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American canoeist Nevin Harrison misses repeat Olympic gold in sprint 200 final on photo finish 08/10/2024 11:03am • VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — American Nevin Harrison came within a photo finish of winning her second straight Olympic gold medal in the women's canoe sprint 200-meter event on Saturday. Katie Vincent of Canada edged her in a world-best 44.12 seconds. Harrison's time was 44.13 seconds — signi 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 Like Noah Lyles, Olympians with COVID are competing in Paris. Restrictions are a thing of the past 08/09/2024 06:42pm • PARIS (AP) — Many hoped the Paris Olympics would be the post-COVID Games. Instead they seem to be the “who cares about COVID” Games. Noah Lyles won a bronze with the virus in front of tens of thousands of spectators, and dozens of other athletes at the Games have tested positive. But organizer COVID-19 falls to No. 10 cause of death in US 08/09/2024 12:13pm • U.S. death rates fell last year for all age groups compared with 2022, federal health officials said Thursday. Here's what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed: — COVID-19 fell to the 10th leading cause of death. Early in the pandemic, the coronavirus was the nation’s third Pakistan-India javelin rivalry between Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra draws fans from subcontinent 08/08/2024 05:57pm • SAINT-DENIS., France (AP) — The heated rivalry in cricket has been well documented. Now, India and Pakistan are competing against each other in the javelin throw at the Olympics, too. When Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and defending champion Neeraj Chopra of India finished 1-2 at the Paris Olympics on Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows were inspired by Islamic State group, officials say 08/08/2024 03:45pm • VIENNA (AP) — Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to p Those Samsung smartphones given to Olympic athletes? They may violate sanctions on North Korea 08/08/2024 08:22am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials on Thursday said providing Samsung smartphones to North Korean athletes at the Paris Olympics would violate U.N. Security Council sanctions against the country over its nuclear and missile program. The South Korean technology giant is a major Olympi Dubai International Airport, busiest for global travel, sees half-year record of 44.9M passengers 08/07/2024 06:10am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport saw a record 44.9 million travelers pass through its terminals in the first half of this year, putting the world's busiest airport for international travel back on track to beat its all-time record, as aviation booms after the coronavi Takeaways from a Harris-Walz ticket now that the stage is set for a reimagined presidential race 08/06/2024 10:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The stage is set for an election that was unimaginable mere weeks ago when President Joe Biden was atop the Democratic ticket. Now Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate to take on Republican Donald Trump and his No. 2, Ohio Sen. JD Va Australian state orders public servants to stop remote working after a newspaper campaign against it 08/06/2024 09:07pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Australia’s most populous state ordered all public employees to work from their offices by default beginning Tuesday and urged stricter limits on remote work, after news outlets provoked a fraught debate about work-from-home habits established dur Hearing seeks insight into blowout on a Boeing jet that pilots said threw the flight into 'chaos' 08/06/2024 04:28pm • Boeing factory workers say they were pressured to work too fast and asked to perform jobs that they weren’t qualified for, including opening and closing the door plug that later blew off an Alaska Airlines jet. Those accounts from inside the company were disclosed Tuesday, as federal investigators Why is COVID surging? A doctor explains what to know and how to stay safe 08/06/2024 04:39am • ▶ Watch Video: COVID cases spike across U.S. It's not just President Biden who recently tested positive for COVID — cases of the virus are spiking across the country. Nearly 40 states are reporting high COVID activity levels, according to data from the Centers for Disease Cont Meet Wisin — Mexico’s latest viral meme and the 'puppy luchador' 08/04/2024 12:29am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a youth center's parking lot in Mexico City's Tacuba neighborhood, Baha Men’s iconic song “Who Let the Dogs Out” blares through a pair of large speakers. As the infectious melody reaches a crowd of over 100 people they all begin to chant, “Wisin, Wisin, Wisin!” Quic As recruiting rebounds, the Army will expand basic training to rebuild the force for modern warfare 08/03/2024 08:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars. The added training will begin in October and comes as the Army tries to reverse years of dis Meet the artist whose job is to paint beach volleyball at the 2024 Olympics 08/02/2024 02:26pm • PARIS (AP) — He calls himself a “troglodyte” with his brushes, oil paints, and large canvas among the photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses. They're all aiming to capture beach volleyball during the 2024 Olympic Games, but their approaches are quite different. “It’s a collag