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7 Types of Stocks to Add If Interest Rates Decline 08/07/2024 08:00pm • With the Federal Reserve increasingly likely to cut rates at its September meeting, some investments may be poised to rally, or at least hold up better than others in a market correction. "To understand how rates affect these asset classes, we have to first understand the benchmark rate set by the F 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 Slimmer Deebo Samuel impressing the 49ers at training camp with Brandon Aiyuk out 08/07/2024 05:54pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Deebo Samuel has looked like a different person since arriving for the offseason program this spring for the San Francisco 49ers — and it's not just about his new No. 1 jersey. The player who was an All-Pro in 2021 when he was one of the game's most dangerous playmaker USA's Sarah Hildebrandt beats Cuban for gold after original opponent, India's Phogat, misses weight 08/07/2024 05:41pm • PARIS (AP) — The most unusual day of Sarah Hildebrandt's wrestling career ended with her earning an Olympic gold medal. The American won the 50-kilogram women's category on Wednesday, defeating Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba 3-0 in the championship match to become the fourth U.S. woman to win a go Paris Olympics Day 12: Quincy Hall gives Americans another come-from-behind gold 08/07/2024 05:24pm • PARIS (AP) — Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback Wednesday night at the Paris Olympics. Hall sprinted from far behind in the 400 meters to reel in three runners and capture the gold medal. Hall, buried in fourth place as th Wall Street slips after a morning rally evaporates as some of the market's AI darlings drop 08/07/2024 05:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after a morning rally evaporated, but the losses on Wall Street weren’t as bad as the manic moves that wracked markets worldwide over the last week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.8% after an earlier jump of 1.7% petered out. The Dow Jones Industrial Aver How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 8/7/2024 08/07/2024 04:22pm • Wall Street slumped after a morning rally evaporated, but the losses weren’t as bad as the manic moves that wracked markets worldwide over the last week. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1%. Stocks swung lower as Nv Hampton Morris is 1st US men's weightlifter to medal at the Olympics since '84. Li Fabin wins gold 08/07/2024 03:58pm • PARIS (AP) — Hampton Morris does not have a driver's license. He does have an Olympic bronze medal. The 20-year-old who trains in his garage at home in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday became the first U.S. men's weightlifter to take home a medal of any color at the Games in four decades. Narrowly Crew of Titan sub knew they were going to die before implosion, according to more than $50M lawsuit 08/07/2024 03:52pm • The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than $50 million lawsuit, saying the crew experienced “terror and mental anguish” before the disaster and accusing the sub’s operator of gross negligence. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died wh Sex eligibility rules for female athletes are complex and legally difficult. Here's how they work 08/07/2024 03:22pm • PARIS (AP) — Women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics has highlighted the complexity of drafting and enforcing sex eligibility rules for women's sports and how athletes like Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan are left vulnerable in the fallout. When eligibility for women’s events ha Why are younger people getting cancer? This Maryland woman shares her story — and a warning 08/07/2024 02:20pm • Back in 2017, Rachael Mull felt like something was off with her body — some unexplained bleeding and abdominal pains were the big red flags — but nothing that couldn’t be explained away by her doctors. In fact, eventually it was discovered Mull, a small-business owner in Howard County, Marylan Refugee athlete's dream of a taekwondo medal is cut short at Paris Olympics 08/07/2024 02:16pm • PARIS (AP) — Having overcome so many hurdles, refugee athlete Hadi Tiranvalipour experienced immense disappointment Wednesday as his dream of winning an Olympic medal was cut short when he lost in a taekwondo qualification bout at the Paris Games. Tiranvalipour, 26, was up against Omar Ismail of P