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Stock market today: Worries about the economy hit Wall Street, and the Dow drops nearly 500 points 08/01/2024 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Just a day after rallying on hopes that the Federal Reserve is about to cut interest rates, U.S. stocks tumbled Thursday after weak data raised worries the Fed may have missed its window to do so before undercutting the economy’s growth. The S&P 500 sank 1.4% after a report City of Cleveland offers $461 million to Browns for stadium upgrades as team weighs move to suburbs 08/01/2024 04:55pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — The city of Cleveland has given the Browns a proposal to renovate their stadium in hopes of keeping the NFL team downtown rather than seeing it move to a new dome in suburban Brook Park. Cleveland's submission includes $461 million from the city, $227 million of which would come f CBS names Dickerson, DuBois as co-anchors of the "CBS Evening News," replacing Norah O'Donnell 08/01/2024 04:46pm • John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois will co-anchor the “CBS Evening News” following the departure of Norah O'Donnell later this year, the network said Thursday. Dickerson is a former host of “Face the Nation” and “CBS This Morning” for the network. The former Time magazine White House corr Tarik Cohen informs Jets that he's ending his comeback and retiring from playing 08/01/2024 04:46pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Running back and return specialist Tarik Cohen has informed the New York Jets he's ending his comeback bid and will retire from playing football. The surprising move Thursday came two days after the 29-year-old Cohen told reporters he felt healthy and was looking forward Several QB competitions going on in NFL training camps, including Raiders battle, Steelers rivalry 08/01/2024 04:34pm • COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Aidan O'Connell at Purdue and Gardner Minshew at Washington State were used to fighting for their jobs, and little has changed in the NFL. O'Connell wasn't promised the starting job even after going 5-4 in the second half of last season, and Minshew found himself on the f Hezbollah leader says war with Israel has entered 'new phase' after killings of top militant figures 08/01/2024 04:26pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s leader warned Thursday that the conflict with Israel has entered a “new phase,” as he addressed mourners at the funeral of a commander from the group who was killed by an Israeli airstrike this week in Beirut. Meanwhile in Tehran, Iran’s supreme leader prayed over Edge rusher Matthew Judon returns to Patriots practice 08/01/2024 04:23pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots continue to be active in re-signing or extending the contracts of players going into the 2024 season. With defensive tackle Davon Godchaux becoming the latest player to agree to a new deal, the focus turns to edge rusher Matthew Judon and whether h Behind the lines of red-hot wildfires, volunteers save animals with a warm heart and a cool head 08/01/2024 04:17pm • COHASSET, Calif. (AP) — While firefighters continued to battle California’s biggest wildfire of the year, Norm Rosene was spending 18-hour days behind fire lines with a different task –- saving the animals. Tucked in an old wooden barn in the decimated forest town of Cohasset in northern Calif Rebeca Andrade gave Simone Biles a scare, but she'll settle for another gymnastics silver 08/01/2024 04:07pm • PARIS (AP) — Rebeca Andrade won’t be remembered as the woman who beat Simone Biles in her prime. Silver — again — hardly seemed like a disappointment to her. “I've worked so hard to achieve this,” Andrade said. “It's just unbelievable. I had so much fun, every single moment has been se Olympics gymnastics latest: Simone Biles wins gold at all-around finals 08/01/2024 03:38pm • PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles held off Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade for all-around Olympics gymnastics gold. At 27, she’s the oldest Olympic women’s gymnastics champ since 1952. Simone on the GOAT necklace: Best of both worlds Simone Biles had the GOAT necklace ready, just in case the women’s all-a Salvadorans honoring Saint Óscar Romero: During these difficult times, he is like a ray of hope 08/01/2024 03:34pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — It’s as if Joyce Valencia could still hear Saint Oscar Romero’s voice. “I met him when I was a little girl,” the 61-year-old Salvadoran said. “We used to gather around our radio with our grandma to listen to him. And, even now, listening to him encourages Russian tennis players Andreeva and Shnaider reach the semifinals as AIN athletes at the Olympics 08/01/2024 03:17pm • PARIS (AP) — Russian tennis players Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider reached the women's doubles semifinals at the Paris Olympics with a victory Thursday, giving the athletes from their country — who are competing as Individual Neutral Athletes, known by the French acronym AIN — a chance at t Alabama woman pleads guilty to defrauding pandemic relief fund out of $2 million 08/01/2024 02:39pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges for fraudulently claiming nearly $2 million in pandemic relief funds. Tametria Conner Dantzler, 39, entered the plea Wednesday. She could get up to 20 years in prison when she's sentenced Georgia coach Kirby Smart announces dismissal of wide receiver Rara Thomas following arrest 08/01/2024 02:37pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia opened practice on Thursday without wide receiver Rara Thomas, who has been dismissed from the team following his arrest on charges of cruelty to children and battery. Coach Kirby Smart said before Thursday's practice he met with Thomas on Tuesday and informed the junior Wisconsin judge refuses GOP request to pause absentee voting ruling sought by disabled people 08/01/2024 02:15pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge refused Thursday to put on hold his ruling that allows disabled people in Wisconsin to be emailed absentee ballots at home in November’s presidential election in the closely watched battleground state. Republicans asked the judge to not enforce his ruling while their