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Dutch rower Marloes Oldenburg celebrates rowing Olympic gold 2 years after serious bicycle crash 08/02/2024 09:35am • VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — Just a couple years ago, Dutch rower Marloes Oldenburg was undergoing life-threatening back surgery after a nasty bicycle accident. Now she is celebrating an Olympic gold medal. Oldenburg helped the Dutch team win the women’s four class on Thursday, despite still Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader's headquarters as post-election tensions mount 08/02/2024 09:31am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A half dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolás Maduro following the country’s disputed presidential election. The raid occurred at around 3 Exxon Mobil second-quarter profit rises on Pioneer acquisition and surging production 08/02/2024 09:06am • Exxon Mobil recorded one of its largest second-quarter profits in a decade on surging quarterly production from oil and gas fields in Guyana and the Permian basin in the U.S., as well its $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources. The Texas oil and gas giant earned $9.24 billion, or $2.1 US safety agency moves probe of Dodge Journey fire and door lock failure a step closer to a recall 08/02/2024 08:39am • DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are a step closer to seeking a recall of nearly a million Dodge Journey SUVs after a woman was trapped and died when her vehicle caught fire in 2022. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration upgraded an investigation opened last year to an engin Afghanistan sprinter uses Olympic trip to shine light on how women are treated in her country 08/02/2024 08:23am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — To get a sense of the real race Afghanistan's lone woman at the Olympic track meet is running, one only needed to look at the back of her bib. On it, in handwritten script, were the words, spelled like this: “Eduction" and "Our Rights.” Women and girls in Afghanistan After the end of Roe v. Wade, a new beginning for maternity homes 08/02/2024 08:01am • ORANGE, Va. (AP) — On the wall of the maternity home is the motto: “Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time.” For founders Randy and Evelyn James, the home started with one baby — their own. Paul Stefan was the last of their six children, born with a fatal condition. They had not aborted the pregna After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes 08/02/2024 08:00am • ORANGE, Va. (AP) — On the wall of the maternity home, painted in large letters, is the motto: “Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time.” For founders Randy and Evelyn James, the home started with one baby — their own. Paul Stefan was the last of their six children, born with a fatal condition. The 3 newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia 08/02/2024 07:45am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two doze Who is Italian boxer Angela Carini and why did she quit her fight against Imane Khelif? 08/02/2024 06:35am • PARIS (AP) — Italian boxer Angela Carini came to the Paris Olympics aiming for a medal to honor her late father and coach, who died shortly after she participated in the Tokyo Games three years ago. But Carini’s performance in Paris lasted just 46 seconds Thursday before she abandoned her bout a Kendall Ellis rides porta potty mishap to a deal with a toilet paper company, and a trip to Olympics 08/02/2024 05:40am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The summer has been flush with opportunities for American 400-meter champion Kendall Ellis. Track fans might remember Ellis as the runner who found herself stuck in a porta potty at the U.S. track trials, in a semi-panic as she banged on the door for 10 minutes trying t 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 Simone Biles makes history with second all-around Olympic gymnastics title, 8 years after her first 08/02/2024 03:19am • PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles huddled with Sunisa Lee. She looked to her husband Jonathan Owens in the stands. Lost in the moment. And maybe a touch frantic. The American gymnastics star knew she was trailing Brazil's Rebeca Andrade and Algeria's Kaylia Nemour through two rotations during the Olympic Israel-Hamas war latest: A cease-fire is key to ending the region's cycle of violence, Blinken says 08/02/2024 12:55am • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appealed for “all parties” in the Middle East to avoid escalatory actions that could plunge the region into further conflict, and said Thursday that a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was the only way to begin to break the cycle of violence and suffering Cubs rally with 3 runs in 9th to top Cardinals 5-4 08/02/2024 12:22am • CHICAGO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Mike Tauchman doubled in Dansby Swanson for the winning run as the Chicago Cubs scored three times in the ninth inning to rally for a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night. With Chicago down 4-2, Cody Bellinger hit a solo homer with one out. After Nico Prisoner Swap Latest: Freed Americans return to US soil and emotional welcome 08/02/2024 12:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia completed a 24-person prisoner swap on Thursday, the largest in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, accor