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Trevor Bassitt made his Olympic debut on Monday morning and finished fifth in the second heat in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 49.38.

ATLANTA (AP) — Two rallies. Two Americas.

REX, Ga. — The third-grade students at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School had only a few days until summer vacation, and an hour until lunch, but there was no struggle to focus as they filed into the classroom. They were ready for one of their favorite parts of the day.

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ZEITA, West Bank (AP) — Two Israeli airstrikes in the West Bank killed nine Palestinian militants on Saturday, Israel’s army said, as violence flared again in the Israeli-occupied territory with tensions high over the war in Gaza and a potential regional escalation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have unified with remarkable speed behind Vice President Kamala Harris as she has taken over the top of the party’s ticket heading into the November presidential election.

MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression over Cuba is growing better organized, forecasters said Saturday, and is likely to bring drenching rain and coastal flooding to much of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases.

The trend of the real estate market in Allen County is shown by the following report, for the week running July 25 through July 31. Figures reflect the selling price of the property, along with the address or lot number of same and are courtesy of Allen County Recorder Mona Losh’s Office.

Rain is often welcomed after days of excess heat and humidity. If that welcomed rain finally comes to the area, oftentimes people run outside to check their rain gauges. At my house, my husband is often the one to check our rain gauge. Upon checking our rain gauge, my husband lets me know how many tenths of rain we received.