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It was oddly quiet at the Olympics balance beam final, and Simone Biles says the gymnasts noticed 08/05/2024 12:17pm • PARIS (AP) ��� An unusually quiet arena may have played a factor in a shaky balance beam final for Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and a handful of other event finalists Monday. Biles, Lee, Brazil's Julia Soares and Romania's Sabrina Maneca-Voinea all fell during their routines inside Bercy Arena, where no This preschool in Alaska changed lives for parents and kids alike. Why did it have to close? 08/05/2024 11:51am • WASILLA, Alaska (AP) ��� She was a teenager, and the mother of a 2-year-old, when a knock came on the door of her trailer. Two women were there to tell her about a federally funded preschool program called Head Start that was opening near her home in Chugiak. Would she be interested in enrolling her Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us? 08/05/2024 11:23am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. They have been found in a wide range of body tissues, including the heart, liver, kidneys and even testicles. But are they actually harming you? Evidence suggests they might, but it's limited in scope. S Coach Emma Hayes' consistency carries the US to the Olympic semifinals in women's soccer 08/05/2024 11:20am • LYON, France (AP) ��� New U.S. coach Emma Hayes hasn't always made the predictable choice during her short tenure with the team, but she's been amazingly consistent with one thing during the Paris Olympics. Her lineup. Hayes has used essentially the same starters in every game. Her few variations ha Victor Wembanyama is ready for the spotlight in Paris as France chases an Olympic medal 08/05/2024 11:00am • PARIS (AP) ��� Victor Wembanyama is finally about to get a taste of the Olympic spotlight ��� in the host city. For the first week of the Paris Games, the basketball tournament was played in a secluded setting, away from the pomp and circumstance ��� and backdrop ��� that Paris has to offer. It���s Olympics on TV for Tuesday, Aug. 6 08/05/2024 10:05am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Aug. 6 ARTISTIC SWIMMING 5 p.m. E! ��� Team: Free Routine (Taped) BADMINTON 3 a.m. USA ��� Men���s Singles: Gold Final (Taped) 8 p.m. USA ��� Women���s Singles: Gold Final (Taped) BASKETBALL 5 a.m. E! ��� Men���s Quarterfinal 8 One thing that hasn't changed in Hollywood: Male characters still more than double female ones 08/05/2024 09:29am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In recent years the movie industry has gone through the streaming revolution, the pandemic, labor strikes and ���Barbenheimer.��� But after countless upheavals in Hollywood, you're still more than twice as likely to see male speaking characters in theatrical releases than you are f Americans abroad help countries grow women's basketball for Olympic opportunity 08/05/2024 08:35am • VILLENEUVE-D���ASCQ, France (AP) ��� Germany has lots of players who can score. The Germans knew they needed a point guard for the Paris Games with the country making its Olympic debut in women's basketball. Alexis Peterson, a native of Columbus, Ohio, has proven to be a perfect fit. The guard who p Taiwan asks for investigation into a fan at Olympic badminton having a sign taken away and ripped up 08/05/2024 08:14am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Taiwan���s government on Monday called on French authorities to investigate an incident at the Paris Olympics men���s doubles badminton final against China when a supporter had her sign reading, ���Let���s go Taiwan,��� ripped from her hands and torn up. The Taiwan Foreign Mi This week: consumer credit snapshot, unemployment claims, mortgage rates 08/05/2024 08:10am • A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: Credit check The Federal Reserve issues its latest snapshot of consumer borrowing on Wednesday. The tally is expected to show consumer borrowing rose by $9.1 billion in June, easing from the $11.4 billion jump in M How new real estate industry rules around brokers' commissions will impact home buyers and sellers 08/05/2024 08:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Earlier this year, the National Association of Realtors and several major real estate brokerages agreed to pay over $950 million to settle federal lawsuits claiming they forced homeowners to pay inflated commissions to sell their homes. The industry also agreed to policy changes Equestrian star Werth urges better horse welfare but bristles at questions over a suspended rider 08/05/2024 07:32am • PARIS (AP) ��� Equestrian star Isabell Werth has been advocating at the Paris Olympics for better horse welfare. But even she bristled when attention kept shifting from the competition to suspended riders. In the wake of the Charlotte Dujardin video scandal that dominated coverage of the sport ahea Car Review: BMW i5 M60 is like an all-electric M5 with sports car performance 08/05/2024 06:37am • The new BMW i5 M60 is an all-electric midsize luxury sedan. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The “Ultimate Driving Machine” is moving to the future with all-electric vehicles and the i5 M60 looks to carry on the tradition with the vaunted M division making sports cars that just happened to be a midsiz Kristen Faulkner joins Connie Carpenter-Phinney as US Olympic road race champions, 40 years apart 08/05/2024 05:13am • MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) ��� Forty years after winning gold in Los Angeles, Connie Carpenter-Phinney watched in nervous anticipation ��� praying, pleading, holding her breath in hope ��� that Kristen Faulkner could hold on in the road race at the Paris Olympics. When she did, completing a What's new across DC-area school districts this year? 08/05/2024 04:38am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series "WTOP Goes Back to School" this August and September. The end of the summer is quickly approaching and