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U.S. again beats China in Olympic medals table after they tie for gold; France exceeds expectations 08/12/2024 02:10am • PARIS (AP) — The contest for most gold medals at the Paris Olympics ended in a 40-40 tie between China and the United States. But the U.S. topped the medals table with a whopping 126 overall, compared to 91 for China. At the Tokyo Games, the U.S. also edged China in the medal count, finishing with Dillon spins Logano on final lap, prevails in overtime at Richmond for first victory in 2 years 08/12/2024 01:40am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Desperate to win for the first time in nearly two years — and with the race suddenly slipping away — Austin Dillon sent two cars into the wall in rapid succession. The result was a season-changing victory, an avalanche of controversy and at least two veteran drivers who we Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change 08/12/2024 01:05am • BANGKOK (AP) — In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign. The demonstrations began peacefully weeks ago and were primarily led by students frustrated with the system that t FDA approves first nasal spray to treat dangerous allergic reactions 08/11/2024 10:15pm • U.S. health officials on Friday approved a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, the first needle-free alternative to shots like EpiPen. The Food and Drug Administration said it approved the spray from drugmaker ARS Pharmaceuticals Inc. as an emergency treatment for adults and older chi House explosion in Maryland kills 2 and damages nearby homes 08/11/2024 08:03pm • BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — Two people were killed and 12 families displaced after a Maryland house exploded Sunday amid reports of a possible gas leak, fire officials said. Neighbors described feeling and hearing the early morning blast that damaged a number of surrounding houses in Bel Air, a town ab Best Morning Sickness Remedies During Pregnancy 08/11/2024 08:00pm • Pregnancy is a beautiful experience, but it can be uncomfortable too. One of the many discomforts of pregnancy is morning sickness, a term that refers to the all-too-common queasiness that can occur in your first trimester of pregnancy. Despite its name, morning sickness can strike at any time of th Debby's aftermath leaves thousands in the dark; threatens more flooding in the Carolinas 08/11/2024 05:43pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The weather system previously known as Hurricane Debby was not quite done with parts of the U.S. Sunday as flood warnings remained in effect in North Carolina and thousands were without power in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. After hitting Florida as a hurricane Aug. 5, the s Ukraine's president acknowledges military incursion onto Russian soil 08/11/2024 05:24pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has broken the government’s silence on it by indirectly acknowledging the ongoing military actions to “push the war out into the aggressor’s territor A wildfire near Greece's capital darkens the skies over Athens and advances fast 08/11/2024 04:43pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A wildfire burned northeast of Athens on Sunday, darkening the sky as the smell of smoke and soot pervaded the Greek capital. More than 400 firefighters, 110 fire engines and a large number of volunteers were fighting the fire, which broke out around 3 p.m. local time around Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling 08/11/2024 02:39pm • PARIS (AP) — In French, there are no goodbyes. Instead, Olympic crowds from Paris to the surfing venue in Tahiti were saying “au revoir” — see you again — as the 2024 Games drew to a close Sunday. After the 100-year wait since Paris' last Games, no one can say when France's capital and t At the Paris Olympics, cities and countries were discreetly making their case to host in 2036 08/11/2024 02:38pm • PARIS (AP) — If historic waterway settings are the new must-have accessory for Olympic host cities, then Istanbul’s mayor wants the IOC to know his city has one. If the key to getting the 2036 Summer Games is having hosted world championships in top-tier Olympic sports, then Qatar can point to i US women's wrestling wins two Olympic golds and closes gap on Japan in fight for supremacy 08/11/2024 09:43am • PARIS (AP) — The United States closed the gap on Japan in women’s wrestling at the Paris Olympics. The Japanese won four of the six gold medals for the third straight Olympics and claimed two bronze medals as well. But the Americans got women's freestyle golds from Sarah Hildebrandt at 50 kilogr WTOP Book Report: A widow reveals the hidden life of her 'dead bastard' husband … and her path to healing 08/11/2024 08:12am • Losing a spouse can be one of life’s most profound sorrows. Yet, discovering in the aftermath that they harbored secrets you could never have fathomed adds an entirely new layer of grief and confusion. It can often leave you grappling with how to move forward. This is the story Jessica Waite te Former students and colleagues recall high school teachers Tim and Gwen Walz as allies and advocates 08/11/2024 07:32am • MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Jacob Reitan said he told Gwen Walz he was gay before he told his parents. Reitan was a student in 1999 at Mankato West High School in Minnesota, where Walz and her husband, Tim, were teachers. In her classroom, Gwen Walz had announced at the start of his sophomore year that Where do you live? That's a complicated question for a California town with no street addresses 08/11/2024 12:07am • CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (AP) — No one in this wealthy California community known for its white-sand beaches and storybook charm has a street address. But unlike the houses in Carmel-By-The-Sea, those days may soon be numbered. After more than a century of address-free living, this seaside touris