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Sports on TV for Friday, August 1

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, August 1 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:35 a.m. FS1 — AFL: Hawthorn at Adelaide 2 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Essendon at Sydney 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS1 — AFL: Brisbane at Collingwood AUTO RACING 7:25 a.m. ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice,

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There is a dangerous risk for torrential rainfall and flash flooding in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Thursday for millions along the Interstate 95 corridor. It could be another potentially serious flood event in a summer that’s been full of them.

Storms drench millions from DC to New York as flash floods inundate roads and snarl air travel

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Torrential rainfall and flash flooding slammed the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Thursday, wreaking havoc along the Interstate 95 corridor and leaving a child in Maryland dead. This was another serious flood event in a summer that’s been full of them. Heavy storms developed in the afternoon and lasted through

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WNBA Glance

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 17 9 .654 — Atlanta 16 11 .593 1½ Indiana 15 12 .556 2½ Washington 13 14 .481 4½ Chicago 7 19 .269 10 Connecticut 4 21 .160 12½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 23 5 .821 — Phoenix 16 10 .615

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A senior Trump administration official stated July 31 that President Donald Trump is not currently considering clemency for Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislane Maxwell after the president has repeatedly left the door open on the matter in recent weeks.

‘No leniency is being given or discussed’: Trump admin official denies Maxwell clemency is currently on the table

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A senior Trump administration official stated Thursday that President Donald Trump is not currently considering clemency for Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell after the president has repeatedly left the door open on the matter in recent weeks. “No leniency is being given or discussed. That’s just false. The President

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Ukraine’s Parliament approves law restoring independence of anti-graft watchdogs following backlash

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill presented by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that restores the independence of two of the country’s key anti-corruption watchdogs, reversing his contentious move last week that curbed their power and brought an outcry. Last week’s measure by Zelenskyy to place

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US envoy arrives in Israel to monitor Gaza food distribution as humanitarian crisis worsens

By WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, as the death toll of Palestinians waiting for food and other aid continued to climb. Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador Mike

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Emergency crews on the scene at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport after a Delta Air Line flight made an emergency landing.

Severe turbulence on Delta flight forces emergency landing and sends more than two dozen on board to hospitals

CNN By Matt Rehbein, Hanna Park, Martin Goillandeau, Lauren Mascarenhas, Mike Figliola, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Some passengers were terrified, convinced the plane was going down. One seasoned traveler said it was the roughest flight he’d ever taken. A woman on board felt like she was experiencing an earthquake. Severe turbulence struck a Delta

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McIntosh tops the podium alongside Smith and Dekkers.

Summer McIntosh wins third World Aquatics Championships gold but falls just short of 200m butterfly world record

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Canadian swimming sensation Summer McIntosh won her third gold medal of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore but fell agonizingly short of breaking the 200-meter butterfly world record. The 18-year-old McIntosh, who has already taken victories in the 400m freestyle and 200m medley, looked on course to set a

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