"You can be racist but not deaf," the superstar defiantly told the world in the face of racist attacks while gearing up for the performance of a lifetime. The world took notice during the 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Paris this afternoon as French pop superstar Aya Nakamura strutted across a bridge over the Seine. Donning a gold metallic feather mini dress and a bold blonde bust down, the songstress belted out her smash hit single “Pookie” while accompanied by a live band helmed by France’s Republican Guard.

Meet Aya Nakamura, The French Superstar Who Bucked Racism To Perform At The Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony

PARIS -- Paris has closed out two and a half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a star-studded show in France’s national stadium. The French capital has handed over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city in line: Los Angeles in 2028. Hollywood star...

AP PHOTOS: Paris closes the 2024 Olympics with a final star-studded show

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A viral sprinter has captured everyone's attention at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France this week. Ewa Swoboda, a 27-year-old sprinter from Poland, has been going viral on social media this week. The sprinter, who competes in the women's 100m dash, competed in the women's 4x100 relay on Friday. ...

Viral Olympics Sprinter Has Captured Everyone's Attention In Paris

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Stephen Nedoroscik, who has affectionately been nicknamed Pommel Horse Guy by the internet, is more than just a bronze medalist at the Paris Olympics. He is also a cat dad. And after we learned about his kitty, Kyushu, we knew that this gymnast was going to be a Dog O'Day favorite.

Stephen Nedoroscik reveals the first thing he plans to do when he gets home from the Paris Olympics

The 2024 Olympic Games were a headline magnet, from that much-discussed pole vaulter to the controversy surrounding Imane Khelif and the circulation of Snoop Dogg’s rare trading pins. As the Olympic closing celebrations wrap up, one lesser-known story has captured people’s attention, courtesy of the prolific Jamaican women’s sprinting...

What happened to the Jamaican women sprinters at the Paris Olympics?

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It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

Stephen Curry saved one of the greatest stretches of his historic career for the closing minutes of the gold medal game in his first and only Olympics appearance. Curry iced the win for the United States against France with four straight three-pointers, and his final dagger will survive as one of the most amazing shots of his historic career.

Stephen Curry tortured French announcers with Olympics takeover

PARIS — The United States came out on top in the Olympic medal count in Paris, with a stunning total of 126 medals, including 40 gold. The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and in the end China and the U.S. tied with forty apiece.

The final Olympic medal tally puts the U.S. on top in Paris

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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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After 16 action-packed days, Paris 2024 has reached its conclusion. It has delivered sporting drama by the bucketload, the emergence of new heroes, world records have been broken and plenty of history written. So what are the stats to savour from this Olympic Games? BBC Sport takes a look... Counting...

Paris Olympics: The best stats from the 2024 Games

On Sunday we reached the close of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the United States of America were the winners of the games. A duel with China for much of the games over gold medals resulted in a tie, with both nations finishing with 40 — although the USA easily took home the tiebreaker with 44 silver and 42 bronze to China’s 27 and 24 respectively.

Women carried Team USA to their Olympics-leading medal count

A parent's support means a lot to a child, which goes a long way. And it did for a 23-year-old marathon swimmer, Ivan Puskovitch, who competed in the 10-kilometer swim event at the Paris Olympics on August 9, Friday, representing Team USA. Puskovitch began competitive swimming at the age of six and his primary swimming coach till 13 was his mother, Robyn Rabinovitch, reports Good Morning America (GMA).

Mom who helped son train despite homelessness now is cheering for him at the Paris Olympics

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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

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Los Angeles Sparks All-Star Dearica Hamby filed a federal lawsuit against the Las Vegas Aces on Monday, detailing the “repeated acts of intimidation, discrimination, and retaliation” she faced after informing the Aces — the WNBA team she played for at the time — that she was pregnant.

Dearica Hamby’s pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against the WNBA’s Aces, explained

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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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PARIS (Reuters) - The United States topped the medals table at the Paris Olympics with 40 golds after the final title was decided on Sunday, finishing above China only by virtue of their 44 silvers.

Olympics-United States top medals table at end of Paris Olympics

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Yes, you read that headline right. Will Levis, the second-year quarterback for the Tennessee Titans who vaulted into the national consciousness with his affinity for putting mayonnaise in his coffee, has taken his love for the condiment to new levels. Last year Levis signed an endorsement deal with Hellmann’s Mayonnaise,...

Will Levis’ mayonnaise cologne shows we’ve strayed from God’s light

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From swimming in the Seine River to break dancing, here’s what we’ll probably end up recalling about these Games in a few years’ time.

The 10 Things We’ll Remember About Paris 2024

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The defining images of the 2024 Paris Olympics

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games came to a close on Sunday, and we’re left with incredible memories. Every games gives us some truly iconic moments, but...

The defining images of the 2024 Paris Olympics

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