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Olympics on TV for Friday, Aug. 9 08/08/2024 10:05am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Aug. 9 ARTISTIC SWIMMING 3:45 p.m. E! ��� Duet: Technical Routine (Taped) BASKETBALL 6:15 p.m. USA ��� Women���s Semifinal (Taped) 8 p.m. USA ��� Women���s Semifinal (Taped) BEACH VOLLEYBALL 3 p.m. USA ��� Women���s Bronze Final The leader of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement reflects on a year since the Lahaina fire 08/08/2024 09:07am • KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) ��� On a Monday morning in July, 11 months after the devastating Lahaina fires, the Kako���o Maui Resource Center was still busy. Sunlight poured through big windows. A young man with a white flower tucked behind his ear sat behind a desk near the door, smiling as he greeted vis Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is down to lowest level since 2016, government says 08/08/2024 07:43am • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Deforestation in Brazil���s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It���s the largest reduction since 2016, when officials began using the current method of measurement. In the past 12 Horses out, 'American Ninja Warrior' in. Olympic sport of modern pentathlon faces a big change 08/08/2024 06:57am • PARIS (AP) ��� The sport of modern pentathlon, a niche outlier at the Olympics, is getting rid of its horse competitions after the Paris Games and bringing in ���American Ninja Warrior���-style obstacle courses for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. It's a quirky sport which was originally modeled o Can you guess Olympians' warmup songs? World's top athletes share their favorite tunes 08/08/2024 06:53am • PARIS (AP) ��� Curious about which songs are fueling the Olympians competing in Paris? The Associated Press has an idea. Some of the world's top athletes from the Olympics and Paralympics have shared their favorite warmup tracks, revealing what gets them pumped before a crucial game, meet or match. Utah man who killed woman is put to death by lethal injection in state's first execution since 2010 08/08/2024 06:41am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� A Utah man who killed his girlfriend's mother by slashing her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state's first execution since 2010. Taberon Dave Honie, 48, was convicted of aggravated murder in the July 1998 death of Claudia Benn, the maternal Wednesday's Olympic Medalists 08/08/2024 06:12am • ATHLETICS Men's 3000m Steeplechase GOLD_Soufiane El Bakkali, Morocco SILVER_Kenneth Rooks, United States BRONZE_Abraham Kibiwot, Kenya Men's 400m GOLD_Quincy Hall, United States SILVER_Matthew Hudson-Smith, Britain BRONZE_Muzala Samukonga, Zambia Men's Discus Throw GOLD_Roje Stona, Jamaica SILVER_My US distance runner in Paris with family in heart after leaving Eritrea as a teen for new life 08/08/2024 05:59am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� Weini Kelati brought one picture to the United States with her. It's a photo taken when the long-distance runner was just a child ��� the only snapshot she had of her family together. Her dad, who served in the military, died soon after the photo. Her mom and two brother Police shooting of Baltimore teen prompts outrage among residents 08/08/2024 05:47am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� After police officers shot and killed a fleeing teenager, residents of his southwest Baltimore neighborhood are outraged at what they consider the latest case of excessive force targeting a young Black man. Authorities have released few details about the Monday night shooting, New signs for confusing stretch of I-395 in DC could still be years away 08/08/2024 04:27am • Erratic driving and crashes on the Southeast-Southwest Freeway at the 3rd Street Tunnel could continue for several more years as D.C.'s interstate renumbering plan stalls. At the Southeast-Southwest Freeway's midpoint, the quirky divergence of Interstate 395 at Interstate 695 contributes to a Dodgers' Dave Roberts ejected in 6th after interference call at third base 08/08/2024 02:28am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was ejected in the sixth inning Wednesday night after coming on the field to argue a call at third base in a 9-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. With Philadelphia down 4-3, Alec Bohm doubled to left and Brandon Marsh grounded into a fi Francisco Lindor breaks tie with 2-run single in 9th to push the Mets past the Rockies 5-3 08/08/2024 12:57am • DENVER (AP) ��� Francisco Lindor hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the ninth inning, Jesse Winker had three hits, and the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Wednesday night. With the game tied 2-2 in the ninth, Lindor singled to left off Colorado's Victor Vodnik (3-2) to score Harriso Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but was blocked from power 08/08/2024 12:57am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� A court in Thailand on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which finished first in last year's general election, saying it violated the constitution by proposing an amendment of a law against defaming the country���s royal family. The Constitutio The Walz record: Abortion rights, free lunches for schoolkids, and disputes over a riot response 08/08/2024 12:06am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Gov. Tim Walz and his fellow Democrats have enacted big changes in the two years that they've had full control of the Minnesota Legislature, from expansions of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights to tax credits and other initiatives aimed at making life easier for families. His record h How horses at the Spirit Horse Ranch help Maui wildfire survivors process their grief 08/08/2024 12:05am • KANAIO, Hawaii (AP) ��� Fear. Anxiety. Anger. Depression. Overwhelmed. Janice Dapitan began her second counseling session by writing those words on a whiteboard, reflecting what she felt in that moment. The day fire destroyed her hometown of Lahaina ��� and the struggles that have followed for nearl