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MLB trade deadline was busy as usual, but the biggest names and top prospects stayed put 07/31/2024 02:04pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Tarik Skubal, Blake Snell and Garrett Crochet all stayed put. Relatedly, so did baseball's most highly regarded prospects. Whether it was stingy sellers or cautious buyers, the biggest potential trade targets weren't dealt before Tuesday's deadline. There were still plenty of move Harris gives Democrats a jolt in a critical part of swing state Wisconsin 07/31/2024 01:45pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 40 people filed into a converted coffee shop on a recent Saturday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, to organize in a west-side neighborhood for Vice President Kamala Harris. A month ago, fewer than 10 people showed up for a similar event for President Joe Biden. Some to Comedian Tom Papa cracks up Maryland Hall in Annapolis just in time for your family vacation 07/31/2024 01:40pm • Are you tired of Bay Bridge traffic? Need a few laughs along the Chesapeake? Comedian Tom Papa cracks up Maryland Hall in Annapolis, Maryland, on Friday! "My act is kind of this special place where I spend a lot of time making sure that you're gonna laugh every 10 seconds for an hour and a A greener getaway? Danish capital tests climate reward scheme for tourists 07/31/2024 01:36pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Tourists visiting Copenhagen this summer are encouraged to participate in unusual kinds of vacation fun, including plucking floating trash from the Danish capital’s waterways, cycling to museums instead of going by car, or volunteering at an urban garden. All these act Dwight Freeney defied the odds and scouts by spinning his way into the Pro Football Hall of Fame 07/31/2024 01:24pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The conventional wisdom heading into the 2002 NFL draft was Dwight Freeney was too small to play defensive end or hold up against the run. Critics also contended his trademark spin move would hit a wall against the league's bigger, stronger offensive linemen. Former Colts gener The careers of Olympians like Simone Biles mirror the rise of adult gymnastics. 'I'm never leaving.' 07/31/2024 12:10pm • Every few years when the Olympics would roll around, the unmistakable pangs Jen Castellano knew were coming but was powerless to stop would hit. Of chalk on her hands. The beam underneath her feet. The sounds and smell of a packed gym. The intoxicating mix of frustration, determination and joy while Andre Johnson dedicating Hall of Fame honor to Houston as first Texan to earn a spot 07/31/2024 12:01pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Andre Johnson knows his induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame isn’t simply about him. As the first Houston Texan to become a member of the esteemed group, the receiver is representing so much more. “This was for the whole city of Houston. It’s for the whole organization,â Olympic gold medal or major? Golf still trying to figure out where 5 rings fit among 4 majors 07/31/2024 11:30am • SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Perhaps one way to measure when golf has truly arrived as an Olympic sport is when players stopped getting asked how a gold medal would stack up against winning a major. No one is entirely sure, including the one player at Le Golf National who would know. â Bangladesh mourns some 200 deaths as student protests wind down and thousands are arrested 07/31/2024 11:22am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh observed a day of mourning Tuesday in memory of more than 200 people killed in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student protests over the South Asian country's quota system for government jobs. After weeks of peaceful protests by students looking t Chad archer Madaye scores just 1 point on shot in loss to South Korea's Kim but wins fans over 07/31/2024 10:54am • PARIS (AP) — Chad archer Israel Madaye nearly missed the scoring rings completely on an errant shot, but he hit a bullseye with South Korea's passionate fans. Madaye, a flag bearer for his central African nation, scored just one point of a possible 10 with one of his arrows and produced just 66 po The biggest Olympic boxing team in Australia's history is fighting for a breakthrough in the ring 07/31/2024 10:31am • VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — The 12 fighters on the biggest Olympic boxing team in Australia's history include two with Cook Islands heritage, a woman who fights in hijab, only two Olympic veterans and a 6-foot-6 super heavyweight who danced joyously in the ring after knocking out his first opponent. Civil Rights Movement Freedom Riders urge younger activists to get out the vote 07/31/2024 10:31am • ATLANTA (AP) — Charles Person, one of the Civil Rights Movement's original Freedom Riders, echoed organizers across Georgia when he urged a group of Generation Z and millenial activists to encourage young people to vote. Young leaders from across the country gathered in Atlanta at a conference org Spain and Serbia first teams to reach Olympic women's basketball quarterfinals 07/31/2024 10:25am • VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Laura Gil sank two free throws with 1.9 seconds left as Spain edged Puerto Rico 63-62 on Wednesday and then joined Serbia as the first teams to reach the Olympic women's basketball quarterfinals at the Paris Games once the Serbians routed China a couple hours later How Hungary's Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark 07/31/2024 10:22am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be a vote for all-out war. The right-wing Fidesz party cast the June 9 election as an existential struggle, one that Olympics on TV for Thursday, Aug. 1 07/31/2024 10:05am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Aug. 1 ARCHERY 10 a.m. USA — Individual: Round of 64, 32 12:15 p.m. E! — Individual: Round of 32 BADMINTON 6:30 a.m. E! — Women’s Doubles: Quarterfinals (Taped) BASKETBALL 1 a.m. USA — Men’s Group C: USA vs. South