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The U.S. invented mountain biking. Now It wants those Olympic medals, too.
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The U.S. invented mountain biking. Now It wants those Olympic medals, too.

Live Mint  

There are silvers and there are silvers. Haley Batten didn’t win the gold medal in mountain biking at the Summer Olympics, but the silver she earned Sunday was momentous. It was the best Olympic finish by a U.S. mountain biker ever—pulled off by a 25-year-old from Park City, Utah, who’d been targeting this day since she was 12. Armstrong may …

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Paris Olympics 2024: USA's Simone Biles shines in gymnastics; Rafael Nadal sets up blockbuster clash against Novak Djokovic
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: USA's Simone Biles shines in gymnastics; Rafael Nadal sets up blockbuster clash against Novak Djokovic

Firstpost  

American gymnast Simone Biles shone despite injuring her calf during warm-up for the floor exercise, whereas Rafael Nadal setup a blockbuster clash against Novak Djokovic at the Paris Olympics. Then there was a Rafael Nadal victory over Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics, that helped the Spaniard setup a blockbuster second round clash against Novak Djokovic. Paris Olympics: News, schedule, medals tally and …

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Paris Olympics Day 2: Simone Biles and LeBron James shine as Americans step up at the Games
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics Day 2: Simone Biles and LeBron James shine as Americans step up at the Games

Associated Press  

PARIS — On the first sunny day of the Paris Olympics, the stars from the United States shined bright. Simone Biles and LeBron James dazzled, so did the U.S. women’s soccer team. Simone Shines Biles made her Olympic return three years after pulling out of multiple finals at the Tokyo Games to protect her safety, which prompted an international discussion …

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Haley Batten wins Olympic silver medal in best finish by American mountain biker — then gets fined
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Haley Batten wins Olympic silver medal in best finish by American mountain biker — then gets fined

Associated Press  

ELANCOURT, France — Haley Batten was fined by the Olympic mountain bike judges for breaking a rule on the final lap of her race Sunday, though she will no doubt gladly pay the modest penalty after her silver medal marked the best finish ever by an American rider. Batten was jockeying for second place with Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds, well behind …

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US mountain biker Haley Batten, 25, realizes Olympic dream in Paris with silver medal after miserable ninth-place finish at 2020 Tokyo Games
4 months, 3 weeks ago

US mountain biker Haley Batten, 25, realizes Olympic dream in Paris with silver medal after miserable ninth-place finish at 2020 Tokyo Games

Daily Mail  

Haley Batten saw her Olympic dream realized as she cycled to a silver medal in the Women's Cross-country Mountain Bike event. She said: 'I've visualized finishing with the medal around my neck for a long time, so I knew I would feel special but I can't explain how amazing that is.' Pauline Ferrand Prevot, of France, centre, winner of the …

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Pauline Ferrand-Prevot finally wins Olympic mountain bike gold for France
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot finally wins Olympic mountain bike gold for France

Associated Press  

ELANCOURT, France — French mountain biker Pauline Ferrand-Prevot carries a pair of tattoos — the Olympic rings under her left wrist and the phrase “Life is a joke” on the back of her neck — that seemed altogether appropriate on Sunday. I was just on a mission.” Haley Batten overtook Rio gold medalist Jenny Rissveds on the final lap to …

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Molotov cocktail used in O.C. Planned Parenthood attack lands Florida man in prison
7 months, 1 week ago

Molotov cocktail used in O.C. Planned Parenthood attack lands Florida man in prison

LA Times  

The aftermath of a Molotov cocktail attack on March 13, 2002, at a Planned Parenthood in Costa Mesa. A Florida man was sentenced to 3½ years in federal prison Monday for assisting two others in crafting a Molotov cocktail that was thrown at a Costa Mesa Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Xavier Batten, 21, …

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‘Violent and reckless’ O.C. Planned Parenthood firebombing plot detailed in federal indictment
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Violent and reckless’ O.C. Planned Parenthood firebombing plot detailed in federal indictment

LA Times  

Chance Brannon, a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, and Tibet Ergul of Irvine are accused of being the two masked individuals who threw a Molotov cocktail, igniting a blaze, at a Costa Mesa Planned Parenthood clinic last year. A Florida man was arrested and identified as the third suspect involved in the 2022 firebombing of a Costa Mesa Planned Parenthood …

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Meet Dax! ‘Love Is Blind’ alum Jessica Batten welcomes first baby with husband Benjamin McGrath
1 year, 6 months ago

Meet Dax! ‘Love Is Blind’ alum Jessica Batten welcomes first baby with husband Benjamin McGrath

Hindustan Times  

‘Love Is Blind’ alum Jessica Batten has given birth to her first child with husband Benjamin McGrath. Jessica Batten has given birth to her first child with husband Benjamin McGrath Jessica and Benjamin tied the knot in anintimate ceremony held at a historic Santa Barbara courthouse in September 2022. Jessica and Benjamin revealed their plans to hold a larger event …

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Family dealing with childhood dementia caused by Batten Disease wants better respite services
1 year, 6 months ago

Family dealing with childhood dementia caused by Batten Disease wants better respite services

ABC  

Mandy and David McWaters want to have as many special moments as they can with their daughters before childhood dementia makes that impossible. Maiah, 20, and Kenzlie, nine, have the CLN3 variant of Batten disease and are two of only three cases in South Australia. Dr Ineka Whiteman, head of research and medical affairs at the Batten Disease Support and …

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Chevron scrambles to batten down oil fields amid threat of Kern River flooding
1 year, 7 months ago

Chevron scrambles to batten down oil fields amid threat of Kern River flooding

LA Times  

Preparing for the threat of massive flooding during California’s “Big Melt,” federal engineers have been releasing more Kern River water from Lake Isabella than is flowing into the reservoir from the snowbound peaks of the southern Sierra Nevada. Brad Vieselmeyer, left, Sean Comey and Wade Nicholson stand near riprap lining the banks of the Kern River as it flows through …

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Ivy League schools received billions from top foundations. HBCUs got less than $50M
1 year, 7 months ago

Ivy League schools received billions from top foundations. HBCUs got less than $50M

Associated Press  

The average historically Black college and university received 178 times less funding from foundations than the average Ivy League school in 2019, according to a new report on the underfunding of HBCUs released Tuesday. The study -- conducted by the philanthropic research group Candid and ABFE, a nonprofit that advocates for investments in Black communities – found that the eight …

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The Well of Loneliness: The book that could corrupt a nation
2 years, 1 month ago

The Well of Loneliness: The book that could corrupt a nation

BBC  

The Well of Loneliness: The book that could corrupt a nation Emmanuel Lafont When a book has been banned on grounds of obscenity, a reader may be forgiven for coming to it with certain expectations. For generations of women – and men – on their own difficult passages to sexual self-discovery, The Well of Loneliness became a beacon In 2019, …

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Aviation tales from Old Bar Airfield portray a tiny airstrip with a big history still in use today
2 years, 10 months ago

Aviation tales from Old Bar Airfield portray a tiny airstrip with a big history still in use today

ABC  

In the 1920s, George Bunyan, the caretaker of a reserve at the small coastal town of Old Bar in northern New South Wales, decided to create an airstrip for some extra revenue, a place where people could refuel and take a break. "He was the one who actually located Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm when they went missing in …

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Police: Teen charged in fatal shooting outside high school
3 years ago

Police: Teen charged in fatal shooting outside high school

Associated Press  

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Police in Virginia say they’ve arrested an 18-year-old high school student following a shooting that killed a 17-year-old outside a school in Newport News. Police said that the teenagers attended a high school basketball game on Tuesday night. Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said that Dunham went to the vehicle he had arrived in. The …

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Football's unknown epidemic: When Black players die suddenly, the cover-up begins
3 years, 1 month ago

Football's unknown epidemic: When Black players die suddenly, the cover-up begins

Salon  

In the predawn hours of Feb. 7, 2014, a pre-med student named Ted Agu, a son of Nigerian immigrants and a walk-on player for the University of California's football team, the Golden Bears, dropped dead during a team conditioning exercise that involved sprinting up and down a campus hillside multiple times while pulling a thick rope, together with a group …

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Why Netflix is using polls on ‘Love Is Blind’ and other shows
3 years, 3 months ago

Why Netflix is using polls on ‘Love Is Blind’ and other shows

LA Times  

An example of a poll that Netflix will test on reality dating show “Love Is Blind.” On Netflix reality dating show “Love Is Blind,” contestant Jessica Batten wasn’t sure who she’d rather be with — project engineer Matt Barnett or fitness instructor Mark Cuevas. This month, the Los Gatos, Calif.-based company will test new interactive polls for some of its …

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Maggie Shipstead: ‘In fiction, you can “get at” attractions that don’t fit the mould of appropriateness’
3 years, 7 months ago

Maggie Shipstead: ‘In fiction, you can “get at” attractions that don’t fit the mould of appropriateness’

The Independent  

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Trump thought courts were key to winning. Judges disagreed.
4 years ago

Trump thought courts were key to winning. Judges disagreed.

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if only judges were allowed to hear the cases. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Linda Parker threw out a lawsuit challenging Michigan’s election results that had been filed two days after the state …

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