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After winning the all-around gymnastics title, she wore a sparkly necklace in the shape of a goat, for Greatest of All Time. But she is not done yet: She has three more chances to win medals in Paris.

An investigation determined that missed warning signals and the “catastrophic failure” of a gearbox led to the crash off the coast of Japan in November.

The Israeli military said it had killed Muhammad Deif, who it called a planner of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which would make him the third Iranian-backed militant leader slain in recent days.

The fate of Muhammad Deif, a top Hamas leader, has been unclear, and the group has not confirmed his death. Funerals for senior officials from Hamas and Hezbollah, both of whom were assassinated this week, drew thousands.

Concerns for the Israeli team — which has been shrouded in protection at every Games since 1972 — have substantially increased since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks and the war in Gaza.

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, and about two dozen other people were freed as part of a deal whose scope has little precedent in the post-Soviet era. President Biden said “their brutal ordeal is over.”

No female American Olympian has won more medals than Ledecky, who swam the third leg for the Americans’ 4x200 freestyle relay team that finished second behind Australia.

A judge allowed the naming of the 17-year-old charged with murder, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed a crackdown on riots fueled by far-right misinformation.

Plus, how a Hamas leader was assassinated in Iran and a look inside the Olympic Village.

Evan Gershkovich was raised in New Jersey by parents who left the Soviet Union to escape antisemitism and a lack of opportunity.