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Explorer's family could have difficulty winning their lawsuit against Titan sub owner, experts say 08/08/2024 06:50pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lawsuit stemming from the Titan submersible disaster felt inevitable, but winning a big judgment against the owner of the vessel could be very difficult, legal experts said on Thursday. The family of French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, one of five people who died aboard Wall Street rallies to its best day since 2022 on encouraging unemployment data; S&P 500 jumps 2.3% 08/08/2024 05:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied Thursday in Wall Street’s latest sharp swerve after a better-than-expected report on unemployment eased worries about the slowing economy. The S&P 500 jumped 2.3% for its best day since 2022 and shaved off all but 0.5% of its loss from what was a brutal s Canada's Maude Charron takes silver as Luo Shifang gets China more Paris Olympic weightlifting gold 08/08/2024 04:44pm • PARIS (AP) — With a silver medal hanging around her neck, Maude Charron cried. It was a much different moment than how she felt after winning gold in Tokyo in 2021. The 31-year-old Canadian was overjoyed just to be back at the Olympics — a real one with fans, and not confined to a bubble. So com Justin Fields is anxious to compete, start for Steelers in preseason opener against Houston 08/08/2024 04:27pm • Latrobe, Pa. (AP) — When the Pittsburgh Steelers traded for Justin Fields in March, the only expectation they had for the former Chicago Bears quarterback was that he would compete. The Steelers don’t need the 25-year-old Fields to be their new franchise quarterback, though a void remains three Investigator says 'fraudulent' gift to Florida's only public historically Black university is void 08/08/2024 02:57pm • A record multi-million dollar gift to Florida's only public historically Black university has been void for months, an independent investigator said Thursday, as a third-party report determined school officials failed to vet a “fraudulent” contribution and that the donor's self-valuation of his Mounjaro, Zepbound pour money into Eli Lilly, fueling a better-than-expected second quarter 08/08/2024 02:34pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eli Lilly blew past second-quarter expectations with the diabetes treatment Mounjaro and its weight loss counterpart Zepbound funneling more than $4 billion in sales to the drugmaker. Lilly also hiked its forecast for the year well beyond Wall Street expectations as newer drugs Rider safety in equestrian an ongoing discussion with focus on helmets and protective airbags 08/08/2024 10:20am • VERSAILLES, France (AP) — When Laura Kraut competed in equestrian at the Paris Olympics she was one of the few showjumpers wearing a protective airbag vest. That's likely to change. Along with horse welfare, rider safety is an ongoing issue for the sport's international governing body, the FEI, wh India women's wrestler Vinesh Phogat retires after missing weight for Olympic final 08/08/2024 10:18am • PARIS (AP) — Vinesh Phogat, the Indian women's wrestler who qualified for the Olympic final at 50 kilograms and then was disqualified for barely missing weight, announced her retirement on social media on Thursday. In a post translated from Hindi, Phogat said: “My courage is broken, I don’t ha Raven Saunders, the masked shot putter who won silver in Tokyo, qualifies for final 08/08/2024 07:05am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Who was that masked person? It was Raven Saunders, of course — the theatrical American shot put standout who uses the pronouns they and them and brings their own distinctive style to every meet they attend. Saunders qualified for the Olympic final Thursday, wearing a US distance runner in Paris with family in heart after leaving Eritrea as a teen for new life 08/08/2024 05:59am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Weini Kelati brought one picture to the United States with her. It's a photo taken when the long-distance runner was just a child — the only snapshot she had of her family together. Her dad, who served in the military, died soon after the photo. Her mom and two brother Relatives of Belarus' political prisoners complain that East-West swap didn't free their loved ones 08/08/2024 03:07am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A wave of disappointment swept over opposition activists in Belarus last week as the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War unfolded and they learned it included none of the hundreds of political detainees who've been locked up for years by its authoritarian lea 7 Best Small-Cap Growth Stocks to Buy 08/07/2024 08:00pm • Having exposure to small-cap stocks is a smart idea. Small-cap companies with market capitalizations of roughly between $250 million and $2 billion have unique advantages that can help diversify a portfolio and offer excellent growth potential. Smaller companies are often in the early stages of the Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified. She thrived in the spotlight 08/07/2024 07:06pm • PARIS (AP) — Every single thing Simone Biles has done at the Paris Olympics has been spotlighted: four medals, an online feud with a former teammate and a social media post that appeared to take a swipe at presidential candidate Donald Trump. Her TikToks regularly draw millions of views — 14.4 Former Milwaukee hotel workers charged with murder after video shows them holding down Black man 08/07/2024 06:37pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in Milwaukee have charged four hotel workers in connection with D'Vontaye Mitchell's death after scouring video showing them piling on top of the Black man during an incident that Mitchell's family says is disturbingly similar to George Floyd's death. Mitchell's fa Fearsome boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak punches his way to a Paris gold after a last-minute loss in Tokyo 08/07/2024 06:22pm • PARIS (AP) — Oleksandr Khyzhniak was one minute away from winning an Olympic gold medal three years ago when he was rocked by one miraculous punch. Khyzhniak went down, the fight was stopped and the most fearsome boxer in Tokyo had to settle for silver. The middleweight from Ukraine decided he wou