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IOC member and FIFA leader Gianni Infantino will not have to explain to the Olympic body how U.S. President Donald Trump helped to stop a player’s ban at the World Cup. The IOC said on Friday it has no jurisdiction to investigate Infantino’s alleged lack of political neutrality. A London-based NGO formally complained this month to the International Olympic Committee ethics commission about Infantino, including his part in ensuring United States forward Folarin Balogun did not serve a mandatory one-game ban despite being sent off in the previous game.

IOC won't pursue its member Infantino over FIFA red-card ruling at World Cup

UN human rights chief faces opposition in vote to extend his term for another four years

ECB facing mid-sized inflation shock, will get to 2% in year or so, Lane says

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Blackstone, Donerail among final bidders for yacht retailer MarineMax, sources say

Investment firms Blackstone and Donerail are among the final bidders to acquire MarineMax, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the recreational yacht retailer explores selling itself.The two, as well as private equity firm Centerbridge, are in the final round of bidding for the Clearwater, Florida-headquartered company, said the sources who are not permitted to discuss private deliberations.MarineMax, which has a market value of around $725 million, caters to a wealthy clientele through its 65 marinas and storage locations and 70 dealerships, mostly in the U.S. It has attra

Brazil's Lula signs into law foie gras ban, angering France

Trump warns China, Russia against involvement in Iran war

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US judge says Biden-era restrictions on prescribing abortion drug are unlawful

(Corrected to reflect that the judge said the rule was illegal but did not strike it down)By Daniel WiessnerJuly 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that it was illegal for former President Joe Biden's administration to require doctors and pharmacies to be specially certified to prescribe the abortion drug mifepristone.U.S. District Judge Robert Ballou in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Thursday agreed with three abortion providers that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had failed to consider relevant data and weigh the impact of the 2023 rule on patients and providers befo

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Anthropic rolls out Opus 5 AI model in efficiency upgrade

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Meet the World Cup referee paving the way for women

When Tori Penso walked onto the field, her three daughters were with her – their names inscribed on her cleats as a reminder of what the occasion meant beyond the whistle.Weeks before her 40th birthday, Penso became the first American woman – and the second woman ever – to referee a men’s World Cup match. She also led the first all-American, all-female officiating crew in the tournament’s history to oversee two group-stage games in June.The milestone follows a string of firsts. She took charge of a senior World Cup final at the 2023 Women’s World Cup, another first for an American

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Massive cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to four more states

Nine states now have related cases of diarrheal illness caused by iceberg lettuce contaminated with the microscopic cyclospora parasite, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Four more states — Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania — have been added to the outbreak that already includes Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.The additional states were first reported by The Washington Post.Data continue to show that contaminated iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico made people sick, the CDC said. So far, the agency has tallied 1,947 peop

Trump administration urges Congress to pass permanent daylight saving time

Teen pleads guilty to murder in a 2024 shooting that left 4 dead at Georgia's Apalachee High School

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Karoline Leavitt says Trump’s ‘patience is running out’ with key GOP leader

President Donald Trump’s criticism of Senate Majority Leader John Thune over the stalled SAVE America Act escalated Thursday, with the White House warning that the president’s “patience is running out” as Republican leaders struggle to advance the controversial voting legislation before lawmakers leave in August for recess.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump wants to see “as much of the SAVE America (Act) passed as possible” before senators leave Washington, pointing to remarks the president made at a rally in Georgia on Wednesday.“Look, the president spoke ab

Joe Manchin reenters the political orbit with a new independent experiment

At 78, Joe Manchin is stepping back into politics.A year and a half after leaving office fed up with the major parties, the former West Virginia senator is launching a new effort, the Independent Leadership Council, to recruit and support independent candidates across the country.“We’re not trying to start another party,” Manchin told CNN in an interview with his daughter, who’s also leading the council. “We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to – and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice. They can vote with Democrats and Republicans

11 people rescued after seaplane crashes and burns off Washington coast

Trump administration faces record turnover in second term

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‘It’s like firing your best worker for no apparent reason’: Why this New York family is dreading a looming deadline

Sabine French says she’s in denial.In a matter of days, her 91-year-old mother may lose the caregiver who’s played a vital role in her daily life for the last three years.The work permits issued to hundreds of thousands of Haitians who’ve had Temporary Protected Status in the United States are set to expire soon, after a Supreme Court ruling last month upheld the Trump administration’s decision to end Haitians’ protections under the program.The Trump administration has called the court’s ruling a “tremendous win,” arguing that TPS designations that provided deportation protecti

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Pentagon leaves casualty totals uncorrected on website after deaths and injuries disappeared

The Pentagon’s website that tracks war casualties remains incorrect nearly a day after the totals for US service member deaths and injuries in the war with Iran were reduced in what Defense Department officials called a “data disruption.”Democratic members of the Senate sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth late Thursday demanding answers as to why the website was having issues and asked for a full accounting of war casualties.Four deaths and dozens of injuries disappeared from the totals on Thursday after the Defense Casualty Analysis System website had correctly listed th

Measles cases in US hit highest level since 1991, CDC data shows

US FDA widens investigation into cyclosporiasis cases to four more states

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US measles cases reach 35-year high, for second record-breaking year in a row

Measles has continued its historic resurgence in the United States this year, with a second record-breaking year in a row. Just over halfway through 2026, the country has recorded more cases than in any other year since 1991 – surpassing a grim milestone that was just topped last year.The disease was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, but more cases have been recorded in the past 18 months than there have been in the previous 25 years combined.Dozens of new cases are reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention each week, with new large outbreaks adding to others that ha

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Why Venezuela can’t access $4 billion in gold that could help with earthquake recovery

It’s a fight for control over a stash of gold locked away in one of the world’s largest and most secure vaults, but this is no 18th century pirate novel or bank heist movie.It’s the situation facing the Venezuelan government as it attempts to navigate its way through political upheaval and the aftermath of last month’s devastating twin earthquakes.Caracas wants the Bank of England to return the 31 tons of gold bars it deposited there in 2008, saying it needs the money to pay for recovery efforts following the disaster that killed thousands of people and caused an economic hit equivalen

Massive cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to four more states

Trump to deliver 'unifying yet vicious' speech at dinner celebrating press freedom

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Laura Loomer meets Zelenskyy in Ukraine after her major reversal on the war

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‘Up in smoke’: Attacks on ‘Russia’s Amazon’ bring Putin’s war closer to home

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Saudi-US nuclear deal sparks fear of arms race across the Middle East

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Airline passengers hate middle seats. But that’s not why United is getting rid of some of them

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Minnesota man gets life in prison for assassinating Democratic lawmaker

The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to assassinating a top Democratic lawmaker and attempting to murder another was sentenced to life in federal prison on Thursday,

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Trump fetes Dodgers at the White House again, saying the team is 'one of the great brands'

President Donald Trump has celebrated the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House, calling the team “one of the great brands anywhere in the world.”

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‘It’s like firing your best worker for no apparent reason’: Why this New York family is dreading a looming deadline

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Tech titan’s ex-wife fails to win greater share of AI boom in decade-long ‘divorce of the century’

What went wrong: How an OpenAI model went rogue

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The world’s most important market is flashing red about the Iran war

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls