By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP National Writer
NANTERRE, France (AP) — The main swimming pool for the Paris Olympics is set up inside a 30,000-seat rugby stadium on the city’s western edge.
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A position-by-position look at UCF heading into the fall:
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The position, already a stronghold in the secondary, was further fortified courtesy of the transfer market, showcasing the team’s strategic moves and roster changes.
PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony got underway after a rough start to the Summer Games on Friday, with rainy skies over the Seine and suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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LOS ANGELES — The world’s “heaviest wave” is born near the South Pole, where fierce storms pound the ocean’s surface like angry fists, sending pulses of energy racing north, unimpeded, for thousands of miles.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Here are the top stories for Friday, July 26, 2024. Get the weather forecast for today here.
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I were dining at a mid-priced restaurant. I ordered the special, which ended up sounding much better than it tasted.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareYou got your war on women, you got your war on drugs, you got your not-really war on Christmas and now, courtesy of Project 2025, you got your war on weather.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
General Daily Insight for July 26, 2024
Healing isn’t always a straight line. With the wounded Chiron entering its retrograde period in fiery Aries at 9:59 am EDT, old grudges, emotional wounds, or frustrations can reawaken, asking to be reexamined and soothed.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Florida football practice opens Wednesday during a pivotal Year 3 for Billy Napier. Expectations rarely have been this low, but the Gators are eager to prove naysayers wrong. Meanwhile, the Paris Olympics begin with a record 40 athletes with UF ties at the Games.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By SOPHIE AUSTIN
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday became the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it.
Sun Sentinel Miami Dolphins reporter David Furones and columnist Chris Perkins discuss quarterback Tua Tagovailoa participation in throwing drills in Friday’s training camp practice.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony got underway after a rough start to the Summer Games on Friday, with rainy skies over the Seine and suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network.
The wait is over for the Miami Dolphins and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
The two sides finally reached an agreement Friday afternoon on a long-term contract extension that will keep him leading the team’s offense for the foreseeable future.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Today is Friday, July 26, the 208th day of 2024. There are 158 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA, prohibiting discrimination based on mental or physical disabilities.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Q: Ira, what are you expecting from Nikola Jovic in the Olympics? I would think starting in the playoffs was good preparation. – Seth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy JOHN LEICESTER
PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics were getting off to a rough start Friday, with suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network and cloudy skies and forecast rains over the French capital ahead of its sprawling, ambitious opening ceremony.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan was the first to report on Thursday night that the Miami Marlins had traded left-handed relief pitcher A.J. Puk to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two prospects.
According to Passan, the Marlins got 21-year-old power-hitting prospect Deyvison De Los Santos, a corner infielder, and 23-year-old center fielder Andrew Pintar in return.
PARIS (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited some American athletes at an Olympic training center in Paris on Thursday, wishing rugby and track and field competitors good luck and even taking part in a stationary relay drill with runners.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareGAINESVILLE — The Florida men’s basketball team will headline the 2024 ESPN Events Invitational at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Kissimmee during the Thanksgiving holiday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareTALLAHASSEE — A political committee leading efforts to pass a constitutional amendment on abortion rights has asked the Florida Supreme Court to invalidate a revised “financial impact statement” that would appear on the November ballot with the initiative.
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By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer
PARIS (AP) — One is the defending Olympic champion. The other failed to even qualify for the Summer Games when 3×3 basketball made its Tokyo debut.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By VICTORIA MILKO, Associated Press
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — The search for the perfect wave has been a part of surfing culture for decades, with surfers traveling from location to location in their quest for the best swells.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By BILL BARROW
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats.
Editorials and letters to the editor rave about Joe Biden. All I’ve seen is rampant inflation, a ban on oil drilling and a nation overrun with illegals.
The Sun Sentinel praised Biden for stepping aside.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dear Eric: I am a youngish widow with an empty nest. Last year I moved to be near my daughter to help her with her young twins.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareGrandchildren of Holocaust survivors, two generations removed from the Nazis’ horrors, are stepping up to tell the stories of their grandparents, eager to show there are still lessons to learn from the calamitous but increasingly distant years of World War II.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Here is the Paris Olympics TV schedule for Friday, July 26. No live events will be held as the opening ceremonies are celebrated on the Seine River.
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts:
Friday, July 26
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WEST PALM BEACH — The acting Secret Service director taking the helm of a department grappling with its failures after the Trump assassination attempt got his start as a local police officer fighting drug crimes during the crack cocaine epidemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIn preparation for the upcoming school year, 73 armed guardians participated in a back-to-school training program at Keiser University Pembroke Pines on Thursday, using a training simulator to practice responding to extreme scenarios.
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