Simone Biles says she has discomfort in calf but continues with Olympic competition Source link
Simone Biles and the 5-woman US gymnastics team are on the Olympic floor
Simone Biles and the 5-woman US gymnastics team are on the Olympic floor Source link
Harris raised $200M in first week of White House campaign and signed up 170,000 volunteers
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eyepopping haul in her race against the […]
Takeaways from AP’s story on inefficient tech slowing efforts to get homeless people off the streets
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles is the nation’s epicenter of homelessness, where more than 45,000 people live in weather-beaten tent encampments and rusting RVs. But even in the state that […]
Mudslide kills 11 people in southeastern China as heavy rains batter region in wake of Typhoon Gaemi
Mudslide kills 11 people in southeastern China as heavy rains batter region in wake of Typhoon Gaemi Source link
Firefighters helped by cooler weather battle blaze that has scorched area larger than Los Angeles
FOREST RANCH, Calif. — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than […]
Even on quiet summer weekends, huge news stories spread to millions more swiftly than ever before
James Peeler’s phone blew up with messages as he drove home from church in Texas. Reading a book on her couch in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Wendy Schweiger spied something on Facebook. […]
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 03-31-37-40-64, Powerball: 17, Power Play: 3 (three, thirty-one, thirty-seven, forty, sixty-four, Powerball: seventeen, Power Play: three) Estimated jackpot: […]
How photographer Frank Stewart captured the culture of jazz, church and Black life in the US
CHADDS FORD, Pa. — At first glance, it looks like an aerial photo of a cemetery destroyed by war, with charred coffins ripped from broken concrete vaults and arched marble […]
Wisconsin Republicans ask voters to take away governor’s power to spend federal money
Wisconsin Republicans are asking voters to take away the governor’s power to unilaterally spend federal money, a reaction to the billions of dollars that flowed into the state during the […]