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For Summer McIntosh, a record swim and fourth gold cap superb world championships

For Summer McIntosh, a record swim and fourth gold cap superb world championships

Summer McIntosh, the 18-year-old Canadian swimming star, rolled to victory Sunday in the women’s 400-meter individual medley, setting a world-championship record and winning her fourth individual gold medal of the event. McIntosh entered the meet in Singapore hoping to equal Michael Phelps’ record of five individual golds, which he achieved in 2007. She came up just a few seconds short, …

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2025 World Swimming Championships: U.S. sets world record in women’s medley relay; Summer McIntosh wins fourth gold medal

2025 World Swimming Championships: U.S. sets world record in women’s medley relay; Summer McIntosh wins fourth gold medal

The United States women saved their best for last, setting a world record in the 400 medley relay in the final race of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. Regan Smith, Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske clocked a world record 3:49.34 to end the meet. The victory gave the United States its ninth gold medal, edging Australia’s eight for …

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Summer heat and cold symptoms: COVID-19 is rising

Summer heat and cold symptoms: COVID-19 is rising

Summer heat, outdoor fun … and cold and flu symptoms? The three may not go together in many people’s minds: partly owing to common myths about germs and partly because many viruses really do have lower activity levels in the summer. But it is possible to get the sniffles — or worse — in the summer. Federal data released Friday, …

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U.S. Hiring Slowed Sharply Over the Summer – The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Hiring Slowed Sharply Over the Summer  The Wall Street Journal Dark clouds emerge for Trump on economy  The Hill The shock jobs report sets off this recession alert and holds fresh clues that AI may be boosting unemployment, JPMorgan says  Fortune Trump says economic growth ‘shatters expectations’. Data says otherwise  Al Jazeera Opinion | The bleak economic picture emerging from the jobs numbers  The …

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World Aquatics Championships 2025: Katie Ledecky beats Summer McIntosh in 800m freestyle ‘race of the century;’ U.S. breaks WR in mixed 4×100 relay

World Aquatics Championships 2025: Katie Ledecky beats Summer McIntosh in 800m freestyle ‘race of the century;’ U.S. breaks WR in mixed 4×100 relay

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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This summer has been hot, smoky and soggy, and Minnesotans are sick of it – Star Tribune

This summer has been hot, smoky and soggy, and Minnesotans are sick of it – Star Tribune

This summer has been hot, smoky and soggy, and Minnesotans are sick of it  Star Tribune Smoky air cancels some summer camps, forces major changes at others  FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Wild weather, smoky skies put summer camps at risk  MPR News How air quality in the Twin Cities compares worldwide  MinnPost Bad air quality forces a local kid’s summer camp inside  Northern News Now …

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