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September 8, 2021 at 12:12 pm

Ida and COVID-19: ‘Twin-demic’ slams Louisiana hospitals VIEW

As one of the most powerful hurricanes in the nation’s history barreled into Louisiana, a pair of hospitals squarely in its path braced for the...

Gretchen Catherwood holds the flag that draped the casket of her son, Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood, in Springville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. In 2010, Alec, 19, was killed in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban. When he was alive, she loved to touch his face. He had baby soft skin and when she put her hands on his cheeks, this big tough Marine felt like her little boy. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht) NY604 NY604

August 25, 2021 at 9:02 pm

‘Was it worth it?’ A fallen Marine and a war’s crushing end VIEW

Gretchen Catherwood’s son was killed in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban in 2010. In the woods behind her house, she and her husband are building a...

August 7, 2021 at 11:51 pm

Russian rhythmic dynasty topples, Bulgaria gets the gold VIEW

The Russian rhythmic gymnastics juggernaut collapsed at the Tokyo Olympics with dramatic back-to-back loses that sparked furious allegations of injustice in a sport famous for...

August 7, 2021 at 5:37 am

Rhythmic gymnastics upset: Israel beats Russia, wins gold VIEW

Israel’s Linoy Ashram has won the gold medal in the rhythmic gymnastics individual competition, ending Russia’s decades-long dominance in the sport

August 7, 2021 at 12:37 am

Left out of Olympics, men’s rhythmic gymnasts loved in Japan VIEW

Rhythmic gymnastics is one of the only sports at the summer Games, along with synchronized swimming, that are considered so feminine only women compete

August 4, 2021 at 11:39 pm

Long dominated by Russia, rhythmic gymnastics rising in US VIEW

The often forgotten genre of rhythmic Olympic gymnastics is like combining its more famous cousin, artistic gymnastics, with ballet and a circus

August 2, 2021 at 5:52 am

Brazil’s Andrade tumbles into stardom to hometown funk tune VIEW

Rebeca Andrade has become a superstar since she arrived in Tokyo for the Olympics

August 1, 2021 at 8:52 pm

EXPLAINER: How gymnastics evolved from ‘exercising naked’ VIEW

The word gymnastics is derived from the ancient Greek “gymnazein," meaning “to exercise naked.”

August 1, 2021 at 5:17 am

After Biles exit, MyKayla Skinner earns Olympic silver medal VIEW

Mykayla Skinner won a silver medal on vault in the women's gymnastics event final to fulfill a lifelong Olympic dream

July 31, 2021 at 8:40 am

‘Driving your own rollercoaster’: Olympic trampolinists fly VIEW

Trampolinists are among the small contingent of Olympians whose sport is to fly