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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 How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 8/7/2024 08/07/2024 04:22pm • Wall Street slumped after a morning rally evaporated, but the losses weren’t as bad as the manic moves that wracked markets worldwide over the last week. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1%. Stocks swung lower as Nv July 4th fire was 'the worst thing that could possibly happen.' Now, this Montgomery Co. women's shelter is reopening 08/07/2024 04:20pm • A month after a Montgomery County, Maryland, women's shelter caught fire, the Interfaith Works Women’s Center on Crabbs Branch Way reopened Wednesday, welcoming 37 women back home. “We did not foresee … that something like this would happen,” said N’Jeri Henry, Interfaith Works deputy d Yankees honor late MLB executive Billy Bean with moment of silence before doubleheader vs. Angels 08/07/2024 04:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees honored late Major League Baseball senior vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion Billy Bean with a moment of silence before their doubleheader with the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to 'Swedish Jump-Set' helps world's top beach volleyball team reach the medal round at Paris Olympics 08/07/2024 04:07pm • PARIS (AP) — A pair of 22-year-old Swedes has risen to the top of the beach volleyball world with an innovative technique that could prove to be as revolutionary as the forward pass in football or high jumping’s Fosbury Flop. The “Swedish Jump-Set,” as it has become known, is a move in which Former Bennington College head Mariko Silver to become Lincoln Center president in September 08/07/2024 04:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former Bennington College head Mariko Silver was hired Wednesday as president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The 46-year-old replaces Henry Timms, who is leaving after five years. Silver will start Sept. 23. “I grew up in the glow of Lincoln Center and the arts were s Hampton Morris is 1st US men's weightlifter to medal at the Olympics since '84. Li Fabin wins gold 08/07/2024 03:58pm • PARIS (AP) — Hampton Morris does not have a driver's license. He does have an Olympic bronze medal. The 20-year-old who trains in his garage at home in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday became the first U.S. men's weightlifter to take home a medal of any color at the Games in four decades. Narrowly Breaking is finally set to make its Olympic debut. How will the competitors be judged? 08/07/2024 03:54pm • PARIS (AP) — A new sport calls for new rules at the Olympic level. And while breaking — commonly referred to as breakdancing — has been around for decades, it's still new to the world of Olympic judging. The battles, the moves and the culture aren't new — breaking is one of four foundationa Browns unveil plans for $2.4 billion dome, team considering move from longtime downtown home 08/07/2024 03:46pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns appear poised to move out of their lakefront home. While they're considering a $1.1 billion plan from the city of Cleveland to renovate their 25-year-old downtown stadium, the NFL team made it clear on Wednesday that its preference is to build a $2.4 billion dome in Bro