A child rapist competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics sparks international outrage

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Olympic beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl in 2014. He's competing in the 2024 Paris Games, sparking public outcry.

The Olympics will challenge mobile-network providers to satiate 15 million attendees' hunger for internet connectivity

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Pierre Mauroy Stadium at the Paris Olympics.
Pierre Mauroy Stadium.

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Why athletes at Olympic Village are finding some Grindr features disabled

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Grindr is disabling location-based features in the Olympic Village.

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Parisian Airbnb hosts are raking it in this summer as hotels suffer

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Apartments near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France.
Apartments near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France.

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Take a look at the luxury items LVMH is custom-making for the Paris Olympics

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A custom Louis Vuitton trunk holds the Olympic medals, also designed by an LVMH brand.

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Jordan Chiles is competing in her second Olympics in Paris. Meet the gymnast who already counts Beyoncé and Michael Jordan as fans.

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Jordan Chiles, wearing a red, white, and blue leotard, presses chalk-covered palms together as she competes in front of an audience at the 2024 US Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials.
Jordan Chiles will compete in the 2024 Olympics.

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Peacock's NFL subscriber bump looks like it's over

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Taylor Swift celebrating with fans during the Miami Dolphins/ Kansas City Chiefs game in January 2024 in Kansas City.
Taylor Swift with fans during the Kansas City Chiefs-Miami Dolphins playoff game in January. Fans who weren't at the stadium had to get a Peacock subscription to watch the game.

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The world's top archer prepares for the Olympics by shooting 300 arrows a day and eating more pasta

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Composite image showing Olympic archer Casey Kaufhold, featuring a headshot alongside an action shot of Kaufhold with an arrow and a bow

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Meet Jade Carey, the gymnast and Olympic gold medalist making a comeback in Paris

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Gymnast Jade Carey, dressed in a red, white, and blue sparkly leotard, kneels on the blue spring floor and makes a devil horns hand gesture at the end of her floor routine at the Women's US Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials.
Jade Carey is returning to the Olympics for a second time, this time in Paris. The gymnast won gold for her floor routine in the last Olympic cycle.

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The US Olympic committee is suing Logan Paul and KSI's drink brand Prime for using Olympic branding without permission

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Logan Paul and KSI pose courtside during break in play between the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers in their basketball game at the Scotiabank Arena on October 28, 2023
The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has sued Prime for using its trademarks without permission.

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