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Team USA's Brittney Griner (15) played her first international basketball game since her detention in Russia. She helped the USA women power by Japan in the opening game of group play on Monday as the U.S. aims for an unprecedented eighth straight gold medal.
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Members of the U.S. men's gymnastics team pose with their bronze medal following the men's team final on Monday. It's the first Olympic medal for the U.S. in the event since 2008.
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Edith Bouvier Beale at her home "Grey Gardens" in January 1972 in New York. A 1975 documentary by that name explores the reclusive lives of Beale and her mother, living in their dilapidated house with over 50 cats.
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President Joe Biden speaks at an event commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Monday, July 29, 2024, at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.
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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 17 in Milwaukee.
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Hobie Biliouris, 14, of the Arlington Tigers gymnastics team practices on the rings at the Barcroft Sports & Fitness Center in Arlington, Va., on July 2. He recently joined the Tigers after his previous team ended its boys program.
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Kevin Durant of Team United States looks to pass against Serbia's Vasilije Micic (left) during the second half of Olympic group play at Stade Pierre Mauroy on Sunday in Lille, France.
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Torri Huske of Team USA reacts after winning gold in the women’s 100-meter butterfly final on Sunday at the Olympic Games in Paris.
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A plane drops fire retardant on the Park Fire near Forest Ranch, Calif., Sunday, July 28, 2024. Smoke from the fire is causing air quality issues across the Northwest and parts of Canada.
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Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she is introduced during the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.'s Grand Boulé, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
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The U.S. gymnast Simone Biles appeared to hurt her lower left leg during a warmup on Sunday, but she finished the remaining events after wrapping her ankle with thick athletic tape.
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Boat docks sit on dry cracked earth at the Great Salt Lake's Antelope Island Marina in 2021 near Syracuse, Utah.
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U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign fundraising event at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Mass., on Saturday.
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New Zealand midfielder Macey Fraser (right) and Canada forward Janine Beckie fight for the ball during the group match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Etienne on Thursday.
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Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on Friday in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray arrives at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
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The United States won its first medals at the Paris Olympic Games when Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon took silver in the synchronized 3m springboard final on Saturday. Cook (right) and Bacon pose after the competition at the Aquatics Center in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
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