Greensboro, NC

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Victor Perez came into the Wyndham Championship at No. 70 in the FedEx Cup rankings—just inside the playoff bubble—while Davis Riley started at No. 71, in the first spot out. Three eventful days of golf later, that's where they both finished, but it took some wild swings and a late charge by Ryo Hisatsune falling short to maintain the status quo. It was all up for grabs at the PGA Tour's regular-season finale, but in the end, for the first time since 2013, the Wyndham produced absolutely no change in the playoff picture—the 70 players who came in at the top of the rankings are the same 70 who will be heading to Memphis next week for the first playoff leg at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Victor Perez outlasts Davis Riley, makes FedEx Cup playoffs on a tame bubble day at the Wyndham

Standing over her third shot on the par-4 15th on Friday, Slovakian Ladies European Tour pro Pia Babnik was just outside of the podium places. Her tee shot had just found the water, but at one-under on her round following a scintillating 66 on Thursday, Babnik just needed to salvage bogey to keep herself in the mix heading into Saturday’s decisive finale. Instead, she shanked one so far out to sea it might have landed in the Mediterranean.

Watch this Slovakian medal contender hit the shank of the Olympics at the worst possible time

Vijay Singh may be 61 years old, but the turf at any tour driving range doesn’t know the difference from a 30-year-old Singh. Arguably no professional golfer has hit more balls over his career, and Singh continues to grind on his game, including this week at the PGA Tour Champions’ Boeing Classic in Washington.

How Hall of Famer’s frightening umbrella drill fixes dreaded two-way miss

North Carolina State

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- If you asked Luke Clanton to describe his ideal warm-up for the U.S. Amateur, it's a fair bet he wouldn't have said "playing 39 holes in North Carolina with the heat index above 90 less than 24 hours before teeing off in Minnesota." But for the 20-year-old, a rising junior at Florida State and still an amateur, that's the price you pay for posting another superb PGA Tour result to put an exclamation point on a scintillating summer. With a third-round 62 and a closing 69, both completed on Sunday, Clanton posted a solo 5th place finish at the Wyndham Championship, which would have been good for a $323,900 payday...if not for that pesky amateur status.

Amateur Luke Clanton continues to light up the PGA Tour with brilliant Sunday at the Wyndham

When it rains a lot in a golf tournament, tournament officials and the committee will often decide to allow players to play under lift, clean and place rules -- also known as preferred lies on the PGA Tour. That includes at the 2024 Wyndham Championship, after Tropical Storm Debby dropped 6 inches of rain on Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.

What are lift, clean and place rules, and how are preferred lies different than normal golf rules?

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Herbie J Pilato

In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Massachusetts State

Camilo Díaz

(MA) Meet Angel August, a small Yorkie and Chihuahua mix pup who could really use your help moving...into your house! Angel recently came into Great Dog Rescue New England's care after an unexpected tragedy. Although she has been an owned pup her whole life, sadly Angel's owner passed away. Now safely in rescue care, Angel is patiently waiting for the next chapter of her life to begin. Will you help her write it?

Little Yorkshire Terrier Who Lost Her Owner Now Looking For Love

Tampa, FL

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Sounds like NBC's Morgan Pressel got a little too excited over this Brooke Henderson shot on Friday at the Women's Olympic Golf Competition. And by too excited, we mean Pressel seemingly dropped a hard F-bomb on live television, and it didn't appear to be an accident. There was no quick apology. This was not on a "hot mic." And, for the life of me, I can't seem to come up with anything she "could have been" saying here. It genuinely sounds like Pressel says that Henderson was "f---in' fired up" after this approach shot into a par 5.

Did we really hear what we thought we heard on the Women's Olympic Golf broadcast?

Denver, CO

David Heitz

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

Kansas State

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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

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

The Lens

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

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

The Current GA

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

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

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

Georgia State

Daily Coffee Press

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

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

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Cleveland Golf's wedge selector helps players get into the correct short-game tools

It’s a hard truth many golfers don’t like to admit: You hit about four greens a round. Tops. On the other 14 holes you’re missing greens...

Cleveland Golf's wedge selector helps players get into the correct short-game tools

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