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Simone Biles stuck her trademark Yurchenko double pike vault during training at the Paris Olympics. Watch her pull it off.

Watch Simone Biles nail a Yurchenko double pike vault at Olympics podium training

If anyone had any lingering doubts whether or not Simone Biles could bounce back after the Tokyo games, well, enjoy this. Thursday was Team USA’s turn to get in their practice in Paris ahead of the games, and while most athletes used this to get comfortable in the building, Biles was out here casually doing the most difficult vault in history.

Simone Biles casually stuck the most difficult vault in history during Olympic practice

Athlon Sports

Simone Biles, a seven-time Olympic medalist, is tied with Shannon Miller as the most decorated American gymnast in international competition. Biles, however, appears ready to crush that record at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Biles practiced her vault at the Bercy Arena in Paris on July 25. Her ...

Simone Biles' Vault During Practice for Paris Olympics Stuns USA Gymnastics

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Simone Biles makes it look SO easy, when we know that it’s not. As gymnastics practice at the Paris Olympics began this week, Biles was out there practicing what is known as The Biles II in the vault — a Yurchenko double pike that has become one of her signature moves after she was out there doing it ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

Simone Biles hit a super difficult vault in Olympics practice and it's unreal in slow motion

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Women’s Surfing is one of the most exciting events of the 2024 Olympics for several reasons. First of all, the event is taking place in Tahiti, which is almost 9,800 miles away from Paris. Secondly, this discipline is one with the fiercest competition of all Olympic disciplines this summer. We’re not saying this without proof – there are eight surfers with odds between +300 and +1000.

Women’s Surfing 2024 Olympics Odds, Time, and Prediction

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Olympic gymnastics kicks off this weekend in Paris and Simone Biles is looking better than ever. In Thursday’s podium training, which is akin to a “dress rehearsal” for Olympic competition, Simone Biles stuck her eponymous Yurchenko double pike vault cold. The skill, which bears her name because she was the first woman to perform it, is notoriously hard to land cleanly.

Simone Biles nails her eponymous 'Biles II' vault in practice

Virginia State

Mercurochrome and Merthiolate were in medicine cabinets in many Virginia homes decades ago. They were in bottles with droppers that gallons the red liquid. Looking at that old bottle in the above image brings back many memories.

Mercurochrome and Merthiolate once were in many Virginia homes

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What more do you need to get hyped up for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris than seeing America's foremost gymnast, Simone Biles, show off her impeccable form in slow motion?

Usually the peak for gymnasts comes in their teens, so it's kind of wild that Biles is still considered the best in the world at age 27. She took a two-year hiatus, and even got the so-called "twisties" at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which is another way of saying the gymnast's version of the yips. Biles pulled herself out of competition, citing mental health, but the twisties is where a...

Nothing Says Olympics Quite Like Simone Biles Sticking The Landing On A Double Backflip Vault

History Facts lists eight names US parents no longer give their newborns, which you may no longer hear in Virginia. The girls' names are Doris, Gertrude, Mildred, and Judith. I know or have known women with all four names, but they are either baby boomers or boomer parents' ages and someone's grandma or great aunt. Consider the ages of females in Virginia you know with these names.

Eight names parents in Virginia may no longer be giving to their newborns

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a $1.35 billion behemoth of the sea, has recently been introduced to the world since its maiden voyage on July 19th. The ship, boasting nearly 5,700 passengers and a crew of over 2,200, offers an array of amenities designed to cater to multi-generational families on shorter 3- and 4-day itineraries.

Cruise Passengers Not Happy About Feature on World's Newest Mega Ship

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A PREDICTED Paris 2024 medal table has revealed France will leapfrog ahead of Team GB amid Charlotte Dujardin's withdrawal. The six-time Olympic medallist, 39, pulled out of the upcoming Paris Olympics this week as a disturbing clip emerged online. The equestrian star was spotted hitting a horse 25 times in...

Paris 2024 Olympics predicted medals table revealed with France leapfrogging Team GB after Charlotte Dujardin video

Jessica Serfitay flips the script on her previous statement. Virginia soap fans, Soap Opera News reports that Jessica Serfitay (ex Sloan Petersen) on Days of Our Lives posted on social media that her billionaire fiancé had abused her. The actress now says they argued as families do, and she never should have posted anything.

Days of Our Lives alum Jessica Serfitay retracts her statement that her fiance abused her

Tennessee State

Las Vegas, NV

A man from North Carolina has been arrested in Las Vegas after trying to defraud a casino using a fraudulent check. The man, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, used a check with an original value of $174.80 to claim $865,000 in chips. Nadendla Presented a Fraudulent Check. Dharma Nadendla,...

NC Man Arrested in Vegas for Gambling with Fraudulent Check

World Aquatics revealed earlier this month that Chinese athletes were being tested for banned substances more frequently than others in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics, and on Tuesday the global governing body released the full testing data for all aquatics athletes thus far in 2024. World Aquatics reports that...

World Aquatics Releases Doping Test Data Prior To Paris; Chinese Swimmers Tested 20+ Times

Florida State

Naples, FL

It’s been a few lucky days for Floridians who love to play the lottery. According to Florida Lottery, the agency created to enable state residents to “benefit from significant additional money for education while playing lottery games,” a fortunate player scored a prize worth over $100,000 on a Fantasy 5 game ticket.

Fantasy 5 Lottery Ticket Worth $111K Sold at Walmart in Naples, FL

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PARIS (AP) — The U.S. figure skating team was formally confirmed as gold medalists from the 2022 Beijing Olympics by a sports court ruling Thursday, opening the way for the team to get its medals at the Paris Summer Games. “We are thrilled to finally honor these incredible athletes,” Sarah Hirshland, chief executive of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, said in a statement. “We are especially excited that the beautiful city of Paris will join us in this celebration.” It is now nearly 2 1/2 years and multiple layers of Court of Arbitration for Sport appeals since the American skaters left the Beijing Winter Games without a medal of any color. They had placed second in the team event to the Russians including teenage star Kamila Valieva, who within hours was implicated in a doping case that took almost two years to judge.

US figure skaters set to get team gold medals at Paris Olympics after ruling in 2022 doping case

Las Vegas Sands has celebrated a major milestone, which brought it closer to the fulfillment of its NY casino plans. The company, which hopes to create an integrated resort at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, just secured a key approval from the Nassau Country Legislature Rules Committee. The approval...

LVS’s New York Casino Inches Closer to Reality

Kansas City, MO

Cats of Kansas City

Now that we have all had our fill of grilled burgers and fireworks, let's look at some unsung Americans--cats. Did you know that there are nearly 100 million cats living in the United States? I'm not sure who counted all of them, but that's a lot of cats. Enough to sway an election were they given the right to vote (which, of course, they should be). Unfortunately, many of those cats don't have a place to call home. Here are six cats, all in the greater Kanas City area, who would love it if you might consider giving them a bed, a litter box, and a bowl full of kibble.

One of these six spectacular cats may be your next pet

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Men’s Pole Vault 2024 Olympics Odds, Time, and Prediction

Three and a half months ago, Armand Duplantis broke the pole vault world record. Now, he wants to break the Olympic record as well. By doing...

Men’s Pole Vault 2024 Olympics Odds, Time, and Prediction

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