Jamal Murray On Contract Extension Talks: “when We Get There, We Get There”

In the years leading up to my father’s death, he suffered. I know this because he didn’t hide it. I witnessed one of his worst days in the hospital one week after suffering a stroke. His potassium level dropped dangerously low, and the doctor decided to administer it intravenously through his forearm.

Like all Olympic sprinters, American 200-m star Gabby Thomas ramped up her training in July, in the weeks prior to the Paris Games. She did reps on successive days, to mimic the three rounds she’ll have to run, starting Aug. 4 through the women’s 200-m final on Aug. 6., to win the Olympic title.

Indonesia will allow women to have an abortion up to 14 weeks gestation in some instances, from six weeks previously, as part of regulatory changes aimed at arresting one of Southeast Asia’s highest rates of maternal mortality. The new rule, signed into law by President Joko Widodo this week, follows demands from women’s rights activists and health-care practitioners who argue that the previous rule was too restrictive in cases of rape, leading some women and girls to be jailed for terminations beyond six weeks. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Abortion is illegal in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, with the exception of medical emergencies and rape.

Today is Thursday, Aug. 1, the 214th day of 2024. There are 152 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 1, 1981, MTV began its American broadcast; the first music video aired on the new cable TV network was “Video Killed the Radio Star,” by The Buggles. Also on this date: In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th state in the Union, less than a month after the US Centennial (earning it the nickname “the Centennial State”). Related Articles Today in History: July 31, Phelps sets Olympic medal record Today in History: July 30, Jenner takes gold in Montreal Today in History: July 29, USS Forrestal accident Today in History: July 28, US Army airplane crashes into Empire State Building Today in History: July 27, Korean War hostilities end In 1907, a week-long boys’ camping event began on Brownsea Island in southern England, organized by Robert Baden-Powell; the event is now marked as the beginning of the Scout Movement. In 1936, the Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. In 1944, an uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing. In 1957, the United States and Canada announced they had agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building. In 1971, The Concert for Bangladesh, an all-star benefit organized by George Harrison of The Beatles and sitar player Ravi Shankar, was held at Madison Square Garden in New York. In 1975, a 35-nation summit in Finland concluded with the signing of a declaration known as the Helsinki Accords dealing with European security, human rights and East-West contacts. In 2001, Pro Bowl tackle Korey Stringer, 27, died of heat stroke, a day after collapsing at the Minnesota Vikings’ training camp on the hottest day of the year. In 2004, the Ycua Bolanos supermarket fire in Asuncion, Paraguay killed more than 400 people. In 2007, the eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour, killing 13 people. In 2011, the U.

There are a lot of things you can call Giorgia Villa: Italian gymnast, newly minted Olympic silver medalist, and probably the world’s most famous cheese ambassador. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Together with her five teammates in Paris on Tuesday, the 21-year-old secured Italy’s first Olympic medal in gymnastics in nearly a century during the women’s all-around artistic final, which Team USA won.

The Rockies’ big three carried them to one of their most satisfying victories of the season on Wednesday night at Anaheim Stadium. Kyle Freeland pitched like an ace, Ezequiel Tovar kept streaking and Benton Doyle provided the muscle in a 2-1 white-knuckle victory over the Angels. Colorado snapped a five-game losing streak. And how’s this for a nice change of pace?