Ryan Pierse/Getty Images (TOKYO) — American Carissa Moore grabbed a typhoon by the tail and rode into the history books on Tuesday, becoming the first woman ever to win a gold medal in surfing at the Olympics. The 28-year-old Hawaiian, the world’s No. 1 ranked woman surfer, burst into tears […]
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images (TOKYO) — The U.S. won silver in the gymnastics team competition at the Tokyo Olympics after Simone Biles left competition early following a rare stumble on vault Tuesday. She did not compete in the rest of the competition for the team event. USA Gymnastics said in a […]
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Each day, ABC News will give you a roundup of key Olympic moments from the day’s events in Tokyo, happening 13 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time. After a 12-month delay, the unprecedented 2020 Summer Olympics is taking place without fans or spectators and […]
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Simone Biles left competition early at the Tokyo Olympics team competition Tuesday after a rare stumble on vault, NBC announced and the International Gymnastics Federation wrote on Twitter. She will not be competing in the rest of the competition for the team event. USA Gymnastics […]
Clive Brunskill/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Naomi Osaka, ranked second and competing in her home country, will leave the Tokyo Olympics without a medal. Osaka, 23, lost to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 in the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament on Tuesday. “I’m disappointed in every […]
hapabapa/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the delta variant drives a surge in COVID-19 cases across the U.S., some local health departments are taking the lead to reimpose indoor mask mandates for all residents — despite CDC guidance that most fully vaccinated Americans can go maskless. The move from local municipalities […]
Utah Highway Patrol (MILLARD COUNTY, Utah) — Eight people are dead in Utah, including four children under the age of 15, after a sandstorm caused a series of car crashes Sunday, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. local time on Interstate 15 in Millard […]
iStock/Nastco (NEW YORK) — Companies across the country are not letting American-made material go to waste. The Ford auto plant in Dearborn, Michigan, is donating more than $100,000 worth of leather scraps discarded from car seats and giving them to local small businesses in Detroit. Detroit non-profit Mend On The […]
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (OAKLAND, Calif.) — Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer was assaulted and robbed in Oakland Monday afternoon, her representatives tweeted. “The assailant pushed her in the back, stole her cell phone and jumped in a waiting car. She is thankful that she was not seriously injured,” the tweet read. The […]
Getty Images/Al Bello (NEW YORK) — American Katie Ledecky is looking to further cement her name in swim history with a race making its Olympic debut in Tokyo. The 1,500-meter freestyle had previously only been available to men at the Olympics. But this year, as the Games became more gender-equal, […]
