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Naomi Osaka is in a better place as she returns to the Olympics and Roland Garros at Paris Games 07/26/2024 03:47am • PARIS (AP) — Naomi Osaka is back at Roland Garros, a place that marked such a significant moment in her life — a moment of vulnerability, yes, and, in a way, of triumph, even if not in a traditional, "What was the score?" sense. Osaka spent time away from tennis in recent years, first for mental Venezuela's presidential candidates conclude their campaigns ahead of Sunday's election 07/25/2024 11:42pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government and opposition closed the official presidential campaign season Thursday with demonstrations that drew thousands of people to the streets of the capital. The events three days before the highly anticipated election on Sunday encapsulated the massi Jeff McNeil's single in 10th falls in and lifts Mets over Braves 3-2 for 4-game winning streak 07/25/2024 11:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff McNeil hit a winning single in the 10th inning on a fly ball that fell when Ramón Laureano overran it in the right-field corner, and the New York Mets beat the Atlanta 3-2 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win. “That was a lot of fun,” McNeil said. “Just happy Harvey Weinstein hospitalized with COVID-19 and pneumonia 07/25/2024 10:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been transferred from a New York City jail to a hospital to undergo treatment for a variety of health problems including COVID-19 and pneumonia in both lungs, his representatives said Thursday. Weinstein, who is awaiting trial in New York on r Wizards re-sign F Anthony Gill, who has played 4 seasons with Washington 07/25/2024 09:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Wizards have re-signed forward Anthony Gill. The Wizards announced the move Thursday. Gill has appeared in 179 games in four seasons with Washington, making 15 starts. He's averaged 3.6 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. Gill received the team's E.B. Henderson Gizmo the dog went missing in Las Vegas in 2015. He's been found alive after 9 years 07/25/2024 08:43pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Judith Monarrez crumpled onto her kitchen floor and wept when the news arrived in an email: Gizmo, her pet dog missing for nine years, had been found alive. Monarrez was 28 and living with her parents in 2015 when Gizmo, then 2 years old, slipped past a faulty gate in the backyard US promises $240 million to improve fish hatcheries, protect tribal rights in Pacific Northwest 07/25/2024 08:39pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. government will invest $240 million in salmon and steelhead hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest to boost declining fish populations and support the treaty-protected fishing rights of Native American tribes, officials announced Thursday. The departments of Commerce and Swanson's 2 goals lead US over Zambia at the Olympics, Canada tops New Zealand after drone scandal 07/25/2024 08:37pm • NICE, France (AP) — Mallory Swanson scored a pair of goals just moments apart in the first half and the United States opened the Olympics with a 3-0 victory over Zambia on Thursday night, giving new coach Emma Hayes a win in her first major tournament with the team. Trinity Rodman also scored f Gov. Newsom passed a new executive order on homeless encampments. Here's what it means 07/25/2024 08:34pm • California Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order directing state agencies “to move urgently to address dangerous” homeless encampments and clear them from state land while giving city and local leaders a push to do the same. The order comes a month after a Supreme Court ruling allowin Greece signs deal to buy 20 US-made F-35 jets in major military overhaul 07/25/2024 08:24pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece formally approved an offer to buy 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from the United States as part of a major defense overhaul, government officials said Thursday. Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said while visiting a military air base near Athens that the purchase would cr Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom? 07/25/2024 08:09pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of “actual innocence" and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle. The person blocking Christopher Dunn's freedom is Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who i Common Retirement Financial Fears and How to Overcome Them 07/25/2024 08:00pm • Most workers look forward to leaving the rat race to pursue new interests, travel and spend more time with family and friends. But as retirement draws nearer, many Americans find themselves mulling over common fears. "Rampant inflation, longer life expectancies and an unfavorable sequence of returns 10 Best-Performing ETFs of 2024 07/25/2024 08:00pm • The stock market tacked on 26% across all of last year, and as the S&P 500 has tacked on 13.2% from January through late July, it appears Wall Street could rival those gains again in 2024. Thanks to this sustained optimism, "risk-on" stocks have been at the top of the heap in the current bull ma 10 Things They Don't Tell You About Your First Job 07/25/2024 08:00pm • Recent graduates entering the workforce may encounter a mix of surprises. Some of them are pleasant (paid vacation) and some of them are less welcome (salary freezes). Here are 10 things entry-level workers do not always realize before starting their first jobs -- but should figure out quickly. Soft How Gen Z Can Build Credit 07/25/2024 08:00pm • How do you do, fellow kids? In case you haven't picked up on it, I'm a millennial. (Shocker, I know.) And as a millennial, I'm here to impart my wisdom on the next generation -- you guys. Gen Zers range between the ages of 12 and 27, for the most part, so many are applying for credit cards for the f