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The United States Artistic Swimming Team is making its final push in training as the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics fast-approaches. Artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, requires athletes to tap into their best abilities in acrobatics and artistry. As the U.S. Artistic Swimming Team qualified for its first Olympic opportunity since 2008, team members […]
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Shariah Harris said it was “surreal” when she rode out onto the polo pitch with her teammates for their first match earlier this month in the U.S. Open Women’s Polo Championship. “Butterflies on […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff will compete in November for the U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Dianne Feinstein. It’s a rare opportunity for the GOP to compete in a marquee statewide race in this Democratic stronghold. The matchup also means that California […]
It’s a feat that comes, no less, during Black History Month. Author: newscentermaine.com Published: 9:25 PM EST February 26, 2024 Updated: 9:25 PM EST February 26, 2024 Source link
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – In 1953, Lenny Simpson visited his neighbor’s tennis court and saw professional tennis player Althea Gibson practicing. An event that would spark a career in tennis, at 15 years old, Simpson would go on to become the youngest male player at the time to participate in the U.S. National Championship. The […]
Philly-area nurse is first Black woman to compete in U.S. Women’s Polo Championship – CBS Philadelphia Watch CBS News Shariah Harris, a nurse at Lankenau Medical Center, was the first Black player to compete in the U.S. Women’s Polo Championship. Her colleagues celebrated her during a special ceremony. Be the first to know Get browser […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are raising alarms about what they see as America’s failure to compete with China in biotechnology, warning of the risks to U.S. national security and commercial interests. But as the two countries’ rivalry expands into the biotech industry, some say that shutting out Chinese companies would only hurt the U.S. […]
It left me scratching my head last month when Donald Trump’s former commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, felt compelled to strongly back the proposed Nippon Steel acquisition of U.S. Steel in a Wall St. Journal oped. At the same time, a bipartisan gaggle of outraged U.S. senators
Major League Soccer teams will not compete in the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the league announced Friday. Instead, MLS will have its developmental teams, which play in third-division MLS Next Pro, partake in the nation’s oldest ongoing tournament, which was first held in 1914. The league will reassess its first teams’ involvement after […]
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) recently partnered with Alabama A&M University for its inaugural Defense-University Affiliated Research Traineeship (DART) Program. (Photo Credit: Sean McNeil) The program’s goal is to support underrepresented researchers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and to conduct research for the U.S. Army. Dr. Kenneth Sartor, an assistant math professor, […]