The Paris 2024 organizing committee has apologized to Catholics and other Christian organizations for upsetting them with a scene at the opening ceremony that featured drag queens, a transgender model, and a singer dressed as the Greek god of wine, evoking Leonardo da Vinci's painting of The Last Supper.

The father of a 15-year-old girl from Southern California who had been missing for nearly a week has been taken into custody on suspicion of kidnapping and other offenses.