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Schwab, Fidelity, other online trading brokerages appear to go dark during huge market sell-off 08/05/2024 01:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Several online brokerage firms including Charles Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard appeared to be down for thousands of users early Monday during one of the biggest stock markets sell-offs of 2024. User reports appeared to peak around and just before 10 a.m. ET, data from outage tracke The Taliban says people in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now 08/05/2024 12:20pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Afghanistan���s Taliban government said Monday it would allow people in the country on visas issued by the former Western-backed government to stay for now, but that they wouldn���t be allowed back in without documents from a Taliban-approved diplomatic mission. The announcement b Delaware authorities investigate the fatal shooting of a murder suspect by state troopers 08/05/2024 12:17pm • STANTON, Del. (AP) ��� Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting by Delaware State Police troopers of a man suspected of killing a woman during a home invasion at his ex-spouse's home before setting the house on fire. State police said troopers received a report at about 9:40 a.m. Sunday rega Nelly Korda hopeful her game is trending as she bids for an Olympic repeat in women's golf 08/05/2024 12:10pm • SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) ��� Xander Schauffele had his chance. Now it's Nelly Korda's turn. Golf is still young in the Olympics since returning in 2016 after a 112-year hiatus, and it does not have a back-to-back gold medalist. Schauffele won gold at the Tokyo Games and was tied for th This preschool in Alaska changed lives for parents and kids alike. Why did it have to close? 08/05/2024 11:51am • WASILLA, Alaska (AP) ��� She was a teenager, and the mother of a 2-year-old, when a knock came on the door of her trailer. Two women were there to tell her about a federally funded preschool program called Head Start that was opening near her home in Chugiak. Would she be interested in enrolling her Competing for two: Pregnant Olympians push the boundaries of possibility in Paris 08/05/2024 11:40am • PARIS (AP) ��� Many Olympic athletes take to Instagram to share news of their exploits, trials, victories and heartbreaks. After her fencing event ended last week, Egypt���s Nada Hafez shared a little bit more. She���d been fencing for two, the athlete revealed ��� and in fact had been pregnant for Snoop Dogg has exploded on the Olympics' global stage. He's just being himself 08/05/2024 11:01am • PARIS (AP) ��� Snoop Dogg steps out of a sleek black SUV, his entourage in tow, as a Parisian crowd erupts into chants of ���Snoop, Snoop, Snoop!��� outside the NBC set. Decked out in a custom-made, Noah Lyles-themed USA sweatsuit, the ultra-smooth entertainer glides past the adoring fans with flash Sheikh Hasina came back from tragedy to lead Bangladesh ��� until protests forced her to flee 08/05/2024 09:59am • DHAKA, Bangaladesh (AP) ��� Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister in Bangladesh���s history, resigned and fled the country on Monday, bringing a tumultuous end to her 15-year rule as an extraordinary wave of protest succeeded in toppling her government. Her ouster came after weeks of rel In Champions League qualifying, Galatasaray faces Young Boys in playoffs to reach new 36-team format 08/05/2024 09:59am • NYON, Switzerland (AP) ��� Turkish champion Galatasaray was drawn Monday against Young Boys, currently last in the Swiss league, in a playoff round to advance to the new Champions League format. Neither team has started the season well. Galatasaray lost 5-0 Saturday in the domestic Super Cup against Atalanta's Scamacca to undergo surgery and will miss majority of season after serious knee injury 08/05/2024 07:53am • BERGAMO, Italy (AP) ��� Atalanta and Italy forward Gianluca Scamacca will undergo knee surgery on Monday and will likely be sidelined for the next six months. Scamacca had to be helped off the field early in the second half of Sunday���s friendly match against Parma. He could not even put his left l Equestrian star Werth urges better horse welfare but bristles at questions over a suspended rider 08/05/2024 07:32am • PARIS (AP) ��� Equestrian star Isabell Werth has been advocating at the Paris Olympics for better horse welfare. But even she bristled when attention kept shifting from the competition to suspended riders. In the wake of the Charlotte Dujardin video scandal that dominated coverage of the sport ahea Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index plunges 12.4% as investors dump a wide range of shares 08/05/2024 06:14am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s Nikkei 225 stock index plunged more than 12% on Monday as investors worried that the U.S. economy may be in worse shape than had been expected and dumped a wide range of shares. The Nikkei index fell 4,451.28 points to 31,458.42. It dropped 5.8% on Friday and has now logged The top teams in the MLB standings are still at the top, but it hasn't been smooth sailing 08/05/2024 05:55am • The morning of June 26, the Cleveland Guardians and Philadelphia Phillies were on pace for 107 wins. The New York Yankees were on pace for 104, and the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers for an even 100. Those five teams still have the top records in the game, but since then, they've all d Kristen Faulkner joins Connie Carpenter-Phinney as US Olympic road race champions, 40 years apart 08/05/2024 05:13am • MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) ��� Forty years after winning gold in Los Angeles, Connie Carpenter-Phinney watched in nervous anticipation ��� praying, pleading, holding her breath in hope ��� that Kristen Faulkner could hold on in the road race at the Paris Olympics. When she did, completing a Zheng Qinwen wins China's first Olympic tennis singles gold, inspired by Li Na and Liu Xiang 08/05/2024 04:35am • PARIS (AP) ��� Right before Zheng Qinwen delivered the very first serve of a victory that would deliver China's very first Olympic tennis singles gold medal, loud shouts of ���Jia You!��� in Mandarin rang out from all sections of Court Philippe Chatrier on Saturday as fans waved the country's red-an