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Florida police union leader blasts prosecutors over charges against officers in deadly 2019 shootout 07/29/2024 02:12pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police union leader blasted prosecutors Monday for bringing a criminal case against four officers over a 2019 shootout with two robbers that left a UPS driver and a passerby dead, saying they had no choice but to return fire on the busy suburban street. Stea China claims diving record with its 49th Olympic gold medal, surpassing the United States 07/29/2024 01:27pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China has won more diving gold medals than any other country, passing the one-time powerhouse United States for the top spot on the table Monday. Lian Junjie and Yang Hao breezed to victory in synchronized 10-meter platform, the 49th gold medal in China's history. After Scheffler picked a good time to expand his trophy case. An Olympic gold would be a nice addition 07/29/2024 01:21pm • SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Scottie Scheffler picked a good time to remodel his golf room at his home in Dallas, an office where he keeps trophies and a Masters green jacket, special memorabilia and space to tinker with his golf clubs. He started winning, and then winning some more. H Panthers special teams standout Sam Franklin out with broken foot; could return later this season 07/29/2024 01:13pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers will be without special teams standout Sam Franklin for the foreseeable future after he broke his foot in Saturday’s practice, according to coach Dave Canales. Canales said he's hopeful Franklin could return at some point this season. Canales made the China makes it 2 for 2 in Olympic diving, leaving Britain's Tom Daley with a silver 07/29/2024 01:03pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — With Tom Daley out of the way, China is another step closer to an unprecedented sweep at the Olympic diving pool. Lian Junjie and Yang Hao breezed to victory in the synchronized 10-meter platform Monday to give the Big Red Machine its second straight gold medal of the Pa Hall of Famer Julius Peppers drew motivation from working hot summers in North Carolina 07/29/2024 12:43pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Julius Peppers remembers the long, grueling dawn-until-dusk summer days he spent working in the cotton and cucumbers fields of North Carolina’s Nash County and dealing with the heat. It wasn’t easy at the time, spending every summer from when he was 9 years old until he Olympic qualifying wasn't the first time Simone Biles tweaked an injury. That's simply gymnastics 07/29/2024 11:24am • PARIS (AP) — The scene looked dramatic. To the thousands of people inside Bercy Arena on Sunday during women's gymnastics qualifying — from the A-list celebrities to the fans who had traveled from all over the globe to catch Simone Biles — it certainly felt dramatic. To Biles, her teammates an Simone Biles to compete on all four events at Olympic team finals despite calf injury 07/29/2024 11:21am • PARIS (AP) — A calf injury isn't going to slow down Simone Biles. The American gymnastics star is in the lineup for all four events during Tuesday night's Olympic team finals. Biles tweaked her left calf while warming up for floor exercise during qualifying on Sunday. She retreated briefly to have Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits 07/29/2024 10:31am • NEW YORK (AP) — Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through name, image and likeness deals, everyone is still trying to find out what the new normal will be. Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, called it †Longtime Phelps coach Bob Bowman was in tears watching new star pupil Léon Marchand win gold 07/29/2024 09:51am • NANTERRE, France (AP) — Bob Bowman teared up, just as he used to do watching Michael Phelps win Olympic gold medals. This time it was Léon Marchand, Bowman's latest pupil to shine on the world stage, who pulled off a dominant victory in the 400-meter individual medley in front of a raucous French Simone Biles' husband, Jonathan Owens, will watch her at the Olympics. Why has he drawn criticism? 07/29/2024 08:33am • Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens is taking a break from training camp to support his wife, American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles, in the women's team final at the 2024 Olympics. The couple was married in the spring of 2023. They are adjusting to life in the spotlight together. Owens has been For some Olympic men's basketball teams, the next game has enormous stakes 07/29/2024 06:26am • VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — No team has reached the quarterfinals yet in the men’s basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics. No team has been eliminated, either. That said, Tuesday and Wednesday sure seem like make-or-break days for some nations — and medal chances might evaporate ve Nationals Notebook: Trade winds have already blown 07/29/2024 05:21am • Baseball's trading deadline is Tuesday at 6 p.m. — in theory. In practice, teams have been making moves all month, and the Washington Nationals' recent slide (9-18 since June 23 with six of those losses coming to San Diego) has the team in the sellers' club as opposed to being a buyer. They've The Latest: Maduro is declared winner in Venezuela election as opposition claims irregularities 07/29/2024 03:25am • Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner in Venezuela’s presidential election on Sunday, even as his opponents were preparing to dispute the results, setting up a high-stakes showdown that will determine whether the South American nation transitions away from one-party rule. Shortly after midnight, Federal Reserve is edging closer to cutting rates. The question will soon be, how fast? 07/29/2024 03:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after launching an aggressive fight against inflation and one year after leaving its benchmark interest rate at a near-quarter-century high, the Federal Reserve is expected to signal this week that it will likely reduce borrowing costs as soon as September. A rate redu