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Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of rape will make his Olympic debut Sunday 07/27/2024 12:49pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Steven Van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted in 2016 of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in England, will make his Olympic debut Sunday when he and teammate Matthew Immers meet Italy on the sand at the Eiffel Tower Stadium. Van de Velde���s presence in Pa Swanson hopes opening win at Olympics is just the start as US prepares to face Germany 07/27/2024 10:18am • MARSEILLE, France (AP) ��� After all that Mallory Swanson went through last year, she���s grateful to be in France for the Olympics. She also plans to shake things up for the U.S. team. So far she���s on track: She scored two goals in the Americans' Olympic opener, a 3-0 victory over Zambia. Swanson Southeast Asia top diplomats condemn Myanmar violence, urge peaceful means to settle sea disputes 07/27/2024 08:47am • VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) ��� Southeast Asian top diplomats on Saturday condemned violence in Myanmar's ongoing civil war and urged for ���practical��� means to defuse rising tensions in the South China Sea during the last of the three-day regional talks with allies including the U.S., Russia and China. Simone Biles is leading the charge of older gymnasts at the Olympics who are redefining their sport 07/27/2024 08:43am • It still happens to Simone Biles. Even now, after two Olympics, six world championships, and a decade-plus in the spotlight. The most decorated gymnast of all time and the face of the U.S. Olympic movement will be chatting with someone when her age comes up. ���They're like ���Oh my god, you���re so Pro-Palestinian encampment removed from Secretary Blinken's Arlington home by police 07/27/2024 08:17am • The pro-Palestinian encampment outside of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Arlington, Virginia, home is no more. The encampment along the 400 block of Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) in McLean had been lined with protesters holding signs with phrases such as "Let Gaza Live" and "Full Ceasefire i Kevin Durant 'hopefully' will play for the US in its Olympic opener against Serbia 07/27/2024 07:31am • PARIS (AP) ��� There is hope that Kevin Durant plays for the U.S. in its Olympic opener against Serbia on Sunday, which means the men���s national team may have 12 players available for the first time this summer. That is, unless something else happens. The Americans open their path toward what they Katie Ledecky starts Olympic swimming with fastest time in 400 free prelims, just ahead of Titmus 07/27/2024 07:15am • NANTERRE, France (AP) ��� Katie Ledecky fired the first salvo in her duel with Ariarne Titmus, posting the fastest time the preliminaries of the women's 400-meter freestyle Saturday as the swimming competition began at the Paris Olympics. In one of the most highly anticipated events of the games, French train networks partially restored after line sabotage ahead of Olympics 07/27/2024 06:07am • PARIS (AP) ��� French railway company SNCF said Saturday it has made progress in partially restoring high-speed train services after acts of sabotage disrupted three major lines ahead of Friday night's Olympic Games opening ceremony on the Seine River. SNCF said its agents worked through the night i Simone Biles will serve as the anchor on three of four events for the U.S. during Olympic qualifying 07/27/2024 05:21am • PARIS (AP) ��� Simone Biles will begin her quest for a second Olympic all-around title when she competes in all four events during qualifying on Sunday. Biles, 2020 Olympic champion Sunisa Lee and 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles will compete on all four events in qualifying. Jade Carey, t Just like at the Tokyo Olympics, American cowbell clanging will be raucous again at Paris Games 07/27/2024 03:19am • PARIS (AP) ��� Before Tokyo three years ago, the U.S. Olympic swim coaches pondered how to best support their athletes and help fire them up before a race, given there were no family or friends or fans in the stands. They turned to clanging cowbells. While spectators return to the pool in Paris on S Homeless people say they will likely return to sites if California clears them under Newsom's order 07/27/2024 01:10am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Three years ago, Joel Hernandez built a small wooden shack under the 405 freeway cutting through Los Angeles. He had the help of a friend who lives in his own shack, just a few steps down the stairs he painstakingly dug out of the dirt hillside and reinforced with wooden planks. Today in History: July 27, Korean War hostilities end 07/27/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, July 27, the 209th day of 2024. There are 157 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting on the Korean peninsula that killed an estimated 4 millio Bryan De La Cruz, Jake Burger help Marlins strike early in 6-2 victory over the Brewers 07/26/2024 11:55pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Bryan De La Cruz and Jake Burger homered off Freddy Peralta in the first inning to put the Miami Marlins ahead for good in a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. Miami's Josh Bell also went deep with a ninth-inning drive against Janson Junk for his 1,000th caree California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West 07/26/2024 11:21pm • California's largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger. The Park Fire's intensity and rapid spread led fire officials to make unwelcome comparisons to the monstrous Camp Mets move past Braves in NL wild card race as Senga gets hurt again, Martinez hits slam in 8-4 win 07/26/2024 11:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The New York Mets moved past the Braves for the top NL wild card berth, beating Atlanta 8-4 on Friday night behind J.D. Martinez���s grand slam in a seven-run third inning but losing Kodai Senga to another injury in his season debut. Martinez���s ninth slam was the first of three l