SEPTEMBER 2024 NEWS

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video posted to social media on Sunday that he once drove a dead bear cub carcass from upstate New York and placed it in New York’s Central Park 10 years ago. Kennedy also said the New Yorker had contacted his campaign about the incident for an upcoming article.  

After Yusuf Dikec, China shooter steals the show at Paris Olympics with Hello Kitty rifle

 Wayanad landslides: 180 people still missing, mass burial for unidentified victims. Rescue operations continued in landslide-hit areas of Wayanad district for the sixth day on Sunday. Authorities intensified efforts to recover bodies and also prepared a mass grave for unidentified remains.

India beats Great Britain to enter Olympic men’s hockey semifinals; 32 killed as protesters, ruling party supporters clash in Bangladesh, and more

Bobby Finke and the U.S. women set world records in the 1,500-meter freestyle and the 4x100-meter medley today, adding final touches of glory for Americans, who suffered a relative collapse in the gold market but still took home the most medals from this quadrennial swim meet. 

The American showman edged out Jamaica's Kishane Thompson on Sunday by five-thousandths of a second — that's .005 of one tick of the clock — in a race for the ages. The final tally in this one: Lyles 9.784 seconds, Thompson 9.789. 

Tropical Storm Debby – the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season – formed Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm follows Tropical Storms Alberto and Chris, and deadly and destructive Hurricane Beryl, which wreaked havoc across the U.S. in July. Debby is expected to drench Florida and parts of the southeast U.S. coast, with as much as a foot of rain, and up to 18 inches in some areas, according to the hurricane center. Maximum sustained winds increased late Saturday night to nearly 45 mph, with stronger gusts. The storm is expected to become a hurricane by late Sunday before it hits the Florida Big Bend coast on Monday

Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, six players reached double figures for the U.S. and the Americans wrapped up the top spot coming out of group play by rolling past Puerto Rico 104-83 on Saturday. A huge second-quarter run was the difference for the U.S., which is trying to medal for the 20th time in 20 Olympic appearances.

Democratic Rep. Colin Allred of Texas, who’s challenging GOP Sen. Ted Cruz in the Republican-leaning state this fall, is promising to “fix the border” in a new ad, declaring that he “stood up to Joe Biden on the border.” But just two years ago, the congressman dismissed the issue as one playing out in the “right-wing echo chamber,” despite a sharp increase of migrants at the US-Mexico border at the time.

Florida men's basketball commit Olivier Rioux has grown to 7'9", per the team's official website, extending his own Guinness World Record as the tallest teenager in the world. Rioux, who is from Montreal, played high school ball at IMG Academy in Florida before committing to the Gators. Per Florida's official men's basketball website, Rioux was 6'1" at eight years old, 6'11" in the sixth grade and passed seven feet prior to the seventh grade. At the age of 16, Rioux was just over 7'5" and already in the Guinness World Record book as the tallest teenager.

 Kevin Costner would like to clarify a few things. During a recent interview with Howard Stern, the actor addressed chatter he’s dating singer Jewel.“Jewel and I are friends. We’ve never gone out ever,” Costner said. “She’s special, and I don’t want, I don’t want these rumors to ruin our friendship because that’s what we have. She’s special to me. She’s beautiful enough to go out with.”

Several U.S. military bases across Europe are now operating under a heightened state of alert, ABC News has confirmed. The alert level of Force Protection Condition (FPCON) "Charlie" was put in place over the weekend, according to two U.S. officials. According to the U.S. Army, Charlie is the second highest state of alert that "applies when an incident occurs or intelligence is received indicating some form of terrorist action or targeting against personnel or facilities is likely."

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday said the Democratic Party will need President Biden to play a vital role at the Democratic National Convention in August, regardless of whether he will be the party’s presidential nominee. “So, we’re having a serious conversation about what to do. One thing I can tell you is that regardless of what President Biden decides … our party is going to be unified, and our party also needs him at the very center of our deliberations in our campaign,” Raskin said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Velshi.”

 Kevin Spacey is pushing back on the “rush to judgment” against him and is being backed by some big names as he seeks to reclaim his acting career. Sharon Stone and Liam Neeson issued statements of support for Spacey in a story by The Telegraph. “I can’t wait to see Kevin back at work,” Stone said. “He is a genius. He is so elegant and fun, generous to a fault and knows more about our craft than most of us ever will.”

The NCAA changed one of the officials at the half of the Chattanooga-N.C. State game Saturday because of a background conflict. Tommi Paris was removed from the NCAA Tournament first round game and replaced by Angelica Suffren, who had worked the first contest at the site.

 Kayla Harrison, arguably the longtime face of the Professional Fighters League, is now in the UFC, and while PFL co-founder Donn Davis wishes she was still on the roster, the believes the promotion will be just fine without her. 

 Sabrina Carpenter is bidding goodbye to the Eras Tour.On Saturday, the "Nonsense" singer, 24, shared an Instagram post featuring some of the final photos of her run as a opening act on Taylor Swift's record-breaking world tour. One photo showed Carpenter and Swift, 34, visiting the Sydney Zoo together in Australia. They could be seen strolling alongside each other as they took in the sights.