Colin Jost has an intense day at the office in Tahiti
Colin Jost takes a break from a hard day’s work in Tahiti to check in with Mike Tirico and share his perspective of the iconic Gabriel Medina moment.
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ANÁLISIS | El ataque israelí contra un alto líder militar de Hezbollah lleva a la región al borde de una guerra total
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Israel dice que mató al oficial militar de mayor rango de Hezbollah, Fu’ad Shukr, en un ataque con drones en los suburbios del sur de Beirut, un populoso barrio que también es el bastión del grupo apoyado por Irán. De ser cierto, Shukr sería el funcionario de mayor rango
Continue ReadingSenator Wyden explains vote against Kids Online Safety Act, which passed Senate 91-3
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement late last week ay on the Kids Online Safety Act, announcing he would oppose final passage of the legislation, which passed the Senate on Tuesday by a 91-3 vote: “After months of negotiations, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has been improved, thanks to hard work by
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Olympic tennis preview, July 31: Women’s quarterfinals
The Olympic tennis stage is set, as the final eight women in the City of Light embark on their quarterfinal clashes at the 2024 Paris Olympic tennis tournament at Roland-Garros.
Continue ReadingVance praises a key leader behind Project 2025, a conservative effort Trump has disavowed
Associated Press JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, has praised the vision of Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts in the foreword of a forthcoming book. That could conflict with the Trump campaign’s effort to distance itself from Heritage’s Project 2025 transition effort. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the foreword to Roberts’ forthcoming book
Continue ReadingCity lawyers offer different view about why Chicago police stopped man before fatal shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers for Chicago say a man killed in March in a shootout with Chicago police was stopped because of illegally tinted windows. It contradicts earlier information that officers had stopped Dexter Reed because he was driving without wearing a seatbelt. Police fired their guns nearly 100 times, striking Reed at least 13
Continue ReadingR. Kelly petitions US Supreme Court to overturn sex crimes convictions based on statute of limitations
By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — R. Kelly – who is currently serving a more than a 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina – is asking the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his federal sex crimes convictions. The disgraced R&B singer’s defense attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, has filed a petition to the US Supreme Court, requesting to throw out his
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Jordan Chiles boosts Team USA back to the gold medal
Watch every moment from Jordan Chiles’ spectacular performance as she helped boost Team USA back to the gold medal in the women’s team final.
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Olympic swimming 7/31 preview: Ledecky chases first gold of Games, Marchand eyes double-gold
Another five-pack of medals is up for grabs on Night 4 of swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where superstars Katie Ledecky and Leon Marchand headline the action.
Continue Reading Olympic swimming 7/31 preview: Ledecky chases first gold of Games, Marchand eyes double-gold
Another five-pack of medals is up for grabs on Night 4 of swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where superstars Katie Ledecky and Leon Marchand headline the action.
Continue ReadingFlorida school board suspends employee who allowed her transgender daughter to play girls volleyball
Associated Press PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school employee who let her transgender daughter play on her high school’s girls volleyball team is being suspended for 10 days after the district’s board found on Tuesday that she violated state law but said firing her would be too severe. The Broward County school board voted
Continue ReadingHarris nears vice presidential announcement as her team tests out top contenders
WSB, CNN By MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny, Kayla Tausche and Pamela Brown, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris is in the thick of choosing a vice presidential running mate, with her campaign eying an announcement in the coming days that would be immediately followed by a joint tour of a series of battleground states beginning next
Continue ReadingBiden to open first night of Democratic convention, sources say
By Kayla Tausche and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — The first night of the Democratic National Convention, now less than three weeks away, is expected to feature a keynote speaker previously slated to close the program: President Joe Biden. Biden is expected to deliver a primetime speech during the opening night of the Chicago convention,
Continue ReadingUna fuerte actividad solar haría que auroras boreales sean visibles más al sur de lo habitual
Belén Liotti (CNN) — Las auroras boreales podrían adornar los cielos y aparecer más al sur de lo habitual esta semana debido a una tormenta solar que puede afectar a la Tierra, de acuerdo con el Centro de Predicción del Clima Espacial de la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica de Estados Unidos (NOAA, por sus
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Kornacki breaks down numbers behind USA-AUS swimming rivalry
Steve Kornacki breaks down the numbers behind Team USA’s swimming rivalry with Australia.
Continue ReadingHezbollah military commander claimed killed by Israel was blamed by the US for 1983 Marine bombing
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Hezbollah commander the Israeli military says it killed in an airstrike was blamed by Israel for a deadly weekend rocket attack and was accused by the U.S. of orchestrating a deadly 1983 bombing aimed at U.S. Marines in Beirut. Hezbollah did not confirm that Fouad Shukur was the target
Continue ReadingGeorgia’s largest school district won’t teach Black studies course without state approval
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s largest school district announced Tuesday that it won’t teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, saying the state Department of Education’s refusal to approve the course means its students would be cheated out of credit for the difficulty of the work. The decision by the 183,000-student
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Biles dazzles for Team USA in golden performance
Watch every moment from Simone Biles’ star-caliber performance for Team USA as they won the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics team final.
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Chiles: ‘This redemption tour was definitely golden’
Zora Stephenson catches up with Team USA women’s gymnastics after they completed their “Redemption Tour” with a gold medal.
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Still two weeks left in Mid Oregon Credit Union’s annual, month-long ‘Supplies 4 Schools’ fundraiser
Hundreds of Central Oregon students won’t have to worry about getting supplies for the new school year. Mid Oregon Credit Union, in partnership with the Family Access Network, is holding its annual Supplies 4 Schools drive throughout the month of August.
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