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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 DC area ranks No. 7 for new apartment construction 08/09/2024 08:54am • The U.S. will set a record for new apartment deliveries for the third year in a row, with developers on track to complete more than 518,000 new rental units in 2024, according to a new report compiled by RentCafe. That is a 9% increase over new apartment unit deliveries in 2023 and 30% more than AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Connecticut's state primaries 08/09/2024 07:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut Republicans will pick nominees in state primaries on Tuesday to challenge two longtime Democratic lawmakers, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes. The leading GOP hopefuls for each seat won the party’s endorsement at state and district conventions but not Protesters rally outside Bulgarian parliament to denounce ban on LGBTQ+ 'propaganda' in schools 08/09/2024 07:07am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Protesters rallied outside Bulgaria’s parliament on Thursday to denounce a controversial legal amendment adopted the day before that bans talk of LGBTQ+ and so-called non-traditional sexual choices in schools. The protest was organized by feminist, LGBTQ+ and other rights AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Vermont's state primaries 08/09/2024 07:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democrats will compete in Vermont’s state primary on Tuesday for the right to challenge four-term Republican Gov. Phil Scott in November. The race is the highest profile of a handful of contested primaries on the ballot. Voters will also decide primaries for lieutenant gove Anderson .Paak flexes new musical muscle on Olympic-themed song with Gwen Stefani and Ryan Tedder 08/09/2024 05:46am • PARIS (AP) — When Anderson .Paak was tapped for an Olympic-themed song, the Grammy winner felt eager to record the track until he hit an unexpected hurdle: The normally free-flowing artist had to work within a tight framework. Paak embraced the process, seeing it as an opportunity to flex a new cr