Refugee Olympic Team’s boxer Cindy Ngamba aims to inspire, make history in Paris
Refugee Olympic Team’s boxer Cindy Ngamba, originally of Cameroon, could make history in Paris by winning the team’s first-ever…
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BMX racing preview, Aug. 2: Strong start for American racers
BMX racing medal will be awarded on Friday. The Americans had a strong start on the men’s and women’s…
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Son of Kentucky dentist charged in year-old killing; dentist charged with hiding evidence
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (AP) — The son of a Kentucky dentist has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a woman whose body was found in the…
Continue Reading The Olympics are giving breaking a global stage in Paris. Not everyone is celebrating
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — In the basement of a sports complex in Paris, dozens of breakers, or break dancers, gathered almost every weeknight…
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El Caucus Latino respalda la candidatura de Kamala Harris a la presidencia de Estados Unidos
Maria Garcia En el comunicado de prensa enviado por el Caucus Latino de California, subrayan que la comunidad latina ha desempeñado un papel…
Continue Reading‘Taking it off the speculative market’: These nonprofits help tenants afford to stay put
CalMatters Nine years ago, tenants of the Pigeon Palace at 2840-2848 Folsom Street in San Francisco faced a dilemma. Their aging landlord, who had…
Continue Reading For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Since her arrest at a protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of…
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Olympic men’s golf, Round 2 recap (Aug. 2): Hideki Matsuyama’s stumble creates three-way tie
Hideki Matsuyama stumbled late, making a double bogey that created a three-way tie for the lead through 36 holes of the Olympic men’s golf…
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Men’s soccer recap, Aug. 2: Morocco joins Spain, Egypt, France in semis
The United States men saw their medal hopes extinguished by mighty Morocco on Friday as the 2024 Paris Olympics men’s soccer quarterfinals started…
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U.S. men’s soccer outclassed by Morocco but future is bright
The United States men’s U-23 soccer team was overmatched in its first Olympic quarterfinal since 2000, rarely looking capable of hanging with…
Continue Reading Attorneys for man charged with killing Georgia nursing student ask judge to move trial
Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia…
Continue Reading North Korea’s former No. 2 diplomat in Cuba describes his dramatic, swift defection
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s former No. 2 diplomat in Cuba, has resettled in South Korea. He says he fled…
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Equestrian recap, Aug. 2: U.S. repeats silver medal in team jumping, Great Britain wins gold
The United States ended its equestrian medal drought Friday morning, taking home the silver medal in the team jumping competition behind gold medal…
Continue Reading US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are warning that a newly confirmed famine in Sudan’s Darfur region is on pace to become the world’s…
Continue Reading Florida flooding emergency declared as tropical threat draws near
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A storm system brewing over Cuba on Friday could bring torrential rain and flooding to…
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Paris Olympics run ends for U.S. men’s soccer team in heavy 4-0 quarterfinal loss to Morocco
The dream of winning a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics is over for the U.S. men’s soccer team following a 4-0 defeat versus Morocco on Friday at…
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In the Village: ‘Dropping in’ around Paris
In the Village: An NBC Olympic and Paralympic podcast. Join us for insider coverage of the daily lives of your favorite members of Team USA during…
Continue Reading Police find the bodies of 4 men, including a policeman, shot to death near resort outside Cancun
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police on Mexico’s Caribbean coast say they have found the bodies of four men, including a policeman, shot to death near a…
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U.S. Table tennis team chop-in it up with U.S. men’s basketball team
The Team USA table tennis and men’s basketball teams burgeoning alliance has seemingly turned into a full-blown friendship, after the American table…
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Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka receives treatment after asthma attack on pool deck
Slovakia’s Tamara Potocka collapsed after her women’s 200 metres individual medley heat at the Paris Olympics on Friday because she has asthma and…
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