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Watch: 2024 Olympics: Swimmers Are Fighting Off Bacteria From Seine River by Drinking Coca-Cola. An unusual remedy for swimming in the Seine River is making quite a splash. After athletes at the 2024 Olympics dove into the murky waters of the river—which raised concerns about its previously unsafe levels of E. coli—some drink Coca-Cola at the finish line to avoid infection from bacteria in the water.

2024 Olympics: Swimmers Are Fighting Off Bacteria From Seine River by Drinking Coca-Cola

Leonie Beck of Germany is already experiencing complications from the women’s open water swim, posting to Instagram that she has already vomited nine times and has also experienced diarrhea. The women’s open water race in Paris took place Thursday. Beck was one of 24 women to dive in the...

Open Water Swimmer Leonie Beck Experiencing GI Symptoms After Women’s 10km In Seine

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Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Games, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible.

Three German swimmers fall ill after Olympic races in Seine River

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PARIS (AP) — Real-life couple Rossella Fiamingo and Gregorio Paltrinieri will be Italy’s flag bearers for the Paris Gamesclosing ceremony on Sunday, the Italian Olympic Committee announced. Fiamingo won a team fencing gold in Paris to add to her silver medal from Rio de Janeiro and bronze from Tokyo. Paltrinieri won silver and bronze in the 1,500- […]

Real-life couple Fiamingo and Paltrinieri will be Italy’s flag bearers at Paris closing ceremony

Kauli Vaast became a hometown hero when he won gold in the second-ever men’s surfing event at his home break of Teahupo’o, Tahiti. Since then, he’s been taking part in some much deserved celebrating, including wake surfing behind a boat in the Seine. The main event of...

Kauli Vaast Surfs in Seine to Celebrate Olympic Gold

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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

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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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Maybe it's just me, but it's not summer until I get to eat crab cakes! Don't let this recipe intimitate you! It's really not difficult, just takes a little bit of prep time in the fridge.

Delicious Crab Cakes!

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

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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

If the Paris Olympics were a movie, the French capital was a character, providing a picturesque and historic backdrop to many of the events. With the closing ceremony marking the end of an Olympic Games rich with amazing moments, here's a look at 24 of the most iconic images. Competitors...

24 iconic images from the 2024 Paris Olympics

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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

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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

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 After two weeks of intense, thrilling competition between the world’s best athletes – not to mention a handful of controversies – the Paris Olympics came to a dramatic end on Sunday (11 August).With the opening ceremony being met with intense backlash for offending the Christian community, the secular state was forced to change the closing event for the “umpteenth time” in a bid to appease religious groups.The closing ceremony for the Paris Olympics brought out several stars, including Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg. H.E.R. and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Dr Dre shocked fans with a surprise appearance alongside Snoop dOGG,...

Who performed at Olympics closing ceremony as Dr Dre makes surprise appearance

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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

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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Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a $1.35 billion behemoth of the sea, has recently been introduced to the world since its maiden voyage on July 19th. The ship, boasting nearly 5,700 passengers and a crew of over 2,200, offers an array of amenities designed to cater to multi-generational families on shorter 3- and 4-day itineraries.

Cruise Passengers Not Happy About Feature on World's Newest Mega Ship

Air fares for last-minute flights from the UK to Paris are falling as anger grows in the Olympic host city about what tourism businesses are calling le flop.Budget airlines are cutting fares in an attempt to fill planes to a city described by one hotelier as “empty”.One traveller and Olympic fan, Rebecca Halpern of Crawley, said: “They put many potential visitors off – us included – with the ridiculous price of accommodation a few months ago.“It’s good that they’ve dropped prices for last-minute travellers. But most people have to plan their holidays further in advance and chose to go elsewhere.”The...

Olympic travel prices tumble as Paris experiences ‘le flop’

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Former child star Bobby Buntrock's life ended in tragedy. Best known as Harold “Sport” Baxter on the popular 1960s TV sitcom Hazel, Butrock died at only 21 years old in a car accident in 1974.

The Tragic Death of Child Star Bobby Buntrock, and How TV's 'Hazel' Shirley Booth Protected him

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The U.S., which became the first country to top 3,000 Olympic medals during the 2024 Summer Games, earned more medals in Paris than it did in Tokyo. Athletes from the U.S. took home 126 total medals this year, topping China (91), Britain (65) and France (64). China had been ahead in the race for gold throughout much of the games, but China and the U.S. both earned 40 apiece by the end of the games. In addition to 40 gold medals, the U.S. won 42 silver and 44 bronze medals. While the U.S. won the most medals, it isn't home to this...

How the U.S. did in the Paris Olympics compared to previous summer games

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Water quality was acceptable when Olympians swam in Seine River, data shows

PARIS (AP) — Water quality data used by Paris Olympics organizers shows that bacteria levels in the Seine River were within acceptable levels on the days...

Water quality was acceptable when Olympians swam in Seine River, data shows

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