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Brazil v United States: Gold Medal Match: Women's Football - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 15

U.S. women's soccer team wins 5th gold medal, defeats Brazil 1-0 at Paris Olympics

1:57pm August 10, 2024

by Juana Summers

It's the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S. women's national team since 2012. The win against Brazil is another sign of the U.S. transformation after falling short in a string of major tournaments.

Health & Safety

What is 'food resilience'? Ask these Ethiopian farmers facing conflict and drought

11:26am August 10, 2024

by Willem Marx

Many farmers in Ethiopia have lost valuable land for growing crops. They're learning to change the way they work to make the most out of what they have.

A brief history of swift boating, from John Kerry to Tim Walz

10:50am August 10, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Republicans' attacks on Tim Walz's military record mirror a 2004 smear campaign against John Kerry in some key ways. Here's how swift boating played out then — and what's different this time around.

National

Photos: Family of Michael Brown Jr. marches on Ferguson 10 years later

8:59am August 10, 2024

by Brian Munoz

Michael Brown Sr. said, “I’m not gonna never let the world forget about my son,” he told St. Louis Public Radio on Friday. “We wanted to show what he did in his life before the hashtag.”

The modern pentathlon, soon to break from military tradition, has last ride in Paris

8:45am August 10, 2024

by James Bennett II

This will be the final Summer Olympics with the current line-up of the five events that make up the modern pentathlon. Gone will be the horse-riding and in its place: a controversial obstacle course.

Stunner: U.S. women's water polo team loses out on a medal after Netherlands defeat

8:22am August 10, 2024

by Juana Summers

The U.S. women's water polo team was chasing a historic fourth straight Olympic gold medal. Instead, the team will miss out on the podium for the first time since the sport made its debut in 2000.

10 years after Michael Brown's death, police killings are not going down

7:32am August 10, 2024

by Meg Anderson

Ten years ago, a white police officer killed Michael Brown, a Black teen in Ferguson, Mo. His death prompted nationwide protests and a White House report on American policing. How much has changed since his death?

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Health & Safety

Black hospitals vanished in the U.S. decades ago. Some communities have paid a price

7:14am August 10, 2024

by Lauren Sausser

Hundreds of Black hospitals in the U.S. closed after passage of the Civil Rights Act when health care became integrated. Black communities lost a source of employment and pride.

Sports

In Paris, Jamaican sprinters backslide in Olympic track rivalry with U.S.

6:45am August 10, 2024

by Emma Bowman

The Americans, unsurprisingly, have medaled in the fastest track events at the Paris Games. The Jamaicans? Hardly.

As Republicans attack Harris on immigration, here’s what her California record reveals

5:00am August 10, 2024

by Tyche Hendricks

Political observers say Kamala Harris' experience as the daughter of immigrants has intertwined with her career as a prosecutor to form a pattern: pro-immigration but tough in enforcing the law.

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