AUGUST 6, 2021
A coronavirus testing site in Miami on Tuesday. Chandan Khanna/AFP — Getty Images
Unvaccinated people who have had Covid-19 may be more than twice as likely to get infected again than those who tested positive and bolstered their natural immunity with a vaccine, according to a small study that assessed the likelihood of reinfection.
The study, by the...
AUGUST 6, 2021
Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen with Special Boat Team 20 perform a demonstration in Virginia, July 17, 2010. - US Navy/PO2 Matt Daniel
In July, the first woman sailor passed a Naval Special Warfare selection and training pipeline to become a commando.
The sailor will become a Special Warfare Combatant-Craft crewman, one of the smallest special-operations...
AUGUST 5, 2021
Fred Kerley, left, and Ronnie Baker exchange on the 4x100m relay during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium.
TOKYO, JAPAN — Carl Lewis, the winner of nine gold medals in four Olympic Games, could not believe his eyes. He was at home Wednesday night in Houston watching the U.S. men’s 4x100-relay team melt down half...
AUGUST 5, 2021
Lydia Jacoby holds her gold medal during the medals ceremony for the women's 100m breaststroke.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are officially underway, and so is the race to finish at the top of the medal count when the Games end on Aug. 8.
There are 206 countries competing in Tokyo with over 11,000 athletes representing them. While there...
AUGUST 4, 2021
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Carsten Koall/Getty Images
Google fired dozens of employees from 2018 to 2020 for accessing users' personal data.
Motherboard reports that some employees used the tools to access other employees' information.
Other tech companies, like Facebook, have reportedly experienced similar situations of data abuse.
Google fired dozens of employees for abusing internal tools...
AUGUST 4, 2021
US to require foreign travelers to be vaccinated when restrictions lift. - Getty Images
The Biden administration is currently developing a plan that would require most international travelers entering the U.S. from all countries to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a White House official said Wednesday.
The U.S. is keeping international travel restrictions in place for the time...
AUGUST 3, 2021
Karsten Warholm smashed his own world record and ripped his shirt open with delight Tuesday.
The Norwegian athlete won 400 meter hurdles gold in Tokyo, becoming the greatest the event has ever seen.
One commentator described it as a Usain Bolt moment, such was the race's magnitude.
A 25-year-old had to smash the world record to win...
AUGUST 3, 2021
US intelligence analyst Gina Bennett. - David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images
Just one week out of the University of Virginia, with a degree in economics and foreign policy, Gina Bennett started working at the State Department as a clerk-typist in June 1988. After a couple of months, Bennett's boss told her, "Gina, you don't belong here. I'm going to...
AUGUST 2, 2021
Warren Buffett. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has made a $8 billion gain on American Express this year.
Berkshire spent $1.3 billion for a stake in the credit-card group worth $26 billion today.
Buffett's former partnership owned 5% of American Express in the mid-1960s.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has racked up an $8 billion gain...
AUGUST 2, 2021
Christen Press, left, and Lindsay Horan console each other after the U.S. lost to Canada in the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics. - Geoff Burke, USA TODAY Sports
KASHIMA, JAPAN — Canada got the best of the U.S. women when it really mattered.
The Canadians beat the USWNT for the first time since 2001 on Monday, and only fourth...
