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MINNEAPOLIS – Individual all-around and apparatus results and standings from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials. Full results here……woman (Day 2/Day 1)All-round1. Simone Biles — 58.92. Jordan Chiles — 56.4 3. Suni Lee — 56.025 4. Jade Carey — 55.825 5. Jocelyn Roberson — 55.475 6. Kariyah Lincoln — 54.875 7. Hesley Rivera — 54.825 8. Lian Wong — 54.75 9. Tianna Sumanasekera — 54.7 10. Evie Lou — 51.67510. Simone Rose — 51.675Balance beam 1. Sunee Lee — 14.4 2. Tianna Sumanasekera — 13.95 3. Jocelyn Roberson — 13.925 4. Hesley Rivera — 13.7 5. Simone Biles — 13.65Floor…

Amazon has hired the founders and key employees of Adept AI, a startup known for building AI agents that automate tasks for companies, a move that significantly strengthens Amazon’s AI capabilities, which have been lackluster compared to rivals.Adept co-founder and CEO David Luan is leaving the company to lead Amazon’s “AGI Autonomy” team. He will report to Rohit Prasad, Amazon’s head of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Luan brings with him Adept co-founders Augustus Odena, Maxwell Nye, Erich Elsen, Kelsey Szot, and several other Adept staff members.Below is a copy of the internal memo shared with the team. Hello everyone, We’re…

MINNEAPOLIS – Simone Biles is, unsurprisingly, atop the leaderboard after the first night of competition at the 2024 U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials.Biles, the reigning world champion and resident GOAT, was a lock for the Paris team even before Friday night, but her leading score of 58.900 took her one step closer to it becoming official. Only the top all-around finisher at trials is guaranteed a spot on the Olympic team.Jordan Chiles (56.400) and Suni Lee (56.025) are sitting in second and third entering Sunday night’s trials finale, when the five-member team will be finalized. Beyond the leaderboard, the story of Friday…

Max Scherzer made his second start of the season for the Texas Rangers on Friday night against the Baltimore Orioles, and passed one of the sport’s legends on the MLB all-time strikeout list.Scherzer struck out Ramon Urias in the second inning to earn 3,372 strikeouts, passing Greg Maddux for 11th all-time. He recorded four strikeouts in a 2-1 loss, giving him a 3.375 strikeout average, 18 behind former teammate Justin Verlander.Maddux has never been known as a strikeout pitcher, but that feels like a little trick he’s been playing on fans throughout his career. Prior to this season, he ranked…

With defeats in state assembly elections at the end of the year and the recent Lok Sabha elections hanging over its head, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Mahyuti government on Friday presented a budget that put politics over the economy.This is the first budget for states since the Lok Sabha elections that saw the Narendra Modi government return to power, but thanks to the strength of its allies’ numbers, the announcements have been beneficial for everyone – farmers, women, students, youth, etc. It is another matter that Maharashtra will struggle to deliver on these promises given its financial situation, with the…

Small business owners in the Reading area are counting losses after an internet outage shut down their businesses for an entire day on Tuesday, July 25th.Vandals cut power lines south of Redding early Tuesday morning, causing a power outage and knocking out service to Spectrum Charter Communications customers throughout Shasta County, according to the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office.Spectrum crews from across Northern California worked throughout the day to repair and reconnect more than 650 fiber optic cables, restoring internet connection to the last customers by late Tuesday afternoon, said Dennis Johnson, Spectrum’s senior director of communications for the West Northwest.By…

What began as a story of infrastructure cooperation has morphed into an epic tale of betrayal and confrontation, the once-chummy relationship between Manila and Beijing giving way to escalating geopolitical rivalry. The rise and fall of those Northrail pillars now bookend a new, more ominous chapter.At the heart of the falling out is Beijing’s assertion, through its “nine-dash-line” – lately expanded to 10-dashes – that it owns nearly all of the South China Sea. Its expansive maritime claim has led China to encroach on waters over which the Philippines also claims sovereignty.“I think relations are the worst in recent memory…

Pakistan legend Rashid Latif has come out with a scathing criticism of Indian team custodian Virat Kohli amid their lackluster performance in the 2024 T20 World Cup.For those unaware, the former India captain has scored just 75 runs in seven matches at the elite tournament, including Thursday’s semi-final against England.Virat Kohli’s miserable 2024 T20 World Cup campaign continued against the Three Lions as he was run out for nine runs by Reece Topley in India’s third innings.Virat Kohli led the batting order along with captain Rohit Sharma after Jos Buttler fielded first base, with expectations running high for the Delhi-born…

Saturday’s headlines and transfer rumours…Daily Mail Barcelona are reportedly set to compete with Manchester United for the signature of Amadou Onana.Chelsea have held talks over a potential bid for Leicester City midfielder Keinan Dewsbury-Hall, including a deal involving striker Armando Broja.Ipswich Town, as well as Everton and West Ham are among the clubs who have made enquiries about Hull centre-back Jacob Greaves. Jake Wightman is in danger of missing out on the 1500m Olympic selection team after withdrawing from this weekend’s British Trials with a calf injury. Sun Neymar has publicly stated that he has named four Premier League clubs…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. The New York Times editorial board argued in a Friday column that President Joe Biden’s performance in Thursday’s debate showed voters that he is unfit for a second term. Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden suffered a brutal defeat in a debate against President Donald Trump on Thursday.The 81-year-old president coughed, stuttered and couldn’t finish some sentences.The New York Times editorial board wrote that Trump’s performance had done little to convince voters that he was fit to be president. After President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in Thursday…