Cooper Lutkenhaus must have the best excuse for missing class of any high school junior, given he has been in Japan these past two weeks preparing to compete for Team USA at the World Athletics Championship. But the 16-year-old’s dream of reaching the 800m final ended in the opening round on Tuesday as he could only finish seventh in the …
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The plume of blue smoke could be seen from across the River Mersey. It came from the top of Everton’s new £800million Hill Dickinson Stadium, after the club had positioned pyrotechnics on the roof, and temporarily submerged fans in the two-tier South Stand across the other side of the pitch. In this, the city of Liverpool’s new waterfront development, a …
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SCOTUS decision impacts DEI programmes that include breast cancer research and HIV prevention. The highest court in the US has ruled that the Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding on breast cancer, HIV prevention and suicide, among other issues, in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. In a …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday. The split court lifted a judge’s order blocking $783 million worth of cuts made by the National Institutes of Health to align with Republican President Donald Trump’s …
Read More »Katie Ledecky’s historic reign continues after she beat rival Summer McIntosh in one of the biggest non-Olympic swimming races during Saturday’s women’s 800-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] The race, dubbed “the biggest race of this century, men or women, from outside of the …
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Katie Ledecky once again proved untouchable in her signature event, holding off a star-studded field to win her seventh world title in the 800m freestyle on Saturday in Singapore, a feat no swimmer has ever achieved in a single event. The 28-year-old American delivered a championship-record 8:05.62 to edge Australia’s Lani Pallister (8:05.98) and Canada’s Summer McIntosh (8:07.29) in one …
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