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The Sunday Flyover Replay : The Gold Medal Rush, Famous Landmark Collapses, and the Olympics’ MostDangerous Job,
Presented by Russell Sherrard,
Narrated by Artificial Intelligence,
THE FLYOVER,
Sunday, AUGUST 11, 2024,
Good Morning! On this day in 1948, the first Olympic Games since the 1938 Berlin Olympics opened in London, ending the hiatus resulting from World War II.
Today, the 2024 Paris Olympics come to a close, having offered a slightly higher number of events than the 1948 Games—just shy of 200 more!
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TAKEOFF,
Israel Strikes Gaza City Target,
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza has reportedly killed at least 100 people, according to Palestinian authorities. Israel says it killed 19 militants and that Hamas is exaggerating the civilian death toll.
The target was a school repurposed as a shelter for displaced Palestinians, but according to Israeli officials, it also held a command room for senior Hamas leaders.
The Biden administration said it was “deeply concerned” about civilian casualties.
A fresh round of ceasefire talks is set to begin Thursday.
Former YouTube CEO Dies at 56,
Prominent businesswoman Susan Wojcicki died Friday at 56 after two years of battling lung cancer. Wojcicki was the former CEO of YouTube as well as an executive at Google, having joined the company in 1999 as one of its first few employees.
She was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2014.
Wojcicki’s son, Marco Troper, died in February after a drug overdose in his UC Berkeley dorm room. Husband Dennis Troper called Wojcicki “a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many.”
Utah’s Double Arch Collapses,
The iconic Double Arch rock formation at Glen Canyon in Utah collapsed this week, according to the National Park Service.
A frequently-visited site, the Navajo sandstone feature was also known as the “Toilet Bowl,” “Crescent Pool,” and “Hole in the Roof.”
Park rangers are pointing to changing water levels and erosion from waves in Lake Powell as contributors to the collapse. No injuries were reported.
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Now, back to the News.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT,
Los Angeles Dodgers third basemen Kike Hernandez hit one of the craziest home runs you’ll ever see on Friday. The ball could have been caught by left fielder Bryan Reynolds but instead hit off his glove and bounced over the fence for a home run.
Check out this incredible scramble by New England Patriots 2024 draft pick Joe Milton that looked like something out of a video game.
Colorado head coach and NFL legend Deion Sanders is back, causing more drama with the media — this time refusing to speak to certain reporters during his press conference on Friday.
2024 Summer Olympics,
The USA Men’s basketball team won its gold medal match yesterday versus France. Steph Curry lead the way with 24 points, including a string of consecutive threes to put the game out of reach.
The Americans grabbed gold in both the men’s and women’s 4×400 relay. The women’s team set a new American record, and the men’s team broke the Olympic record.
Mallory Swanson scored the only goal of the women’s soccer gold medal match, giving Team USA its first Olympic title since 2012
What to watch: The USA trails China by one in the gold medal count. They have a chance to overtake them today with women’s basketball and volleyball finals, as well as men’s water polo.
FINANCE,
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway now owns $234 billion in short-term U.S. Treasury bills—more than the federal reserve.
Paramount Global will cut 15% of its workforce in the coming weeks. CEO Chris McCarthy cited redundancy issues in marketing, finance, legal, and several more departments.
Residential real estate listings jumped 18% in July. It’s a 3.4% increase from last year.
THE ROTATOR,
SUNDAY REWIND,
VP candidate JD Vance’s plane landed at the same time as VP Harris in Eau Claire, WI, and Vance took the opportunity to walk across the tarmac and speak to reporters about Harris’ lack of press availability.
A whale made a splash at the Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti.
Archeologists found a ‘Stonehenge-like’ structure on the bottom of Lake Michigan. It’s believed to be 9,000 years old.
QUICK HITS,
Professional photographer Ben Thouard had the most dangerous job at the Olympic games.
Long-form: Russian spies once had a bad habit of stealing U.S. tech, and the Americans fought back with sabotage.
A scientist recently made the case that AI will change society more than the steam engine, electrification, and computers did.
Visiting Hawaii anytime soon? Here are 18 of its most beautiful beaches.
Have you ever thought it hurts to think? Apparently, it can.
Artist Andy Warhol left behind thousands of digital art files on archaic floppy disks.
Daily Quote,
“I impressed myself on that one.”
— Team USA’s Steph Curry, on his incredible three-pointer at the end of the gold medal game,
And thats the news for today.
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