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Gymnast Jade Carey’s long road to the Olympics ends with gold in floor exercise
TOKYO — Jade Carey traveled the world for a spot in the Olympics. Germany. Qatar. Azerbaijan. Australia. A lot of long flights. A little bit of jet lag. One unrelenting vision of what could be possible. She wasn’t going to let a little thing like a sticky patch of carpet...
Canada upsets U.S. with 1-0 win in women’s soccer
KASHIMA, Japan — Jessie Fleming scored on a penalty kick in the 74th minute and Canada earned a 1-0 semifinal victory over the United States in the Olympic women’s soccer competition on Monday. Canada goes on to face the winner of the late semifinal in Yokohama between Sweden and Australia....
Simone Biles to return to Olympics for balance beam finals
The 2016 Olympic gymnastics champion will return to competition in the balance beam final on Tuesday, a little over a week after stepping away from the meet to focus on her mental health. “We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam...
U.S. junior varsity lineup upsets Mexico to win Gold CupVideo
LAS VEGAS — Miles Robinson scored on a header in the 117th minute, and a United States junior varsity lineup upset a mostly front-line Mexico team 1-0 on Sunday night to win the CONCACAF Cup. Kellyn Acosta, the only player in the U.S. lineup who gets playing time when the...
A pandemic Olympics, without all the crowds: What gets lost?Video
TOKYO — Any sporting event is, at its heart, a show. It has the actors on center stage, performing for the rest of us. It has the spectators, sitting in their seats watching raptly. And — in modern times, at least — it has the “home” audience, which in the...
Square to buy installment payment firm Afterpay in $29B deal
Digital payments company Square Inc. says it has agreed to acquire Afterpay, which provides a “buy now, pay later” option for merchants, in an all-stock deal valued at about $29 billion. Square said Sunday it has agreed to buy all of the Australian company’s shares, and that the transaction’s estimated...
Mets fail to sign 10th overall draft pick Kumar Rocker of VanderbiltVideo
The New York Mets failed to sign their top pick from last month’s amateur draft, Vanderbilt pitcher Kumar Rocker, by Sunday’s 5 p.m. deadline, over concern about his medical scans. New York selected Rocker with the 10th overall pick and will receive an extra selection in next year’s amateur draft,...
‘Mass chaos’ after fight triggers mad rush for exits at Lancaster County sports complex
MANHEIM — Authorities say a number of people were injured at an indoor sports complex in Pennsylvania after some kind of incident triggered a crowd rush for the exits. Diane Garber, emergency services coordinator for East Hempfield Township, said the 2:20 p.m. Sunday incident at Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim...
Former Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury commits to playing for BlackhawksVideo
Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury has committed to playing for the Chicago Blackhawks this season, setting aside his reservations about leaving Vegas. “Hey Chicago. It’s Marc, just want to let you know I’m in. Let’s get to work,” Fleury said, standing in front of a small jet, in a video posted by...
Senators produce bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure billVideo
WASHINGTON — After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package Sunday night, wrapping up days of painstaking work on the inches-thick bill and launching what is certain to be a lengthy debate over President Joe Biden’s big priority. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act clocked in...
Olympics roundup: More medals for U.S. women gymnastsVideo
TOKYO — Sunisa Lee came to Japan to win a gold medal. And she did. Just not the one she really, really wanted. The 18-year-old from Minnesota is a revelation on uneven bars, where her routines are an intricate series of connections and releases completed with so much ease it...
‘Jungle Cruise’ sails atop box office despite covid concernsVideo
LOS ANGELES — Despite growing concerns over the delta variant, “Jungle Cruise” still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the film’s opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office. The Disney film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt exceeded expectations by pulling in more than $34.1 million over...
Evacuations lifted as progress made against western fires
BLY, Oregon — Firefighters in Oregon reported good progress in the battle against the nation’s largest wildfire, while authorities canceled evacuation orders near a major blaze in Northern California. Containment of the Bootleg Fire in remote southern Oregon was up to 74% on Sunday. It was 56% contained a day...
Florida breaks record for covid-19 hospitalizationsVideo
ORLANDO — A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record for current hospitalizations, as the number of patients in hospitals because of covid-19 once again broke through the 10,000-person threshold. The Sunshine State had 10,207...
DaBaby booted from Lollapalooza after homophobic comments
CHICAGO — Rapper DaBaby was cut Sunday from Lollapalooza’s closing lineup as a result of crude and homophobic remarks he made last week at a Miami-area music festival. The Grammy-nominated artist, whose name is Jonathan Kirk, had been scheduled as a closing act on the final night of the four-day...
Forecasters confirm 9 tornadoes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — The National Weather Service has confirmed a ninth tornado that struck during storms last week in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Forecasters said Sunday that an EF-1 tornado with peak wind up to 90 mph appeared in the Weisenberg Township area of Lehigh County during storms on...
MTV marks 40th anniversary with a new ‘Moon Person’ designVideo
MTV is marking its 40th anniversary with a relaunch of its iconic image of an astronaut on the moon, with an MTV flag planted nearby. On Sunday, the media network unveiled a large-scale “Moon Person” during a ceremony at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The new design...
Myanmar military extends emergency, promises vote in 2 years
BANGKOK — Six months after seizing power from the elected government, Myanmar’s military leader on Sunday declared himself prime minister and said he would lead the country under the extended state of emergency until elections are held in about two years. “We must create conditions to hold a free and...
Pennsylvania man sentenced to 2 life terms in 2019 double murder, arson
EASTON — A man prosecutors said baked and took cookies to the home of a 97-year-old bedridden woman before killing her and her adult son and setting fire to their eastern Pennsylvania home has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. Drew Rose, 39, of Bethlehem pleaded...
Hamas re-elects Ismail Haniyeh as supreme leader
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Islamic militant group Hamas on Sunday said it has re-elected its supreme leader. Ismail Haniyeh, who has been living in exile for the past two years, was given a new four-year term by the Shura Council, the Islamic group’s top decision-making body. He was...
Senators hope to wrap up draft of infrastructure bill Sunday
WASHINGTON — The Senate will reconvene in a rare weekend session on Sunday as negotiators work on the text of a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Despite the delays, two senators predicted that the text would be released within the day and the bill passed by the end of the...
Kim’s sister warns S. Korea-U.S. military drills will rekindle tensions
SEOUL, South Korea — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Sunday that next month’s annual military drills between South Korean and U.S. troops will undermine prospects for better ties between the Koreas, just days after the rivals reopened their long-dormant communication channels. Kim Yo Jong’s...
Police: 10 shot in Queens by 2 men who fled on mopeds
NEW YORK — Two men strode up to a crowd outside a barbershop in the New York City borough of Queens and opened fire, wounding 10 people before fleeing on mopeds, police said Sunday morning. The shooting in the borough’s Corona neighborhood took place just before 11 p.m. Saturday. The...
Crowds defy ban to protest coronavirus measures in Berlin
BERLIN — Hundreds of people turned out in Berlin on Sunday to protest the German government’s anti-coronavirus measures despite a ban on the gatherings, leading to arrests and clashes with police. Local authorities banned several different protests registered for this weekend, including one from the Stuttgart-based Querdenker movement, which expected...
Olympic swimming ends with splashy new records, U.S. gold
TOKYO — Caeleb Dressel finished off his gold rush at the Tokyo Olympics with two more dazzling swims. The guy who dreads all the attention won’t be able to escape it now. He’s one of the greatest Olympians ever. The 24-year-old Floridian captured his fourth and fifth gold medals of...
