IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic champions. Liang “Chow” Qiao, the owner of Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, thought …
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Owngarden | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s exports plunged 2.6% in July from a year earlier, their steepest drop since February 2021, as shipments to its two largest markets — the United States and China — declined. The fall was sharper than the 2.1% contraction forecast in a Reuters poll and compared with a 0.5% decline in June. Imports to …
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Team Cherry’s long-awaited Metroidvania sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong, finally looks set for a re-reveal at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live today. Silksong has been the subject of significant fan anticipation since its announcement six years ago, with virtually every major game show prompting speculation that it could finally reappear. Since it was announced in 2019, very little has been seen of …
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How 30 years of NOAA research led to one very accurate and timely tsunami forecast National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (.gov) NASA’s SWOT satellite captures Kamchatka megaquake tsunami in striking detail ScienceDaily Geology professor breaks down earthquake activity in Carolinas following major earthquake near Russia WBTV Old clips misrepresented online after Russian mega-quake AFP Fact Check 8.8 magnitude quake strikes off Russia’s Far …
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More than two decades after the original Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, tonight’s Gamescom Opening Night Live broadcast has finally given us a release date for its much-delayed sequel. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will launch on October 21, 2025 for PC via Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, priced $59.99. Pre-orders …
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Screenshot via The Pokémon Company This mechanic will be a bigger issue elsewhere. | Published: Aug 18, 2025 01:30 pm Lucky Pokémon fans who attended the Pokémon World Championships 2025 last weekend got their hands on a Pokémon Legends Z-A demo. Among many discoveries, fans learned that poisoned Pokémon will take poison damage outside of battle. This mechanic will return …
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The northern frontier of Roman Britain just added an unexpected data point, and it is shoe size. Archaeologists at Magna Roman Fort have uncovered leather footwear that is unusually large for the period, in some cases longer than 12 inches, with one example measuring roughly 12.8 inches. The scale of the discovery stands out in Roman archaeology and raises fresh …
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A galaxy billions of light-years across space-time has puzzled scientists since its discovery more than 50 years ago. PKS 1424+240 is a blazar, with a hugely active black hole in its center blasting powerful jets of plasma out into intergalactic space. To qualify as a blazar, a galaxy has to be oriented in a very specific way – with one of …
Read More »IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic champions. Liang “Chow” Qiao, the owner of Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, thought …
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We’re just weeks away from the unveiling of Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Apple Watch Series 11. But leaked Apple code has now revealed a big new feature that could be coming to next year’s Apple Watch lineup: Touch ID support. Touch ID support might come to 2026 Apple Watch line Last week, Macworld published two articles based on leaked …
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