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Olympic Beach Volleyball Results 08/02/2024 04:49pm • Friday Men Preliminary Phase Pool B Chile (Esteban Grimalt; Marco Grimalt), def. Italy (Alex Ranghieri; Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich), 21-15, 23-21. Norway (Anders Berntsen Mol; Christian Sandlie Soerum), def. Netherlands (Matthew Immers; Steven van de Velde), 21-16, 21-19. Pool E Canada (Daniel International Seabed Authority elects new secretary general amid concerns over deep-sea mining 08/02/2024 04:48pm • KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Members of the International Seabed Authority elected Leticia Carvalho of Brazil as the group's new secretary general Friday amid growing support for a preliminary halt to deep-sea mining. Carvalho received 79 votes compared to incumbent Michael Lodge’s 34 votes. The ISA Ex-Louisiana mayor is arrested and accused of raping minor following abrupt resignation 08/02/2024 04:41pm • DERIDDER, La. (AP) — A woman who abruptly resigned her mayoral seat in a small southwest Louisiana city a week ago is now facing a rape charge involving a minor. Louisiana State Police arrested Misty Clanton Roberts, 42, on Thursday on charges of third-degree rape and contributing to the delinquen Report: Pilot reported 'pretty significant problem' before fatal crash on Maryland's Eastern Shore 08/02/2024 04:35pm • The pilot of a small plane reported a "pretty significant engine problem" before a crash on Maryland's Eastern Shore earlier this month took his life. Robert Eugene Merlini, 56, of Annapolis, was the only one on board the twin-engine Cessna 402, when it crashed into the water in Easton on July 16 Periodic flooding hurts Mississippi. But could mitigation there hurt downstream in Louisiana? 08/02/2024 04:29pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Flooding left squishy, stinky messes in hundreds of homes in Mississippi's capital city in 2020 — a recurring problem when heavy rains push the Pearl River over its banks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it intends to make a final recommendation by the end of this yea U.S. men routed 4-0 by Morocco and eliminated from Olympic soccer tournament in quarterfinals 08/02/2024 01:41pm • PARIS (AP) — This is where the Olympics end for the United States men's soccer team. Routed 4-0 by Morocco in the quarterfinals on Friday, a run that had seen the U.S. reach the knockouts for the first time since Sydney 2000 was ended in brutal fashion. “To go down in the nature that we did was Van driver arrested after crashing into gates outside Irish prime minister's office in Dublin 08/02/2024 01:37pm • LONDON (AP) — A driver was arrested early Friday morning in Dublin after crashing his van into gates outside the home of Ireland's president, the offices of the prime minister and the building housing parliament, police said. Detectives questioning the suspect had ruled out terrorism as a motive. A'ja Wilson says official told her to tone down her emotions during game against Belgium 08/02/2024 01:00pm • VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — A’ja Wilson has always shown emotion on the court. Whether it's to pump up her teammates after a great pass or herself after a big basket or block, Wilson uses it to fuel her MVP-level game. Apparently not everyone is a fan of it. Wilson recalled after the U.S. b Browns running back D'Onta Foreman out of hospital, with team after hard hit to head in practice 08/02/2024 11:03am • WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Cleveland Browns running back D'Onta Foreman has returned to the team one day after being flown to a hospital with a head injury sustained in practice. Foreman had been taken to a hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, on Thursday by helicopter. The 28-year-old got hurt Mathieu van der Poel and Remco Evenepoel among the favorites for the Olympic road race this weekend 08/02/2024 07:08am • PARIS (AP) — Remco Evenepoel and his Belgian teammates, along with most of the big names in the road race at the Paris Olympics, pedaled softly within a caravan earlier this week as the cyclists did a slow recon ride of the course they will face on Saturday. The finishing circuit through the bustl They ran for their lives as boulders and water banged at their door. Now everything is buried in mud 08/02/2024 05:16am • WAYANAD, India (AP) — When Deva Das was jolted awake by the roar of gushing water and boulders banging at the door, he grabbed his parents and his kids and began running for higher ground. The family waded through slush and muck, climbed a hill, and stayed there in the pouring rain for nearly four Rain-related disasters have killed more than 250 in a deadly week across Asia 08/02/2024 04:45am • In India and China, torrential rains have killed more than 250 people in the past week. Three others died in Pakistan. Widespread flooding has been reported in North Korea near the border with China with no word on whether anyone died. This time of year is monsoon and typhoon season in Asia, and cli Japan Osprey crash caused by cracks in a gear and pilot’s decision to keep flying, Air Force says 08/01/2024 11:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot’s decision to keep flying rather than heed multiple warnings that he should land, according to an Air Force investigation released Thursday. The CV-22B Osprey crash killed Tropical Storm Carlotta strengthens over Pacific Ocean as it moves away from Mexico 08/01/2024 11:14pm • MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Carlotta is growing stronger over the Pacific Ocean as it moves away from Mexico and could become a hurricane by Thursday night or Friday, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday night that Carlotta's maximum sustained winds were 65 mph (1 Wildfires in Colorado burn dozens of homes and structures, threaten hundreds more 08/01/2024 09:25pm • LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire burning in Colorado’s heavily populated Front Range region has burned dozens of homes and outbuildings, while a second fire crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes near Denver on Thursday. Authorities said they were hopeful that hundreds of threatened ho