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Cooler weather helps firefighters corral a third of massive California blaze 08/04/2024 06:43pm • CHICO, Calif. (AP) ��� Fire crews battling California's largest wildfire this year have corralled a third of the blaze aided in part by cooler weather, but a return of triple-digit temperatures could allow it to grow, fire officials said Sunday. Cooler temperatures and increased humidity gave firefi US extends Olympic win streak to 58 games with 87-68 victory over Germany; quarterfinals next 08/04/2024 05:51pm • VILLENEUVE-D���ASCQ, France (AP) ��� The U.S. has incredible depth that no country can match, and it has played a key role in its unprecedented run of seven straight Olympic gold medals. The Americans can wear down their opponents by sending wave after wave of WNBA All-Stars to the court. They did t More Olympians are set to compete in the Seine River. Here's the latest on water quality concerns 08/04/2024 05:05pm • PARIS (AP) ��� At the Paris Olympics, whether the water quality in the Seine River is safe enough to host some swimming events has been a major question. Bacteria levels in the river fluctuate constantly, and daily water samples are tested so organizers can assess the risk and determine whether swim US men eliminated from 3x3 competition after going 2-5 in pool play while missing Jimmer Fredette 08/04/2024 04:39pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The U.S. men���s team was eliminated from the 3x3 competition on Sunday at the Paris Olympics after finishing 2-5 in pool play while playing its last five games without star Jimmer Fredette. ���We fought hard, I think we just ran out of gas playing with three,��� Canyon Barry said. �� Kitesurfing, the fastest sport at the Paris Olympics, hits the water in Marseille 08/04/2024 03:47pm • MARSEILLE, France (AP) ��� The sky in front of the Marseille marina filled with kites Sunday afternoon. Kitesurfing ��� the fastest sport at the Paris Games ��� had arrived at the Olympics. ���It���s a fresh gust of emotions, of feelings, of thoughts,��� said Max Maeder, 17, of Singapore. The athle The 15 Russian 'neutrals' at the Paris Olympics are politically isolated and rarely in the spotlight 08/04/2024 03:26pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Rarely on the podium and barred from the opening ceremony, the 15 Russians competing at the Paris Olympics have an uneasy status as ���Individual Neutral Athletes" following Russia���s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Some in the Olympic Village opposed them taking part in the Summer Games, Great Scottie! Scheffler gets the Olympic gold medal in a thriller with a 62 08/04/2024 03:19pm • SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) ��� Scottie Scheffler was a model of calm and greatness as he delivered the greatest closing round of his career. The final two hours were about charges and collapses, pure theater that ended Sunday with the Olympic gold medal fittingly draped around the neck o Americans are 'getting whacked' by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new book 08/04/2024 03:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Ordinary Americans are ���getting whacked��� by too many laws and regulations, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says in a new book that underscores his skepticism of federal agencies and the power they wield. ���Too little law and we���re not safe, and our liberties aren���t pr Sunisa Lee couldn't get out of bed in December. Now she has three Olympic medals in Paris 08/04/2024 12:42pm • PARIS (AP) ��� There is a freedom that Sunisa Lee feels when she's on the uneven bars that's hard for her to describe. Sure, there's anxiety before every routine. Funny how it melts away the second that familiar combination of wood and fiberglass hits her grips. At that point, the American gymnastic Olympic Badminton Results 08/04/2024 11:51am • Sunday Men Singles Semifinals Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Thailand, def. Zii Jia Lee, Malaysia, 21-14, 21-15. Viktor Axelsen, Denmark, def. Lakshya Sen, India, 22-20, 21-14. Doubles Finals Bronze Medal Match Malaysia (Aaron Chia; Wooi Yik Soh), def. Denmark (Kim Astrup; Anders Skaarup Rasmussen), 16-21, 22- Rising US women's wrestling program poised to challenge Japan for supremacy 08/04/2024 11:09am • PARIS (AP) ��� Kennedy Blades was one match away from achieving her dream of wrestling for the United States at the Olympics. For the dream to come true, the 20-year-old needed to get past Adeline Gray ��� a six-time world champion and a silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics ��� at the trials in Apr Sports on TV for Monday, Aug. 5 08/04/2024 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 5 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 9 a.m. ESPN ��� Little League World Series: TBD, New England Region - Semifinal, Bristol, Conn. 11 a.m. ESPN ��� Little League World Series: TBD, Southeast Region - Semifinal, Warner Robins, Ga. 1 p Olympics on TV for Monday, Aug. 5 08/04/2024 10:05am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 5 ARTISTIC SWIMMING 2 p.m. E! ��� Team: Technical Routine BADMINTON 8 p.m. USA ��� Women���s Singles: Gold Final 9:30 p.m. USA ��� Badminton, Shooting BASKETBALL 3X3 3:40 a.m. USA ��� Men���s Pool Play: USA vs. Netherlands U.S. women's 3x3 team wins 5 straight to shake off awful start and reach semifinals at Paris Games 08/04/2024 10:04am • PARIS (AP) ��� There was some concern when the defending champion U.S. women���s 3x3 team dropped its first three games of the Paris Olympics. Just not with the players. ���USA basketball is not used to losing,��� team member Cierra Burdick said. ���So, when you lose three in a row, it���s like ever Two table tennis players are competing in the Paris Olympics and Paralympics 08/04/2024 08:12am • PARIS (AP) ��� Two table tennis players will enjoy the full experience of the Paris Games. Brazil's Bruna Alexandre and Australia's Melissa Tapper are participating in the Olympics and the upcoming Paralympics, joining a select list of athletes who have done the Summer Games double. Among them was O