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Canada’s Andre De Grasse Wins Gold in 200-m at Tokyo Olympics; Favorite Noah Lyles Finishes Third
Andre de Grasse of Canada won the 200-m gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday night, finishing the race with a time of 19.62 seconds. Team USA’s Kenneth Bednarek won the silver, in 19.68 seconds. Favorite Noah Lyles of Team USA, the defending world champion in the event, took home a bronze, in 19.74…
President Biden Calls on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Resign After Sexual Harassment Report
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces mounting pressure to resign, including from President Joe Biden, after an investigation found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women
U.S. Wallops Australia in Women’s Basketball Quarterfinal at Tokyo Olympics
Team USA has now won 53-straight Olympic games, last losing in 1992
Japanese Skaters Are Now 3-for-3 in the Olympics, Proving Japan Is the Top Skateboarding Nation in the World—and It’s Not Even Close
Of the nine medals in skateboarding awarded at the Tokyo Summer Olympics so far, five have gone to Japan
Sydney McLaughlin Just Won the 400-m Hurdles. Remember Her Name. You’ll Be Hearing a Lot of It
Sydney McLaughlin won the 400-m hurdles to claim the first U.S. sprint or hurdles gold at Tokyo
Athing Mu Wins Gold in 800 Meters at the Tokyo Olympics, the First U.S. Woman to Win the Race Since 1968
Athing Mu, 19, became the first American woman since Madeline Manning in 1968 to win gold in the 800-m race
Simone Biles Returns to the Tokyo Olympics—With a Big Statement
In her first event at the Tokyo Games after withdrawing from five of them, Biles was back on balance beam
Simone Biles Just Competed for the First Time at the Tokyo Olympics. Here’s How She Did
Biles’ much-anticipated return to the Ariake Gymnastics Center proved worth the wait. Following a solid, though scaled-down version of her balance beam routine, she earned bronze
COVID-19 Delta Variant Reaches Wuhan as China Battles Widest Outbreak Since Disease Emerged in 2019
The Delta variant has broken through China's COVID-19 defenses, which are some of the strictest in the world, and reached nearly half of China’s 32 provinces in just two weeks.
Sen. Lindsey Graham Praises COVID-19 Vaccine, Despite Testing Positive From Breakthrough Infection
The senator said he is “very glad” he received the vaccine, without which his current symptoms would be “far worse”
Other NBA Superstars Ditched the Olympics. Kevin Durant Showed Up, and He’s Keeping Team USA on Track for the Gold
Team USA beat Spain, 95-81, on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament
Norway’s Warholm Smashes His Own World Record to Win 400-m Hurdles Gold Medal
Karsten Warholm of Norway obliterated his own world record in the Olympic 400-meter hurdles Tuesday, finishing in 45.94 to break the old mark by .76.