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Utility company's proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police raises privacy concerns 08/07/2024 12:26pm • BANGOR, Maine (AP) ��� Operators of illegal marijuana grow enterprises hidden inside rural homes in Maine don���t have to worry much about prying neighbors. But their staggering electric bills may give rise to a new snitch. An electric utility made an unusual proposal to help law enforcement target Juri Vips to return to Rahal Letterman Lanigan at Portland in fourth Honda for third IndyCar start 08/07/2024 12:20pm • ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (AP) ��� Juri Vips will return to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for a third IndyCar Series start at the Grand Prix of Portland that will give the team four Honda entries for the Aug. 25 race. The Estonian driver, who turns 24 on Sunday, will join Graham Rahal, Pietro Fittipaldi and Riots test the new British prime minister in his first month in the job 08/07/2024 12:12pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Just a month into the job, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sounds more like the prosecutor he used to be than the leader of a powerful nation as he tries to quell riots that have swept the country in the past week. The unfolding crisis presents his first major test since taking p Sports on TV for Thursday, Aug. 8 08/07/2024 12:10pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Aug. 8 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN'S) 5:20 a.m. (Friday) FS2 ��� AFL: Collingwood at Sydney FITNESS 7 p.m. ESPN2 ��� CrossFit Games: From Fort Worth, Texas GOLF 3 p.m. GOLF ��� PGA Tour: The Wyndham Championship, First Roun Tropical weather brings record rainfall. Experts share how to stay safe in floods. 08/07/2024 12:00pm • The extreme weather seen in places across the United States in recent weeks shows that it doesn't take a catastrophic hurricane to cause significant damage ��� the torrential rain from Tropical Storm Debby in parts of the Southeast is just one example. The slow-moving system lingering over Georgia Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade, study finds 08/07/2024 11:44am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely won���t survive if planetary warming isn���t stopped. During that time, between 2016 and 2024, the Great Barrier Reef, As the Paris Olympics wind down, Los Angeles swings into planning for 2028 08/07/2024 11:33am • PARIS (AP) ��� From the City of Love to the City of Angels, planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is well underway and organizers are paying close attention to what's worked, and what hasn't, so far in Paris. It will be LA's third time hosting the Olympics ��� the last time was 40 years ago ��� Olympic Diving Results 08/07/2024 11:04am • Wednesday Men 3m Springboard Semifinal 1. Wang Zongyuan, China, 537.85 (Q). 2. Xie Siyi, China, 505.85 (Q). 3. Jack Laugher, Britain, 467.05 (Q). 4. Osmar Olvera Ibarra, Mexico, 463.75 (Q). 5. Jordan Christopher Houlden, Britain, 445.55 (Q). 6. Jules Bouyer, France, 438.30 (Q). 7. Carson Tyler, Unit DC's Cherry Blossom Festival tops pre-pandemic levels this year 08/07/2024 10:50am • D.C.'s Cherry Blossom Festival drew 1.6 million visitors, topping pre-pandemic numbers. The National Cherry Blossom Festival drew 1.6 million visitors this year, topping the pre-pandemic 1.5 million visitors in 2019, and those visitors stayed longer and spent more, according to the numbers releas It's some Olympic rematches in the Paris basketball semifinals, with US-Serbia and Germany-France 08/07/2024 10:47am • PARIS (AP) ��� U.S. coach Steve Kerr knows something unexpected is going to happen when his team plays against Serbia in the semifinals of the Paris Olympics. Maybe Serbia will change its lineup. Maybe Nikola Jokic will play the entire game. Or maybe the surprise will be that there's no surprise at US setter Jordyn Poulter recovers from serious knee injury to lead Americans into Olympic semifinals 08/07/2024 10:20am • PARIS (AP) ��� Moments before match point of the Olympic quarterfinals, Jordyn Poulter punched herself in the outer thigh. It wasn't a motivational tactic ��� she's plenty good at getting herself fired up. No, the American setter was making sure blood kept flowing around her surgically repaired lef CVS Health cuts its 2024 forecast a third time, dragged down by health insurance struggles 08/07/2024 10:11am • CVS Health chopped its 2024 forecast for a third time this year and changed the leadership of its health insurance business where it continues to struggle with rising costs. CEO Karen Lynch will lead the insurance segment, replacing Executive Vice President Brian Kane, who is leaving the company abo Could another insurrection happen in January? This film imagines what if 08/07/2024 10:06am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Election results are contested. Far-right extremists groups are plotting to overthrow the electoral college vote count. Protesters gather in Washington. TV news screens blare: ���Capitol in Chaos.��� In the White House Situation Room, the president gathers with advisors to consider Olympics on TV for Thursday, Aug., 8 08/07/2024 10:05am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Aug., 8 BASKETBALL 11:30 a.m. USA ��� Men���s Semifinal 2:45 p.m. USA ��� Men���s Semifinal 11:30 p.m. USA ��� Men's Semifinal (Taped) BEACH VOLLEYBALL 11 a.m. E! ��� Semifinal Noon NBC ��� Men���s Semifinal 3 p.m. E! ��� Semi Movie Review: Delicate and powerful, ���Good One��� is one of the year���s indie breakouts 08/07/2024 10:02am • A 17-year-old���s perception of her father is forever altered on a three-day backpacking trip in India Donaldson���s excellent debut ��� Good One," in theaters Friday. Something happens. And then something doesn���t happen. But that���s more of the tear point on the already delicate fabric of a rela