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Greek pole vaulter Polak suspended for doping Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Eleni-Klaoudia Polak finished 19th at Tokyo 2020 Published 12 minutes ago Greek pole vaulter Eleni-Klaoudia Polak has been provisionally suspended from the Paris Olympics after failing a doping test, the International Olympic Committee has said. Polak, 27, competed in the qualification round

Daisy Ridley reveals Graves' disease diagnosis Getty Images Ridley said she "just thought I was annoyed at the world" before getting the diagnosis Actress Daisy Ridley has spoken for the first time about being diagnosed with Graves' disease, an autoimmune condition that mainly affects young and middle-aged women. Ridley, 32, known for playing Rey in

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who alleged that school officials committed racial and gender discrimination when they punished him for refusing to change his hairstyle. The ruling was another victory in the case for the Barbers Hill school district near Houston, which

Georgia gave local officials significant new powers over the certification of elections results on Tuesday, a move that could delay or derail future post-election certification processes. In a 3-2 vote, the Republican-controlled State Election Board voted to define the certification of election results as “attest, after reasonable inquiry, that the tabulation and canvassing of the

CNN  —  A rush of water unleashed by an ailing glacier swelled an Alaska river to record levels Tuesday and caused destructive flooding in Juneau nearly a year to the date of a similar significant event. More than 100 homes have been damaged or impacted by the so-called glacial lake outburst flooding along the Mendenhall