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Bells will ring when the Paris Olympics' track meet starts on Friday 08/01/2024 01:07pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — When action at the Olympic track starts Friday, Sha'Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles and the rest will be going for gold, a $50,000 check and a chance to go out with a clang. All winners in track and field will be given the honor of ringing the big bell inscribed with “Par Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.73%, lowest level since early February 08/01/2024 01:06pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell this week to its lowest level since early February, easing borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers facing record-high home prices. The rate fell to 6.73% from 6.78% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, th Horse racing leaders consider Paris Olympics equestrian scandal a lesson for their sport 08/01/2024 12:44pm • PARIS (AP) — Horse welfare has been a major topic of conversation around the equestrian competition at the Olympics, and the scandal involving champion rider Charlotte Dujardin has attracted the attention of leaders in a related sport. Prominent members of the horse racing community consider the s No Olympic medal for caddies. Xander Schauffele's looper was moved to tears by a gold ring 08/01/2024 12:33pm • SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Caddies do not get a medal in the Olympics, only the golfers do. The caddie for Xander Schauffele received some gold that he considers just as valuable from the Tokyo Games. Schauffele and his family gave Austin Kaiser a gold ring. “They knew it meant a l Montenegro court approves extradition of cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon to native South Korea 08/01/2024 12:19pm • PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A Montenegrin appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling by a lower court to hand over a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” to his native country, rejecting a bid to extradite him to the United States. The move follows a months-long legal saga in US wins its first rowing Olympic gold medal in the men’s four class since 1960 08/01/2024 11:58am • VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — When Liam Corrigan yelled out “red!” entering the final stages of the regatta, the rest of the American crew knew it was time to go hard. They all gave it an extra push, picking up the pace just in time to fend off an attack from their rivals and secure the Unit Russia releases US journalist and other Americans and dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swap 08/01/2024 11:46am • 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 Famine conditions in Sudan's North Darfur are likely to continue through October, IPC warns 08/01/2024 09:45am • CAIRO (AP) — Famine conditions have spread in Sudan in the North Darfur region and are likely to continue through October due to the ongoing conflict that has torn the country for over 15 months, a global authority on food security warned Thursday. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classificatio Zimbabwe police arrest 18 political activists in latest clampdown ahead of regional summit 08/01/2024 09:07am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe police have arrested 18 political activists and hauled some of them off a plane, their lawyers said Thursday, in the latest clampdown by the government after warning it would crush opposition protests ahead of its hosting of a meeting of the southern African heads Buckle up: Wall Street’s shaky July could be a preview for more sharp swings 08/01/2024 08:47am • NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a year, the U.S. stock market went in mostly one direction, up, and in mostly one manner, quietly. A bonanza around artificial-intelligence technology helped drive Big Tech stocks higher, while other areas of the market held up amid rising hopes for coming cuts to int What polling shows about the top VP contenders for Kamala Harris 08/01/2024 08:45am • As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as one with more name recognition Water dilemmas in Olympic triathlon are nothing new, from stray boats to shark watches to bacteria 08/01/2024 07:23am • PARIS (AP) — Contrary to a recent action/horror movie, there are no sharks in the Seine. There was a shark watch, though, at the very first Olympic triathlon in 2000 during the Sydney Games. At the Olympics, water dilemmas are nothing for triathlon swimming. A boat once got in the way of an Olympi Léon The Great: Marchand accomplishes a feat that was downright Phelps-like 08/01/2024 06:53am • NANTERRE, France (AP) — If there's anyone who can appreciate the magnitude of what Léon Marchand has done at the Paris Olympics, it's Bob Bowman. The longtime coach was on deck for Michael Phelps' entire career, which gave him a front-row seat for improbable feats such as breaking world record What to know about the escalating conflict and Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks after 2 assassinations 08/01/2024 06:50am • A pair of assassinations of anti-Israel militant leaders hours apart is threatening to set off a regional clash and upend already fragile talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza. The deadly round of strikes, retaliation and negotiations escalated Wednesday when Hamas' political chief, Ismail Haniyeh No rest for Léon Marchand: Hours after winning 2 golds, French swimming star was back in the pool 08/01/2024 06:30am • NANTERRE, France (AP) — Hours after winning a pair of gold medals, French star swimmer Léon Marchand was back in the pool Thursday morning in front of his adoring fans. The face of the Games so far for France, Marchand had a Michael Phelps-like performance Wednesday night. He chased down world-re