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India's Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Olympic wrestling after making the final. What happens next? 08/07/2024 07:46am • PARIS (AP) — India women's wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the 50-kilogram Olympic wrestling final after failing to make weight Wednesday, creating a ripple effect on the medal matches and resulting in some forced adjustments by organizers. Phogat defeated Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzm Spain's Rodri and Morata banned for chanting song about Gibraltar at Euro 2024 title celebration 08/07/2024 07:11am • NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Rodri and Alvaro Morata were banned Wednesday for Spain’s first match as the new European champion after singing about a sovereignty claim on Gibraltar at the title celebration last month. Morata and Rodri led thousands of fans singing “Gibraltar is Spanish” in Madri China's exports grow 7% in July, under forecasts, while imports gain momentum 08/07/2024 06:52am • BANGKOK (AP) — China’s exports rose 7% in July from a year earlier, below economists’ forecasts for growth closer to 10% as trade tensions and weakening growth in the United States and other major markets weighed on demand. Chinese leaders have ramped up investment in manufacturing to rev up a Amid concerns about dirty water and strong current, marathon swimmers dive into the Seine River 08/07/2024 06:50am • PARIS (AP) — A bridge lined with ornate statues overlooks an Olympic open water course like no other. The Eiffel Tower, gold-domed Invalides and other Paris landmarks provide a stunning backdrop. Yet there was no getting around concerns about the safety of swimming in the long-polluted Seine River How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire 08/07/2024 06:45am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Front Street. But the sprawling tree survived the blaze, and thanks to the efforts of arborists and dedicated volunteers, parts World records are getting shattered in cycling at the Olympic velodrome. There are a few reasons why 08/07/2024 06:24am • MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Sam Welsford had just dismounted from his space-age bike, the one that costs about as much as a Range Rover, and looked at the record time his teammates from Australia had just set in the men's pursuit at the Paris Olympics. “I reckon," Welsford said with a Dubai International Airport, busiest for global travel, sees half-year record of 44.9M passengers 08/07/2024 06:10am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport saw a record 44.9 million travelers pass through its terminals in the first half of this year, putting the world's busiest airport for international travel back on track to beat its all-time record, as aviation booms after the coronavi A secret algorithm and a coach obsessed with numbers are behind Italy's recent relay success 08/07/2024 05:32am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — He’s the Billy Beane of Olympic relays, using math and a massive database to win like the hero of “Moneyball.” One of the biggest reasons why Italy has been able to contend with the much faster Americans and the more talented Jamaicans on a consistent basis lately 4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death 08/07/2024 05:31am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees Tuesday with being a party to felony murder in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death. Mitchell was Black. The incident has drawn comparisons to the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died in 2020 after a white M Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but failed to take power 08/07/2024 04:53am • BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but failed to take power. Japan's Honda reports a nearly 9% rise in profit on healthy demand for its motorcycles and cars 08/07/2024 03:28am • TOKYO (AP) — Honda reported Wednesday that its profit rose 8.7% in the April-June quarter as strong sales of hybrid vehicles in Japan and the U.S., and motorcycles in India and Brazil, boosted the Japanese automaker’s earnings. Honda Motor Co.’s profit in the last quarter totaled 394.7 billion Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance 08/07/2024 01:26am • BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power of the Palestinian militant group's hardline wing after his predecessor was killed in a presumed Israeli strike in Iran. The White Sox end AL record-tying losing streak at 21 games with a 5-1 victory over the Athletics 08/07/2024 01:24am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox snapped their American League record-tying losing streak at 21 games on Tuesday night, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-1. Jonathan Cannon gave up one run over six innings to end his personal drought while helpin Solano drives in 4 runs, Padres use 6 pitchers to blank Pirates 6-0 in a game with 3-hour rain delay 08/07/2024 01:13am • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Donovan Solano had four hits and four RBIs, and the San Diego Padres used six pitchers to shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Tuesday night in a game delayed nearly three hours by rain. Solano had four singles, including a pair for two runs each, his first four-hit game since Republican activist becomes first person to be convicted in Arizona’s fake elector case 08/07/2024 12:29am • PHOENIX (AP) — A Republican activist who signed a document falsely claiming Donald Trump had won Arizona in 2020 became the first person to be convicted in the state’s fake elector case. Loraine Pellegrino, a past president of the group Ahwatukee Republican Women, has pleaded guilty to a misdeme