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Three gold medals in track and field at Saint-Denis, France, on Thursday raised the United States’ total haul to 30

Olympics medal count today: See where the United States stands on Friday at 2024 Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympics will officially end with the closing ceremony on Sunday.

Paris Olympics closing ceremony - what you need to know

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Medal table | Olympic schedule |How to watch | Olympic news. SAINT-DENIS, France — Three years ago, America’s Rai Benjamin and Norway’s Karsten Warholm waged one of the Tokyo Olympics’ most epic duels. They both shattered the previous men’s 400-meter hurdles world record. And yet only...

Paris Olympics: Rai Benjamin gets redemption in men's 400 hurdles

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PARIS (AP) — Karch Kiraly made one request when the decisive fifth set began: Win or lose, make sure to enjoy the moment. The U.S. coach asked his players to take in the atmosphere, one of the best for women’s volleyball, with mighty Brazil on the opposite side of the net.

Defending champion US women’s volleyball team beats Brazil in semifinal thriller at Paris Olympics

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Although the Olympics is slowly coming to a close, day 14 is still jam-packed with action.

The star-studded U.S. women’s basketball team, including A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu, looks to build on its extensive Olympic success.

The squad has yet to lose an Olympic game since 1992, and at 11:30 a.m., the crew will clash with Australia for a spot in the gold medal game.

Following suit — at 1:30 p.m. — American runners will look to notch gold in the women’s 4×100-meter relay final. 

In their first relay heat, speedy sprinters Gabby Thomas, Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry...

The events to watch at the Paris Olympics on Friday, August 9

Ally Lutter is the Communications Coordinator for the Epson Tour. She majored in Broadcast Journalism at Penn State University and has a sports journalism certificate. Friday's third round at Le Golf National was a true test for the Epson Tour athletes, with only two under-par rounds from the resilient Colombian Mariajo Uribe and the determined Filipino Dottie Ardina.

Epson Tour Update: 2024 Paris Olympics – Round 3

PARIS — The medal count at the Paris Summer Games will change fast in the days ahead, but a couple of big trends have emerged that are fun to examine. First, yes, the U.S. is leading overall (at the moment) in both Olympic gold medals and total medals. American athletes, often cheered on by family who've made the trip to Paris, have mostly hit their marks and often outperformed expectations, garnering more than a hundred medals.

U.S. leads Olympic medal count in Paris but there's more to the story

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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

PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympics are underway. The United States led the medal standings after the 11th day of competition with China second and host France third, but more winners will join the list every day from July 27-Aug. 11. See which countries lead the medal count and the highlights in today’s schedule. Below is a list of all the medal winners, day by day.

Paris Olympics 2024 Winners Day 12

LCM (50 meters) It can be spun both ways. By several metrics, the United States swim team had a successful showing in the pool at the Olympic Games in Paris. They finished atop the medal—in gold medals and total, in case anyone’s asking. They finished no worse than...

Lacking A True “Superhero” At Root of U.S. Struggles At Paris Olympic Games

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It's the first time since 1996 that the host country will play for a gold medal in men's basketball

2024 Paris Olympics: Victor Wembanyama lifts France to gold-medal match after thrilling win over Germany

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Dennis the Menace actor Jay North is now 73 years old. This is his story. On August 3, 1951, Jay North was born Jay Waverly North, Jr., in Los Angeles, and seven years later, began acting on TV on shows like Wanted: Dead or Alive, and 77 Sunset Strip.

Former Childstar Jay North (TV's 'Dennis the Menace') Turns 73

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Photographer Robbie Lawrence traveled to Paris for TIME to capture the beauty and  movement of Olympic sports.

Inside Photographing the 2024 Paris Olympics

Follow along for the latest updates from today’s Olympic action. SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China’s Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi scored 276.7867 for first place after duet technical routines in artistic swimming Friday night at the Paris Games. Austria’s Anna-Maria Alexandri and Eirini-Marina Alexandri were in second...

China’s Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi in 1st after duet technical in artistic swimming at Paris Games

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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

Paris Olympics: Sharon van Rouwendaal Makes Late Move For Historic 10k Gold Ahead of Johnson & Taddeucci. Sharon van Rouwendaal became the first marathon swimmer to win two Olympic golds after she made a late charge to overhaul Moesha Johnson and sprint home at Paris 2024. The Netherlands athlete made...

Paris Olympics: Sharon van Rouwendaal Makes Late Move For Historic 10k Gold Ahead of Johnson & Taddeucci

Paris Olympics: What Normalcy? COVID Returned to Games to Provide More Bumps. Paris was supposed to be the return to normalcy, the first Olympics after the calendar-shifting, norm-busting COVID-19 pandemic. Selling it as a post-COVID Games would’ve rung hollow for Adam Peaty and. for most of the week, two...

Paris Olympics: What Normalcy? COVID Returned to Games with More Bumps

Rowdy Gaines Reveals 2028 Olympics Will Be His Last as NBC Sports Color Commentator. For generations, Rowdy Gaines has been the voice of swimming in the United States, the excitable analyst joining Dan Hicks in the NBC Sports broadcast both for every Olympic Games going back to 1996 in Atlanta. Hicks and Gaines have called all the Olympic races for Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and every other star for the past three decades.

Rowdy Gaines Reveals 2028 Olympics Will Be His Last as NBC Sports Color Commentator

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')

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency in Northeast Florida and across much of the state as a tropical system appears almost certain to develop. The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that a tropical wave has a 90% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next seven days. Most models show it moving into the Gulf of Mexico and then coming ashore and crossing the state, possibly moving over Northeast Florida.

Tropical system is nearly certain to develop

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Paris Olympics: Japan Spiraling Downward After Second Straight Dismal Games

Paris Olympics: Japan Spiraling Downward After Second Straight Dismal Games. Three years ago, as the host of the Tokyo Games, Japan managed only three medals in...

Paris Olympics: Japan Spiraling Downward After Second Straight Dismal Games

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