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Yuto Horigome Wins First-Ever Olympic Street Skateboarding Gold Medal; Nyjah Huston Finishes Off Podium

3 days ago | Forbes | 4 articles

Skateboarding is officially a medal event in the Olympics, and Japan's own Yuto Horigome won the sport's first-ever gold medal in the men's street skateboarding final in Tokyo...
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Olympic Ratings Fall Sharply: NBC Says 17 Million Watched Opening Ceremony In U.S

3 days ago | Forbes

The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics drew nearly 10 million fewer viewers than the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro.
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On Her Turf Is The First NBC Show Providing Dedicated Coverage To Women's Olympic Sports

3 days ago | Forbes

This summer NBC is shining the spotlight on the women of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with On Her Turf, a program exclusively dedicated to the female Olympians. Sportscaster Lindsay...
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Summer Olympics 2020 Schedule: Saturday's Medal Count, TV Viewing Guide And Updated Odds

3 days ago | Forbes

The 2020 Summer Olympics begin in earnest with Day 1 on Saturday. Get ready to catch all the exciting action in Tokyo with this preview, which includes the updated medal count...
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It's been 12 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage. As a McDonald's worker who makes just $10 an hour, I'm getting sick of Congress delaying another much-needed raise

3 days ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Summary List Placement For millions of workers across the country, it's been 12 years without a raise in the minimum wage. 12 years is a long time. In the past 12 years, we've...
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Hosting the Olympics Is a Bad Deal

4 days ago | NY Times

Even in normal times, the Games don't pay off, argues the economist Andrew Zimbalist.
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The First Two Gold Medals Of The Tokyo Olympics Go To China

4 days ago | Forbes | 3 articles

China's first gold medals came in the women's 10-meter rifle and 49 kg weightlifting.
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Women's Beach Volleyball Match Is The First Covid-19 Cancellation Of The Olympics

4 days ago | Forbes

The first scheduled game of the beach volleyball tournament was canceled on Saturday after a Czech player tested positive for Covid-19
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Plague Inc. creators turned the Olympics into a superspreader event to help players understand the real risk of outbreaks at the games

4 days ago | Business Insider

"In Plague Inc, the Olympics has the potential to be a superspreader event for a disease outbreak," game creator James Vaughan told Insider. Plague Inc, Leon Neal/AFP via Getty...
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How to watch gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics - the finals are free to stream on Peacock

4 days ago | Business Insider

When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Simone Biles at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky The 2020 Olympic...
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NYC outdoor dining a noisy, dirty ‘nightmare' for residents fighting expansion

The Open Restaurants program allowed eateries to stay in business when COVID-19 precautions made indoor dining off limits. Read more ...

Disney executives won't attend CinemaCon in-person as delta Covid variant...

Disney executives won't be traveling to Las Vegas next month to attend the National Association of Theatre Owner's CinemaCon. Read more ...

Yellen urges Congress to raise or suspend the debt limit by Aug. 2

Treasury Secretary Yellen warned her department will start "extraordinary measures" on Aug. 2 if lawmakers don't raise the debt ceiling. Read more ...

Biden job approval rating drops to 50% in Gallup poll, his lowest to date...

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 1, 2021. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images President Joe Biden's... Read more ...

Can Japanese Natto Beans Help Fight Covid-19 Coronavirus? What This Study...

Natto is a traditional Japanese dish that has a distinctive pungent odor and like a romantic comedy can be quite gooey. Read more ...

Amazon's Leap Into Healthcare

Healthcare organizations are contending with a population that's growing sicker, heightened spending, and shifting consumer demands for fast and convenient services. Big tech... Read more ...

A man used AI to bring back his deceased fiancé. But the creators of the...

GPT-3 is a computer program that attempts to write like humans. Fabrizio Bensch/ Reuters A man used artificial intelligence to create a chatbot that mimicked his late... Read more ...

Biden set to nominate Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador to Australia: report

Caroline Kennedy. Marc Andrew Deley/Getty President Biden is set to nominate Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Australia, per a CNN report . Kennedy served as US ambassador to... Read more ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill that bans police from posting...

California Governor Gavin Newsom at a June 2021 press conference. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill preventing police from... Read more ...

London luxury homes sell at feverish pace

Luxury homes in London sold at breakneck pace in the first half of 2021. There were 237 deals that closed above $6.8 million, according to Mansion Global. That tally was 59... Read more ...