With a win in the Greco-Roman 130kg final, Cuba’s Mijain Lopez became the first athlete to win five Olympic gold medals in the same individual event. After the match, he left his shoes on the mat to indicate retirement.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La carrera de la clavadista mexicana Alejandra Orozco llegó a su fin este martes tras su participación en la final individual desde la plataforma de 10 metros en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024. Orozco finalizó en octavo lugar de dicha prueba, un evento que fue el último de su vida
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A hobbit-size species of ancient human that lived on the Indonesian island of Flores until about 50,000 years ago baffles scientists in several ways. First unearthed in a startling discovery nearly 21 years ago, Homo floresiensis, the scientific name for the extinct species, challenged the idea that human evolution
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) –La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris eligió al gobernador Tim Walz de Minnesota como su compañero de fórmula, invitando al exprofesor y veterano de la Guardia Nacional del Ejército a unirse a la boleta demócrata y ayudar a liderar la lucha del partido para derrotar a Donald Trump. La selección —que Harris informó
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, Eric Levenson and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The former police chief who led a raid last year on a small Kansas newspaper will be charged with interfering with the judicial process for actions he took after the raid, special prosecutors announced in a report Monday. The charge against Gideon Cody will be filed in
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Maybe Tahiti is a cheat code, but photographer Jerome Brouillet is having a double-gold Olympics with his camera work during surfing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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After falling to India in the bronze medal match in Tokyo, Germany came back from a one-goal deficit in the first to win the semifinal contest, 3-2, clinching a spot in the title game in Paris.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate pick, will need to introduce himself to the vast majority of Americans. But his track record in his home state offers clues on what he might bring to the Democratic ticket. In 2022, he won young voters in Minnesota, according
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet (1.07 meters) tall — earning them the nickname “hobbits.” Now a new study suggests ancestors of the hobbits were even slightly shorter. “We did not expect that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Indonesian security forces have recovered the body of New Zealand pilot who was killed in an alleged separatist attack in Indonesia’s restive Papua region. Glen Malcolm Conning, a pilot for Indonesian aviation company PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, was shot to death on Monday by gunmen allegedly with the West Papua Liberation Army,
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The Netherlands won the men’s team sprint with a world record time of 40.949. The Dutch claimed back-to-back golds and were the only sub 41-second time. Great Britain won the silver medal.
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Alev Kelter proposed to her girlfriend, Katryn Treder, after winning bronze with the U.S. women’s rugby team.
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said Tuesday that he will boycott the Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony due to a “scandalous situation” that cost a Romanian gymnast a bronze medal. Ana Barbosu had already begun celebrating her bronze for the floor event Monday when coaches for American Jordan Chiles entered an appeal to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, they are finally free to laugh and chat and play. But some of the children who have come back from captivity are still reluctant to raise their voices above a whisper. In theory, they can eat what they want,
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Team USA crushed Poland in straight sets to advance to its fifth straight semifinal in Olympic women’s volleyball
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Australia ended a 24-year-old drought when they claimed bronze in the men’s team sprint. Matthew Glaetzer was able to go out on podium after finished fourth in the last four Olympics.
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The U.S. women’s national team is heading to the gold medal final thanks to Sophia Smith’s goal in extra time to seal the team’s 1-0 win over Germany in a semifinal match at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Follow along as Trinity Rodman leads the U.S. women’s national team in a semifinal match against Germany at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue Reading Follow along as Trinity Rodman leads the U.S. women’s national team in a semifinal match against Germany at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Compared with a decade ago, teens, and especially girls, are more likely to say they feel persistently sad and hopeless and to think about or attempt suicide, according to a new report. Still, recent data suggest things might be improving slightly since the pandemic. The report, the Youth Risk
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