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Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies Khelif debate to undermine the Olympics 08/06/2024 02:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage, however, were dreamed up by artificial intelligence. Portraying Paris as a crime-ridden cesspool, the video mocking the Gam NASCAR drivers use break to watch Olympics, support American athletes in Paris Games 08/06/2024 01:17pm • Turns out NASCAR's best are just like many of us — they like watching the Olympics, too. From Kyle Busch pulling for U.S. gold medal-winning sprinter Noah Lyles, Chase Elliott eager to watch Olympic golf and Joey Logano shouting out Sha'Carri Richardson, several Cup Series contenders have their e Parisians once scoffed at hosting the Olympics. Now, here come the conga lines 08/06/2024 12:39pm • PARIS (AP) — Like most self-respecting Parisians, Mathilde Joannard and Franck Tallieu had been training for the Olympic sport of Olympics-bashing. Of course the Olympics were going to be a mess, the couple had reasoned when they learned the Games were coming to town. Like so many Parisians, the h NASCAR Cup Series, Truck Series fire back up after 2 weeks off, F1, Larson wins in Sprint Cars 08/06/2024 11:25am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Cook Out 400. Site: Richmond, Virginia. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 5:35 p.m.; Sunday race, 6 p.m. (USA Network). Track: Richmond Raceway. Race distance: 400 laps, 300 miles. Last year: Chris Buescher pulled away on a restart The final image of Simone Biles at the Olympics was a symbol of joy — and where the sport is going 08/06/2024 08:26am • PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles cast a knowing glance across the awards podium toward Jordan Chiles. The longtime friends and U.S. gymnastics teammates knew they needed to find a way to honor Brazilian star Rebeca Andrade. They just weren't sure how. What they came up with after Andrade's gold medal on The Latest: Harris, facing a crucial week, closes in on running mate pick 08/06/2024 12:28am • Vice President Kamala Harris, grappling with how to keep early 2024 Presidential election momentum alive, has begun a crucial week that includes her most critical decision yet: choosing a running mate. While Harris had quickly secured enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee, delegates stil UK prime minister talks of 'standing army' of police to deal with rioting across Britain 08/05/2024 10:28pm • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that a “standing army” of specialist police would be set up to deal with rioting and that the justice system would be ramped up to handle hundreds of arrests after violent disorder rocked cities across the nation over the past week. Rural Nevada sheriff probes potential hate crime after Black man says he was racially harassed 08/05/2024 08:52pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada sheriff is investigating a potential hate crime after a Black man who was collecting signatures for a ballot measure recorded a confrontation with another man he said directed a racial slur at him and said “they have a hanging tree” for people like him. “I'm A trademark lawyer sold the domain name ClintonKaine.com in 2016. He's sitting on HarrisWalz.com now 08/05/2024 08:38pm • Jeremy Green Eche took a chance and purchased the website HarrisWalz.com for $8.99 in 2020 when then-Sen. Kamala Harris of California was seeking the Democratic nomination for president. “I just tried to grab her name and all the heartland governors I could think of,” he recalled Monday in an in Rally dates are set. Venues are chosen. The only thing missing for Harris' blitz is her VP choice 08/05/2024 08:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The dates are set. The venues are chosen. The only thing missing from this week's campaign blitz with Vice President Kamala Harris and her 2024 running mate is the name of the running mate. After a weekend spent interviewing finalists, Harris must decide on her wingman before th Israel-Hamas war latest: Hezbollah says it launched a drone attack on northern Israel 08/05/2024 06:32pm • The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack early Monday on northern Israel that the Israeli military said wounded two Israeli troops. The violence came amid fears of an all-out regional war following the killings last week of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Ham Simone Biles caps Paris Olympics 'Redemption Tour' with one last medal — silver in floor routine 08/05/2024 06:06pm • PARIS (AP) — The “Redemption Tour” did not end with a golden encore for Simone Biles. By the time she entered Bercy Arena for the beam and floor exercise finals on Monday, she was drained. Mentally. Physically. All of it. It's what this event does. What this sport does. No one knows that bette Competing for two: Pregnant Olympians push the boundaries of possibility in Paris 08/05/2024 11:40am • PARIS (AP) — Many Olympic athletes take to Instagram to share news of their exploits, trials, victories and heartbreaks. After her fencing event ended last week, Egypt’s Nada Hafez shared a little bit more. She’d been fencing for two, the athlete revealed — and in fact had been pregnant for For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend 08/05/2024 09:20am • PARIS (AP) — Overcome with emotion, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif left the ring in tears after a resounding victory this weekend. Khelif has faced days of hateful comments and false accusations about her gender following her first fight against an Italian opponent who quit seconds into their bout. � Leta Lindley wins the US Senior Women’s Open after finishing second the last 2 years 08/04/2024 05:29pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Leta Lindley won the U.S. Senior Women’s Open on Sunday at Fox Chapel after finishing second the last two years, closing with a tournament-record 7-under 64 for a two-stroke victory. The 52-year-old Lindley, birdied five of the first eight holes and added two more on the par-4