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Rebecca Cheptegei, competes at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Paris wants to honor late Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei by naming sports venue after her

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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine river Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Paris. After months of anticipation, Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine Rive, fulfilling a promise she made in January nine days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Paris mayor dips into the Seine River to showcase its improved cleanliness before Olympic events

By Tom Nouvian - Associated Press

Competitors swim in the Seine River during the Paris Triathlon competition in Paris Sunday, July 10, 2011. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Tuesday April 23, 2024, she was confident water quality will be up to the Olympics standards this summer — and that she'll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

is confident that water quality will allow Olympic swimming in the River Seine

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

SUVs drive on the Champs Elysees avenue, near the Arc de Triomphe Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Paris. Paris residents are voting on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, whether to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park. It's the latest leg in a drive by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make the host city for this year’s Olympic Games greener and friendlier for pedestrians and cyclists. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Paris votes whether to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before Olympics

By Helena Alves and John Leicester - Associated Press

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo delivers her speech during a political meeting with the French Employers' Association (MEDEF) at the Station F startup campus, in Paris, France, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. The mayor of future Olympic host city Paris says she is quitting X, accusing Elon Musk's platform previously known as Twitter of spreading disinformation and hatred and of becoming a “gigantic global sewer” that is toxic for democracy and constructive debate. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Paris mayor says she’s quitting Elon Musk’s ‘global sewer’ platform X as city gears up for Olympics

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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo delivers her speech during a political meeting with the French Employers' Association (MEDEF) at the Station F startup campus, in Paris, France, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. The mayor of future Olympic host city Paris says she is quitting X, accusing Elon Musk's platform previously known as Twitter of spreading disinformation and hatred and of becoming a “gigantic global sewer” that is toxic for democracy and constructive debate. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo leaves X, calls the social network an anti-democratic ‘sewer’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - Cars drive on the Champs Elysee avenue, Thursday, May 7, 2020 in Paris. Paris mayor says her city has too many SUVs, so she’s asking voters to decide on parking fee hike on Feb. 4, 2024. The Arc de Triomphe is seen in background. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Paris mayor says her city has too many SUVs, so she’s asking voters to decide on a parking fee hike

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Youths clash with Police forces in Nanterre, outside Paris, Thursday, June 29, 2023. France's first Olympics in a century promise to be some of the most breathtaking — and tricky — taking place in a gorgeous and universally beloved capital city that has been rocked in recent years by ugly terrorist attacks, police violence and anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Paris turned to 2024 Olympics to heal from terror attacks

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Paris city hall fined for naming too many women to top jobs

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Paris mayoral candidate Rachida Dati, who is running as a candidate of the conservative Les Republicains (LR) party in the 2020 Paris mayoral election acknowledges applause during a rally in Paris, Monday, March 9, 2020. Municipal elections will take place on March 15 and 22 throughout France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Nasty Paris mayoral race digs at capital’s dirty underbelly

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Man killed in electric scooter accident in Paris

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Besieged by electric scooters, Paris lays down the law

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Firefighters tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: World mourns Paris fire, offers rebuilding help

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Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: French leader vows to rebuild damaged Notre Dame

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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti pose with wreaths during a ceremony marking the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, at the Los Angeles Fire Department's training center Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. In the right background is the largest fragment of the World Trade Center outside New York. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Los Angeles, Paris mayors talk climate, homeless, Olympics

By AMANDA LEE MYERS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct.1 2017 file photo, people watch a dancing performance on the champs Elysees avenue during the &quot;day without cars&quot;, in Paris. In its latest initiative to reduce pollution, Paris City Hall is planning to ban gas-powered cars by 2030. The controversial move follows Mayor Anne Hidalgo's plan to ban all diesel cars from the city by 2024, when Paris will host the Summer Olympics.(AP Photo/Thiabult Camus, FILE)

Paris hopes to ban gas-powered cars in city by 2030

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

FILE - This Thursday, March 9, 2017 file photo shows Paris mayor, Anne Hidalgo, speaking to media after a meeting with French president Francois Hollande, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France. Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo has strongly criticized a black feminist festival in Paris that bans non-black people in large parts of the event, saying she might prosecute its organizers on grounds of discrimination. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Paris mayor says ‘solution’ found for black feminist event

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press