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

Paris Olympics closing ceremony - what you need to know

New York Post

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

TIME

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

Inside Photographing the 2024 Paris Olympics

WEKU

The sport is already underway at the Paris Games this week, with two medals at stake. Don't let the grace and poise fool you: Artistic swimming is quite physically demanding. How do they do it?

Watching artistic swimming? 6 questions about the Olympic sport, answered

Paris, KY

The Games in Paris include one of the grandest venues to ever host an Olympic event: the grounds of Versailles, where equestrian events and the pentathlon are held in sight of the opulent palace.

The grounds around a palace built by Louis XIV is hosting Olympic events

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Devra Lee

Disclaimer: This content was written by Devra Lee for general informational and entertainment purposes only. This service is to provide astrological information that has been researched, recorded, and observed by the author.

Horoscope for Friday, August 9th

NewsNinja

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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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

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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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Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS, 1973 to 1980). On the Hillbillies, he played former Tennessee country mountain-folk-turned-wealthy Beverly Hills resident Jed Clampett. On Barnaby Jones, he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious detectives. Ebsen, however, almost became even more famous for a certain big-screen classic film in which he ultimately did not appear.

'Beverly Hillbillies" Actor Buddy Ebsen Was "Bitter" about not playing the Tin Man in 'Wizard of Oz'

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Austria's interior minister said an 18-year-old was taken into custody Thursday evening in Vienna after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect.

3rd person arrested over plot targeting now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna

Los Angeles, CA

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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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

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Berly McCoy of Short Wave about the formation of the moon's wispy atmosphere, sea lion cameras and the Perseid meteor shower.

This week in science: the moon's atmosphere, sea lion cartographers and the Perseids

Boston, KY

Boston officials attribute a low homicide rate to luck, more data and a long-standing violence prevention program that pairs police and clergy.

Why Boston's homicide rate dropped to a historic low

If you’ve bought anything in the last decade -- or paid for a service -- there’s a decent chance you’ve received at least one class action settlement notice.

NPR's 'Planet Money' team looks into the prevalence of class action settlements

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Paris spent billions to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming, with mixed results. Baltimore knows how difficult it can be.

Baltimore officials are well aware water pollution struggles aren’t unique to Paris

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Lahaina, HI

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Today marks one year since a wildfire ripped through Lahaina, killing more than a hundred people and decimating centuries of history in the town that was once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. A federal investigation into what caused the fire has not yet been released. But last week, plaintiffs and defendants in hundreds of lawsuits agreed to a proposed $4 billion global settlement. It remains to be seen how that money will be distributed. We recently checked back in with survivors of that fire to see how they're doing one year later and how they plan to mark this day. ERICA SOUZA: We have decided that we want to go to Lahaina, and we want to spend the day together and sit at the beach and do kind of like what we used to do. CHANG: Erica Souza (ph) and her husband lost the home they owned, where they had lived with their two children. They now have a new baby, and they have spent the past year living with friends and family. Now, they're moving to transitional housing.

How Lahaina wildfire survivors are marking one year from the tragedy

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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

It was a busy day at the Stade de France where U.S. track and field athletes claimed three gold medals at the Paris Summer Olympics.

As the events wind down in Paris, the excitement at the Olympics isn't waning

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