The United States’ first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics went to the 4×100-meter men’s freestyle relay team in a thrilling race. When Caeleb Dressel, the anchor leg of the four-man team, touched the wall, the United States posted a final time of 3:09.28, beating out the team’s Australian rivals by more than a…
United States women’s swimming star Katie Ledecky was unable to secure gold in her first Olympic final, but she still landed on the podium. Ledecky earned a bronze medal, her first medal of these Olympic Games, as she finished the 400-meter women’s freestyle in third place with a time of 4:00.86, which is well behind…
Fitness guru Jillian Michaels slammed the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics for what she called a “mockery” of “The Last Supper.” Michaels addressed the LGBTQ+ community on social media for the “hypocrisy” and “lack of understanding” that she says she saw in the parody of “The Last Supper,” which featured several drag queen…
The outlet Scientific American became the subject of mockery on social media for publishing a piece saying that Vice President Kamala Harris will bring a scientific perspective to the presidency if she wins because her mom was a cancer researcher. The piece went viral on X with conservatives and other critics of the presumptive Democratic…
Philippine government personnel transported food and other supplies Saturday to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent but closely guarded by Beijing’s forces in the South China Sea and no confrontations were reported, Philippine officials said. It was the first Philippine government supply trip to the Second Thomas Shoal, which has been…
Matt Damon had some advice for his fellow “Oppenheimer” star Josh Hartnett, but apparently it came a little too late. Hartnett appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” earlier this week, laughing at Damon’s “unhelpful” suggestion. “He gave me a lot of good advice,” Hartnett said. “One in particular — one thing that was…
A church faced severe damage and at least one firefighter was injured in a fire in the Dallas area on Friday. The fire started around 12:30 on Friday afternoon at the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. 85-year-old Pastor P.D. Taylor, who walks with a cane, was preparing for his Sunday sermon inside…
Trump, who is the Republican Party’s candidate for president, made his remarks at the end of a speech at a conservative Christian event.
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Katie Ledecky won bronze in the women’s 400-meter freestyle, while Team USA won silver in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle.