Rina Torchinsky
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More than 220 athletes will represent the United States at the Olympics in Beijing, making it the largest delegation at the Games. Other large teams include China and the Russian Olympic Committee. -
The Times acquired the simple word guessing game for an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures. The paper already maintains its own set of games. -
What's already expected to be a major storm could turn into blizzard conditions. Boston and eastern Massachusetts could see two feet of snow. -
The Children's Museum of Denver said that "regrettably, some guests who object to the Museum's mask policy have been inappropriately directing their anger toward our staff." -
The Coast Guard said the missing appear to have been part of a "suspected human smuggling venture" that took off from Bimini, a small island in the Bahamas roughly 55 miles east of Miami. -
Laura Spears, 55, says she stumbled on her life-changing win a few days after buying a ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot. "I couldn't believe what I was reading," she says. -
The promotion follows an announcement from the Red Cross earlier this month that it is facing its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. -
With minutes left to play against the Washington Wizards, Brooklyn Nets assistant coach David Vanterpool reached into the game to deflect the ball. Both he and the Nets team were fined. -
Amid the 7.6-magnitude quake, the single fiber optic cable that the archipelago relied on for global communications ruptured. -
Bald eagles, hailed an "American success story" were removed from the endangered species list in 2007. Now, researchers have found that lead ammunition has reduced their population growth.
