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US-born Palestinian runner Layla Almasri at the Paris Games: 'We’re diplomats as well as athletes' 08/02/2024 04:44pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — American-born Palestinian runner Layla Almasri realizes the weight of responsibility that she and her team carry at the Paris Olympics. It's about far more than merely competing. “I think I can speak for all eight of us here at the Olympics,” Almasri said after compe Stock market today: Dow drops 600 on weak jobs data as a global sell-off whips back to Wall Street 08/02/2024 04:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled Friday on worries the U.S. economy could be cracking under the weight of high interest rates meant to whip inflation. The S&P 500 sank 1.8% for its first back-to-back losses of at least 1% since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 610 points, or 1.5%, Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence driven to be the best in the NFL 08/02/2024 04:36pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — With the retirement of Aaron Donald after last season, there's not much to debate when it comes to who enters the season as the NFL's best defensive tackle. It's either Chris Jones of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs or Dexter Lawrence of the New York Giants. Terence Crawford, boxing's pound-for-pound king, seeks another title against Israil Madrimov 08/02/2024 04:24pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terence Crawford, the consensus best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, has added weight in hopes of claiming another title. Crawford will try to become a four-division champion when he faces Israil Madrimov for the WBA super welterweight belt at BMO Stadium on Saturday. It is How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 8/2/2024 08/02/2024 04:21pm • Stocks tumbled Friday on worries the U.S. economy could be cracking under the weight of high interest rates meant to whip inflation. The S&P 500 fell 1.8% Friday. The Nasdaq composite fell 2.4% and is now down 10% from its record set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.5%. A re Who is Imane Khelif? Algerian boxer facing gender outcry had modest success before Olympics 08/02/2024 01:15pm • VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her Italian competitor, Angela Carini, pulled out seconds into their bout at the Paris Olympics. Outcry has come from conservatives like former U.S. President Donald Trump and It 2nd-year NFL players poised for a breakout include Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Will McDonald, Luke Musgrave 08/02/2024 10:00am • Some players like C.J. Stroud and Puka Nacua are able to come into the NFL and become immediate stars as rookies. But for most, the adjustment to the pros takes more time and a shaky rookie season doesn't necessarily mean a player is destined to be a draft bust. Whether it's because of injuries, a From Gaza to Kyiv, a Palestinian doctor lives between two wars 08/01/2024 09:05pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In war-torn Ukraine, he is Alya Shabaanovich Gali, a popular doctor with a line of patients waiting to see him. To his family thousands of kilometers away in the besieged Gaza Strip, he is Alaa Shabaan Abu Ghali, the one who left. For the past 30 years, these identities rarely As India ages, a secret shame emerges: Elders abandoned by their children 08/01/2024 09:02pm • GARHMUKTESHWAR, India (AP) — They were found in gutters, on streets, in bushes. They were boarded on trains, deserted in hospitals, dumped at temples. They were sent away for being sick or outliving paychecks or simply growing too old. By the time they reached this home for the aged and unwanted, 7 Best REIT ETFs to Buy Now 08/01/2024 08:00pm • Real estate investment trusts, better known as REITs, are a popular asset class among investors looking for superior dividend income and excellent growth potential. REITs are unique companies that own and operate commercial real estate or, alternatively, financial instruments like commercial real es Stanley Druckenmiller Portfolio: 7 Top Holdings in 2024 08/01/2024 08:00pm • Stanley Druckenmiller, the celebrated founder of hedge fund Duquesne Capital Management, has undoubtedly earned a name for himself as a market guru. Still, even he has admitted his 12-year stint picking stocks for billionaire financier George Soros' Quantum Fund gave his personal brand a big boost. Sunisa Lee's long road back to the Olympics ended in a familiar spot: the medal stand 08/01/2024 06:33pm • PARIS (AP) — Sunisa Lee called coach Jess Graba not long ago and told him it was over. The process of trying to navigate two kidney diseases that made the 2020 Olympic gymnastics champion's weight yo-yo had become too much. The uncertainty. The frustration. All of it. Come to the gym, Graba told h Stock market today: Worries about the economy hit Wall Street, and the Dow drops nearly 500 points 08/01/2024 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Just a day after rallying on hopes that the Federal Reserve is about to cut interest rates, U.S. stocks tumbled Thursday after weak data raised worries the Fed may have missed its window to do so before undercutting the economy’s growth. The S&P 500 sank 1.4% after a report Edge rusher Matthew Judon returns to Patriots practice 08/01/2024 04:23pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots continue to be active in re-signing or extending the contracts of players going into the 2024 season. With defensive tackle Davon Godchaux becoming the latest player to agree to a new deal, the focus turns to edge rusher Matthew Judon and whether h Biggest, most diverse fleet in Olympic sailing hits the water 08/01/2024 01:51pm • MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The biggest and most diverse fleet of the 2024 Olympics' sailing events, the one-person dinghy, hit the water Thursday in sweltering Marseille. The small, white-sailed boats — formerly known as lasers, now called ILCA 6 for women and ILCA 7 for men — go slower, sail de