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Turkey approves law to remove stray dogs from streets. Opposition vows to fight the 'massacre law' 07/30/2024 11:39am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� Legislators approved Tuesday a new law aimed at removing millions of stray dogs from Turkey's streets that animal lovers fear will lead to many of the dogs being killed or ending up in neglected, overcrowded shelters. Some critics also argue that the law will be used to targ NASCAR, IndyCar, Formula 1 all off during Olympics in light, mid-summer motorsports schedule 07/30/2024 11:39am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES NASCAR, which had last weekend off, has another free week for the Olympics before resuming at Richmond on Aug. 11. Fast facts: 2021 Cup Series champion Kyle Larson got to ���Kiss The Bricks��� at Indianapolis after winning there on July 21. ... There are four race Jason Day regrets missing the 2016 Olympics and refers to burnout 07/30/2024 11:36am • SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) ��� Jason Day still regrets skipping the Olympics when golf returned to the program in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Day was the No. 1 player in the world at the time and cited concerns over the Zika virus. ���Looking back on it, I should have just sucked it up and g With Randy Gradishar's induction at age 72, the 'Orange Crush' finally gets into Canton 07/30/2024 11:13am • DENVER (AP) ��� About the only time Randy Gradishar ever disappointed his teammates was when he first arrived in Denver as the Broncos' first-round draft pick in 1974. Eagerly awaiting the arrival of the man Ohio State coach Woody Hayes called ���the best linebacker I ever coached,��� were members o Former 'General Hospital' actor Haley Pullos gets 5 years probation after DUI crash 07/30/2024 09:52am • PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ��� Former longtime ���General Hospital��� actor Haley Pullos was sentenced to five years of probation Monday after pleading guilty to felony drunken driving and serving three months in jail. Pullos, 26, was also sentenced in a Los Angeles County court in Pasadena to 200 hours Money takes back seat to medals as men compete in Olympics. LPGA has pre-Olympic event in Portland 07/30/2024 09:34am • International Olympic Committee MEN'S GOLF COMPETITION Site: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. Course: Le Golf National. Yardage: 7,174. Par: 71. Prize: Gold, silver, bronze medals. Television: Thursday-Sunday, 3 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Xander Schauffele. Last time in Tokyo US authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists for the Booker Prize for fiction 07/30/2024 09:21am • LONDON (AP) ��� Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning Cheyenne and Arapaho author Orange is the first Native American Booker semifinalist for t Despite escalating tension between Israel and Hezbollah, it's business as usual at Beirut airport 07/30/2024 09:00am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Fears of an escalation in the simmering conflict between Hezbollah and Israel have prompted some airlines to cancel flights to Lebanon, but business appeared to be proceeding as usual Tuesday at the Beirut airport, where many travelers greeted the warnings with a shrug. Hadi Sharqawi Olympic swimming: Ledecky is fastest in heats of 1500; Marchand advances in 2 more races 07/30/2024 08:47am • NANTERRE, France (AP) ��� Katie Ledecky got started on what she hopes will be her first gold medal of the Paris Olympics, topping the field in the preliminaries of the women's 1,500-meter freestyle on Tuesday. Finishing more than a half-lap ahead of the closest challenger in her heat, Ledecky pos Illness ended Jade Carey's hopes for another floor exercise medal. She could still win the team gold 07/30/2024 07:52am • PARIS (AP) ��� Jade Carey won't get a chance to defend the floor exercise gold medal she won three years ago in Tokyo, a victory that served as a vindication for the winding path she took to the Games. An uncharacteristically mistake-riddled routine during qualifying Sunday led Carey to finish well US boosts alliance with the Philippines with $500 million funding and pact amid concern over China 07/30/2024 07:04am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Washington���s top diplomat and defense chief announced $500 million in new military funding Tuesday to boost the Philippines' external defense and progress on a proposed military intelligence-sharing pact as both allies renewed their concerns over China���s continuing a China's top leaders vow to support consumers and improve confidence in its slowing economy 07/30/2024 05:31am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� China���s powerful Politburo has endorsed the ruling Communist Party���s long-term strategy for growing the economy by encouraging more consumer spending and weeding out unproductive companies to promote ���survival of the fittest.��� A statement issued after the meeting of the 24 Income gap between Black and white US residents shrank between Gen Xers and millennials, study says 07/30/2024 05:19am • The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millenials than for Generation X, according to a new study that also found the chasm between white people born to wealthy and poor parents widened between the generations. By age 27, Black Americans born in 1978 to poor parents end Australia's foreign minister says Russia-North Korea defense deal is 'risky for the world' 07/30/2024 04:44am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Australia���s foreign minister said Tuesday the recent defense deal between North Korea and Russia was ���destabilizing��� and ���risky for the world,��� after she visited the tense border village shared by North and South Korea on Tuesday. In June, North Korean leader Ki Paris Olympics boosted by raucous fans in return of spectators for first time since pandemic 07/30/2024 02:10am • PARIS (AP) ��� The chants of ���Ra-fa! Ra-fa!��� roared the moment Rafael Nadal entered Roland Garros for Monday's match against Novak Djokovic. So hyped was the crowd just minutes in, the chair umpire asked the spectators to be quiet during play. There's a very notable difference between the Paris