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Mental health is a focus for Team USA at Beijing Olympics
Maja Hitij/Staff/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — During the Summer Olympics in Tokyo last year, star gymnast Simone Biles shined a light on the mental health struggles many Olympians face when she decided to withdraw from [Read More…]
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Parents name baby boy after doctor who treated mom for COVID-19
Courtesy Chris Crouch (NEW YORK) — A couple in Texas have paid the ultimate tribute to a doctor who went above and beyond to help their family last year. Diana Crouch, 28, and Chris Crouch, [Read More…]
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Vincent Zhou out of Olympic men’s figure skating event after second positive COVID-19 test
Annice Lyn/Getty Images (BEIJING) — Team USA figure skater Vincent Zhou has withdrawn from Tuesday’s individual competition after testing positive for COVID-19 for a second time. U.S. Figure Skating announced Sunday night that Zhou had [Read More…]
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Peng Shuai calls sexual assault allegation a ‘huge misunderstanding’ in first international interview
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images (BEIJING) — The president of the International Olympic Committee said he held a face-to-face meeting with Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who retreated from the public eye after accusing a former [Read More…]
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Shiffrin falls in Giant Slalom, delaying quest for Olympic history
FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images (BEIJING) — U.S. Olympic alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s quest to make Olympic history will have to wait for another day after she didn’t land a medal in the Giant Slalom [Read More…]
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New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara arrested after Las Vegas nightclub fight: Police
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara was arrested in Las Vegas Sunday, police said. The arrest happened shortly after the 26-year-old played in the Pro Bowl on Sunday. [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 2/6/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Denver 124, Brooklyn 104 Minnesota 118, Detroit 105 Philadelphia 119, Chicago 108 Boston 116, Orlando 83 Dallas 103, Atlanta 94 [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: US cases drop 61% since January peak
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 904,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
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One dead in shooting at Washington state grocery store, suspect at large
iStock/Motortion (SEATTLE) — One person was killed and at least one was injured during a shooting at a Washington state grocery store at about 11 a.m. Monday, authorities said. The suspect, who is believed to [Read More…]
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Minneapolis city council to review no-knock warrants after Amir Locke shooting
amphotora/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — A Minneapolis city council committee held a hearing on no-knock warrants Monday afternoon following the death of Amir Locke, who was fatally shot in an apartment by Minneapolis police officers on [Read More…]
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Search underway after multiple skaters fall through ice melting on California reservoir
Truckee Fire Protection District (TRUCKEE, Calif.) — A desperate search was on in Northern California for one of six ice skaters who fell through the melting surface of a frozen-over reservoir as the temperature soared [Read More…]
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Eighteen rescued on Lake Erie after ice sheet breaks away during snowmobile ride
FILE – Xuanyu Han/Getty Images (PORT CLINTON, Ohio) — More than a dozen people were rescued in Lake Erie after a sheet of ice broke away while they were riding snowmobiles, officials said. The U.S. [Read More…]
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Biden to meet with German chancellor, urge united front amid tensions with Russia
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will welcome German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to the White House Monday at a critical time for the leaders as tensions with Russia persist. While the Biden administration [Read More…]
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Cyclone Batsirai leaves over a dozen dead, thousands homeless in Madagascar
RIJASOLO/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — More than a dozen people are dead and thousands are homeless after a tropical storm struck Madagascar over the weekend, the second storm to batter the island nation in [Read More…]
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Biden, Israeli prime minister speak amid nuclear talks
Nick Brundle Photography/Getty Images (JERUSALEM) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden by phone this weekend just as the nuclear talks in Vienna enter a critical final stage. During the [Read More…]
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Top GOP lawmaker on Biden’s Ukraine approach: ‘Deterrence has not been there’
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, refused to condemn a censure resolution targeting two Republican colleagues, Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, which included a [Read More…]
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WH national security adviser says there’s a ‘very distinct’ possibility of Russian attack on Ukraine
Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – As the standoff between Russia and the United States continues, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned of a “very distinct” possibility Russia will attack Ukraine at [Read More…]
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Navy SEAL candidate dies after ‘Hell Week’ training
Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (SAN DEIGO) — A Navy SEAL candidate has died and a second is in the hospital after falling ill on Friday just hours after both had successfully completed the grueling culmination of [Read More…]
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Puerto Rico may be nearing the end of bankruptcy. What does this mean?
Merrill Images/Getty (NEW YORK) – Last month, a federal judge approved the largest debt restructuring plan ever reported in the United States, paving the way to end Puerto Rico’s long and painful bankruptcy process. The [Read More…]
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Queen Elizabeth asks for Camilla to be named queen consort when Charles becomes king
Oli Scarff – WPA Pool / Getty Images, FILE (LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth has marked the eve of her Platinum Jubilee with a request that her daughter-in-law Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, be known as [Read More…]