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Athletes sit in chairs outside a wooden hut at the Olympic Village in Paris in 1924.
Athletes relaxed at the first Olympic Village.
  • The first Olympic Village was built in Paris in 1924 to "foster cordiality" among athletes.
  • Competitors slept in wooden huts and were offered wine with lunch and dinner.
  • The village also had a post office, a salon, and laundry.

Athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics are not mincing their words about the Olympic


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People are so excited for the next-gen Switch, they're likely holding off on buying Nintendo's current consoles and games. At least that's what the company's latest earnings report seems to indicate. For the quarter ending on June 30, Nintendo posted a net profit of 80.9 billion Japanese Yen, which is higher than its forecast but over 50 percent lower than its net profit for the same period last



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Sen. Mark Kelly is getting a lot more attention than usual at the Capitol right now.
Sen. Mark Kelly is getting a lot more attention than usual at the Capitol right now.
  • Sen. Mark Kelly is the one and only senator on Kamala Harris's VP shortlist.
  • Suddenly, he's become a center of attention on Capitol Hill. It's unusual for the Arizona senator.
  • "He is, I'm not exaggerating, the most even-keeled politician I've ever met," one colleague said.

It was just after


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Everyone seems to want in on newspaper-style casual gaming. While The New York Times is leading the way with Wordle and its iconic crossword, major companies ranging from Netflix to LinkedIn are trying to carve out a place as well. So, when game designer Zach Gage, cofounder of the Hearst-owned site Puzzmo, started exploring the space, he knew the



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Our pick for the best budget Android phone is looking even better right now as the Google Pixel 8a has dropped to a new all-time-low price. You can pick up the device for $399. That's 20 percent off the regular price, and it's even lower than any of the deals we saw for it during Prime Day.

The Pixel 8a has the same Tensor G3 chip as the rest of the Pixel 8 lineup, which means you get access to



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A colorful child's birthday party with a mom cheering up a crying daughter
  • Child-focused parenting is when parents center activities and schedules around kids.
  • Like gentle parenting, it can lead to burnout and worse-behaved kids.
  • Taking kids out of child-centric activities builds their resilience and happiness.

When Michaeleen Doucleff became a parent, she read books on how to ensure her child's happiness. She wanted to be a good mom, to not deprive