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Simone Biles poses with the bronze medal during the Women's Balance Beam Final medal ceremony on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in August.

Simone Biles Says She Wasn't Going To Let Larry Nassar Take Her Joy Away

"It was too much," Biles said of enduring years of media coverage of disgraced former team doctor Larry Nassar. "But I was not going to let him take something I've worked for since I was 6 years old."

An aerial view of the Totten mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Nearly 40 miners were trapped underground for more than a day after its elevator system broke, and evacuated by climbing up a series of ladders.

Workers Escape From A Canadian Mine After A 10-Hour Vertical Climb

Most of the 39 trapped miners have reached the surface after climbing more than half a mile on a series of ladders. The Totten mine elevator system was damaged on Sunday.

Flames burn up a giant tree as part of the Windy Fire in the Trail of 100 Giants grove in Sequoia National Forest, Calif. Children in younger generations will experience two to seven times more extreme climate events like wildfires, a new study says.

Children born in 2020 will experience up to 7 times more extreme climate events

A new study says the current climate crisis is a "severe threat" to the safety of younger generations, who will experience far more extreme climate events such as heat waves, wildfires and floods.

Defense Officials Testify At Senate Hearing On Afghanistan

Top Pentagon officials are testifying Tuesday for the first time since the completion of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar looks on during the game between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks at the Fiserv Forum in 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Says NBA Players Should Get Vaccinated Or Be Kicked Off The Team

The 2021-2022 NBA season is set to begin in a few weeks without a vaccine mandate for players. Instead, unvaccinated players will have to submit to regular testing.

The Cover of Scientific African's first issue.

African Researchers Say They Face Bias In The World Of Science. Here's One Solution

The new journal Scientific African was launched to provide a prejudice-free platform for research from African scientists. And it's already winning awards.

Pfizer and BioNTech say they will submit a formal request for emergency use authorization of the vaccine in young children "in the coming weeks," as they share data with the FDA about trials for kids from 5 up to 12. Here, a healthcare worker administers a dose of the vaccine to an older child at a pediatrician's office in Michigan.

Pfizer Submits Favorable Initial Data To The FDA On Kids' COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

Pfizer and BioNTech say they plan to submit a formal request for emergency use authorization of their vaccine in young children "in the coming weeks."

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie faced senators' questions Tuesday on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Generals Say They Recommended Keeping U.S. Troops In Afghanistan

The remarks by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and U.S. Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie are at odds with comments President Biden made during an interview in August.

Poor Will's Almanack: September 28 – October 4, 2021

Poor Will’s Almanack for the final week of Early Fall, the final week of the Hickory, Black Walnut and Pecan Nutting Moon, the second week of the sun in Libra.

Illinois Man Wins Marathon After 2 Leaders Take A Wrong Turn

The bicyclist in front of the two leaders at the Quad Cities Marathon went straight instead of turning — veering them off course. But it steered Tyler Pence to a $3,000 first place prize.

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