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Fore more years? Biden and Trump take swings at each other's golf skills in their debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — They debated the economy, immigration and foreign policy, but it was an argument over golf handicaps that brought out some of the feistiest comments in Thursday's debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Answering a question about his...
Gymnast Skye Blakely's bid to reach the Olympics ends after rupturing her right Achilles
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Skye Blakely's bid to make the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team is over. The 19-year-old will miss the U.S. Olympic trials after rupturing her right Achilles on Wednesday. USA Gymnastics and Blakely confirmed the nature of the injury Thursday,...
Investigators recommend Northwestern enhance hazing prevention training
A team of investigators led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch recommended Northwestern enhance its hazing prevention training in the wake of a scandal that rocked the school's athletic department. Though the 47-page report by the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton...
Gymnastics stars Lee, Jones and Blakely battling health issues as Olympic trials begin
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, six-time world championship medalist Shilese Jones and national runner-up Skye Blakely are all facing health concerns ahead of the U.S. Olympic trials. Lee, who has spent the better part of two years fighting multiple kidney...
Suspected North Korean hypersonic missile exploded in flight, South Korea says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea exploded in flight on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, as North Korea protests the regional deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier for a military drill with South Korea and Japan. Later...
Looking for the Fountain of Youth? Try the gym and weight-resistance training
TOKYO (AP) — Here's the message from Dr. Marcas Bamman, a physiologist with decades of research into aging who preaches the benefits of weight-resistance training for those who are getting up there. We're talking 60-plus — women and men. And we're talking about hitting the gym...
Here's how you can improve your health by stopping negativity and embracing optimism
Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person, until three trips to the hospital in one month forced him to reconsider. Before May 2018, he was a healthy but chronically worried start-up founder who regularly did 20-mile (32-kilometer) bike rides. When he suddenly...
US and Filipino forces end drills that tested their endurance in brutal heat and volatile weather
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of American and Filipino troops concluded Monday a new combat exercise in the northern Philippines that tested their endurance in more than a week of brutal heat and volatile weather, and braced them to respond to any threat in tropical jungles and on scattered...
US military completes major exercise in Africa and works to deepen partnerships
TAN TAN, Morocco (AP) — High-ranking military officials from the U.S. and its top African allies watched intently as dust and flames shot up from pieces of the Sahara Desert hit by tank and artillery fire. They looked up as pilots flew F-16s into formation. And they listened intently as Moroccan...
Coco Gauff focuses at the French Open thanks to breathing exercises and Kobe Bryant's example
PARIS (AP) — When Coco Gauff's opponent at the French Open on Friday, 30th-seeded Dayana Yastremska, returned to the locker room in Court Philippe Chatrier, she pulled out her phone to study video clips of her 6-2, 6-4 loss to the American. “I just was really curious what I did...
