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☆ Raygun: Australian breaker praised for her ‘courage’ and ‘character’ after viral performances at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Rachael Gunn arrived in Paris as a competitive breaker excited to make her Olympic debut. Recently, that took her all the way to the Paris Olympics, where 32 athletes – known as B-boys and B-girls – were competing at the Games for the first time. Raygun competes against Logistx at the Paris Olympics. “All my moves are original,” Raygun said after competing in Paris. Raygun said that all of her breaking moves are original.

Persons: Rachael Gunn, Gunn –, Raygun, –, USA’s Logistx, France’s, Lithuania’s Nicka, Adele, Harry Langer, ” Raygun, “, ”, Martin Gilian, Sergey Nifontov, ” Gunn, Ezra Shaw, ” Anna Meares Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, Games, Concorde, Twitter, Sydney’s Macquarie University, Logistx, Oceania, Olympics, DanceSport, Getty, Olympic, International Olympic Committee Locations: Paris, Sydney, Australia, Munich, New York City, Los Angeles

☆ World beaters: Women athletes ruled the Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Raquel Coronell Uribe | Raquel Coronell Uribe Is A Breaking News Reporter. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Sarah Stier / Getty Images filePerhaps most impressive is the sheer number of medals won by U.S. women. The country in fourth place, with the closest number of medals to the American women, is Great Britain, with 65 medals. Sixty-seven medals is a record for U.S. women and a record for any country’s women in general, beating the U.S. total of 66 in Tokyo. Biles and Suni Lee went 1-2 on the all-around and became the first two all-around women gold medalists to go head-to-head in an all-around final. The women’s U.S. basketball team won its eighth Olympic gold in a row, earning a shoutout from former President Barack Obama on X.

Persons: Katie Ledecky, Sarah Stier, Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jamie Squire, Chiles, Lauren Scruggs, Amita Berthier, Al Bello, —, Biles, Rebeca Andrade, Amit Elor, Barack Obama, Imane, Ulrik Pedersen, Imane Khelif, Lin Yu, Angela Carini, Khelif, Carini, Lin, ” Organizations: U.S, USA’s, IOC, United States ’, Games, Olympic Games, Boxing Association, Olympic Locations: Paris, Romania, China, Great Britain, Tokyo, Singapore, United, Algeria, Algerian, Taipei, Russian, New Delhi

☆ Olympic champion Imane Khelif files petition with Paris police over online harassment
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

PARIS — Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment after a rain of criticism and false claims about her sex during the Paris Olympics, her lawyer said Sunday. The complaint was filed Friday with a special unit in the Paris prosecutor’s office for combating online hate speech, alleging “aggravated cyber-harassment” targeting Khelif, lawyer Nabil Boudi said. In a statement, he described it as a “misogynist, racist and sexist campaign” against the boxer. As is common in French law, the complaint doesn’t name an alleged perpetrator but leaves it to investigators to determine who could be at fault. False claims that Khelif was transgender or a man erupted online, and the International Olympic Committee defended her and denounced those peddling misinformation.

Persons: Imane Khelif, Khelif, “, Nabil Boudi, Angela Carini, Kirsty Burrows, Burrows, Lin Yu, Lin Organizations: PARIS, Paris Olympics, International Olympic, National Unit, Boxing, IOC, Paris Games Locations: France, Algeria, Paris, Taiwan

☆ I quit Goldman Sachs to be a stay-at-home dad. More men should look after the kids so women can have careers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Pranshu Dwivedi, 35, from New Delhi, about quitting his job at Goldman Sachs to be a stay-at-home dad. Business Insider verified his employment at Goldman Sachs with documentation. I joined Goldman Sachs as an intern in 2011, and in 2012 I got a full-time job as an analyst working in their Bengaluru office. AdvertisementI loved my experience at Goldman Sachs. I joined Goldman Sachs full-time in 2012, working on the equity research team.

Persons: —, Pranshu Dwivedi, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, I've, Hong Kong Goldman, We'd, wouldn't, She's, I'm, there's Organizations: Service, Goldman, Business Locations: New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hong Kong, Delhi, India

☆ Netball: This women’s sport has fought for over 50 years to be in the Olympics. Could Brisbane 2032 change its fortunes?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Emily Blumenthal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Australia was crowned champion during the Netball World Cup Medal Presentation on August 6, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. “I think the leadership within netball, from World Netball, really needs to take a vigilant stance on it. For people in the netball world, she said, “That is your bread and butter: doing netball. More than 20 million people play netball in 76 member nations across five continents, according to World Netball. There are some voices in netball that don’t believe the drive to become an Olympic sport is a priority.

Persons: Serena Guthrie, Khadijah Williams, Hannah Peters, ”, “, That’s, Ashley Vlotman, Jenny van Dyk, Spar, Riana Bezuidenhout, They’ve, ” Bezuidenhout, Fiona McLachlan, ” McLachlan, ” van Dyk, Cara Koenen of, Guthrie, it’s, ” Guthrie, we’ve, Ryan Allan, Allan, Lewis Keeling, ” Dylan McPherson, Fiona Goodall, that’s, ” Allan said, Keeling, ” Keeling, Bailey Mes, Geva, Matt King, doesn’t, “ I’ve, ” Allan Organizations: CNN, Commonwealth Games, Netball, IOC, International Federation, Commonwealth, Games, team, University of Pretoria, World Netball, City, Paralympic Games, Netball Australia, Brisbane, Manor School, Wembley, Fox, Victoria University, “, England, Paris, Equality, Paris Games, Olympic, Netball Association, New Zealand Men's, Getty, Knights Netball, Allphones Arena, doesn’t Locations: Australia, Brisbane, United Kingdom, England, Jamaica, SECC, Glasgow, Bath, Los, Cape Town , South Africa, Spar Proteas, South, Cara Koenen of Australia, South Africa, New, Auckland , New Zealand, New Zealand, Sydney

PARIS — Lin Yu-ting captured featherweight gold on Saturday, defeating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta and shaking off more than a week of specious allegations that she shouldn’t be fighting in the women’s division. The gold medalist is listed at 5-foot-9 and her Polish opponent at 5-foot-5, but the disparity appeared to be greater in real life, with Lin punching downhill and rarely being threatened. Lin and welterweight gold medalist Imane Khelif of Algeria have both dealt with a firestorm of questions from opponents wrongly questioning their gender since they entered Olympic competition. Questions surrounding their gender stemmed from a decision by the Russian-led International Boxing Association to disqualify them at last year’s Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. The IBA removed those two fighters from a competition at the time, saying they had tests that questioned their gender eligibility.

Persons: PARIS, Lin Yu, Poland’s Julia Szeremeta, Lin, Imane Khelif, Mark Adams, “ Organizations: Roland, Tokyo, Boxing Association, IBA Locations: Taipei, Algeria, Russian, New Delhi

The new short documentary “It’s Okay” explores the experiences of two young brothers at a Drag Story Hour event in North Carolina, one of more than a dozen states that have considered restrictions on drag performances in front of minors in recent years. An additional four states passed laws that could be used to restrict drag, according to Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank. GLAAD, a national LGBTQ media advocacy organization, found that drag events faced more than 160 protests and significant threats between early 2022 and April 2023, with some events targeted by armed protestors. France said he felt like the people who were left out of the national conversation about Drag Story Hour were the kids who attended them. If his brother was indifferent to the drag queen or the story, that would have been our film.

Persons: “, Leo, Matteo, Shelita, ”, “ Simon Says ”, Shelita Bonet Hoyle, David France, Oscar, ‘, ’ ”, MSNBC Films France, Matteo’s Organizations: MSNBC, New Yorker, NBC News, Advancement, GLAAD, MSNBC Films, NBC Locations: North Carolina, Charlotte, Queens , New York, N.C, ’, ’ ” France, ” France, Montana, Tennessee, France, Texas

☆ Florida man who attacked a postal carrier in a hijab gets 3 years in federal prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Postal Service carrier was sentenced Friday to three years in federal prison. “No one should live in fear of being targeted because of their religious beliefs,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Davis said said in the attorney’s office statement. The carrier, identified only as a 47-year-old woman of Muslim faith, took note, prosecutors and investigators said in the criminal complaint filed against Pinkney. "Go back to your country," the defendant allegedly told the carrier, according to the U.S. attorney's statement on Friday. She got inside the truck, where Pinkney grabbed her neck and, after a struggle, pulled off her hijab, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Persons: Kenneth Pinkney, “, ”, Michael Davis, Prosecutors, Pinkney, Jeffrey B, Veltri Organizations: U.S . Postal Service, Attorney's, Southern, Southern District of, Prosecutors, FBI Locations: Florida, U.S, Fort Lauderdale, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Broward County, Israel, FBI Miami

☆ Caster Semenya condemns gender ‘stigma’ that still haunts Olympics, a decade after her first Olympic gold
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Joseph Ataman | Christina Macfarlane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Paris CNN —For two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, Paris 2024’s boxing was unusually poignant. She took light welterweight gold on Friday night, besting her Chinese opponent in a dominant performance. But her Olympics have been marred by allegations over her gender, citing a 2023 decision by a now-discredited boxing regulator to bar her from a women’s tournament. Khelif was, “born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, boxed as a female, has a female passport,” with IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said. The IOC should be “making sure that all athletes that take part in Olympics are well protected,” Semenya said.

Persons: Semenya, “, ”, Lin Yu, Khelif, Mark Adams, ” Semenya, ” It’s, ” Semenya –, – Organizations: Paris CNN —, CNN, Khelif, of Human, Boxing Association, Olympics, IOC, Athletics, World Athletics, IAAF, European, Tokyo Locations: Paris, Olympics

☆ Trump and his allies sure seem rattled by Harris's momentum
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFor what now feels like a fleeting moment this summer, former President Donald Trump seemed to be on top of the world. When reached by Business Insider about reports that Trump is frustrated over the Harris campaign's momentum, Steven Chueng, the Trump campaign spokesperson, called it "fake news." AdvertisementAt a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, he again claimed Biden had "the right to run" but that Democrats "took it away." Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Trump, even acknowledged to the Post that the campaign has "hit a few speed bumps." AdvertisementWhether all the momentum behind the Harris campaign will ultimately translate to a win in November is impossible to say.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump, revelers, Hulk Hogan, Kamala Harris, there's, Tim Walz, Harris, Steven Chueng, Joe Biden, Biden, He's, baselessly, Martin Luther King Jr, Richard Porter, Post Trump, Sen, Lindsey Graham, Ben Shapiro, Walz Organizations: Service, Business, Democratic, Minnesota, Biden, Mar, Trump, Republican National Committee, Washington Post, Post, New York Times Locations: Florida, Harris

☆ A transgender woman was found killed in a West Baltimore alleyway, prompting demands for answers and justice
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Police had not publicly speculated on a motive or announced an arrest in connection with the killing as of Thursday. Homicide detectives were investigating her death and no further details regarding her death were available, Baltimore police Detective Niki Fennoy told CNN on Thursday. The impact of anti-trans violence negatively impacts our mental health and our ability to live healthy and happy lives,” Cooper told CNN. “I’m very stressed and distraught about the death of Tai, especially in this time due to her tragic and violent death,” Desire Bandz, a 30-year-old transgender woman also living in Baltimore, told CNN. Maryland has had 18 killings of transgender people since 2013 – the eighth-highest total by state in that time, tied with Illinois, according to HRC.

Persons: Tai’Vion Lathan, Tai, ’, ” Lathan’s, Carolyn Robinson, Owens, Lathan, Tai’Vion, Niki Fennoy, Lathan’s, Mary Robinson, Tori Cooper, ” Cooper, “, it’s, ” Desire Bandz, ” Bandz, ”, “ We’re, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, CNN’s Nia Mclean Organizations: CNN, Police, Human, Homicide, Baltimore, Baltimore police, Metro, Baltimore Safe, “, Baltimore Mayor, WMAR, Illinois, HRC Locations: Baltimore’s West Baltimore, United States, West, Baltimore, America, WMAR . Maryland

☆ Tim Walz is dressing the part — and it's exactly what Harris needs
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The now-viral video cuts between Walz, holding his phone on a chair, and Harris, sitting in an office. Moreover, it's an aesthetic that could squarely appeal to the very voters Harris needs, experts told Business Insider. "Tim Walz is one of the few politicians who looks good in casual wear and also looks natural in it," Guy told Business Insider. Tom Williams"When he does the folksy thing, he's actually at the upper bound of folksy, and when he's in a suit he's in the lower bound of suit," Higonnet said. A perfect foil to Harris' polishThe Harris campaign is counting on Walz to court voters associated with the clothing he wears, particularly those hailing from the Blue Wall states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Walz, Harris, LL, Derek Guy, Guy said, Guy, Donald Trump Jr, Walz doesn't, he's, Anne Higonnet, Tom Williams, Higonnet, they're, San Francisco, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Gwen, Vance Organizations: Service, Business, . Star Tribune, Getty, Barnard College, Democrats, Multicultural, Star Tribune, Yale Law School Locations: Minnesota, Michigan , Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Francisco, New York, San, San Francisco and New York, America

☆ Video: Semenya reacts to controversy about Olympians’ gender, echoing her own
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Christina Macfarlane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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PARIS — Algerian Imane Khelif won welterweight gold Friday, dispatching China’s Yang Liu and overcoming a firestorm of questions from opponents wrongly questioning her gender. "Your victory today belongs to Algeria, and your gold is Algeria’s gold. Khelif held up her gold medal for the cameras and said this was a culmination of eight years of work. Khelif and Lin are veteran fighters and well-known in the women’s boxing community. She was the first Algerian boxer to participate in the Olympics and win the most beautiful medal,” the Algerian Olympic Committee wrote on Facebook.

Persons: Imane Khelif, China’s Yang Liu, Khelif, Roland, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Lin Yu, Ting, Angela Carini, Yang, didn’t, Lin, “, Umar Kremlev, Khelif’s, sparred, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Toufik Koudri, ”, David K, Li, Sam Brock, Rima Abdelkader Organizations: Roland, Garros, Team Algeria, Algerian, Boxing, IBA, IOC, USA, Gazprom, United Nations, Olympics, Algerian Olympic, Facebook Locations: PARIS, Algerian, Algeria, USA, Europe, Chinese Taipei, France, Russian, New Delhi, Bulgarian, Paris, Russia, ”, Connecticut

Tim Walz plays cards with students on a river boat cruise in China in the summer of 2001. Tim Walz, left, singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" at karaoke on a trip to China with students in the summer of 2001. Larissa Beck and Tim Walz at the Minnesota state capitol on March 19, 2024, for Disability Services Day. Mankato West High SchoolAs for his former students, Walz’s ascent to vice presidential candidate has inspired them to reconnect with each other and share their memories of “Mr. Walz.”“I’ve talked to hundreds of people from high school that I haven’t talked to in 20 years because of this,” Meyer said.

Persons: Tim Walz, Kamala Harris ’, Walz ”, Jacob Reitan, Walz, “, Tim, Gwen, ” Reitan, Seth Elliot Meyer, Meyer, ” Meyer, ” Tim Walz, Seth Elliott Meyer Meyer, Emily Scott Emily Scott, Scott, ‘, China, ’ ” Scott, ‘ Emily, ” Scott, Emily Scott Scott, ” Larissa Beck, Larissa Beck, Larissa Beck Beck, “ We’re, ”, He’s, Reitan, Randi, ‘ Tim, ‘ Randi, ’ ” Walz, wouldn’t, “ Don’t, Donald Trump, “ There’s, ” Trump, “ Fox, Mr, ” “ I’ve Organizations: Minnesota Gov, Straight Alliance, GSA, Mankato West High School, MSNBC, America, ”, Mankato West, Woodward Academy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Services, National Guard, Minneapolis ’ Star Tribune, Republican, Minnesota, Fox News, NBC Locations: Minnesota, Mankato , Minnesota, Minneapolis, Atlanta, China, St, Paul , Minnesota, Guilin, United States, Massachusetts, Vermont

☆ Iran steps up influence campaign aimed at US voters with fake news sites, Microsoft says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Iranian operatives have ramped up their attempts to influence and monitor the US presidential election by creating fake news outlets targeting liberal and conservative voters and by trying to hack an unnamed presidential campaign, Microsoft said in research published late Thursday. Microsoft said it notified the campaign of the hacking attempt, but declined to say publicly which campaign it was. CNN has requested comment from the Trump campaign. The Iranian, Russian and Chinese governments routinely deny allegations of election influence operations. As president, Trump ordered the killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, and he withdrew from a multilateral deal aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.

Persons: Donald Trump, ” Clint Watts, ”, Kamala Harris ’, Trump, Joe Biden’s, Russia “, China “, “, Qasem Soleimani Organizations: CNN, Iranian, Microsoft, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, CIA, FBI, National Intelligence, Russian, Ukraine, Service, Department Locations: MAGA, Iran, Savannah , Georgia, Russian, Ukrainian, Trump, Russia, U.S, China

☆ Imane Khelif: Algerian boxer wins Olympic gold after social media firestorm
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Chinese opponent Yang Liu in the 66kg gold medal bout at the Paris Summer Olympics on Friday. With a huge lead on the scorecards, Khelif continued to apply the pressure to Yang in the third and final round. For eight years, this has been my dream and I’m now the Olympic champion and gold medallist,” she said after the fight. The crowd cheered raucously as it was announced that Khelif had won the gold medal on points by unanimous decision. Khelif had been the subject of global attention after defeating Italian boxer Angela Carini in just 46 seconds in a preliminary match.

Persons: Imane Khelif, Yang Liu, Khelif, Yang, “, I’m, ”, “ I’ve, raucously, Angela Carini, Khelif “, Thomas Bach, Lin, ” Bach, Mark Adams, Boxer Lin Yu Organizations: CNN, Paris, Roland, Games, Algerian, Olympic, Olympic Committee, Associated Press, Carini, IOC Locations: Algerian, Algeria, Paris, Taiwan

☆ A woman won gold at the Olympics by eating more and exercising less to gain 22 pounds
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA British athlete won an Olympic gold medal by eating more food and exercising less to gain 22 pounds. AdvertisementAldridge won the first ever gold medal in women's Olympic kitefoiling. Owing to the stigma around weight gain, it may seem counterintuitive that Olympians, at the peak of human performance, should put on weight to be successful. But kitesurfing isn't the only sport where athletes gain weight to be more competitive. Related storiesWhen she first started kitefoiling, Aldridge consumed a lot of beer and ice cream, she wrote on Instagram earlier this year.

Persons: —, Ellie Aldridge, Aldridge, Alex Livesey, kitefoiling, Lauriane Nolot, kitesurfing, Harry Lightfoot, Tia, Clair Toomey, Orr, Clive Mason, I'm, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, Telegraph, British Sailing Team, Olympic Locations: kitefoiling

☆ These Gazan children have been reunited with their families after months of war. But thousands remain unaccompanied
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Antoinette Radford | Billy Stockwell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Ten days after the war started, Abdallah’s pregnant wife and three children fled to the south of the Gaza Strip seeking safety. Under-18s make up close to half of the population of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian census figures. It’s not known exactly how many children in Gaza are unaccompanied or separated, according to UNICEF. Agencies like UNICEF are working hard to identify and support children at risk of exploitation, particularly unaccompanied and separated children, she said. But there are many operational constraints restricting their efforts and more information is needed about unaccompanied and separated children living in displacement camps, she added.

Persons: Abdallah, ”, Abdallah’s, “, –, Israel’s, Liz Allcock, Majdi, Allcock, ” Allcock, OCHA’s, Jessica Dixon, That’s, Tanya Haj, Hassan, WCNSF, Yasser Abu, Dixon Organizations: CNN, “ UNICEF, UN, UNICEF, Gaza, Ministry of Health, Aid, UN’s, Humanitarian Affairs, West Bank, Frontieres, Mental Health Locations: Gaza, Israel, United Kingdom, Deir, Balah, ”, Wadi Gaza, ” Wadi Gaza

☆ Sex eligibility rules for female athletes are complex and legally difficult. Here's how they work.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Female athletes of color have historically faced disproportionate scrutiny and discrimination when it comes to sex testing and false accusations that they are male or transgender. Since the Tokyo Games in 2021, track’s World Athletics tightened the eligibility rules for female athletes with DSD conditions. Male athletes are not required to regulate their natural levels of testosterone, and female athletes who do not have DSD conditions also can benefit. In this dysfunction, boxing eligibility rules have not kept pace with other sports, and the issues weren’t addressed ahead of the Paris Games. She challenged track and field’s initial testosterone rules passed in 2011 as a reaction to Semenya.

Persons: Lin Yu, Semenya, —, ” Semenya, “, Mark Adams, Lin, Dutee Chand, Chand Organizations: Paris Olympics, Tokyo Olympics, Paris Games, International Boxing Association, Tokyo Games, Athletics, Cycling Union, FIFA, Sport, Olympic, IOC, IBA, European, of Human Locations: Algeria, Taiwan, Paris, Rio, Janeiro, Switzerland, Russian, India, Lausanne

PARIS — The second boxer at the center of a global debate over gender eligibility and fairness at the Paris Olympics won her semifinal match Wednesday, ascending to the featherweight gold medal bout. Lin and another female Olympic boxer, Imane Khelif of Algeria, continue to face intense scrutiny and false accusations about their gender and eligibility to compete with women. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee later confirmed that Staneva was boasting about having XX chromosomes in an attempt to mock Lin. "The opponent is a respectable one.”Algeria's Imane Khelif reacts after defeating Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng in a women's 66-kilogram semifinal boxing match at the Olympics on Tuesday. Some who initially criticized Khelif and Lin apologized as more information about them and the IBA’s legitimacy came to light.

Persons: Lin Yu, Esra Yildiz, Lin, Imane, Kahraman, Svetlana Staneva, Staneva, Turkey's, Peter Byrne, ” Lin, couldn't, Khelif, Thailand's Janjaem, Ariana Cubillos, Thailand’s Janjaem, Umar Kremlev —, Vladimir Putin —, Thomas Bach, ” Bach, Aijaz, ”, Mark Adams, “, Lin’s, Khelif’s, Kremlev, Imane Khelif, Vadim Ghirda, Elon Musk, Harry Potter ”, J.K, Rowling, Donald Trump, ” Trump, Logan Paul, ” Riley Gaines, Nikki Hiltz, “, ” Hiltz, it’s, ” Khelif, Yang Liu of, Julia Szeremeta, Garros, David K, Li, Matt Lavietes, Jiachuan Wu Organizations: PARIS, Paris Olympics, Bulgarian Olympic, Representatives, Turkish Olympic, Press, AP, Tokyo, Boxing Association, Olympic Committee, IOC, IBA, SNTV, USA, Olympics, X, Boston Globe, Roland Locations: Taipei, Turkey, Algeria, Paris, Russian, New Delhi, Russia, Hangzhou, China, Istanbul, “, Yang Liu of China, Taiwan, New York

What does the Olympics controversy over Algerian boxer Imane Khelif have to do with J.K. Rowling’s home wallpaper? A representative for Rowling declined to comment on her wallpaper and the backlash to her posts about Khelif. LGBTQ people and groups like GLAAD have condemned Rowling’s views, calling them transphobic, and “Harry Potter” actor Daniel Radcliffe spoke out against her in 2020. Some of Rowling’s defenders responded to the mold posts, suggesting that what people online claim is mold is actually wallpaper. Google search interest in “jk rowling mold” has also skyrocketed since then, with breakout search queries like “jk rowling black mold meme” in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia.

Persons: Imane Khelif, —, “, ” Khelif, Rowling, ” “, ”, Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, X, Harry Potter ”, Rowling’s, JD Vance, “ jk rowling Organizations: International Olympics, IOC, ” “ Jk, GLAAD, “ Locations: British, Russian, Canada, U.S, Australia

☆ How you can capture the joy of watching the Olympics in your daily life: 'There is celebration everywhere'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Jade Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

(Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)If you're watching the Paris Olympics and catch yourself smiling and cheering for athletes you don't know competing in events you've never heard of, you're definitely not alone. This interest in the Olympics — and the joy it brings — are felt globally, but especially in the country at the heart of the games, France. Here's why you might feel so happy watching the Olympics and how you can find that joy after the closing ceremony. The number of athlete backstories we learn are multiplied at the Olympics, which makes us that much more invested. That might look like watching the same show or reading a book together, or even more hands-on tasks like gardening, says Lyubomirsky.

Persons: Richard Heathcote, you've, Jason Kelce's Ilona Maher, Daniel Wann, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Wann, backstories, Guy, Yusuf Dikeç, Ilona Maher, Lyubomirsky, Jonathan Haidt Organizations: Olympic Games, Stade de France, Getty, Paris Olympics, Olympics, Murray State University, UC Riverside, Team U.S.A Locations: Paris, France, Tokyo

Here are some of the progressive measures Walz has enacted as governor:Child tax creditMany lower-income Minnesota families can access a state child tax credit, which Walz signed into law last year. Free college tuitionLast year, Walz signed a bill into law that made college tuition free for students from Minnesota families who earn less than $80,000 a year. Walz’s executive order directed state agencies to study the effectiveness of the care and investigate any health organization that denied it. The bill also raised the sales tax in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area by 0.25% to create a permanent funding stream for Minnesota housing programs. Voting rights for ex-felonsLast year, Walz signed a bill into law that restored voting rights to more than 55,000 formerly incarcerated people in Minnesota.

Persons: Biden, Tim Walz, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Harris, Walz, ”, Roe, Wade, ” Walz, It’s, –, Walz “, Tim ”, Sandra Feist, “ Organizations: CNN, Minnesota Gov, Democratic, Tax Foundation, Free, North, Minnesota, US, Guttmacher Institute, Universal, US Centers for Disease Control, Income Housing Coalition, Twin, Republicans Locations: Minnesota, Iowa, Twin Cities, Minnesota . Minnesota

☆ Nonbinary runner Nikki Hiltz advances to semifinals for Team USA
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Isabel Yip | Isabel Yip Is An Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Team USA middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz secured a spot in the women’s 1500-meter semifinals after finishing third in their qualifying heat at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. Keep going,” Hiltz wrote, in part, on Instagram. “I will keep men out of women’s sports!” Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social, in all caps. “Transphobia is going crazyyyy at these Olympics,” Hiltz wrote in an Instagram story. I could just feel the love and support.”Hiltz will compete in the women’s 1500-meter semifinal on Thursday.

Persons: Nikki Hiltz, “, it’s, ” Hiltz, Imane, Lin Yu, Lin, Khelif’s, Angela Carini, Carini, Elon Musk, Harry Potter ”, J.K, Rowling, Donald Trump, ” Trump, Hiltz, transphobia, —, ” Organizations: USA, Paris Olympics, Boxing Association, International Olympic Committee, IOC, IBA, Tokyo Olympics, Games, NBC Sports, Pride, NBC Locations: Instagram, Algeria, Taiwan, Russian, Paris, Italian, “

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