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British diver Tom Daley was seen knitting in the stands while watching a women’s diving event. He says his stitching work has kept him sane amid Olympic pressures. (Image credit: Joe Giddens – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)

“Thank you to the IOC for living up to the Olympic values and showing that sport is for all and that weightlifting can be done by all types of people,” Hubbard said after her competition. (Image credit: Swen Pförtner/dpa/picture alliance

(TOKYO) — Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard finally got to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. It didn’t last long, but it was significant. Hubbard couldn’t complete any of her first three lifts on Monday night, ruling her out of medal contention

The 6 big questions we may now get answered on Donald Trump’s taxes  CNN

Senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, wrapping up days of painstaking work on the inches-thick bill.

Britain opened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from the U.S. and the European Union on Monday.

Lawrence Handley, 53, a business executive from Lafayette, La., pleaded guilty this week to three criminal charges after a plot to kidnap his estranged wife went badly awry.

Want to help the environment? Going carless is an excellent start.

White House once again makes Covid-19 the focus of Biden’s schedule  CNN White House touts ‘strongest week’ of first-time vaccinations since early June  Fox News Pro-Biden groups to spend $100 million on August ad blitz  Associated Press White House Concerned Media Is Too

Chinese authorities said 302 people had died during severe flooding that hit the central province of Henan last month, a sharp increase in the death toll that makes the disaster one of the deadliest in China in recent years.