LeBron James wasn’t completely positive what the opening ceremony was all about when he was picked for his first Olympics in 2004.

This time, he’ll be one of many stars of the present.

James has been picked by his fellow United States Olympians to function the male flag-bearer for the Individuals in Friday night time’s opening ceremony for the Paris Video games. He turns into the third basketball participant, and first males’s participant, to hold the U.S. flag in the beginning of an Olympics, becoming a member of Daybreak Staley for the Athens Video games in 2004 and Sue Fowl for the Tokyo Video games that occurred in 2021.

“It is an unbelievable honour to characterize america on this international stage, particularly in a second that may convey the entire world collectively,” James stated. “For a child from Akron, this duty means the whole lot to not solely myself, however to my household, all the youngsters in my hometown, my teammates, fellow Olympians and so many individuals throughout the nation with large aspirations. Sports activities have the ability to convey us all collectively, and I am proud to be part of this vital second.”

The 39-year-old James received phrase of the honour Monday in London, a couple of hours earlier than the U.S. males’s staff was scheduled to play its last pre-Olympics exhibition recreation towards World Cup champion Germany.

Fellow U.S. star and first-time Olympian Stephen Curry, on behalf of the U.S. males’s staff, nominated James for the flag-bearer position.

“We perceive how a lot of an honour it’s to be in that place and I feel Bron’s total profession, on and off the courtroom, speaks for itself as him being worthy of that honour,” Curry stated within the nomination video.

“He has represented what it means to be glorious each on and off the courtroom in his dedication to service and to uplifting the neighborhood in all ways in which he is aware of how has been a lifelong ardour,” Curry added. “And the work speaks for itself.”

The feminine U.S. flag-bearer is anticipated to be revealed Tuesday. The Worldwide Olympic Committee determined in 2020 that nationwide delegations would have two flag-bearers, one male, one feminine, on the opening ceremony at an Olympics, a transfer to advertise gender parity. The U.S. is anticipated to have practically 600 athletes within the Paris Video games, about 53 per cent of them feminine.

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“Being chosen by your teammates to hold the flag is an amazing honour, and a testomony to LeBron’s ardour for Crew USA and his dedication to his sport,” U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland stated.

James, a worldwide icon, a four-time NBA champion and the league’s all-time main scorer set to enter his record-tying twenty second NBA season, is about to play within the Olympics for the fourth time, after he was a part of U.S. groups that received bronze in 2004, gold at Beijing in 2008 and gold once more in London in 2012. He walked within the opening ceremony at every of his three earlier Olympics.

This time, he’ll float.

This might be a gap ceremony like none different in Olympic historical past: Hundreds of athletes might be a part of a flotilla crusing alongside the River Seine at sundown towards the Eiffel Tower. It is a six-kilometre route, with about 320,000 visitors set to look at from the river financial institution and about one billion extra, Olympic officers estimate, watching on televisions all over the world.

Not all Olympic athletes participate within the opening ceremony; many skip it for logistical causes, akin to having to compete the next day. James and the four-time defending gold medalist U.S. males do not open Olympic play till Sunday, once they face Serbia at Lille, France.

James and the U.S. Olympians might be ready longer than nearly every other nation for his or her journey on the Seine. By IOC customized, Greece, which may have NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo as one among its two flag-bearers, will lead the procession, adopted by the Refugee Olympic Crew after which about 200 extra nationwide delegations. The U.S. is scheduled to go next-to-last within the procession, as a result of Los Angeles will play host to the subsequent Summer season Video games in 2028.

France, because the host, would be the last nation within the opening ceremony procession. Its males’s basketball staff, that includes reigning NBA rookie of the yr Victor Wembanyama, opens Olympic play on Saturday and is not anticipated to be current for the opening ceremony.

Sonya Massey deserved to be secure. After she known as the police for assist, she was tragically killed in her own residence by the hands of a responding officer sworn to guard and serve. Doug and I ship power and prayers to Sonya’s household and buddies, and we be part of them in grieving her mindless demise.
 
Our ideas are additionally with the communities throughout our nation whose requires assist are sometimes met with suspicion, mistrust, and even violence. The disturbing footage launched yesterday confirms what we all know from the lived experiences of so many – we have now a lot work to do to make sure that our justice system absolutely lives as much as its title.
 
I be part of President Biden in commending the swift motion of the State’s Lawyer’s Workplace and in calling on Congress to go the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a invoice that I coauthored within the Senate. On this second, in honor of Sonya’s reminiscence and the reminiscence of so many extra whose names we could by no means know, we should come collectively to attain significant reforms that advance the protection of all communities.

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NEW YORK — Wiz has rejected a reported $23 billion acquisition proposal from Google guardian Alphabet — because the cybersecurity startup pivots again to a previously-planned preliminary public providing, in line with an organization memo seen by CNBC and others.

That ends the prospect of what would’ve been the most costly acquisition in Google’s 25-year historical past. In a Monday memo to Wiz staff, as reported by CNBC, CEO Assaf Rappaport famous “saying no to such humbling gives is hard” however that the corporate had as an alternative chosen to focus by itself subsequent milestones — which embody going public and reaching $1 billion in annual recurring income.

Wiz and Google didn’t instantly reply to The Related Press’ requests for remark Tuesday.

Pleasure round Wiz doubtlessly inking a cope with Alphabet grew largely during the last week, as a number of shops cited unnamed sources acquainted with superior talks, however neither firm formally acknowledged the discussions. In accordance with CNN, which additionally noticed Wiz’s memo, Monday’s observe to staff didn’t point out Google or its guardian by identify — with Rappaport simply alluding to “buzz a few potential acquisition.”

Acquisition talks between firms might be very unpredictable — and, particularly in as we speak’s world of Large Tech, usually open the door for antitrust issues.

The proposed deal to accumulate Wiz, whereas now off the desk, was geared toward elevating Alphabet’s profile within the cloud computing market, an area at present led by Amazon and Microsoft.

That present pecking order could have given the Mountain View, California firm some wiggle room to assist knock down any potential crimson flags raised by regulators. Nonetheless, Google isn’t any stranger to competitors issues. The principle pillars of the tech large’s empire — web search and digital promoting — have turn out to be so outstanding that the U.S. Justice Division has focused them for antitrust violations in two separate lawsuits.

“We imagine there might be ripple impacts throughout the sector from this deal not taking place,” Wedbush analysts wrote in a Tuesday observe — predicting the transfer will speed up Google’s cyber safety efforts. There’ll doubtless be extra consolidation within the sector, the analysts added, as tech giants search for distributors to assist strengthen their platforms.

Wiz, a four-year-old startup headquartered in New York, makes safety instruments designed to defend the data saved in distant knowledge facilities from intruders. Again in Might, Wiz stated it raised $1 billion from enterprise capital buyers in a funding spherical that valued the corporate at $12 billion.

WASHINGTON—Home Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the next assertion after U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle introduced her resignation:

“The Oversight Committee’s listening to resulted in Director Cheatle’s resignation and there will likely be extra accountability to return. The Secret Service has a no-fail mission but it failed traditionally on Director Cheatle’s watch. At yesterday’s Oversight Committee listening to, Director Cheatle instilled no confidence that she has the flexibility to make sure the Secret Service can meet its protecting mission. Egregious safety failures main as much as and on the Butler, Pennsylvania marketing campaign rally resulted within the assassination try of President Trump, the homicide of an harmless sufferer, and hurt to others within the crowd. Whereas Director Cheatle’s resignation is a step towards accountability, we want a full evaluation of how these safety failures occurred in order that we will stop them going ahead. We are going to proceed our oversight of the Secret Service in assist of the Home Activity Power to ship transparency, accountability, and options to make sure this by no means occurs once more.”

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Wiz has ended talks with Google guardian Alphabet on a proposed $23 billion deal by which the Israeli cybersecurity startup would have grow to be the US tech large’s largest-ever acquisition, in accordance with a Wiz memo seen by CNN.

Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport mentioned the corporate would now concentrate on an preliminary public providing and rising the enterprise to generate $1 billion in annual income.

“I do know the final week has been intense, with the thrill a couple of potential acquisition. Whereas we’re flattered by affords now we have acquired, now we have chosen to proceed on our path to constructing Wiz,” Rappaport mentioned within the memo.

“Saying no to such humbling affords is hard, however with our distinctive group, I really feel assured in making that alternative.”

Neither Alphabet (GOOGL) nor Wiz had formally acknowledged talks a couple of deal, and the Wiz memo didn’t point out Google or its guardian by identify.

An individual aware of the matter informed CNN on Tuesday that Wiz administration, after significantly contemplating the Google provide, determined to stroll away as a result of they wish to stay an impartial firm and are assured Wiz could be constructed into one of many greatest cybersecurity companies on the planet.

Dangers round a probably prolonged and difficult antitrust assessment have been within the background however weren’t a deciding issue right here, the supply informed CNN.

CNN reported earlier this month that Alphabet was in superior talks to purchase Wiz for roughly $23 billion, citing an individual aware of the matter.

Discussions between Google and Wiz started after the startup raised $1 billion from enterprise capital buyers earlier this yr, the supply mentioned. That funding spherical had valued Wiz at $12 billion.

Wiz supplies cloud-based cybersecurity options that assist firms determine and take away important dangers on cloud platforms.

Wiz’s choice to name off the deal will likely be a setback for Google, which has been investing in its cloud infrastructure and specializing in successful purchasers for the cloud enterprise that generated greater than $33 billion in income final yr.

It’s the second current blow for Alphabet in its M&A efforts, after it reportedly determined to stroll away from a deal for on-line advertising software program firm HubSpot.

In March 2022, Alphabet purchased cybersecurity agency Mandiant for $5.4 billion as a part of its push to assist firms higher deal with cyber threats and bolster its cloud computing enterprise.

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President Joe Biden accomplished his tenth dose of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) Monday morning and his COVID signs have nearly fully resolved, his doctor reported.

Vice President Kamala Harris might reinvigorate the trouble to border the election round abortion rights. (Washington Submit)

Veterans Affairs division officers stated they’ll research how eradicating race from lung operate checks might have an effect on incapacity advantages for veterans, noting they anticipate a a lot smaller affect than predicted in a research revealed earlier this 12 months. (STAT)

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. floated a job in a Trump White Home overseeing a portfolio of well being and medical points as he thought of endorsing the previous president. (Washington Submit)

Regardless of authorized limitations, California lawmakers are pursuing laws geared toward defending youngsters from the potential risks of social media. (KFF Well being Information)

In San Diego, nurses at Rady Kids’s Hospital rejected a last-minute contract supply to up their pay by 25% over three years, and opted to strike as a substitute. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

The American School of Physicians issued a place paper outlining a regulatory framework for hashish. (Annals of Inside Drugs)

In Massachusetts, a lady was sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a hoax bomb risk at Boston Kids’s Hospital because the hospital was dealing with harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths. (AP)

At the least six individuals had been killed when a gunman entered a Croatian care dwelling and started capturing, in keeping with the nation’s public broadcaster. (CNN)

Haleon settled a shopper lawsuit that alleged its “non-drowsy” Robitussin cough and flu drugs triggered drowsiness, agreeing to pay $4.5 million and take away the declare from packaging and advertising and marketing. (Reuters)

In the meantime, a discontinued bronchial asthma treatment has left some sufferers scrambling, together with to the emergency division. (NPR)

The FDA authorized eculizumab-aagh (Epysqli) as a biosimilar to eculizumab (Soliris) to deal with sufferers with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, Samsung Bioepis stated.

Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, the final surviving member of the 4 Tops, died at age 88 from coronary heart failure. (New York Instances)

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Delta Air Strains is underneath investigation by the U.S. Division of Transportation’s Workplace of Aviation Client Safety because the airline scraps a whole bunch of flights for a fifth straight day after a defective software program replace from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down Microsoft programs around the globe. 

Whereas the outage impacted many companies, from retailers to airways, most have regained their footing and resumed common operations. As of seven:30 p.m. Japanese Time on Tuesday, Delta had scratched 478 flights, far exceeding cancellations by another U.S. airline, and delayed one other 1,440 flights, in line with information from flight tracker FlightAware.

In a press release despatched to CBS Information on Tuesday, the Transportation Division stated it “is investigating Delta Air Strains following continued widespread flight disruptions and experiences of regarding customer support failures.”

Delta stated in a press release it has obtained the company’s discover of investigation, including that it “is totally cooperating.”

“We stay completely targeted on restoring our operation after cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike’s defective Home windows replace rendered IT programs throughout the globe inoperable,” the corporate stated.

“I am so upset”

The airline is constant to battle with the aftermath of the outage, inflicting frustrations for vacationers attempting to get residence or go on trip. Some have opted to pay for expensive tickets on different airways as a way to get to their locations, in line with CBS Boston. 

In a Monday assertion, Delta stated its staff are “working 24/7” to revive its operations, however CEO Ed Bastian additionally stated it could take “one other couple days” earlier than “the worst is clearly behind us.” Different carriers have returned to just about regular ranges of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s comparatively weaker response to the outage that hit airways, hospitals and companies around the globe.

“I am so exhausted, I am so upset — not due to the outage, however the lack of transparency,” Charity Mutasa, who was delayed by a day attempting to get a Delta flight again to Boston from Dallas, informed CBS Boston.

One other traveler, Matthew Dardet, informed CBS Boston he ended up paying 3 times his authentic Delta ticket value for a seat on JetBlue after his flight to Florida was canceled a number of occasions. He was touring to make it to his grandfather’s 82nd birthday.

The place to get assist with refunds, misplaced baggage

Delta stated in a press release that it is prolonged a journey waiver for all prospects with journeys booked from July 19 to July 28, which permits them to make a one-time change to their itinerary freed from cost. Fare variations are waived if the rebooked flight takes place on or earlier than August 4 and on the identical cabin service stage. 

Clients even have a proper to get a refund upon request, in line with Delta. Vacationers can request an e-credit for the unflown a part of their journey or a refund at delta.com/refund.

In the meantime, the airline stated it’s also working to “reunite baggage with prospects” and that it has arrange what it described as an inner Baggage Command Middle in Atlanta, the place it has the best variety of misplaced baggage. It stated prospects can go to their native Baggage Service Workplace and file a declare, or submit one on-line at Delta.com or by way of the cellphone at (800) 325-8224.

“Delta continues to leverage as many options as attainable to make sure prospects’ baggage are returned to them as quickly as attainable,” the airline stated in an electronic mail.

Delta has canceled greater than 5,500 flights because the outage began early Friday morning, together with greater than 700 flights on Monday, in line with aviation-data supplier Cirium. Delta and its regional associates accounted for about two-thirds of all cancellations worldwide Monday, together with practically all aborted flights in america.

United Airways was the next-worst performer because the onset of the outage, canceling practically 1,500 flights. United canceled 47 flights on Tuesday, FlightAware’s information reveals.

Give attention to crew-tracking software program

One of many instruments Delta makes use of to trace crews was affected and couldn’t course of the excessive variety of adjustments triggered by the outage.

“The know-how situation occurred on the busiest journey weekend of the summer time, with our booked masses exceeding 90%, limiting our re-accommodation capabilities,” Bastian wrote. Masses are the proportion of offered seats on every flight.

In the meantime, the failures from CrowdStrike and Delta are drawing the eye of regulators and lawmakers. U.S. Home leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress in regards to the cybersecurity firm’s function within the tech outage. 

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D.-Wash., chair of the Senate committee that oversees airways, stated in a letter to Bastian that she is “involved” that Delta will not be complying with passenger rights contained in a legislation that Congress handed in Could.

“Whereas the know-how outage was clearly not brought on by Delta or any airline, I’m however involved that Delta is failing to fulfill the second and adequately defend the wants of passengers,” Cantwell wrote.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated his company had obtained “a whole bunch of complaints” about Delta and that he expects the airline to supply lodges and meals for vacationers who’re delayed, in addition to to situation immediate refunds to these prospects who do not wish to be rebooked on a later flight.

“Nobody ought to be stranded at an airport in a single day or caught on maintain for hours ready to speak to a customer support agent,” Buttigieg stated. He vowed to assist Delta passengers by implementing air journey consumer-protection guidelines.

“We’re involved about how the outcomes for passengers on Delta appear to be so totally different from what we’re seeing throughout the airline business,” Buttigieg informed CBS Information. “…Tales about individuals in traces of greater than 100 individuals with only one customer support agent serving them at an airport, that is fully unacceptable.” 

Southwest parallels

Delta’s meltdown mirrors that the mass disruptions that hit Southwest Airways in December 2022, when the low cost provider canceled practically 17,000 flights over 15 days. A Transportation Division investigation ended with Southwest agreeing to pay a $35 million superb as a part of a $140 million settlement.

Client advocates see the identical sample with Delta this month — the airline continues accountable the CrowdStrike outage whereas rivals akin to American recovered shortly. Even United Airways, the second-worst at cancellations, was again on observe Monday.

“It isn’t in regards to the factor that brought about the issue, it is about the way you get better from the issue. That is the check of an airline,” stated William McGee, a former plane dispatcher who’s a shopper advocate on the American Financial Liberties Mission, a bunch essential of enormous companies.

—With reporting by the Related Press.

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Noticed: Ryan Reynolds and Blake Vigorous introducing their child.

After welcoming their fourth little one final 12 months, the couple has revealed the title of their new addition: Olin.

Whereas talking on the “Deadpool & Wolverine” premiere in New York July 22, Reynolds shouted out daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4, together with their child.

“I wish to begin by saying thanks to my spouse Blake, who’s right here,” he shared from the stage. “I wish to thank my youngsters James, Inez, Betty, Olin, who’re right here: I hope that, if I’m fortunate, this second would be the most traumatic factor — that’s, the contents of this film — that occurs in your wondrous life.”

He added, “I like that my whole household is right here.”

It has been a long-awaited reveal for followers, with Reynolds solely providing a small clue on the “Right this moment” present in Might that pal Taylor Swift didn’t, in truth, disclose the moniker in her “Tortured Poets Division” album.

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“We at all times look forward to Taylor to inform us what the kid’s title is,” he joked, “and I’ll say this, we’re nonetheless ready.”

One factor’s for sure: Since changing into a household of six, their residence has turn into “a zoo,” in accordance with the Marvel star.

However the 47-year-old would not have it every other method, noting on CNBC’s Power Lunch final 12 months that he and the “Gossip Woman” alum are “very excited” about their littlest member of the family.

“Look, we would not do that 4 occasions if we did not like it,” the “Deadpool” actor shared. “Everyone’s doing nice. Everyone’s truly doing unbelievable.”

Followers first speculated that Vigorous gave start after her 2023 Tremendous Bowl Sunday submit, the place she posed with no child bump. “Pet Bowl Sunday 2023,” the 36-year-old captioned the Instagram submit. “been busy.”

Blake Vigorous likes to roast husband Ryan Reynolds. The star and her pal Gigi Hadid spoke with Entry Hollywood on the premiere of “Deadpool & Wolverine” the place she joked about him being a “millennial woman” saying she’s his “solely buddy.” “Deadpool & Wolverine” hits theaters July 26.

Though they’ve but to share the intercourse of their child, Ryan confessed he has loads of expertise with each genders: He himself is the youngest of 4 boys and he is beforehand spoken about how a lot he loves being a lady dad.

“I do know women,” he stated on “Right this moment” in 2022. “So I am form of hoping for that.”

He additionally famous simply how chaotic a family stuffed with boys might be.

“I come from all brothers, which is why I communicate from expertise,” the “Spirited” star stated. “I like my well-being and I like my residence. I used to be the youngest of 4 and we had been simply arsonists and firemen.”

So, having an enormous household is a practice he is proud to proceed with Vigorous.

“You are my coronary heart. You are my hope. You are my happiness,” he informed his spouse onstage on the Folks’s Selection Awards in 2022. “I joke that my household exhausts me however, in actuality, you give me extra power than any man may probably deserve.”

The actor—who was beforehand married to Scarlett Johansson from 2008 to 2011 — tied the knot with Vigorous in 2012 after courting for a 12 months.

Bryson DeChambeau introduced he could have former President Donald Trump on his Break 50 podcast on Tuesday for a particular episode.

DeChambeau posted on X that Trump, the Republican presidential nominee for the 2024 election, will seem on his Break 50 present.

Along with Trump’s look, the golfer’s present might be donating $10,000 to the Wounded Warrior Undertaking for each stroke they rating beneath par.

In a follow-up publish, DeChambeau clarified that this “is about golf and giving again to our nation’s veterans, not politics.”

“Just a few weeks in the past I reached out to each events’ presidential campaigns and @realDonaldTrump was down for the problem,” the golfer’s publish mentioned. “It’s an unimaginable honor to have the ability to get pleasure from a spherical of golf with any sitting or former president, and all have an open invitation to affix me for a spherical of Break 50 anytime.”

DeChambeau posts episodes of his Break 50 podcast to his YouTube channel, which has greater than 850,000 subscribers. Earlier episodes function 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia, mannequin Paige Spiranac and golf YouTuber Garrett Clark.

After the assassination try on Trump on July 13 throughout a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, DeChambeau voiced his assist for the previous president on X.

“Violence deserves no place on this world. Praying for President Trump and his household,” the golfer mentioned in an X publish. “Wishing for a speedy restoration.”