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PARIS — The United States and China each won 40 gold medals, in the first Summer Games draw in Olympics history, with America pulling into a tie Sunday with victory in the last event, women’s basketball. But then San Diego native and decorated cyclist Jennifer Valente bailed out the United States by defending her gold in the women’s omnium. Gold medalist Noah Lyles of Team United States celebrates on the podium during the Men's 100m medal ceremony at the Olympics in Paris, on Aug. 5, 2024. The United States still came out with the most overall medals, taking home 126 from Paris 2024. The United States hasn’t failed at winning the most medals since 1992 when the “Unified Team,” athletes from the former Soviet Union republics, won 112 medals, 45 gold.

Persons: China’s Li Wenwen, could’ve, Yuka Kagami, Jennifer Valente, Noah Lyles, Cameron Spencer, United States hasn’t, Simone Biles, Jamie Squire, France's Anastasiia, Katie Ledecky, Germany's Isabel Gose, Jonathan Nackstrand, Frenchman Leon Marchand, Summer McIntosh, Lee Kiefer of, Lauren Scruggs, Eleanor Harvey, Patrick Smith, David K, Li, Sean Nevin Organizations: PARIS, America, France, Chicago, Kennedy Blades, Team United, States didn't, United, “ Unified, Soviet, Olympic Games, Bercy Arena, Getty, Paris La Defense, Lee Kiefer of Team United States, Team United States, Team Canada, Grand Palais Locations: United States, China, Japan, Italy, San Diego, Paris, U.S, States, Beijing, Norway, Germany, Soviet Union, Barcelona, Tokyo, Rio, London, Nanterre, AFP, Grand, France, Israel, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Soviet Republic

☆ What to watch at Olympics today: Simone Biles, Summer McIntosh look to add to their legacies
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Lukas Weese | Mark Cooper | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

On Thursday, Biles and Lee will both return to Bercy Arena eyeing an individual medal in the event. Biles, the 2016 all-around gold medalist in Rio de Janeiro, led the U.S. women to their first team gold since Brazil on Tuesday. She led the individual all-around competition after qualifying and enters as a heavy favorite to capture her sixth gold medal. McIntosh, 17, won her first Olympic gold medal Monday in the grueling women’s 400-meter individual medley. Marchand, 22, has won gold in all three of his events in Paris, with the 200-meter individual medley remaining.

Persons: —, Simone Biles, A’ja Wilson, Katie Ledecky, Pierre Mauroy, Sunisa Lee, Biles, Lee, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, Jordan Chiles, Breanna Stewart, You’re, Diana Taurasi, “ We’re, Stewie Kiefer, Scruggs, Patrick Smith, Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Kiefer, United States hasn’t, McIntosh, Summer McIntosh, American Regan Smith, Ledecky, Jenny Thompson, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm Organizations: Paris Games, Bercy, La Defense, NBC, Olympics, USA, Belgium, WNBA, USA’s, ”, Olympic, United, Le, Tokyo Olympics Locations: Paris, Lille, Nanterre, American, Rio de Janeiro, U.S, Brazil, Japan, “, ” Belgium, Germany, United States, China, Canadian, Saint, Quentin, Yvelines, France

“There are,’’ the Bank of England warns, “more consequences from falling prices than meets the eye.’’What could be so bad about lower prices? It is only now emerging from decades of falling prices that began with the collapse of its property and financial markets in the early 1990s. Mainly because falling prices tend to discourage consumers from spending. Why buy now, after all, if you can purchase what you want — cars, furniture, appliances, vacations — at a lower price later? If consumers were to pull back, en masse, to await lower prices, businesses would face intense pressure to cut prices even more to try to jump-start sales.

Persons: they're, that's, what's, Joe Biden's, ’ ’ Lisa Cook, “, United States hasn’t, Tom Krisher Organizations: WASHINGTON, Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, Bank of England, United, España, Unemployed, Bank of Japan, Fed, Bank for International, AP Locations: America, United States, Japan, Spanish, Detroit

☆ Opinion | More Public Pools Could Save Thousands of Lives
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Mara Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But the transformative move would be to build far more public pools across the United States. Too few public poolsThere are more than 10 million private swimming pools in the United States, according to a C.D.C. By many available measures, public pools can be the safest places to swim. Yet the United States hasn’t made a serious investment in public pools since the Great Depression, when scores of grand public pools were erected in many parts of the country under President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, according to Jeff Wiltse, the author of “Contested Waters,” a book about the history of swimming pools. In the 1960s, many towns across the South filled or destroyed their public pools rather than allow Black Americans to swim in them.

Persons: United States hasn’t, Franklin Roosevelt’s, Jeff Wiltse, “, ” Organizations: Congress, Franklin Roosevelt’s New Locations: United States, Northern, America

☆ Robin Hood tariff could curb airline emissions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Hugo Dixon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Nevertheless, aircraft are responsible for about 4% of global warming from carbon emissions and the vapour trails they leave behind in the sky. A more viable short-term option is to run planes on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). The third option is to tax either the kerosene that airlines burn or the emissions they spew out into the atmosphere. So far only the EU, United Kingdom and some smaller countries are doing this via emissions trading schemes (ETS). To work, the plan would need to channel Robin Hood, the legendary English outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Robin Hood, Peter Thal Larsen, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Aviation, Reuters Graphics Reuters, SAF, European Union, EU, Transport, FLYERS, International Civil Aviation Organisation, United Nations, ICAO, ETS, Airlines, Council, Clean Transportation, Thomson Locations: TINOS, GREECE, Europe, America, China, Greece, United Kingdom, United States

☆ Opinion | A Libertarian and I Debate the Debt Ceiling
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Jan. 19, the United States officially hit its debt limit. If the United States hasn’t raised or suspended its borrowing cap, known as the debt ceiling, by then, America will default on its debt. But Republicans are currently refusing to raise the debt ceiling until their policy demands are met. For years, she’s argued that the United States’ debt levels are far too high and has defended the debt ceiling as a way to rein them in. In my view, the debt ceiling is one of the most absurd and dangerous laws on the books.

The richest Black mothers and their babies are twice as likely to die as the richest white mothers and their babies. Yet there is one group that doesn’t gain the same protection from being rich, the study finds: Black mothers and babies. The researchers found that maternal mortality rates were just as high among the highest-income Black women as among low-income white women. The richest Black women have infant mortality rates at about the same level as the poorest white women. Generally, rates for Hispanic mothers and Asian mothers track more closely with those of white mothers than Black mothers.

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