosses the finish line first, beneath the Eiffel Tower, her effort and emotions clearly on display as she raises her arms to grab at the banner across the line.

Olympics Photo of the Day: An Emotional Finish

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