Travis Scott remains in French police custody after altercation with security guard in Paris hotel

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say they have extended the police custody order for rapper Travis Scott. He was arrested early Friday at a Paris hotel after an altercation with a security guard. A statement from the Paris prosecutor’s office Saturday said the rapper remains in custody after the order was extended Friday night. Scott was arrested after police were called to the Georges V hotel to arrest a man, whose birth name is Jacques Webster. The rapper is in Paris for the Olympics. He watched the United States rally over Serbia in the men’s basketball semifinal on Thursday night.

Amanda Knox wasn’t coerced but ‘freely’ accused a bar owner in roommate’s murder, Italian court says

MILAN (AP) — An Italian appeals court says that Amanda Knox’s hand-written memo at the center of her latest retrial for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in the 2007 murder of her British housemate contained enough elements for her to be reconvicted of slander in June. The Florence court gave its reasonings on Friday. Knox’s lawyer has said that she plans to appeal. The slander conviction remains the only one remaining against her long after Knox was definitively exonerated of the murder, and she traveled to Florence in June hoping to remove the last legal stain against her — only to be convicted again.

FDA approves first nasal spray to treat dangerous allergic reactions

U.S. health officials have approved the first nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, offering an alternative to injectable products like EpiPen. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it approved the spray as an emergency treatment for adults and older children experiencing life-threatening allergic reactions. The new spray will be marketed under the brand name Neffy. It’s one of several needle-free devices being developed to treat millions of Americans with severe allergies to food and other triggers.

Japan’s Kishida cancels Asia trip after scientists urge preparations for a possible ‘megaquake’

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has canceled a planned trip to Central Asia to lead the government’s response after scientists urged people to prepare for a possible “megaquake” off the country’s southern coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first ever “megaquake advisory” on Thursday warning of a possible future major earthquake after a magnitude 7.1 quake shook Kyushu island earlier in the day. Thursday’s quake injured 16 people, most of them slightly, and caused no major damage. Scientists at the meteorological agency analyzed the quake and issued the “megaquake advisory” for areas near a long underwater trough responsible for past devastating earthquakes, sparking public unease.

Plane carrying Panthers players, coaches and staff gets stuck in the mud after landing in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers players, coaches and staff members were unharmed after their Delta Airlines flight veered off the taxiway and got stuck in the mud while making its way to the gate at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Friday morning. The team was returning from a 17-3 preseason loss at New England and arrived safely around 2:35 a.m. on the runway. But as the plane was making its way to the terminal it got stuck in the mud and couldn’t move, forcing passengers to have to deplane via stairs and be transported to the terminal. No injuries were reported.

Chi Chi Rodriguez, Hall of Fame golfer known for antics on the greens, dies at 88

Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer whose antics on the greens and inspiring life story made him among the sport’s most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88. Rodriguez’s death was announced by Carmelo Javier Ríos, a senator in Rodriguez’s native Puerto Rico. Rodriguez said he learned to play golf by hitting tin cans with a guava tree stick and then found work as a caddie. He He served in the U.S. Army from 1955-57 and joined the PGA Tour in 1960 and won eight times during his 21-year career, playing on one Ryder Cup team.

Maduro goes after X and WhatsApp as pressure mounts to back up his claim to victory in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is trying to accomplish something that seems impossible in the South American country: steer people away from WhatsApp and X. Maduro’s announcement this week that he has ordered a 10-day block on access to X in Venezuela is the latest in a series of efforts by his government to try to suppress information sharing among the population voicing doubts about his claim to victory in the July 28 presidential election. It also reveals how every aspect of Venezuela’s government is subject to Maduro’s wants and needs, as he went from demanding retweets from his Cabinet in May to ordering the nation’s telecommunications agency on Thursday to block access to X.

A Serbian competitor in the CrossFit Games dies during a swimming event at a Texas lake

DALLAS (AP) — A Serbian competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event at a Texas lake. CrossFit CEO Don Faul says they were “deeply saddened” by the death Thursday morning of one of their athletes. An official with the Fort Worth Fire Department say they were called to assist police with a participant in the water who hadn’t been seen in some time. Officials have identified the athlete as 28-year-old Lazar Dukic. Dukic’s biography on the CrossFit website says he was the third-ranked CrossFit athlete in Serbia and the 88th-ranked worldwide.

COVID-stricken Noah Lyles collapses after getting bronze, one of 8 US medals at Olympic track

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters, falling to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, then collapsing on the track and being carted off in a wheelchair. Later, wearing a mask, Lyles told reporters he had COVID. After crossing the line third, Lyles fell to his back and writhed around in pain, staying down for nearly 30 seconds before getting up, asking for water and getting to the wheelchair. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own record and won gold again in the women’s 400 hurdles; Grant Holloway and Daniel Roberts went 1-2 for the U.S. in the 110 hurdles. Tara Davis-Woohall of the U.S. won gold in the long jump.

MrBeast wants ‘full assessment’ of internal culture amid allegations of impropriety and unsafe sets

NEW YORK (AP) — A confidential memo shows that MrBeast has ordered a full assessment of the internal culture in his YouTube empire and an investigation into “allegations of inappropriate behavior by people in the company.” The Wednesday message obtained by The Associated Press outlines infrastructure changes including plans to hire a chief human resources officer and require company-wide sensitivity training. The expanded probe signals that troubles inside YouTube’s biggest channel could go deeper than the “serious allegations” facing a longtime collaborator acknowledged last month by MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson. Recent controversies also include clips showing past racist and homophobic language, as well as safety concerns from an early production of his Amazon Prime reality game show.