Andy Lyons/Getty Images (EUGENE, Ore) – Quanesha Burks is proving dreams do really come true. The 26-year-old is heading to Tokyo for the 2021 Olympics after jumping her personal best in the women’s long jump. Burks placed third with a jump of 22 feet, 10 inches, clinching a spot on […]
PROVO, Utah-Thursday, Brigham Young University’s athletics department released a statement concerning the NCAA’s ruling to permit student-athletes at member institutions under its interim name, image and likeness (NIL) policy to receive compensation. Athletic director Tom Holmoe stated the following standards for student-athletes at BYU: -compensation for NIL activities must be […]
Michael Reaves/Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — Engineers and Surfside, Florida, officials are concerned that recent construction at a neighboring residential building may have contributed to instability at the Champlain Tower South building that collapsed last week — and could potentially have been “the straw that broke the camel’s back,” according […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — One week after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County, at least 18 people have been confirmed dead while 145 others remain unaccounted for, officials said. The massive search and rescue operation entered its eighth day on […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — One week after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County, at least 18 people have been confirmed dead while 145 others remain unaccounted for, officials said. The massive search and rescue operation entered its eighth day on […]
Tim de Waele/Corbis via Getty Images (PARIS) — After a four-day search, a woman was arrested Wednesday as part of the investigation into a large crash at the Tour de France earlier last week, according to local prosecutors. The 30-year-old suspect turned herself into police and expressed feelings “of shame, […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — One week after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County, at least 18 people have been confirmed dead while 145 others remain unaccounted for, officials said. The massive search and rescue operation entered its eighth day on […]
Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nursing mothers will be allowed to bring their children to the Tokyo Olympics this summer. Earlier this year, officials announced their decision to bar all foreign spectators from attending the games, which includes any of the visiting athletes’ families. Officials also […]
Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 17 people were injured by a massive explosion Wednesday night following the Los Angeles Police Department’s attempts to detonate a cache of illegal fireworks in South Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Soon after […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Washington 15, Tampa Bay 6 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 9, Cleveland 4 Boston 6, Kansas City 2 Chi White Sox, 13 Minnesota 3 Seattle 9, Toronto 7 Baltimore 5, Houston 2 Oakland 3, Texas 1 […]
