Adele concerts are some of the hottest tickets in the world right now. But the British superstar stopped down in the middle of her show in Munich Saturday in order to watch the Olympics. The event that piqued her interest? Sha’Carri Richardson in the women’s 100m.
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Greatness has found Leon Marchand, but the young French swimmer is still trying to comprehend his 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue Reading Greatness has found Leon Marchand, but the young French swimmer is still trying to comprehend his 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Faith leaders gathered with Olympic officials Sunday morning in front of Notre Dame Cathedral to celebrate how “faith and sport can complement each other,” in the words of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. The 2024 Paris Games got off to a rocky start with many religious groups around the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press About 10 miles from Johnson Space Center, a Houston-area church takes a moment during Wednesday Bible studies and Sunday evening services to pray for two members who cannot be there. In fact, there’s no way on Earth for NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Tracy Dyson to show up at Providence Baptist Church.
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A full preview ahead of the U.S. men’s basketball team’s Olympic quarterfinal game against Brazil.
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer America’s drugstores are testing smaller locations and more ways to offer care as more store closings loom. As these experiments play out, customers may see Walgreens stores that are one-fourth the size of a regular location. Or CVS drugstores with an entire primary clinic stuffed inside. Drugstores say they are reacting to
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No matter what happens during the floor exercise final on Aug. 5, Jordan Chiles will be leaving Paris with an Olympic gold medal and a great sense of pride.
Continue Reading No matter what happens during the floor exercise final on Aug. 5, Jordan Chiles will be leaving Paris with an Olympic gold medal and a great sense of pride.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — At the Paris Olympics, whether the water quality in the Seine River is safe enough to host some swimming events has been a major question. Bacteria levels in the river fluctuate constantly, and daily water samples are tested so organizers can assess the risk and determine whether swims in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Elisa Raffa, Ashley R. Williams, Dakin Andone and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Debby, the fourth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season and the second named hurricane, has become a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm, located about 100 miles west-northwest of Tampa, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 75
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — A 17-day stretch with few parallels in American history has upended what looked to Donald Trump’s campaign like a clear path to victory when the former president stepped on the Republican convention stage in Milwaukee. In that moment, a unified Republican Party had rallied around Trump after he
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Despite playing the majority of the match down a player, India rallied behind a dynamic defensive crew to score first and force a shootout.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Beirut port blast anniversary this year coincides with soaring regional tensions. For many, the fears of a new escalation come as wounds of the port explosion four years ago remain raw. The blast stunned the nation and a probe by a maverick investigative judge into the explosion shook the
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Recapping track and field action from Aug. 4, including the men’s 100m final and opening rounds in the women’s 400m hurdles, 200m and men’s 110m hurdles.
Continue Reading Recapping track and field action from August 4, including the men’s 100m final and opening rounds in the women’s 400m hurdles, 200m and men’s 110m hurdles.
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With his gold medal-winning floor routine on Saturday, Carlos Yulo became the first male Olympic gold medalist in the history of the Philippines, and only the country’s second Olympic champion.
Continue Reading With his gold medal-winning floor routine on Saturday, Carlos Yulo became the first male Olympic gold medalist in the history of the Philippines, and only the country’s second Olympic champion.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several Republicans who were involved in efforts to cast doubt on the results of the 2020 presidential election in Michigan are running for office in the upcoming primary. Among those on Tuesday’s ballot is an election conspiracy theorist who wants to oversee elections in a rural county that found
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Olympic tennis men’s champion Novak Djokovic reflects on his gold medal win at the Paris Games. Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in straight sets to win his first gold medal.
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