Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee will compete in Olympic qualifiers in April after clinching a podium finish in her first 100 metres butterfly event since being treated for leukaemia.
A woman, nicknamed ‘book lady,’ wants to give away one million books to her community
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Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. Jennifer Williams wants students to love reading the way she ...
NASA named the Perseverance rover’s landing spot for Octavia E. Butler, the pioneering Black science-fiction author
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Though they starred aliens, vampires and time travelers, Octavia E. Butler's celebrated science-fiction novels were often grounded on Earth. Her name and enduring legacy, though, have made it as far as the Red Plane...
Mark Pavelich, member of ‘Miracle on Ice’ 1980 Olympic hockey team, dies at 63
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Mark Pavelich, a member of the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 Olympics US men's hockey team, has died at age 63. He died in North Sauk Centre, Minnesota, according to the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in Ramsey, Minnesot...
A drained swimming pool shows how racism harms White people, too
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If you're a White person who thinks racism only hurts people of color, the story behind an empty, abandoned swimming pool in Missouri might just change your mind. The Fairground Park pool in St. Louis was the larges...
Age 118, the world’s oldest living person will carry the Olympic flame in Japan
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Tokyo At 118 years old, the world's oldest living person is preparing to carry the Olympic torch this May in Japan. Kane Tanaka, who has twice survived cancer, lived through two global pandemics and loves fizzy drink...
Iran’s only female Olympic medalist to compete under white flag in Tokyo
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Iranian female Olympic medal winner Kimia Alizadeh has been granted refugee status in Germany and aims to compete in the Olympic Refugee Team under a white flag in Tokyo this summer. Alizadeh, who won taekwondo bron...
6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published anymore because they portray people in ‘hurtful and wrong’ ways
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Six Dr. Seuss will no longer be published because they "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong," the business that preserves the author's legacy said. The titles are: "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulb...
This Virginia school district says it isn’t banning Dr. Seuss’ books. On the annual Read Across America Day, it’s just no longer emphasizing them
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A school district in Virginia recently made headlines for allegedly banning books by Dr. Seuss. But Loudoun County Public Schools(LCPS), located in Ashburn, said it is not banning books by the famous children's aut...
Biden administration preparing to sanction Russia over Navalny treatment this week
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Washington The Biden administration is preparing to impose sanctions on Russia over the poisoning and jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny this week, two administration officials tell CNN. The rollout ...
In the quest to create more content, Hollywood streamers are hitting the books
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Remember when reading the book before the movie was a thing? Well, it's practically impossible to keep up now. With the combination of celebrity books clubs (Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Jenna Bush Hager and ...