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Three German open water swimmers fall ill after Olympic races in the Seine River 08/11/2024 08:02am • PARIS (AP) — Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Olympics, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their sickness. The swimmers were not identified in a statement released Saturday by the German Olym Chiefs WR Marquise Brown 'will miss some time' after dislocating a clavicle in 26-13 loss at Jaguars 08/10/2024 11:07pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown was taken to a local hospital with a dislocated clavicle, a potentially significant setback for the two-time defending Super Bowl champions. Brown, who signed a one-year, $7 million contract in March, landed awkwa Samba-Mayela treats fans to France's 1st medal on the track at these Olympics, Russell wins hurdles 08/10/2024 04:49pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The crowd packed the stadium session after session, day after day, and roared for medal winners from everywhere else. They roared for a steeplechaser's proposal and even for a swimmer. Finally, though, the fans at Stade de France had a reason to erupt for a home-country Jayden Daniels impressive in his only drive in Commanders' 20-17 preseason-opening loss to Jets 08/10/2024 04:31pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Jayden Daniels showed up for his first NFL game for Washington wearing a throwback Doug Williams jersey. Then, the No. 2 overall pick went out and played like the potential franchise quarterback the Commanders hope he’ll be in his only series in a 20-17 preseason- Perseid meteor shower, planets and aurora make for skywatcher's delight this weekend 08/10/2024 03:03pm • This weekend is a skywatcher’s joy as the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower occurs Saturday and Sunday nights, accompanied by a stunning late night planetary pairing of Mars and Jupiter. Aurora If the Perseid meteor shower and the pairing of Mars and Jupiter isn’t enough to get your cel Trump's endorsement will be tested as Wisconsin voters decide key primaries 08/10/2024 10:24am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The power of an endorsement by former President Donald Trump in battleground Wisconsin will be tested in a race for an open congressional seat in Tuesday's primary, when voters also will officially set the field for the state's closely watched U.S. Senate race. Voters will cho The Latest: Harris and Walz hold rally in Arizona, while Trump visits Montana 08/09/2024 11:06pm • Vice President Kamala Harris and her new running mate held a rally in Arizona as part of their tour of electoral battlegrounds, visiting a state where Harris passed over a prominent Democrat in favor of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a former astronaut and gun control advocate, ha Snake hunters will wrangle invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades during Florida's 10-day challenge 08/09/2024 08:40pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes. The annual 10-day hunt, which started more than a decade ago, promotes publi Defense pushes for charges to be dismissed in Karen Read case 08/09/2024 07:55pm • DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A defense attorney for Karen Read implored the court Friday to consider new evidence that several jurors acquitted her on two charges and not force her to be re-prosecuted on them in connection with the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read is accused of ramming i 'One Caribbean, one love': Unheralded island nations shine in track and field at the Paris Olympics 08/09/2024 06:23pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Track and field fans are used to seeing Jamaican athletes on the medal stand at the Olympics. In Paris, other Caribbean nations have introduced themselves and their countries to the world. “It was just our turn, man,” said Thea LaFond, whose gold in the triple jump Prompted by mass shooting, 72-hour wait period and other new gun laws go into effect in Maine 08/09/2024 05:07pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — With eleventh hour guidance from the state, Maine gun retailers on Friday began requiring a three-day wait period for gun purchases under one of the new safety laws adopted following the state’s deadliest mass shooting. Maine joined a dozen other states with similar laws, EU and US call for the release of Belarus' political prisoners on the anniversary of mass protests 08/09/2024 05:06pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The European Union and the United States on Friday marked the fourth anniversary of massive protests in Belarus by calling for the release of all political prisoners and voicing support for the Belarusian people. The 2020 election, widely seen as fraudulen t both at home an UN refugee agency urges Cyprus government to process asylum seekers pushed into a UN buffer zone 08/09/2024 04:51pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus have rounded up dozens of migrants and pushed them back inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that they crossed to seek asylum. UNHCR spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou said that The UN is moving to fight cybercrime but privacy groups say human rights will be violated 08/09/2024 02:16pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A global deal on the criminal use of computer technology is moving ahead despite worries it will let governments around the world violate human rights by probing electronic communications and bypassing privacy safeguards. Nearly 200 nations approved the United Nations Convent Noah Lyles decided to race with COVID-19. The USOPC's CEO is '100% comfortable' with that decision 08/09/2024 02:03pm • PARIS (AP) — The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said she was “100% comfortable” with Noah Lyles' decision to compete in the 200 meters after testing positive for COVID-19 two days before the event. Lyles didn't publicly reveal he'd tested positive for the virus until after