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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Incident Summary: On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Paris, American diver Alison Gibson faced an unfortunate incident that led to a score of 0.0. Competing to secure a place in the semi-finals, the 25-year-old Texas-born athlete experienced a collision with the diving board that significantly impacted her performance.

Heart-Stopping Moment: Alison Gibson’s Dive Ends in Disaster at the 2024 Olympics

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After winning the gold medal in the 4x100 relay and rallying the United States back in the race, Sha’Carri Richardson’s nails stood out to the entire world at the Paris Olympics. Richardson is known for wearing her nails longer than others, and she stands on them, embraces them, and expresses ...

Sha’Carri Richardson Sets Internet Ablaze With Bold Phrase Painted On Nails

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 Watching Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting’s treatment at these Olympics, I have had a profound sense of deja vu. We have watched this story play out before, unfortunately more than once. Caster Semenya’s brilliance 15 years ago sparked an ongoing battle to compete. One of the greatest athletes of our time, Semenya is not the only champion who has been wrongly blocked from competition. I am a filmmaker, who made a documentary Category: Woman in 2022. I had the privilege of witnessing the heartbreaking stories of women athletes from the Global South, torn from their sport, due to racist,...

OPINION - Putting their gender into doubt is another way to oppress women like Imane Khelif

The Spun

Mondo Duplantis took care of business in Paris this week, defending the Olympic title he won in the men's pole vault at the last Olympics in Tokyo. Duplantis added another gold medal to his already stellar resume, furthering his case as the greatest pole vaulter of all time. The Swedish star was ...

Model Girlfriend Of Gold Medalist Mondo Duplantis Turns Heads At Olympics

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

Former world number three Stefanos Tsitsipas says his father Apostolos will no longer be his coach. The 25-year-old from Greece, ranked 11th in the world, was critical of his father's coaching methods after losing to Japan's former world number four Kei Nishikori in the second round of the Canadian Open on Thursday.

Tsitsipas halts coaching partnership with father

(The Conversation) — “Tradition!” rings out the opening line of “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Broadway play that brought Jewish life to stages around the world. The 1964 musical gives audiences a window into Yiddish-speaking, rural Jewish life in 19th-century Europe. For many people, this...

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ may be many Americans’ image of Judaism, but American Jews’ heritage is stunningly diverse

Georgia State

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The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

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She may not be leaving Paris with a medal, but Bhutan’s Kinzang Lhamo did produce a performance of Olympian effort in the women’s marathon

Fans unite in Paris to rouse Bhutan’s Kinzang Lhamo for marathon effort

Paul “Triple H” Levesque surfaced on social media Saturday to congratulate a WWE NIL class member on capturing Olympic gold. The WWE Chief Content Officer took to X this afternoon to comment on Masai Russell, a WWE NIL class member, winning Olympic gold in the 100m hurdles. “Huge...

Paul “Triple H” Levesque Congratulates WWE NIL Class Member Masai Russell On Capturing Olympic Gold

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

South Carolina State

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

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Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, is still looking for a forever home for an adorable six-year-old French bulldog named Joannie. The local animal rescue explains: “Joannie was found as a stray extremely emaciated and less than half her current weight now. She was missing fur on her body, face and ears. She has been nursed back to health and is doing wonderfully. While her age and exact history is unknown, it is clear she has mothered more than enough litters in her short lifetime.”

Meet The "Extreme Snuggler" French Bulldog Still Looking For Love

Turkey’s understated Olympian Yusuf Dikeç went viral for his nonchalant stance while competing in the air pistol mixed team competition event last week.

Turkey’s viral Olympian Yusuf Dikeç inspires new celebration with nonchalant stance

Tallahassee, FL

The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a now 13-year-old girl who went missing from Florida last year and has ties to Georgia and Tennessee. A $15,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information that can lead to her location.

FBI Investigating Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Has Ties to Georgia

Kansas State

Missouri State

CJ Coombs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

Denver, CO

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Morristown, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Sixteen individuals have been charged in connection with a widespread "grandparent scam" that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions of dollars. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

16 Charged in Nationwide 'Grandparent Scam'; Millions Stolen

Cooking With Maryann

This recipe is sooo tasty! It truly is for garlic lovers! It involves sautéing onions and mushrooms in butter and oil until golden, then adding wine to reduce. Garlic, thyme, and parsley are stirred in for flavor, followed by seasoning with salt and pepper. The dish is garnished with additional parsley and served warm, making for a savory, aromatic side. Here's what you'll need to make it:

Garlic Mushrooms in Brown Butter Herb Sauce

The last two races of the Paris Games were a gold rush for the U.S., with both the women and men dominating the 4x400-meter relays Saturday. The women — comprising Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes — closed out the Olympics in a race that was not close.

Team USA dominates women’s and men’s 4x400-meter relays

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PARIS — Carling Jackson dreamed of being a world-class soccer player and competing for her...

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