July 26, 2021
USA Gymnastics takes silver at Tokyo Games after Simone Biles withdraws
Without the GOAT leading her team for the finals competition, USA Gymnastics took the silver medal at the Tokyo games, following Simone Biles' surprise withdrawal earlier today. The athletes from Russia came out on top, beating the cumulative U.S.…
July 25, 2021
With wildfires blazing across the West, more counties are declaring states of emergency
(CNN) As dozens of wildfires burn across the West, officials declared additional states of emergency for counties in California and Nevada while the nation's largest blaze in Oregon continued to swell Friday. The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon has…
July 25, 2021
Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?
New York (CNN Business)Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets over the past two weeks, kicking off a new era of space travel in which billionaire-backed companies offer the high-flying excursions to…
July 25, 2021
How colonial-era debt helped shape Haiti’s poverty and political unrest
When Haiti won its independence nearly 200 years ago, it came at a hefty price -- an estimated $21 billion today. The country spent the next century paying off the debt to its former slave owners, France. It's a financial conundrum that those…
July 25, 2021
Tokyo Olympics opening draws 16.7 million U.S. TV viewers, a 33-year low
July 24 (Reuters) - NBC's broadcast of the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony drew 16.7 million viewers, the smallest U.S. television audience for the event in the past 33 years, according to preliminary data from Comcast-owned(CMCSA.O)…
July 25, 2021
Tunisia and Japan stun swimming superpowers as Barty and Murray exit
TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - Surprise gold medal joy in the pool for Tunisia and Japan and an Aussie world record contrasted with abject misery for some of the world's best athletes whose Olympics were over in a flash on a dramatic Sunday in Tokyo.…
July 25, 2021
Looks like Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have made it Instagram official
(CNN) For beloved Bennifer fans, the long desired reunion of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck might actually be happening. Lopez posted photos from her birthday on Saturday, including one of her kissing someone who appears to be Affleck. She did not…
July 21, 2021
Netflix to include mobile games for subscribers
Netflix has confirmed that it will include video games as part of subscription packages at no extra cost. In a letter to investors, it said it was in the early stages of expanding into games and those for mobile would be added to the platform…
July 21, 2021
Khloe Kardashian opens up about discussing race with daughter True
Khloe Kardashian is opening up about how she plans to discuss race with her daughter, True. The Good American founder shares her three-year-old daughter with her ex-boyfriend, NBA player Tristan Thompson, who is of Jamaican descent. "I will be…
July 21, 2021
Former Trump adviser Tom Barrack charged with acting as agent of UAE
Tom Barrack, a longtime friend of Donald Trump's who chaired the committee that raised more than $100 million for his inauguration, has been charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government and obstruction of justice. Federal prosecutors in…