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Firefighters continue battling massive wildfire in California ahead of thunderstorms, lightning 08/03/2024 08:46pm • CHICO, Calif. (AP) ��� Firefighters made progress Saturday against California's largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds and erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot conditions posed similar threats across the f Budinger and Evans win lucky loser beach volleyball match to reach knockout round of Paris Olympics 08/03/2024 06:49pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Former NBA player Chase Budinger and partner Miles Evans were the last team to reach the knockout stage of the beach volleyball tournament at the Paris Olympics. Next up could be their hardest match yet. The American first-time Olympians beat Australia in straight sets in the final ma Trainer Nancy Takter wins her 2nd straight Hambletonian as Karl rallies in deluge at the Meadowlands 08/03/2024 06:16pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) ��� Karl won the $1,050,000 Hambletonian on Saturday at the Meadowlands as trainer Nancy Takter continued a family tradition and Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras scored his first win in the trotting classic. Contested in a driving rainstorm, Karl closed resolutely to be Cubs' eighth-inning fielding mix-up allows Cardinals to rally for 5-4 win 08/03/2024 05:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A Cubs fielding mix-up allowed Nolan Arenado���s short fly to drop for a tying, two-run single in a three-run eighth inning, Tommy Pham tripled and scored in the ninth and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied past Chicago 5-4 on Saturday. St. Louis trailed 4-1 in the eighth before newly Olympic Beach Volleyball Results 08/03/2024 05:52pm • Saturday Men Preliminary Phase Pool C Germany (Nils Ehlers; Clemens Wickler), def. Poland (Bartosz Losiak; Michal Bryl), 21-19, 21-15. Australia (Thomas Hodges; Zachery Schubert), def. France (Julien Lyneel; Remi Bassereau), 21-16, 22-20. lucky loser round Chile (Esteban Grimalt; Marco Grimalt), def Some activists step up criticism of Shapiro and Kelly as Harris closes in on naming a running mate 08/03/2024 05:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Democrats have unified with remarkable speed behind Vice President Kamala Harris as she has taken over the top of the party's ticket heading into the November presidential election. It may be another story when it comes to a running mate. As Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro a Kansas man sentenced to prison for stealing bronze Jackie Robinson statue 08/03/2024 04:48pm • WICHITA, Kan. (AP) ��� The man who stole a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a city park in Kansas is going to spend about 15 years in prison, although most of that time is related to a burglary that happened a few days aft Officials ID Florida deputy sheriff killed in shooting that wounded 2 other deputies 08/03/2024 04:46pm • Authorities have released the name of a Florida sheriff's deputy killed in what officials called an ambush shooting that wounded two other deputies as they tried to reach him after all responded to a disturbance in a home. Master Deputy Sheriff Bradley Michael Link died ���heroically serving his com Police officers injured as far-right activists face off against anti-racism groups across UK 08/03/2024 04:37pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A number of British police officers were injured Saturday as far-right activists faced off with anti-racism protesters in cities and towns across the country, following a stabbing rampage at a dance class earlier this week that left three girls dead and several wounded. With dozens o Remco Evenepoel of Belgium becomes the first to sweep the Olympic road race and time trial 08/03/2024 12:58pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The only things that slowed Remco Evenepoel on his way to Olympic history were a flat tire and the finish line. The Belgian cyclist has become the first rider to sweep the road race and time trial at the Summer Games, relentlessly attacking over three climbs of Montmartre and building Marseille and the sea: A portrait of the millennia-old port city that is hosting Olympic sailing 08/03/2024 12:20pm • MARSEILLE, France (AP) ��� Her black headscarf flying up, a teen jumped into the sparkling Mediterranean from a concrete pier at a city marina, then scrambled back to shore and onto a giant paddle board for a quick tour with a dozen excited comrades. They were bused in for a swimming camp from a soc Somali police say 32 people died in an attack on a beach hotel. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility. 08/03/2024 12:07pm • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ��� Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al-Qaida���s East Africa affiliate, al-Shabab, said through its radio station that its fighters carried out the a Sick triathlete after Paris Olympics race pushes Switzerland to change team for mixed relay 08/03/2024 10:03am • PARIS (AP) ��� Three days after the men���s triathlon at the Paris Olympics, the Swiss team said Saturday one of its athletes has a stomach infection and will not compete in the mixed relay event. It was ���impossible to say��� if Adrien Briffod���s gastrointestinal infection is linked to water qual With one gold already in 800-meter freestyle, Ireland's Daniel Wiffen tries goes for double in 1500 08/03/2024 09:59am • NANTERRE, France (AP) ��� Daniel Wiffen emerges for breakfast each morning in the athletes' village and is swarmed by fellow Olympians and others eager for an autograph or photo. The Irish swimmer figures he has snapped some 500 of them in recent days since capturing gold in the 800-meter freestyle A tour of Paris: The men's and women's Olympic road races highlight city's spectacular sights 08/03/2024 06:55am • PARIS (AP) ��� The road races in cycling at the Olympics are an opportunity for the host city to shine. The routes that the men and women traverse over several grueling hours and hundreds of kilometers of racing typically pass some of its most iconic historical and cultural landmarks. They provide