Canadian rugby captain Olivia Apps brings awareness to sport, autoimmune disease
Canadian rugby sevens star Olivia Apps’ dramatic year feels more and more like a movie as the team captain bring awareness to both a sport and an…
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McIntosh earns gold in dominant 400m IM win
Canada’s Summer McIntosh put on a show in the women’s 400m IM final, leading from start to finish to earn the gold…
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Chianca and Boukhiam surf back-to-back nine-point waves
Brazil’s Joao Chianca and Morocco’s Ramzi Boukhiam string together back-to-back nine-point waves in the most exciting exchange of the Olympic surfing…
Continue ReadingIn New York, a ballot referendum meant to protect abortion may not use the word ‘abortion’
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution that supporters say is intended to protect abortion rights…
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Anthony Edwards cheers in the crowd of Olympic table tennis
Team USA basketball player Anthony Edwards cheers in the crowd at fellow American Olympic table tennis player Lily Zhang’s epic Round of 32…
Continue ReadingLiberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr. settle legal and personal disputes
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Four years after Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as the head of Liberty University amid a series of personal scandals, he and the…
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Snoop Dogg uses his ‘lung power’ in pool with Michael Phelps
Snoop Dogg puts his wingspan and “lung power” to good use when he hits the pool with Michael Phelps at the Paris…
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U.S. women turn on the jets in second half to rout Japan in Olympic basketball opener
A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart were dominant down low to lead the U.S. women’s basketball team to its 56th consecutive Olympic…
Continue Reading U.S. women turn on the jets in second half to rout Japan in Olympic basketball opener
A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart were dominant down low to lead the U.S. women’s basketball team to its 56th consecutive Olympic…
Continue ReadingProtests erupt in Venezuela as questions grow over strongman Maduro’s victory
By Tara John, Stefano Pozzebon, Mia Alberti, Jennifer Hansler and Avery Schmitz, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Protests broke out in several…
Continue ReadingHawaii man killed self after police took DNA sample in Virginia woman’s 1991 killing
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say a man who was identified as a possible new suspect in the 1991 killing and sexual assault of a…
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For Great Britain’s Tom Daley, Paris Olympics are ‘the happiest I’ve been in diving’
Great Britain diver Tom Daley called this Olympics the happiest he’s been in his long career. The 30-year-old came out of retirement to compete in…
Continue Reading For Great Britain’s Tom Daley, Paris Olympics are ‘the happiest I’ve been in diving’
Great Britain diver Tom Daley called this Olympics the happiest he’s been in his long career. The 30-year-old came out of retirement to compete in…
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Olympics ad went viral for all the wrong reasons
By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Remember the universal childhood experience of writing a fan letter to someone you admire? (Mickey Mouse,…
Continue ReadingEarthquake shakes Los Angeles, with epicenter near Barstow
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — An earthquake shook the Los Angeles region Monday afternoon. The US Geological Survey reported a 4.9 magnitude…
Continue ReadingDog days are fun days on trips away from the shelter with volunteers
Associated Press MADISON, N.J. (AP) — The place where Finlee lives is nice enough: It’s clean, they feed and care for him well and there are…
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Beach volleyball recap, July 29: Qatar outlasts top-ranked Sweden
Competition continued in the Olympic beach volleyball tournament as athletes took to the sand and battled at the steps of the Eifel…
Continue Reading Beach volleyball recap, July 29: Qatar outlasts top-ranked Sweden
Competition continued in the Olympic beach volleyball tournament as athletes took to the sand and battled at the steps of the Eifel…
Continue ReadingDozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa
By Tim Lister, Avery Schmitz and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco neighborhood painted pink by retardant as fire crews save homes from Point Fire
By Suzanne Phan Click here for updates on this story BAY POINT, California (KGO) — In the East Bay, many families were…
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