What you missed on Day 2 of the Tokyo Games
Watch all the best moments from Day 2 of the Olympics. New sports like surfing and skateboarding began while softball and swimming continued competition.
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The largest fire in the US continues to defy crews’ efforts to tame it. And the weather isn’t helping
By Aya Elamroussi and Claire Colbert, CNN Despite the efforts of firefighters battling the Bootleg Fire, the raging flames of the nation’s largest wildfire continued to spread in southern Oregon as officials declared weather warnings in the area. The fire has scorched 408,930 acres as of Sunday, an expansion of more than 6,000 acres since
Continue ReadingFour shootings in Seattle leave 3 dead, 5 injured
By Hollie Silverman and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Three people were killed and five more were injured in a series of unrelated shootings in Seattle early Sunday, according to police. The four incidents all took place within three hours, the Seattle Police Department said in a release. The first occurred around 1:48 a.m. outside of a
Continue ReadingBob Moses, civil rights legend, dead at age 86
By Rachel Trent, CNN Civil rights legend Bob Moses died at age 86, according to a statement from NAACP President Derrick Johnson. A cause of death was not immediately known. Moses was born in New York City in January 1935 and grew up in Harlem, according to his biography on Stanford University’s King Encyclopedia of
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Lillard says no time to panic after U.S. collapse against France
Panic? You won’t find any in Team USA’s Damian Lillard—not even after the U.S. men’s basketball team’s late collapse to France on Sunday in their opening game at the Tokyo Olympics. It was the first American men’s basketball loss at the Olympics since 2004 and only the sixth in the history of the tournament.
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Men’s triathlon kicks off with bizarre false start
A motor boat in the way of athletes disrupts the start of the men’s triathlon in Tokyo, stopping the race in bizarre fashion and marking the first-ever false start call in the sport’s Olympic history.
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Eight-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina says farewell
After competing in her eighth Olympic Games, Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan bids an emotional farewell, following a standing ovation from her fellow gymnasts. She began her Olympic career before Simone Biles was born.
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Men’s triathlon kicks off with bizarre false start, first in Olympic history
And they’re off—again. For the first time in Olympic history, a triathlon race was forced to restart after a bizarre false start call.
Continue ReadingMeteor lights up the night in Norway
By Elaine Ly and Theresa Waldrop, CNN An “unusually large” meteor illuminated the night sky over southern Scandinavia early Sunday morning before at least some of it came rumbling down near Oslo, the capital of Norway. The meteor “lit up the sky for a brief time as if broad daylight,” just after 1 a.m., Steinar
Continue ReadingFauci: ‘We’re going in the wrong direction’ on Covid-19 cases
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US is “going in the wrong direction” as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, particularly among unvaccinated Americans. “If you look at the inflection of the curve of new cases and, as you said in the run-in to this interview, that it
Continue ReadingFauci: ‘I’m very frustrated’ with vaccine holdouts
Chief Biden Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that the latest covid surge “is an unnecessary predicament we’re putting ourselves in.”
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s largest wildfire is threatening thousands of structures
By Dakin Andone, CNN California’s largest wildfire has destroyed multiple buildings and is threatening thousands more as the battle against the blaze stretched into its 12th day. Low moisture in vegetation and limited access in the remote area have hampered firefighters, officials said. The Dixie Fire had grown to 190,625 acres and was 21% contained
Continue ReadingWhy experts say dividing travellers by vaccination status at airports is a good idea
By Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As Canada prepares to welcome non-essential international travellers, Toronto Pearson Airport and Vancouver International Airport are implementing separate lines for arriving passengers based on their vaccination status. It’s a move that health experts say will make travelling easier
Continue ReadingMeeting Paris emissions targets would bring more energy jobs globally, but not for Canada: study
By Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study has found that if the world were to meet the targets set out in the Paris Agreement, there would be eight million more jobs globally by 2050. But in this scenario, researchers say some fossil
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Jamaican gymnast competes for 11 seconds, fulfills the dream of a lifetime
Danusia Francis spent about 11 seconds on the uneven bars during the first day of gymnastic competition at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. It was the time of her life.
Continue ReadingJill Biden brings a dose of normalcy to Olympic Games amid a pandemic
By Kate Bennett, CNN At a very not-normal Olympic Games kick-off, first lady Jill Biden was, outside of the athletes themselves, perhaps the only normal part. With Covid-19 cases here spiking, more than 11,000 competitors from 206 countries are navigating the games after a year-long postponement, without fans in the stands and under stress-inducing pandemic
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On Her Turf: Hernandez, Walsh Jennings on life post Olympics
Laurie Hernandez and Kerri Walsh Jennings speak to the disappointment of not competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and how they’ve had to shift their mindsets as they experience a roller coaster of emotions.
Continue ReadingMetal pole crashes through SUV windshield, narrowly missing the driver
By Rachel Trent, CNN Secure your load. That’s the message the Arizona Department of Public Safety has for drivers after a truck driver in Phoenix failed to secure a load and a metal pole fell off, crashing into a sport utility vehicle behind the truck. On Thursday, a pickup truck hauling a trailer hit a
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Kerri Walsh Jennings talks ‘fairy tale’ Olympics experiences
Four-time Olympic medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, one of the United States’ best beach volleyball athletes ever, discusses her experiences at the Games and the team chemistry involved in the sport.
Continue ReadingLooks like Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have made it Instagram official
By Alaa Elassar, CNN For beloved Bennifer fans, the long desired reunion of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck might actually be happening. Lopez posted photos from her birthday on Saturday, including one of her kissing someone who appears to be Affleck. She did not tag him in the post. “5 2 … what it do
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