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Disney Experience Chairman Josh D’Amaro unveiled ambitious plans for Walt Disney World, including new attractions and in-park destinations.D’Amaro announced the plans to the company’s most ardent supporters on Saturday at the Disney fan event D23 in Anaheim, Calif. The biennial expo is a must-see for Disney fans, featuring franchises that span fandoms such as Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars” and Marvel Studios’ “The Avengers.”A-list celebrities often take to the stage to promote upcoming projects, and Disney executives typically use the platform to show off big announcements to delighted fans. Disney fans attended D23 on Saturday. Araya Doheny/Getty Images This weekend was no…

The 2024 Paris Olympics were for women.The event was the first in history to achieve gender parity, with an equal number of male and female competitors. Women have thrived on the world stage and broken numerous records.Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle on July 31.Sarah Steer/Getty Images filePerhaps most impressive is the sheer number of medals won by U.S. women.The women won 67 of the U.S. team’s 126 medals, seven more than the men (though Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal is in question after the IOC asked that it go…

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NEW YORK — In the box office showdown between Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, both husband and wife emerged victorious.”Deadpool & Wolverine,” the Marvel Studios blockbuster directed by Reynolds, was the top movie in North American theaters for a third straight week with ticket sales of $54.2 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Its worldwide gross has now surpassed $1 billion. But it was closely followed by “It Ends With Us,” a romantic drama starring Lively that opened with a better-than-expected $50 million debut.These movies were like a family version of Babenheimer, where competing programming resulted in two very…

An explosion at a home in Bel Air, Maryland, on Sunday morning killed two people and injured one, authorities said.Those killed were a utility contractor who was already at the property checking out a reported gas leak, and the 73-year-old homeowner who was preparing to meet with a real estate agent that day to put the house on the market, Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire said.The injured were local residents who suffered cuts and bruises and refused medical treatment.Alkire said at an afternoon press conference that the identities of those who died would be released by the coroner at…

SAO PAULO — Families of victims of a Brazilian plane crash gathered Sunday at a Sao Paulo morgue and hotel while forensic experts worked to identify the remains of the 62 people killed in the disaster.Local authorities said the bodies of pilot Danilo Santos Romano and co-pilot Humberto de Campos Alencar e Silva were the first to be identified. Brazilian media reported that four more had been identified at a morgue in Sao Paulo, but authorities have not confirmed that information.The search ended at 10:45pm on Saturday, 33 hours after the crash, and the bodies of all 34 men and…

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart in a phone call on Sunday that China supports defending Iran’s “sovereignty, security and national dignity”, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.In the phone call, Wang reiterated Beijing’s condemnation of the July 31 assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, saying the attack violated Iran’s sovereignty and threatened regional stability.Iran and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas blamed Israel for the attack that killed Haniyeh.Israel has neither admitted nor denied responsibility for the killing, raising fears that a war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip could…