US: Flash Flood Hits Durham, NC Days After Tropical Depression Chantal

Several parts of North Carolina experienced severe flash flooding on Wednesday, July 9, as a strong line of thunderstorms moved into the region, just days after Tropical Depression Chantal brought intense flooding to Chapel Hill. The Durham Fire Department responded to multiple calls as a result of flooding across the city and surrounding areas, including rescue operation.

Halep Banned For Four Years For Doping Offences

Halep Banned For Four Years For Doping Offences

File photo - Simona Halep during a practice session at the 2018 Indian Wells Masters 1000 at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California, USA, on March 6, 2019. Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been banned for four years following breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme. An independent tribunal determined the 31-year-old Romanian had committed "intentional" anti-doping violations. Former world number one Halep tested positive for the use of roxadustat at last year's US Open. Photo by Corinne Dubreuil/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japan's Date-Krumm talks with doubles partner at BNP Paribas Open

Japan's Date-Krumm talks with doubles partner at BNP Paribas Open

INDIAN WELLS, United States - Japanese tennis player Kimiko Date-Krumm (L) talks with partner Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic during the women's doubles quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on March 12, 2014. Date-Krumm and Zahlavova Strycova lost to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and Australian Samantha Stosur.

Japan's Date-Krumm in action at BNP Paribas Open

Japan's Date-Krumm in action at BNP Paribas Open

INDIAN WELLS, United States - Japanese tennis player Kimiko Date-Krumm returns a shot during the women's doubles quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on March 12, 2014. Date-Krumm and her partner Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic lost to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and Australian Samantha Stosur.