An Olympic medalist admitted on live TV that she was 's---ting myself' while swimming her relay leg

Sydney Pickrem won bronze for Canada in Sunday's 4×100-meter medley relay. The 23-year-old, who swam a 1:07.17 breaststroke, was candid in her TV interview. Sydney Pickrem may have swum for a spot on the podium in Sunday's 4×100-meter medley relay, but that doesn't mean she was calm, cool, and collected while doing so.

Sen. Lindsey Graham may have exposed multiple senators to COVID-19 on Joe Manchin's DC houseboat

Sen. Joe Manchin hosted multiple senators, including Lindsey Graham, on his houseboat over the weekend. Graham announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday morning. Jacky Rosen and Mark Kelly were all in contact with Graham on the boat.

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  Graham 1st vaccinated senator to test positive for COVID-19

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  U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says he tested positive for COVID-19

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Republican Arizona official says GOP legislator admitted there was 'nothing to' election fraud allegations

Karen Fann, the Arizona state Senate president and a Republican, has supported the state legislature's "forensic audit" of the 2020 presidential vote in Maricopa County, which was won by President Biden. Fann said earlier this month that the audit is "not about" former President Donald Trump, who continues to baselessly claim that widespread voter fraud — especially in states like Arizona and Georgia — cost him the election. Mayer writes that Fann then ultimately "buckled under the political pressure and authorized a subpoena of the county's ballots."

McKayla Maroney says she was forced to compete with a broken foot in the 2012 Olympics, claiming Larry Nassar lied to the coach about the injury

McKayla Maroney said in an Instagram Story that her foot was broken at the 2012 London Olympics. Maroney said Larry Nassar lied to the US women's gymnastics coach to downplay the injury. USA Gymnastics told Insider it recognized "how deeply we have broken the trust of our athletes."

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  Tokyo Olympics: McKayla Maroney says she was forced to compete on a broken foot by abuser Larry Nassar

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  McKayla Maroney Revealed She Competed in the 2012 Olympics on a Broken Foot

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A giant Tesla battery pack burst into flames during testing, and it took 150 firefighters 4 days to put out

A huge Tesla battery pack was on fire for four days until firefighters managed to put it out. It took 150 firefighters and more than 30 fire trucks to extinguish the fire, they said. A Tesla "Megapack" battery pack caught fire during testing on Friday, and it took firefighters four days to extinguish the blaze, Australian local authorities said on Monday.

24 vaccinated friends had a blowout vacation on Cape Cod. Though their symptoms were mild, 14 of them caught COVID-19, report says.

Twenty-four fully vaccinated friends had a weeklong July 4 getaway in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The cases were part of a bigger study that prompted the CDC to change its indoor masking guidance. Fourteen of 24 vaccinated friends who visited the Cape Cod town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, in July caught COVID-19, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.

Online creator Chris Chan arrested on incest charge after leaked audio alleged she had sex with her mother

Christine Weston Chandler, known online as Chris Chan, was arrested on a charge of incest. Christian Weston Chandler, known online as Chris Chan, has been arrested and charged with incest after a leaked phone conversation spread online. Chandler, 39, is currently being held in the Henrico County Jail after being brought in by police on Sunday afternoon.

Maricopa County tells Arizona senators to prepare for legal defense over audit 'misdeeds'

Maricopa County officials defied the Republican-led Arizona Senate's latest round of subpoenas for the controversial audit in the state's most populous county seeking access to routers and other materials. Instead, following a board meeting on Monday, Chairman Jack Sellers wrote to state senators reaffirming the integrity of the contest, encouraging them to release a report on the audit with the information already obtained, and warning them to prepare for legal representations for the partisan review. "The Senate and their privately funded contractors should finish their 'audit', release their report and be prepared to defend it in court," said Sellers, criticizing the Senate-hired firm Cyber Ninjas leading the audit.

A Trump supporter was arrested after a church prayer group member sent texts to the FBI that showed him inside the Capitol on January 6

Glenn Allen Brooks was arrested over his alleged involvement with the Capitol riot on January 6. One of the group members then tipped off the FBI. The FBI arrested a California man after receiving a tip of his involvement in the January 6 Capitol riot from a member of a church prayer group.

A Waffle House waitress who worked a double shift while looking after her baby says she received a $1,000 tip from a country-music star who was impressed by her work ethic

A Waffle House waitress said she received a $1,000 tip from a country-music star. A Waffle House waitress said a country-music star left her a $1,000 tip because he was so impressed by her work ethic. Shirell Lackey told Fox 8 News, a Fox affiliate in Greensboro, North Carolina, last week that the musician, who she wanted to keep anonymous, had found out she was working a double shift while looking after her baby daughter at the restaurant.

A Canadian diver who scored a 0 with a feet-first flop with the finals on the line said she wasn't going to give up

The Canadian diver Pamela Ware scored a 0.0 with a feet-first dive in the Olympics. The failed dive knocked Ware out of competition for the event final. In an emotional video, Ware said she made a mistake but would not give up.

After decades of invisibility, asexuals are speaking up and gaining ground: ‘I don’t need to be fixed because I’m not broken.’

When you look out at the world and you don't see anything that looks like your experience or sounds like your experience, the world is like a funhouse mirror. It's reflecting a distorted version of what's true, so you feel like a broken version of yourself. Asexuals made up 1% of the population in an influential analysis of survey results from more than 18,000 British people that was published in the Journal of Sex Research in 2004.

US considering ‘next steps’ as it warns Iran it will respond to deadly attack on oil tanker in international waters

The new categories include: Afghans who work or worked as employees of contractors, locally employed staff, interpreters/translators for the U.S. government, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force or Resolute Support; Afghans who work or worked for a U.S. government-funded program or project in Afghanistan supported through a U.S. government grant or cooperative agreement; Afghans who are or were employed in Afghanistan by a U.S.-based media organization or nongovernmental organization.

Oklahoma GOP leader got rebuked for doubling down on his comparison of vaccine mandates to gold stars worn by Jewish people during the Holocaust

An Oklahoma GOP leader got rebuked for comparing vaccine mandates to Nazi-mandated yellow stars. Despite the backlash, Oklahoma Republican Party chairman John Bennett doubled down on his remarks. In May, Marjorie Taylor Greene also likened proof-of-vaccination to being discriminated against.

Idaho Falls police officer indicted in fatal shooting of man standing in yard

A grand jury has indicted an Idaho Falls Police Department officer for shooting a man who was in his own backyard during a February manhunt. Elias Aurelio Cerdas, a 26-year-old officer who graduated from training less than a year before the shooting, was indicted Friday on a charge of felony involuntary manslaughter. Cerdas was not arrested after being charged but was issued a summons for his arraignment at the Bonneville County Courthouse on Aug. 23.

Israel's Olympic gold victory raises Jewish identity debate

But the celebrations were tempered after his mother lamented that the country's authorities will not allow him to wed because he is not considered Jewish according to Orthodox law. The state doesn't allow him to marry,” Dolgopyat's mother, Angela, told 103FM in an interview Sunday. Her comments touched a raw nerve in this country, which has repeatedly struggled with balancing matters of religion and state since it was founded as a refuge for Jews 73 years ago.

I'm a personal trainer in the Hamptons. The job perks are incredible, but every now and then I'll get an odd request that has nothing to do with my job.

When it comes to working with the 1%, convenience is a key factor, so I often train my clients virtually or in their homes. It's best to meet them where they're at, and in my case, that's the Hamptons. I launched Hamptons Wellness on Wheels in 2016 with my boyfriend Ross Youmans.

Mystery of Whitey Bulger murder deepens as two inmates are transferred out of solitary

But earlier this week, two of the prisoners, Paul DeCologero and Sean McKinnon, were transferred out of the federal prison in West Virginia, according to online records and family members. The man left behind, a former Mafia hitman named Fotios “Freddy” Geas, remains in solitary. The transfer of DeCologero and McKinnon marks a fresh twist in the federal prison system's most high-profile investigation.

Kris Wu, arrested on suspicion of rape, faces LIFE imprisonment if convicted

Chinese Canadian actor and singer Kris Wu was arrested on suspicion of rape weeks after a young woman came forward to accuse him of targeting herself and others. The allegations: In a statement on Saturday, police in Beijing's Chaoyang District said they have detained the 30-year-old, whose real name is Wu Yifan, in response to reports that he “has repeatedly tricked young women into having sex” and “other related issues.” The arrest comes a week after police revealed that Wu had lied about his relationship with teen influencer Du Meizhu, according to the South China Morning Post.

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  Police in China detain Canadian pop star Kris Wu over rape allegation

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  Chinese police arrest Canadian singer Kris Wu

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I tried working out like Simone Biles for a week, and now I have even more respect for Olympic athletes

This week humbled me, and I'd highly recommend trying Biles' routine. Gold medalist Simone Biles has changed the gymnastics game with her gravity-defying stunts leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. As a fan of Biles, I tried an adapted version of her routine for a week, so keep reading to find out what it was like following an Olympian-inspired training regimen.

Israel's cabinet passes first state budget in three years

Israel's new government approved the 2021-2022 state budget on Monday, after a meeting that lasted almost 24 hours. Why it matters: Previous governments couldn't pass a budget amid the political crisis that engulfed Israel over the past three years — preventing many government reforms from moving forward. The big picture: This is a big achievement for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his coalition partners.

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  Israel's 2021/22 budget set for parliament battle after cabinet approval

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  Israeli Cabinet advances budget, shores up new government

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Missouri health workers battle misinformation among the unvaccinated

America's COVID recovery is slipping away because of the Delta variant and those who still refuse to get vaccinated. Missouri is among the hardest-hit states, especially in areas with low vaccination rates. Lake of the Ozarks, in the central part of the state, is a popular tourist destination welcoming more than five million people a year.

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  Coronavirus transmission among vaccinated people could raise the risk of an even more dangerous variant

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  The unvaccinated don't have the right to give us COVID. Crack down on them, not us.

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