By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” mode is facing renewed scrutiny after police announced the technology was recently involved in another fatal accident. Still, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is betting that he will soon develop a vehicle that resembles a “tiny mobile lounge” where drivers will be able to watch movies, play video
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Major League Baseball (MLB) players often have long journeys to link up with their new squads when they are traded. For Paul DeJong, it was simple matter of crossing the field. The 30-year-old infielder was traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Royals, three hours before
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Americans Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram are into the Olympic men’s doubles final after they defeated Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlaseck, 6-2, 6-2.
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Family doctors in England have voted to limit the number of patients they see and refuse extra work to protest a “broken” funding model. Doctors’ union the British Medical Association said 98.3% of the 8,500 general practitioners who voted backed the work-to-rule action, which falls just short of a strike. The open-ended
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw has come to a standstill on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising. Sirens wailed, church bells rang and people stopped in their tracks, some stepping out of their cars to pay tribute to the fallen heroes. News broke earlier Thursday that the oldest surviving
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The women’s beach volleyball preliminary rounds continued as the Australian duo of Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho defeated the Canadian team of Sophie Bukovec and Heather Bansley at Eiffel Tower Stadium.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces have fired gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests across Nigeria as thousands, mostly young people, poured onto the streets to rally against the country’s spiraling economy. At least two people were reported killed in northern Niger state where protesters clashed with security forces after blocking
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At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Team USA flyweight boxer Jennifer Lozano — nicknamed “The Troublemaker” — is defeated by Finland’s Pihla Kaivo-oja in the Round of 16. It was the 21-year-old Texan’s first Olympic bout.
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The Bank of England cut interest rates Thursday for the first time since the start of the pandemic, providing some relief to households squeezed by the highest borrowing costs in 16 years. The decision takes the benchmark interest rate in the United Kingdom to 5% from 5.25%, where
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Simone Biles has dominated women’s gymnastics for nearly a decade and continues to prove to the world that age is truly just a number.
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TODAY’s Willie Geist looks at the biggest storylines emerging from table tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics and how the sport’s popularity has taken off.
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At twice the age of some of her competitors in Paris, 32-year-old Nottingham native Becky Downie dominated on the asymmetric bars — her best event — with the day’s highest score of 14.933. It was an especially emotional day for Downie, whose late brother would have been celebrating his 28th birthday on Tuesday.
Continue Reading At twice the age of some of her competitors in Paris, 32-year-old Nottingham native Becky Downie dominated on the asymmetric bars — her best event — with the day’s highest score of 14.933. It was an especially emotional day for Downie, whose late brother would have been celebrating his 28th birthday on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Natza Ladeau and Jack Guy, CNN Rome (CNN) — It’s about to get just a little bit quieter in Venice –- at least that’s the hope of the city council, which has banned tour guides from using megaphones and limited the groups to 25 people. Exceptions to the changes, which came into force
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Miles Partain and Andy Benesh of the United States defeated Brazil’s George and Andre in Pool D play, advancing to the Olympic men’s beach volleyball Round of 16 after a three-set win.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, Patrick Sung and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — In an Olympic competition where participants generally use all the available equipment at their disposal to get ahead, Turkey’s Yusuf Dikeç offered a masterclass in nonchalance during the air pistol mixed team competition Tuesday – and went viral for it. While his opponents took
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Details and takeaways from Wednesday’s pool play in the women’s handball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A central Dutch province is urgently warning parents not to take young children to a popular forest area near the city of Utrecht following two recent close encounters with a wolf displaying “atypical and worrying” behavior. Utrecht Province on Thursday was preparing to seek a permit to kill the wolf,
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The French association of women sports journalists and the union of sports journalists in France have condemned sexist comments made on national radio during a women’s tennis match at the Paris Olympics, where a commentator used stereotypical cliches about housewives to describe a player. The comments were made Tuesday
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Australian beach volleyball player Taliqua Clancy serves a shot that directly hammers the net camera in a match against Canada.
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