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In what may have been the best championship race of her career, Katie Ledecky won an 800m freestyle that lived up to the hype, becoming the first swimmer to capture a seventh world title in one event. Ledecky swam 8:05.62 to beat Australian Lani Pallister (8:05.98) and Canadian Summer McIntosh (8:07.29) in a showdown among the three fastest women in …

A baby boy born last week to an Ohio couple developed from an embryo that had been frozen for more than 30 years in what is believed to be the longest storage time before a birth. In what’s known as embryo adoption, Lindsey and Tim Pierce used a handful of donated embryos that have been frozen since 1994 in pursuit …

‘World’s Richest Actress’ Identified as Beloved 80s Star — But There’s a Catch originally appeared on Parade. Jami Gertz made a name for herself in the 80s, appearing in a variety of popular films, including Sixteen Candles. In 1989, she married private equity investor Tony Ressler, who is now a billionaire. According to the Daily Mail, Gertz is known as …

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A bolt of lightning that arced across the sky from Texas to Kansas in the fall of 2017 has officially smashed the record for the world’s longest. During a major thunderstorm in October 2017, the colossal crack of jagged electricity streaked across the Great Plains of North America for 829 kilometers (515 miles) – a distance that surpassed the previous …

Why one of the world’s biggest earthquakes wasn’t followed by a monster tsunami  The Washington Post Huge quake in Russia triggers tsunami warnings around Pacific  Reuters The Hawaii tsunami response is a warning about science funding  MSNBC News Visualizing the Russia earthquake and tsunami in maps and charts  CNN Cruise Ships Sailed to Safety Amid Tsunami Warnings, Leaving Some Passengers Behind  The New York Times …

Nintendo has released an update for Mario Kart World which adds various new features and tweaks. The most notable of these for some players will be the decision to dial down the game’s difficulty by making its AI opponents easier, with Nintendo‘s patch notes saying it has “made COM weaker in everything other than Battle”. Some players have previously pointed …

Nintendo’s chaotic racer is undergoing some changes today thanks to its Ver. 1.2.0 update, which tries addressing many of the biggest complaints about the game. Emphasis on tries: at least one of the adjustments to Mario Kart World isn’t quite what it seems based on player testing. So, what’s new? We’ll drop the whole patch notes at the end of …

Jul 30, 2025, 09:03 AM ET SINGAPORE — Léon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.61 seconds, to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte. The Frenchman set the mark swimming in the semifinals and, in theory, could break the record again in …

Katie Ledecky extended her 15-year win streak in the 1500m freestyle and broke career medal ties with Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte at the World Swimming Championships on Tuesday. Ledecky earned her sixth title in the 1500m free and 22nd world title overall. She clocked 15 minutes, 26.44 seconds in Singapore, comfortably prevailing by 5.35 seconds over Italian Simona Quadarella. …