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Ian Happ and Michael Busch homers power Cubs past Twins 8-2 08/07/2024 06:31pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ and Michael Busch homered and five Chicago pitchers combined for a six-hitter as the Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Wednesday. Javier Assad worked the first four innings and Jorge López (2-2) worked two innings and earned the victory. The Cubs took the last two games Fearsome boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak punches his way to a Paris gold after a last-minute loss in Tokyo 08/07/2024 06:22pm • PARIS (AP) — Oleksandr Khyzhniak was one minute away from winning an Olympic gold medal three years ago when he was rocked by one miraculous punch. Khyzhniak went down, the fight was stopped and the most fearsome boxer in Tokyo had to settle for silver. The middleweight from Ukraine decided he wou US exits beach volleyball at Paris Olympics without a medal after men's quarterfinal loss 08/07/2024 06:03pm • PARIS (AP) — Miles Partain and Andy Benesh couldn't stop the slide so the United States is leaving beach volleyball at the Paris Olympics without a medal for the first time. The 21-14, 21-16 loss to the Qatari team of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan in the quarterfinals on Wednesday made it the f Driver Agustin Canapino and Juncos Hollinger Racing split, 2 months after dispute over online abuse 08/07/2024 06:00pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Agustin Canapino and Juncos Hollinger Racing have mutually decided to part ways, ending a relationship between the IndyCar Series team and Argentine driver that turned controversial when he took a brief leave of absence in June following a third social media firestorm in a year Slimmer Deebo Samuel impressing the 49ers at training camp with Brandon Aiyuk out 08/07/2024 05:54pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Deebo Samuel has looked like a different person since arriving for the offseason program this spring for the San Francisco 49ers — and it's not just about his new No. 1 jersey. The player who was an All-Pro in 2021 when he was one of the game's most dangerous playmaker 9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay in upheaval after surprise order by US defense chief 08/07/2024 05:48pm • FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's surprise decision to throw out a plea deal with accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his co-defendants has left their case at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in disarray, with the defense, prosecution and judge all uncertain about USA's Sarah Hildebrandt beats Cuban for gold after original opponent, India's Phogat, misses weight 08/07/2024 05:41pm • PARIS (AP) — The most unusual day of Sarah Hildebrandt's wrestling career ended with her earning an Olympic gold medal. The American won the 50-kilogram women's category on Wednesday, defeating Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba 3-0 in the championship match to become the fourth U.S. woman to win a go US, Aussies, Belgium and France all reach Paris Games semifinals in women's basketball 08/07/2024 05:38pm • PARIS (AP) — Jade Melbourne scored 14 of her 18 points by halftime and Australia advanced to the Paris Olympics semifinals in women's basketball by routing Serbia 85-67 on Wednesday. The Opals had to win their group-play finale to reach the elimination round, and they got a bit of revenge by beati Israel court hears bid to close prison where soldiers are accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian 08/07/2024 05:37pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli Supreme Court considered a petition Wednesday to shutter a desert military prison where soldiers have been accused of abusing Palestinians, as a new video emerged purporting to show the sexual assault of a Palestinian detainee. Rights groups have been engaged in a leg Wall Street slips after a morning rally evaporates as some of the market's AI darlings drop 08/07/2024 05:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after a morning rally evaporated, but the losses on Wall Street weren’t as bad as the manic moves that wracked markets worldwide over the last week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.8% after an earlier jump of 1.7% petered out. The Dow Jones Industrial Aver Packers' Jacobs says having a full training camp should help him put his 2023 struggles behind him 08/07/2024 05:11pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — After following up his 2022 All-Pro season with a year to forget, Josh Jacobs is ready to bounce back with a new team. The Green Bay Packers’ new running back believes he should benefit from participating in a full training camp, something he didn’t have last year with t China wins artistic swimming gold at Paris Olympics, where the sport moved forward without Russia 08/07/2024 05:08pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China took gold in the artistic swimming team event Wednesday night at the Paris Olympics, with the United States getting silver and Spain taking bronze. China dominated in the absence of Russia, which had won every gold medal in artistic beginning with the 2000 Sydney G Australian Olympic field hockey player apologizes after being arrested for trying to buy cocaine 08/07/2024 05:00pm • PARIS (AP) — Australian Olympic field hockey player Tom Craig apologized Wednesday for his “terrible mistake” after being arrested for trying to buy cocaine while on a night out after his team’s elimination from the Paris Games. Craig faced Australian media in Paris after French prosecutors Noah Lyles might be the Fastest Man Alive, but he wasn't even fastest in his Olympic 200 semifinal 08/07/2024 04:43pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — What was supposed to be the easy half of Noah Lyles' historic Olympic sprint double isn't looking quite so easy anymore. Newly crowned the Fastest Man Alive after a close-as-can-be win by five thousandths of a second in the 100 meters at the 2024 Games, Lyles was not eve China goes 1-2 in semifinals of men's 3-meter springboard diving at Paris Olympics 08/07/2024 04:29pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China moved a step closer to its sixth straight gold medal in diving, claiming the top two spots in the semifinals of the men's 3-meter springboard semifinals Wednesday. Wang Zongyuan led with 537.85 points over six dives, followed by defending Olympic champion Xie Siyi