Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn captured women’s 100m hurdles gold at the Tokyo Olympics, beating world record-holder Keni Harrison of the U.S. in 12.37 for her nation’s second track and field medal in Games history.
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With suffocating defensive efforts Monday at Oi Hockey Stadium, Argentina and India advanced to the semifinals of the women’s field hockey tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.
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“Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong are two of our 206 national Olympic Committees. Fact,” said IOC spokesperson Mark Adams.
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U.S. Olympic Trials runner-up Jenna Prandini, making her second Games appearance, takes heat seven of the women’s 200m first round in 22.56, advancing to the semifinals as a top-10 qualifier.
Continue ReadingBy Anagha Subhash Nair, CNN When Jill Trail first met Pihu, a frail 6-week old puppy, in India she knew she needed her care. Living on the streets, Pihu had suffered spinal injuries and infections so bad that both hind legs had to be amputated. There was one problem: Trail lived in the United States.
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN Payten McCall, 24, and her family were afraid to get vaccinated, but now she’s urging people not to make that mistake after losing her oldest brother and her dad to Covid-19. Her dad, Mark McCall, 60, died early Friday morning in the Covid ward of a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital where her
Continue ReadingHealth officials stress the importance of Covid-19 vaccinations as the Delta variant surges across the U.S.
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Defending Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, who successfully repeated gold in the Tokyo Olympic 100m, placed third in her 200m heat in 22.86 to advance.
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Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou, fourth in the Tokyo Olympic women’s 100m final, won her first-round 200m heat in 22.30 over defending Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas; both advanced.
Continue ReadingA southeast Bend resident’s motion detector and surveillance video caught a porch thief in action and led to the arrest of a Bend man on theft, drugged driving and other charges, police reported Sunday.
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Deanna Hackney, CNN Seven new large fires were reported Sunday, bringing the total number of wildfires raging in the United States to 91, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). More than 1.8 million acres have burned since these fires began, the NIFC said. More than 22,300 wildland firefighters and
Continue ReadingWorsening drought conditions are fueling devastating wildfires across the West with little relief in sight. Darryl Forges reports
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American Gabby Thomas, the No. 2 all-time women’s 200m sprinter, took second in the fastest heat of the event’s first round behind Namibia’s Christine Mboma, who equaled Allyson Felix’s world under-20 record in 22.11.
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Ben Westcott, CNN Newlyweds Mehray Mezensof and Mirzat Taher were two days from leaving Xinjiang to start a new life in Australia when Chinese police knocked on their door in April 2017, seized Taher’s passport and threw him into detention. During the next four years, Taher was imprisoned in
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In a match between the only Pool A women’s volleyball squads other than Brazil with legitimate hopes of claiming gold at the Tokyo Olympics, Serbia swept its way past South Korea 25-18, 25-17, 25-15.on Monday at Ariake Arena.
Continue ReadingRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tells CNN’s Jake Tapper the House should reconvene to help extend the recently-expired nationwide eviction moratorium.
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and Kevin Liptak, CNN Congressional Democrats are increasing pressure on their party’s leadership to act on the now-expired federal eviction moratorium as the White House shifts its focus to unspent housing assistance after the order ended and left millions of renters in limbo. The eviction issue has exposed a major and rare
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Canada’s Pavan and Humana-Paredes were never really challenged by Spain in their Round of 16 match. The pair won in straight sets 21-13, 21-13. The Canadian duo seem on course to face Ross/Klineman down the road.
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Defending Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, the fourth-fastest women’s 1500m runner of all time, won heat three of the event’s prelims in 4:01.40 to make the semifinals as the top qualifier.
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Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the Tokyo Olympic 100m silver medalist, commanded her first-round women’s 200m heat to win in 22.22, advancing to the semifinals.
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