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We're back from our summer break and happy to be where we belong at the mic and bringing you

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I'm Tori. Today is Monday, August 12, 2024.

And we begin with actor Tom Cruise closing out the

2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and previewing the

2028 Los Angeles Games in true Tinsultown style. The movie star, famous for doing his own crazy stunts,

repelled live into the Stad of France, jumped onto a motorcycle with the Olympic flag,

then in a pre-recorded video flew it to

L.A. to skydived down and decorate the Hollywood sign with the rings

for an over-the-top ceremonial host city handoff. Just hours earlier US women's basketball capped off the two-week

competition with a nail-biting victory over France to become the first team in any

sport to win in eight consecutive Olympics. The Last Day Triumph also pushed the US to a

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