Italy gets back-to-back mixed multihull gold
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti clinched back-to-back Olympic titles after winning gold in the mixed multihull at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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American speed climber Sam Watson breaks world record, snags Olympic bronze
American Sam Watson broke the world record he set just two days ago when he won bronze in the Olympic men’s speed climbing final. Veddriq Leonardo won Indonesia’s first gold medal at these Games while China’s Wu Peng took silver.
Continue ReadingThe tourism message in Maui that ‘has managed to stick around’
By Will McGough, CNN (CNN) — On August 8, 2023, an out-of-control wildfire fueled by winds from Hurricane Dora ripped through the town of Lahaina on Maui’s west coast. Ua Aloha Maji, a lifelong Lahaina resident, was at his house in Lahainaluna, about a mile inland of the town center when the fire began. From
Continue ReadingKelsea Ballerini announces new album, ‘Patterns.’ It isn’t what you’d expect: ‘I’m team no rules’
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kelsea Ballerini is preparing to release her fifth studio album, called “Patterns,” this fall and people expecting a “happy-go-lucky,” lovey-dovey album from an artist in a new relationship may find more complication. The new album is a follow-up to her 2023 super-successful “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” EP,
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Boxing preview, Aug. 8: Refugee Olympic Team’s Cindi Ngamba fights in semis
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Refugee Olympic Team’s Cindy Ngamba fights for gold on Thursday.
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China crushes South Korea to clinch women’s team final spot
The Chinese women’s table tennis team crushed the South Korea team to clinch a spot in the gold medal final.
Continue ReadingThey spent 5 years researching their move abroad. Now they’re offering scouting trips to aspiring expats
By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Jen Barnett has wanted to live abroad since first grade, when cafés lined her Birmingham, Alabama, school’s hallways during a week dedicated to all things French. She and her husband started talking about it soon after they met in 2015 and batted the idea around through two stressful US
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Austria wins gold in the mixed 470
Lukas Mahr and Lara Vadlau sailed to gold in the mixed 470 event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, topping Japan and Sweden.
Continue ReadingIsrael’s gold-medal winning windsurfer draws motivation from threats on his team
By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Olympic athletes are rarely lacking in motivation, but Israel’s newest gold medalist – windsurfer Tom Reuveny – had no shortage of material to draw on during these Paris Olympics. “There’s a big and strong Jewish community and I received a lot of positive messages,” he told CNN Sport, but
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Western allies slam Israeli minister’s remark that Gaza starvation may be justified
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Western allies have condemned remarks by the country’s far-right finance minister who suggested that causing the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral” until Hamas-held hostages are released. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a speech on Monday that Israel had no choice
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Xie Siyi wins second men’s springboard diving gold
After trailing in both the prelims and semifinals, China’s Xie Siyi overtook his teammate in the finals to win his second men’s springboard diving gold medal.
Continue ReadingRussian prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for US-Russian woman in treason trial
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors on Thursday asked for a 15-year sentence in the treason trial of a Russian-American woman, who has pleaded guilty, Russian news agencies reported. Ksenia Khavana, whom Russian authorities identify by her maiden name of Karelina, was arrested in Yekaterinburg in February, accused of collecting money for Ukraine’s military. Khavana had
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Track and field recap, Aug. 8: Another McLaughlin-Levrone world record, Holloway and TDW hit gold, Tebogo’s stunner
A stacked day in track and field features finals in the men’s 200m, women’s 400m hurdles, men’s 110m hurdles, women’s long jump and men’s javelin.
Continue Reading Track and field recap, Aug. 8: Another McLaughlin-Levrone world record, Holloway and TDW hit gold, Tebogo’s stunner
A stacked day in track and field features finals in the men’s 200m, women’s 400m hurdles, men’s 110m hurdles, women’s long jump and men’s javelin.
Continue ReadingBoeing’s new CEO is already making an overdue change his first day on the job
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Today is Kelly Ortberg’s first day as CEO of Boeing. He’s already winning praise – for his work location. Ortberg has decided he will work out of Boeing’s offices in Seattle, which had been the company’s home for its first 85 years before it moved its corporate
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Slovenian Janja Garnbret, American Brooke Raboutou top field heading into boulder/lead combined final
Janja Garnbret dominated the lead semifinal to top the field by nearly 40 points heading into the boulder/lead combined final. American Brooke Raboutou was the third top qualifier.
Continue ReadingMan under investigation in Spain for pouring water on ancient cave paintings to get a sharper photo
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spanish authorities are investigating a man who allegedly damaged cave paintings that are thousands of years old by pouring water on them in order to take better photos for social media. A 39-year-old man from Los Villares, in Jaén province in Andalucia, southern Spain, uploaded photos of the wet
Continue ReadingChina hits back at the US in response to doping allegations dogging its swimmers
BEIJING (AP) — China is trying to fight fire with fire in the face of persistent doping allegations that have dogged its swimmers at the Paris Olympics. The China Anti-Doping Agency called Thursday for more intensive testing of American track and field competitors, citing past doping scandals and questioning how the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency handled
Continue Reading5 things to know for Aug. 8: Tropical Storm Debby, Space mission, Presidential race, Stock markets, UK riots
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Government officials often send text messages as an effective means of warning the public about emergencies. But in New York City, some residents are receiving weather warnings from a voice in the sky as drones equipped with loudspeakers are being deployed to specific neighborhoods prone to flooding. Here’s what
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10 best tennis photos from the 2024 Paris Olympics
NBC Olympics put together a collection of the 10 best pictures from around the grounds at Roland-Garros at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games tennis tournament.
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