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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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.

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 Texas lawmaker is asking donors to pay his legislative staff after Gov. Greg Abbott defunded the entire state legislature

A Texas state representative is asking campaign donors to help pay his legislative staffers. Gov. Greg Abbott defunded the legislature after Democrats fled the state to prevent restrictive voting laws from passing. Unlike staffers' salaries, state legislator pay is enshrined in the constitution.

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.

Lindsey Graham gathered with lawmakers on Joe Manchin's houseboat prior to positive COVID-19 test

Sen. Lindsey Graham reportedly gathered with fellow lawmakers on Sen. Joe Manchin's houseboat in Washington, D.C., last week, days before the South Carolina Republican announced a positive COVID-19 test on Monday. Mark Kelly from Arizona and Jacky Rosen from Nevada were also among the crowd during the event, according to multiple outlets. All four of the lawmakers have been fully vaccinated, and all, except for Graham, have not reported a positive diagnosis.

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  Lindsey Graham tests positive for COVID-19: 'I am very glad I was vaccinated'

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  Sen. Graham tests positive for COVID-19

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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.

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.

Iran's outgoing president says the country's authoritarian government doesn't always tell the truth

Iran's outgoing president said the government was not always truthful during his eight-year tenure. Iran's authoritarian government is not known for its transparency and has little tolerance for dissent. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is leaving office this week, on Sunday said the country's authoritarian government was not always truthful during his eight years in office.

Tokyo Olympics: China's 'nationalists' are turning on their athletes

The pressure on Chinese athletes to perform has never been higher. Anything less than a gold is being seen as athletes being unpatriotic by furious "nationalists" online. China's mixed doubles table tennis team made a tearful apology at the Tokyo Olympics last week - for winning a silver medal.

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.

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.

Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' TV series finally has a premiere date

Amazon Studios released the first image from the forthcoming series. Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, and Maxim Bald are among the ensemble cast. Amazon's "The Lord of the Rings" TV series finally has an official premiere date.

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.

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.

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.

Florida and Texas accounted for one-third of all new U.S. coronavirus cases last week, White House says

States with low vaccination rates are driving a new coronavirus wave sweeping over the nation, with the much more transmissible Delta strain filling hospitals across the southern U.S. Two states, Texas and Florida, stand out as hot spots, accounting for a full third of all new cases nationwide last week, White House pandemic response coordinator Jeff Zients revealed during a Monday press briefing. Over the weekend, Florida had the unwelcome distinction of breaking a national record, reporting 21,000 new cases, the most for one day in any state since the pandemic began in early 2020. From the start, we've known this virus is unpredictable,” Zients said.

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  Florida breaks record for COVID-19 hospitalizations

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100-year-old accused of once being a Nazi guard to stand trial in Germany

Prosecutors in Germany said on Monday that a 100-year-old man accused of being a Nazi concentration camp guard is fit to stand trial in October. The man, whose name has not been released, allegedly served as a guard at the Sachsenhausen camp near Berlin, with prosecutors accusing him of being complicit in the murders of 3,518 prisoners between 1942 and 1945. There aren't many former guards who are still living, but now there is legal precedent that prosecutors do not need evidence of direct involvement in murders at concentration camps to bring someone to trial.

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  German court sets trial date for former Nazi guard, aged 100

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  100-year-old former concentration camp guard ‘to go on trial in Germany’

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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.

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.

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.