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Team USA's Noah Lyles pulled off a bronze medal – but he was running with COVID-19. Taylor Swift canceled concerts after a thwarted terror attack. And a year after devastating wildfires, a look at how Maui is coping. |
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Lyles comes up bronze (and positive for COVID-19) |
Noah Lyles didn't look like himself at the Paris Olympics on Thursday night – and not just because he didn't win the 200 meters, his signature event. Lyles, who has a history of asthma, ran the race despite testing positive for COVID-19, and after the race, he received medical attention and collapsed into a wheelchair. Lyles had hoped to be the first American man in 40 years to achieve a rare "sprint double" after winning the 100 meters on Sunday. 👉 What we know so far. |
Race medals: Botswana's Letsile Tebogo snagged gold with a time of 19.46 seconds, while U.S. sprinter Kenny Bednarek captured silver at 19.62. And Lyles clocked in at 19.70 for bronze. 🏅 See how it all played out. | Bronze medalist Noah Lyles lays on the track after the men's 200-meter final at Stade de France in Paris on Thursday. Richard Heathcote, Getty Images |
Tragedy averted at Taylor Swift shows |
A suspect accused of plotting a terrorist attack at Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna intended to kill "as many people as possible" outside the stadium, officials said. The three Eras Tour shows in Vienna were canceled. |
What happened? A 19-year-old Austrian, who police arrested on Wednesday in connection with the foiled plot targeting a Swift show at Ernst Happel Stadium, had planned an attack on fans involving machetes and homemade explosives. Officials said he had recently quit his job, saying he had "big plans," swore allegiance to ISIS and has fully confessed to the accusations against him. 👉 Here's everything we know. | Taylor Swift fans gather at the Corneliusgasse in Vienna on Thursday after the government confirmed a planned attack on a Swift concert there, leading to the cancellation of three shows. Louisa Off, REUTERS |
No longer the campaign front-runner, former President Donald Trump said Thursday he is willing to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10 after all and proposed two other debates on top of that. |
Calendar check: Trump recently suggested he might withdraw from an agreement he had made for a Sept. 10 debate on ABC with President Joe Biden, who has since withdrawn from the race. ABC News said Thursday that Trump and Harris both confirmed they will attend that debate. Trump's campaign also put forth debate dates of Sept. 4 and 25, but the Harris camp hasn't yet responded to that multidebate offer. 🎤 Here's what we know so far. |
It was the deadliest wildfire in United States history. A year ago, wildfires ravaged historic Lahaina in Hawaii, killing over 100 people and destroying homes, cultural sites and businesses alike. The fire wrought a colossal loss for Hawaii, Hawaiian families and the world. It devastated a people and a way of life already under threat and brought an international spotlight to the island's struggles. A year later, signs of renewal emerge from the rubble, hints of Old Hawaii being reborn. But for some people, the memories are hard to get past. ✍️ Keep reading: A Lahaina grandmother recalls a harrowing night in the heart of the fire. | Water has been returning to Lahaina since the Aug. 8, 2023, fires, filling a ditch in the area of the former fishpond Mokuhinia. Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024 | | | | Tropical Storm Debby was unleashing more floods across the Carolinas. Next on its path: the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. | | | |  | One Lake County Sheriff's deputy was killed, two more injured, in a fiery standoff at a home of religious conspiracy theorists, police say. | | | | Vance enthusiastically blurbed a book lauding some of the world's worst dictators that also recommends "crushing" enemies of political conservatives. | | | | Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel "It Ends with Us" is now a movie with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Here's what's missing and new (spoilers!). | | | | A 7.1 earthquake hit southwest Japan, according to USGS. It was recorded about 15 miles deep, 12 miles southeast of Miyazaki. | | | | Utah executed Taberon Dave Honie, a death row inmate early Thursday morning, more than 20 years he was sentenced to death for murdering his ex-girlfriend's mother. | | | | In January, Elle King delivered a drunken performance at Dolly Parton's birthday celebration at the Grand Ole Opry. | | | | With polling swinging in Harris' favor since she rose to top of the Democratic ticket, Trump isn't just losing the election. He's losing his mind. | | | | A Eurasian eagle-owl was attacked and killed when it flew away from its handler in April and landed in a tiger enclosure at the Minnesota Zoo. | | | | An attorney for Nelly says the singer was "targeted" after he was arrested for alleged drug possession at a Missouri casino early Wednesday. | | | | | Brighten your day with one of our games. | | | | | |
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