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Simone Biles has now surpassed all the other Olympic GOATs. Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan were freed by Russia in prisoner swap. And there's a new alphabet song in town. |
👋Hey, Thursday! It's Laura Davis here, and the weekend is in sight! Let's get you caught up on the news. |
Biles' incomparable legacy |
Simone Biles is the best to ever do it and it's not even close. In her sport. And in all others. She'd probably even crush writing this newsletter. With her second Olympic all-around title Thursday night, Biles showed why she's exceptional even among the most elite athletes. She's now, as teammate Jordan Chiles put it earlier this week, the greatest of the greats. 🥇 How she's twisted and turned to the top. | Simone Biles celebrates after winning gold in the Olympic women's gymnastics all-around on Thursday. Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports |
Americans freed in Russia prisoner swap |
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were released from Russian custody Thursday as part of a six-nation deal that was the biggest prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow since the Cold War. 👉 Here's how the swap unfolded. |
What they're saying: "Their brutal ordeal is over, and they are free," said President Joe Biden, speaking from the White House. Biden thanked U.S. allies Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Turkey for helping in what he described as a "feat of diplomacy." |
It's about to be official. Democrats began a virtual roll call on Thursday to vote Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's presumptive presidential nominee. Delegates have until the deadline on Monday at 6 p.m. EDT to return their ballots. Harris skyrocketed to the top of the ticket after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on July 21. Within the first 24 hours, Harris had accumulated more than enough delegate support to win the nomination. 🗳️ See how the roll call works. |
Are your kids singing the new alphabet song? |
Have your kids come home singing their ABCs to a familiar tune – but one that somehow sounds just a bit off? You're not imagining it: The alphabet song is changing. The newer version, which has become increasingly common in American primary education, takes the same tune but restructures the phrasing, instead placing the pauses after "G," "N," "Q," "T," "W" and ending with "XYZ." The closing lines are also different, now sung, "Now I never will forget, how to say the alphabet." 🎶 Here's what's behind the change. | | | | "I don't want you guys to hurt her please," Sonya Massey's mother, Donna, tells 911 dispatchers the day before her daughter was killed by a deputy. | | | |  | The National Hurricane Center is continuing to track a tropical wave in the Atlantic that could develop into Tropical Storm Debby this weekend. | | | | Mohammed Deif, the commander of Hamas' military wing, was killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip last month, the Israeli military said. | | | | Tucker was fired after a USA TODAY investigation revealed sexual harassment allegations against him by rape survivor Brenda Tracy. | | | | GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance is, in the parlance of political strategists, 'not good.' He's an unlikable misogynist, and he needs to go. | | | | Why does Regan Smith and many other Olympic swimmers look like they're about to conquer the arctic tundra before they race? | | | | Peyton Manning and Kelly Clarkson drew strong reactions online during NBC's opening ceremony coverage, but the network was "extremely pleased." | | | | The family of the late fitness guru Richard Simmons is slamming comedian Pauly Shore, who is producing a biopic on the star, for recent comments. | | | | Cushmir McBride was part of a crew that blasted open ATMs with dynamite during looting in Philadelphia, hauling of $417,000. | | | | A Florida man was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly throwing his 10-year-old daughter out of his car in the night, court records show. | | | | | Brighten your day with one of our games. | | | | | |
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