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The U.S. women’s basketball team has high hopes and even greater expectations for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The nine-time gold medalists return to the international stage with a star-studded roster, and the U.S. team, undefeated since 1996, is the unstoppable powerhouse in international women’s basketball. The team, led by five-time Olympian Diana Taurasi and two-time Olympian Brittney Griner, will face Germany, Japan and Belgium in Women’s Group C for a spot in the quarterfinals. Here’s what you need to know about women’s basketball at the Paris Olympics and how to watch the games. How to watch the US women’s basketball…

Spencer Pratt/Getty Images People buy drinks at a store on a muggy afternoon in Brooklyn, New York, on the first day of summer, June 21, 2024. CNN — New data released Tuesday showed U.S. consumer confidence was slightly more shaky in June as Americans became slightly more cautious about the future. The Conference Board’s latest consumer confidence index fell to 100.4 in June from a downwardly revised level of 101.3 in May. The June figures were in line with economists’ expectations but confirmed a consistent theme: Despite continued economic growth and a historically strong labor market, Americans say persistently high…

Detroit The Detroit City Council on Tuesday voted to amend city code so that businesses with bulletproof glass can’t lock customers inside after a shooting at a gas station last year left three people shot and one man dead.The nine-member City Council voted 7-0 to pass the ordinance “to draw attention to the dangers of businesses detaining patrons against their will,” according to the resolution. Councilors Angela Whitfield Callaway and Gabriela Santiago Romero were absent.The ordinance was enacted in memory of Gregory Carlos Samuel Fortner Kelly, a city resident who was shot and killed on May 6, 2023, after being…

The Final Countdown – Inside Politics with Dana Bash and Manu Raju – A Podcast from CNN Audio 3 p.m. ET: Heat and floods, presidential debate prep, Summer Olympics qualifiers and more Five things listenCNN 5 Things June 25 (Tuesday) On your computer On your mobile device On your smart speaker United States World Politics Business Show Cast Every weekday, Dana Bash and her team of in-the-know reporters bring you the most important political news of the day. On the weekend, Manu Raju launches CNN’s Sunday morning politics show, “Inside Politics Sunday.” Dana and Manu get answers from people making…

Texas Tech University’s golf program will have two former players competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics.Shannon Tan was among 60 women’s qualifiers announced this week, and Ludvig Aberg was among 60 men’s qualifiers announced last week. The men’s tournament will be Aug. 1-4 and the women’s tournament Aug. 7-10. Both are 72-hole tournaments at Le Golf National, home of the Ryder Cup in 2018.Tan turned professional in January after qualifying for the Women’s European Tour just before Christmas midway through her sophomore season at Texas Tech. She made her pro debut in February, winning the LET’s Magical Kenya Ladies Open…

Federal investigators confirmed Tuesday that a hot railcar wheel bearing caused a fire in the 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern Railroad train carrying tank cars loaded with hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio. Investigators said a series of mistakes, faulty track sensors and delayed communication from the railroad company about the train’s toxic cargo contributed to the disaster.In its final report on the Feb. 3, 2023, crash, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the crash, which caused the evacuation of more than 2,000 residents and put the lives of emergency responders at risk, could have been avoided.”Today, we…

The world’s best shooters are competing for gold in Paris. The 2024 Olympic Games will feature 15 shooting events, with a wide range of equipment used, from rifles and pistols to shotguns. How does shooting competition take place and which country is best at shooting overall? Here’s what you need to know about shooting at the Paris Olympics. When did shooting become an Olympic sport? Shooting events made their Olympic debut 124 years ago in Paris. The event debuted at the 1900 Paris Games, with live pigeons as targets, the only time killing an animal has been part of the…

(NewsNation) — Former competitive swimmer Amanda Lee is suing USA Swimming. She says Hall of Fame coach Joseph Bernal sexually abused her 15 years ago when she was a minor, and claims USA Swimming and other organizations knew about the abuse but failed to intervene. “It started when I was 15,” Lee told NewsNation’s “Banfield” exclusively on Monday. “He kissed me after practice and it just went on from there. I felt like I was brainwashed by him and I wanted to be a good swimmer, go to college and get a scholarship, so I wanted to listen to everything…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Russian billionaire Tatyana Bakarchuk. Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Tatyana Bakarchuk is Russia’s richest woman, with an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion.She founded Wildberries, an e-commerce retailer that sells a wide range of products and acts as a Russian version of Amazon.Bakarchuk is developing a payments platform to bolster Russia’s economy amid international sanctions. In 2004, Tatyana Bakarchuk spent $700 to create a website for Wildberries, an e-commerce business she started in her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave.Today, Wildberries is considered Russia’s version of Amazon, a…

When I type “local news Carrboro” into Google in early June, at first glance, there seems to be an abundance of solid resources I can consult about the latest happenings in the small North Carolina town. At the top, there’s the radio station and website Chapelboro, “one of the only distributors of local news in Chapel Hill and the surrounding area.” The homepage features a textbook small-town groundbreaking, a weekend event list, some sports news…nothing that immediately screams “hard-hitting,” but that’s ok. My next option is ABC11’s Carrboro news section, which on the day I visited led with a crime…