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Post-pandemic Paris Olympics signal a return to 'normal' for athletes and fans 07/03/2024 10:50am • Any athlete with Olympic dreams knows the feeling of lungs burning, arms and legs turning to jelly, as they near the closing moments of another grueling race or excruciatingly close match. For that last shot of adrenaline, they often tap into the energy provided by the roaring crowd. At the last tw The big bet on the UK election is not who will be prime minister 07/03/2024 10:10am • LONDON (AP) — In one of the store-front betting shops that are ubiquitous in London, a bookie howls with laughter when asked if anyone is placing bets on Thursday’s election. It’s not that you can’t wager on politics. But the odds on the main event this year have become so lopsided that a wa From 'latte makeup' to 'girl dinners,' TikTok has launched tons of trends. Will its influence last? 07/03/2024 08:56am • NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app Douyin. Less than six years later, the social media platform is deeply woven into the fabric of American consumerism, having shortened the shelf life of trends and revamped how peop Confused by all the TikTok trends? This glossary might help 07/03/2024 07:59am • Anyone who shops or uses the internet probably has encountered a TikTok trend - whether they know it or not. Since the social media platform made its U.S. debut almost six years ago, short videos posted there have created a rapidly changing menu of food and fashion fads. Many of these latest rages From 'latte makeup' to 'girl dinners,' TikTok has launched tons of trends. Will its influence last? 07/03/2024 07:44am • NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app Douyin. Less than six years later, the social media platform is deeply woven into the fabric of American consumerism, having shortened the shelf life of trends and revamped how peop Which is the Better SUV? Edmunds compares the new Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus GX 07/03/2024 06:52am • Toyota has come out with an all-new 2024 Land Cruiser. This latest model of this long-running SUV is smaller and less expensive than before and comes with a hybrid powertrain that gets better fuel economy than the previous V8. Yet, true to tradition, the Land Cruiser comes standard with four-wheel d New Mexico denies film incentive application on 'Rust' movie after fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin 07/03/2024 01:07am • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Producers of the western movie “Rust” may have to forgo a robust economic incentive as they try to sell the film to distributors and fulfill financial obligations to the immediate family of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin during rehearsal in 2021. Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89 07/02/2024 08:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other acclaimed films whose work on "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died. He was 89. Towne died Monday surrounded by fa The Do's and Don'ts of Buying Vacant Land 07/02/2024 08:00pm • Finding your dream home isn't easy. You'll spend a lot of time scouring online listings, attending open houses and scoping out neighborhoods -- and you may still come up empty-handed. Maybe your dream home just doesn't exist yet. In this case, building a home on a vacant piece of land may be the per 9 of the Best Bond ETFs to Buy Now 07/02/2024 08:00pm • If you're shopping around for a bond exchange-traded fund, or ETF, you're going to get numerous advantages over investing in individual bonds -- namely greater diversification, monthly income in most cases, and stock-like liquidity. "Bond ETFs invest primarily in fixed-income securities such as gove Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI efforts 07/02/2024 07:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply's president and CEO Tuesday to step down after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts. The resignation demand emerged as Tractor Supply, which sells Arkansas grocery store reopens in wake of mass shooting that left 4 dead 07/02/2024 06:31pm • FORDYCE, Ark. (AP) — The sounds that filled the Mad Butcher grocery store on Tuesday — the beeping barcode scanners, the rattle of shopping carts and cash register drawers opening — were familiar ones for customers and employees of the only grocery store in the small Arkansas town of Fordyce. Diamond Shruumz microdosing candies may be linked to a death and nearly 50 illnesses, FDA says 07/02/2024 05:12pm • Federal health officials are investigating a possible death and dozens of illnesses tied to recalled “microdosing” candies laced with a chemical found in mushrooms and sold online and in vape shops nationwide. At least 48 people in 24 states said they got sick after eating Diamond Shruumz-brand US gives key approval to Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey 07/02/2024 05:06pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department approved the proposed Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey on Tuesday, giving a major boost to a project that would be the state's first. The project still requires an additional federal approval of its construction and operations A look at stampedes and crowd disasters in India over the years 07/02/2024 04:13pm • More than 100 people were killed in a stampede Tuesday in northern India following a Hindu religious gathering, making it one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years. Thousands had gathered at a makeshift tent for a religious event led by a Hindu preacher in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh