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Ukraine’s surprise cross-border incursion seen as a tactical reply to Russia's grinding gains 08/09/2024 12:55pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukraine army's surprise charge into Russia this week was a stunning maneuver that caught the Kremlin's forces unawares. The strategic goal of Ukraine's biggest cross-border incursion in almost 900 days of the war remains unclear, but it counters Russia’s unrelenting effo To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species 08/09/2024 12:47pm • To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their cousins. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy re China is 7 for 7 in diving gold at the Paris Olympics and seeks an unprecedented sweep of all eight 08/09/2024 12:23pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China is 7 for 7 in diving golds at the Paris Olympics. Just one to go for an unprecedented sweep of all eight golds in the Games. Any pressure? That was the question for Chen Yiwen, who won the women's 3-meter springboard on Friday for China's seventh gold medal. Maddis Editorial Roundup: United States 08/09/2024 11:29am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 2 The Washington Post says high interest rates could be killing job gains The post-pandemic hiring surge is over. Job seekers in nearly every industry are having a harder time finding employment. As the latest jobs report showed o Italian beach establishments close umbrellas briefly to protest long-delayed liberalization plans 08/09/2024 10:57am • ROME (AP) — Italian beach establishments mounted a symbolic two-hour strike early Friday aimed at pressuring the government not to enact a decades-old EU directive to allow more competition in the sector, long a symbol of Italy’s failure to reform the economy. Italy’s 6,500 beach concessions g Marta plays for Olympic gold one more time when Brazil meets US in women's soccer final 08/09/2024 10:27am • PARIS (AP) — For her final international tournament with Brazil, Marta is back where it all started. The six-time world player of the year was just 18 when she first played in the Olympics 20 years ago. Back then, Brazil reached the gold medal match in Athens but fell to the United States 2-1. The A win for the Harris-Walz ticket would also mean the country's first Native American female governor 08/09/2024 10:23am • If Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are elected this fall, not only would a woman of color lead the country for the first time, but a Native woman would govern a state for the first time in U.S. history too. Peggy Flanagan, the lieutenant governor of Minnes Court dismisses an Italian protest over a water polo ejection at the Paris Olympics 08/09/2024 10:15am • PARIS (AP) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed a protest by the Italian Swimming Federation over the ejection of Francesco Condemi from Italy's quarterfinal loss to Hungary in the men's water polo tournament at the Paris Olympics. The 20-year-old Condemi was excluded for a violent a Olympic Diving Results 08/09/2024 10:15am • Friday Men 10m Platform Preliminary 1. Cao Yuan, China, 500.15 (Q). 2. Rikuto Tamai, Japan, 497.15 (Q). 3. Rylan Wiens, Canada, 485.25 (Q). 4. Yang Hao, China, 479.80 (Q). 5. Oleksii Sereda, Ukraine, 479.45 (Q). 6. Randal Willars Valdez, Mexico, 460.75 (Q). 7. Cassiel Rousseau, Australia, 453.10 (Q) Olympics on TV for Aug. 10 - 11 08/09/2024 10:05am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Aug. 10 ARTISTIC SWIMMING 2:35 a.m. NBC — NBC Late Night (Aug 9) 3:45 p.m. E! — Duet: Free Routine (Taped) BASKETBALL 5 a.m. USA — Men’s Bronze Final 1 p.m. USA — Men’s Bronze Final (Taped) 3:30 p.m. NBC — Men’ Sports on TV for Aug. 12 - 18 08/09/2024 10:00am • Adv10 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 12 MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — TBA _____ Tuesday, Aug. 13 MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. TBS — L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee _____ Wednesday, Aug. 14 GOLF 6 p.m. GOLF — USGA: U.S. Amateur, Round of 64, Hazeltine National Golf C China auto sales fall in July, while exports jump about 20% as automakers expand across the globe 08/09/2024 09:39am • BANGKOK (AP) — Auto sales in China faltered in July, falling 5% from a year earlier, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Friday, although exports jumped about 20% as makers of electric vehicles expanded into global markets. Sales of passenger cars totaled about 2 million units, It's all about style and individuality as the world's best breakers take the Olympic stage 08/09/2024 09:35am • PARIS (AP) — The journey of Olympic breaking was a long one that began with a vision — one that early pioneers of the art form in the 1970s in the Bronx hardly dreamed of. The 33 breakers representing 15 countries and the Refugee Olympic Team will make their debut Friday and Saturday, vying for China files WTO complaint against EU over tariffs on electric vehicles 08/09/2024 09:18am • BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government said Friday it has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over European Union tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. The Commerce Ministry said that China had resorted to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism “to safeguard the development ri Sport climbers celebrate decision to split events and award extra medal at Paris Olympics 08/09/2024 09:01am • LE BOURGET, France (AP) — The sport climbing competition is coming to a close at the Paris Games with athletes celebrating the decision to separate the speed discipline from boulder and lead. The sport made its Olympic debut in Tokyo three years ago and awarded only one medal each for the men and