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Parisians once scoffed at hosting the Olympics. Now, here come the conga lines 08/06/2024 12:39pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Like most self-respecting Parisians, Mathilde Joannard and Franck Tallieu had been training for the Olympic sport of Olympics-bashing. Of course the Olympics were going to be a mess, the couple had reasoned when they learned the Games were coming to town. Like so many Parisians, the h Michigan man pleads no contest to failing to store gun that killed 5-year-old grandson 08/06/2024 12:32pm • WHITE CLOUD, Mich. (AP) ��� A man blamed for the death of his 5-year-old grandson has pleaded no contest to violating Michigan's new gun storage law, one of the first significant convictions since the law kicked in earlier this year. Karl Robart faces a minimum prison sentence somewhere in a range o Financial markets around the world stabilize after recent rout. Here's what to know 08/06/2024 12:03pm • Markets on Wall Street and in Asia are stabilizing Tuesday following a mini-panic caused by an assortment of factors that stretched from late last week through Monday. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq each rose 1.3% in morning trading and were on track to break a brutal three-day losing streak. The S& Indonesia recovers body of New Zealand helicopter pilot killed in Papua attack 08/06/2024 11:33am • Indonesian security forces on Tuesday recovered the body of a New Zealand pilot who was killed in an alleged separatist attack in the restive Papua region, officials said. Glen Malcolm Conning, a helicopter pilot for Indonesian aviation company PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, was shot dead on Monday b NASCAR Cup Series, Truck Series fire back up after 2 weeks off, F1, Larson wins in Sprint Cars 08/06/2024 11:25am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Cook Out 400. Site: Richmond, Virginia. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 5:35 p.m.; Sunday race, 6 p.m. (USA Network). Track: Richmond Raceway. Race distance: 400 laps, 300 miles. Last year: Chris Buescher pulled away on a restart Romanian PM to boycott Olympics' closing ceremony after 'scandalous situation' in gymnastics ruling 08/06/2024 11:24am • PARIS (AP) ��� Romania���s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said Tuesday that he will boycott the Paris Olympics ��� closing ceremony due to a ���scandalous situation��� that cost a Romanian gymnast a bronze medal. Ana Barbosu had already begun celebrating her bronze for the floor event Monday when coa ���Shadows of children:��� For the youngest hostages, life moves forward in whispers 08/06/2024 11:22am • HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) ��� After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, they are finally free to laugh and chat and play. But some of the children who have come back from captivity are still reluctant to raise their voices above a whisper. In theory, they can eat what they want, sleep as mu First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris 08/06/2024 11:13am • PARIS (AP) ��� Zakia Khudadadi has spent most of her life breaking through glass ceilings. Or rather, smashing through them with a sidekick. The taekwondo Paralympian made history in 2021 in Tokyo, becoming the first Afghan woman to compete in an international sporting event since the Taliban took Lions DB Emmanuel Moseley out indefinitely with injury, CB Terrion Arnold clears concussion protocol 08/06/2024 11:01am • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) ��� Detroit Lions defensive back Emmanuel Moseley is out indefinitely after he was injured in a joint practice with the New York Giants. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Tuesday that Moseley could potentially return late in the season. ESPN reported that Moseley tore a pector 2 Germany forwards to miss the Olympic semifinal against the U.S. women's team with illness, injury 08/06/2024 10:38am • LYON, France (AP) ��� Germany captain Alexandra Popp and forward Lea Sch��ller will be sidelined for Tuesday's semifinal against the United States in the Olympic women's soccer tournament. The German soccer federation said Popp has an illness and Sch��ller has inflammation in a tendon in her left kn Europe overhauls Ryder Cup qualifying to create single points list 08/06/2024 10:08am • Europe overhauled its Ryder Cup qualifying criteria Monday for the 2025 matches at Bethpage Black, creating a single points list for the leading six players that gives them a chance to earn points at PGA Tour events. The previous system allowed for three players to qualify through world ranking poin Wall Street opens mostly higher as some calm returns after its biggest loss in almost two years 08/06/2024 09:32am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Wall Street opens mostly higher as some calm returns after its biggest loss in almost two years. The Olympics are over and Shane Lowry wants to make a big push for his best chance in the FedEx Cup 08/06/2024 08:37am • SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) ��� Shane Lowry was among 21 players at the Paris Olympics who headed across the Atlantic Ocean for the PGA Tour���s final tournament of the regular season that determines the top 70 who advance to the FedEx Cup postseason. What makes the Irishman stand out is The final image of Simone Biles at the Olympics was a symbol of joy ��� and where the sport is going 08/06/2024 08:26am • PARIS (AP) ��� Simone Biles cast a knowing glance across the awards podium toward Jordan Chiles. The longtime friends and U.S. gymnastics teammates knew they needed to find a way to honor Brazilian star Rebeca Andrade. They just weren't sure how. What they came up with after Andrade's gold medal on Analysis: Golf a good fit in the Olympics even if it doesn't look like other Olympic sports 08/06/2024 07:06am • SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) ��� What was meant as a celebration of golf in the Olympics quickly turned into a reminder that the royal and ancient game still has a long way to go before it feels like it truly belongs. In the field for the Genesis Invitational last year were Justin Rose and