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Wembanyama takes over in OT, helps France escape a serious challenge from Japan at the Paris Games 07/30/2024 05:32pm • VILLENEUVE-D���ASCQ, France (AP) ��� The first three minutes were easy for Victor Wembanyama on Tuesday. So were the last five minutes. Everything else was a grind. Grabbing at his lower right leg after a quick trip off the court late in the first quarter, then grabbing at his left hip a couple of t Washington set to begin first camp under Jedd Fisch following offseason of massive change 07/30/2024 05:30pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Jedd Fisch was straightforward about the truth of the situation he���s inherited at Washington and the unknowns of how the next month will play out. The new head coach of the Huskies seems just as curious as everyone else about how this team and this season is all going to come toge Strazel helps lift France past Japan in OT at Olympics, Canada also set up to advance. Greece falls 07/30/2024 05:20pm • VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) ��� In any language, expletives are sometimes present on the basketball court. After scoring his sixth consecutive point in overtime of France's dramatic 94-90 win over Japan at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, French star Victor Wembanyama couldn't help letting one go. New Zealand tops Canada for back-to-back Olympic women's rugby sevens titles. US takes bronze 07/30/2024 05:16pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� Two Olympic gold medals and a silver around her neck, draped in a flag, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe walked away from the field at the Paris Games content with her rugby sevens career for New Zealand. One of greatest players ever in the women's game, Woodman-Wickliffe helped US will buy flu shots for farmworkers in a bid to prevent bird flu from getting worse 07/30/2024 05:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The U.S. will pay for flu shots for farmworkers this year, a strategy to prevent bird flu from changing into something more dangerous. Dairy and poultry farms are dealing with outbreaks of bird flu, and 13 workers have picked up infections. All cases are mild and are believed to ha Alabama's Pringle, Texas signee Scott among new faces for South Carolina this season 07/30/2024 04:52pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Nick Pringle had the chance to finish his career anywhere after Alabama's run to the Final Four this past season. He chose to come home, especially after South Carolina completed its own rags-to-riches season in the second year of coach Lamont Paris. ���I'm home, I'm home. I Jets running back Tarik Cohen's comeback began with an unflattering photo: 'I let myself get fat' 07/30/2024 04:27pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) ��� A photo was all Tarik Cohen needed to get his body ��� and his NFL comeback ��� back in gear. The New York Jets running back, who hasn't played in a regular-season game since 2020 because of injuries, was enjoying his time away from the field. A little too much. ���I let PayPal, JetBlue rise; Merck, Lattice Semiconductor fall, Tuesday, 7/30/2024 07/30/2024 04:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: PayPal Holdings Inc., up $5.06 to $64. The technology platform and digital payments company beat analysts' second-quarter financial forecasts. Merck & Co., down $12.53 to $115.25. The pharmaceutical company A union for Amazon warehouse workers elects a new leader in wake of Teamsters affiliation 07/30/2024 03:51pm • Workers at Amazon's only unionized warehouse in the U.S. elected new union leaders, according to a vote count completed Tuesday, marking the first major change for the labor group since it established an alliance with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. A slate of candidates headed up by a Judges strike down Tennessee law to cut Nashville council in half 07/30/2024 03:33pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� A panel of judges has struck down a change Tennessee Republican lawmakers approved last year that would cut the size of Democratic-leaning Nashville���s Metro Council in half. The decision Monday marks another court defeat for a series of new state laws passed to cut into N Sports on TV for Wednesday, July 31 07/30/2024 03:25pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, July 31 HORSE RACING 10 a.m. FS2 ��� The Sussex Stakes: From Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester, England 1 p.m. FS2 ��� NYRA: Saratoga Live MLB BASEBALL 12:30 p.m. MLBN ��� Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia OR Toro 'You're stuck for at least an hour': How one left-turn signal is changing this DC intersection 07/30/2024 03:22pm • Recent changes to the traffic pattern at one of D.C.���s most problematic intersections are already improving traffic and wait times, according to the city���s Department of Transportation. Drivers have long complained about delays and the inability to make certain turns in Northeast D.C., ma Florida begins Billy Napier's third season with a revamped staff and hope for a winning season 07/30/2024 03:07pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida coach Billy Napier took a significant swing at solving his program's problems this offseason. He revamped his defense, his special teams, his strength and conditioning program and even hired a new team nutritionist. Although the results of Napier���s make-or-break A few pro boxers are big hits in Paris. Some foes think they should pick on somebody their own size 07/30/2024 02:29pm • VILLEPINTE, France (AP) ��� Although professional boxers were first allowed into the Olympics eight years ago, they haven't come close to dominating in the way many coaches and fighters feared they would. That's easy to forget this week at the Paris Olympics if you happen to be watching 30-year-old Spirit Airlines is going upscale. In a break from its history, it will offer fares with extra perks 07/30/2024 02:21pm • Spirit Airlines is moving farther away from its history as a fee-happy budget airline and will start selling tickets that include some of its most popular extras in bundles. The Florida-based airline said Tuesday the top ticket will be a ���Go Big��� package that includes priority check-in, a roomie