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2024 USA Basketball Showcase - USA v South Sudan LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 20: LeBron James of USA looks on during the 2024 USA Basketball Showcase match between USA and South Sudan at The O2 Arena on July 20, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Henry Browne/Getty Images)

LeBron James Will Be Team USA’s Flagbearer At Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

NBA star LeBron James has been chosen to serve as the male flagbearer for the United States at the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Tourists watch the Eiffel Tower on Dec. 27, 2023, in Paris. The Eiffel Tower was shut down to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations, the day the Paris monument marks 100 years since the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Eiffel Tower Shuts Down As Employees Go On Strike On 100th Anniversary Of Founder’s Death

The Eiffel Tower has been shut down to the public after staff went on strike on the 100th anniversary of the death of its inventor, Gustave Eiffel.

Pedestrians walk past flowers where a tourist was stabbed to death on the eve, near the Eiffel Tower (background), in Paris, on December 3, 2023. A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German-Filipino tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris on December 2, 2023 before being arrested, officials said. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

1 Dead, 2 Injured After Man Attacks Tourists Near Paris’ Eiffel Tower

One person was fatally stabbed and two others suffered severe injuries after a man attacked tourists near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

Olympic rings to celebrate the IOC official announcement that Paris won the 2024 Olympic bid are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadero square in Paris, France, September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

‘No plan B’ for Paris opening ceremony after knife attack – sports minister

There is no “plan B” for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games after a man killed a German tourist and left two people wounded near the Eiffel Tower.

France Faces The Coronavirus PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 17: Police officers patrol near the Eiffel Tower during a government enforced quarantine on March 17, 2020 in Paris, France. On March 17, 2020 France imposed a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images)

2 Drunk American Men Get ‘Trapped’ Overnight In Eiffel Tower

Two American men spend the night inside the Eiffel Tower after allegedly being stuck and falling asleep from “how drunk they were.”