Sharon Pruitt-Young
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This year would have been Federer's fifth time competing in the Olympics. Many fans had hoped that the Tokyo Games would be his chance to take home a gold medal finally in the singles category. -
Officials are hoping the new rules will cut COVID case numbers. Gyms in the Seoul area are not allowed to play music faster than 120 beats per minute. -
Of the more than 12 million people who received the J&J vaccine, around 100 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
The announcement comes five years after the International Union for Conservation of Nature officially removed giant pandas from its endangered list. -
A statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a park in Southern California was vandalized with racist images. Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia called the graffiti "horrific." -
The International Swimming Federation said it would reconsider its decision barring the cap from being used in competition, following criticism that the ruling discriminated against Black swimmers. -
Hurricane Elsa is expected to affect Florida early next week. Officials have begun preparations for potential impact as teams work at the condo site looking for those who remain unaccounted for. -
Investigators say 22 people are known to have died and 126 are unaccounted for. The 7-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter is among the dead. Another condo building was evacuated Friday. -
Black creators on TikTok say that for years, non-black creators have risen to fame performing dances that Black influencers on the app created. -
Officials leading the search and rescue operation said Thursday that several possible risks of collapse were observed overnight at the site.
