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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. >> Tourist John Gleason crept through the grass, four small children close behind, inching toward a bull elk with antlers like small trees at the edge of a meadow in Yellowstone National Park. “They’re going to give me a heart attack,” said Gleason’s mother-in-law, Barbara Henry, as the group came within about a dozen yards of the massive animal. The elk’s ears then pricked up, and it eyed the children and Washington state man before leaping up a hillside. Other tourists — likewise ignoring rules to keep 25 yards from wildlife — picked up the pursuit, snapping pictures as they pressed forward and forced the animal into headlong retreat. Record visitor n...

More than a year after the Califoia Coastal Commission halted the demolition of three waterfalls at Trump National Golf Club, the club was given a go-ahead this week by commission staff to move forward with restoration work. The initial infraction stemmed from demolition work at three man-made waterfalls at Trump National. The club had received a building permit from the city of Rancho Palos Verdes in April 2015, but didn’t get approval from the Coastal Commission for construction work inside the coastal zone. Parts of the course are home to protected bird species, including the Califoia gnatcatcher, which nests exclusively in the coastal sage scrub along a limited range of the Califoia coa...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> With her arms raised in victory, coach Silvia Neid ran onto the field to join the celebration of Germany’s first Olympic gold medal — even jumping onto the players’ dogpile. What a way to go out. Dzsenifer Marozsan scored early in the second half Friday and Germany went on to give Neid a 2-1 victory over Sweden for the nation’s first Olympic title in women’s soccer. Neid, a two-time FIFA Women’s Coach of the Year, is stepping down following the Olympics. The win at the iconic Maracana Stadium gave her one more championship to cap her 11-year career as Germany’s coach. “What I felt was pure joy, because I know that was what we had eaed and what we have worked so hard ...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Max Holt did a little bit of everything. At the net, digging balls from just off the floor, finishing points with big, leaping swings. He and David Lee stuffed the Italians with stellar blocking. Setter Micah Christenson contributed his own blocks and even a kill to end the third set. Matt Anderson, Aaron Russell and Taylor Sander provided power hitting from every coer. Mighty Italy just had a little more in a match that will surely become an Olympic volleyball classic. For nearly 2 1/2 hours Friday, the young, overachieving Americans stayed with an Italian group that U.S. coach John Speraw considers the world’s most talented and destined for gold in Brazil. The Amer...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Three American Olympic swimmers plaed to meet with Brazilian law enforcement Thursday to discuss a reported robbery targeting 12-time medalist Ryan Lochte and his teammates, a U.S. Olympic Committee official said. USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said late Thursday moing that Jack Conger, Guar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen were scheduling a time and place to meet with authorities. “All are represented by counsel and being appropriately supported by the USOC and the U.S. Consulate in Rio,” Sandusky said. Conger and Bentz were released by local authorities early Thursday after being pulled from a flight at the Rio de Janeiro airport amid uncertainty over what truly took place during ...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> It was as close as a two-goal game in the third quarter Wednesday. But, eventually and somewhat inevitably, the U.S. women’s water polo team worked its way into position to go for a gold medal. “As you could tell, that was a battle today,” attacker Courtney Mathewson said. “I think my skin is like magenta colored.” The Americans wore down Hungary for a 14-10 victory and now will face Italy in the Olympic finale Friday. Maggie Steffens scored a team-high four goals for the U.S. Maddie Musselman added a pair. “I can’t help but smile,” Musselman said. “It’s just so enjoyable. We have two more days, one more game with this group of girls. It’s emotional because I love th...

A nonprofit known for training people to give great speeches has clammed up about efforts to move its worldwide headquarters out of Southe Califoia. The silence from Toastmasters Inteational executives no doubt stems from an opposition campaign launched by a proud Torrance member who decries the group’s lack of transparency. With 179 employees and 345,000 members in 15,900 clubs in 142 countries, Toastmasters will hold a vote this week at its Inteational Convention in Washington, D.C., on a proposal to move to Denver from Rancho Santa Margarita, where the organization’s home base has been since 1990. A two-thirds vote is required for approval. The Toastmasters board recommended in 2015 on i...

Ellyn Mogford found the bus. It was a 1980s school bus repurposed into a rolling, blue-and-gold declaration of devotion to the St. Louis Rams, complete with hand-painted logos, 10 years worth of season parking permits tacked above the steering wheel and more than a dozen season schedules plastered above the ier windshield. • VIDEO: Grant Mogford takes the Rams fan bus for a spin After the family bought season tickets for the Rams’ retu to Los Angeles, Ellyn was looking for tailgating gear to give to her husband, Grant, shortly before Father’s Day. When she found the ad from a “disgruntled” St. Louis fan who wanted to unload the bus, she showed it to Grant as a passing oddity. “Of course, I ...

BRASILIA, Brazil >> The three-time defending champion U.S. women’s national team will miss the Olympic final for the first time after being ousted by Sweden on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the quarterfinals on Friday. Tied after three rounds in the shootout, Sweden captain Caroline Seger beat Hope Solo and Christen Press’ attempt against Hedvig Lindhal went over the net. With the next kick, Lisa Dahlkvist beat an outstretched Solo for the win. As Sweden celebrated, U.S. captain Carli Lloyd crouched on the field at Mane Garrincha Stadium. It was the first time that an Olympic women’s match had gone to penalties. It was the earliest the United States had ever been eliminated from t...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Marcus Fraser shot a 63, Justin Rose had a hole-in-one and Matt Kuchar saw a rat large enough to ride in a derby - soapbox or Kentucky. Golf made its historic retu to the Olympics on Thursday, while the capybara made its celebrated Games debut. Capybaras are rodents that can reach roughly the size of an NFL wide receiver, their appearance here more eagerly anticipated by golf enthusiasts than even the retu of Tiger Woods. “I imagine people in Brazil think it’s fuy that we go ogling over something that is a little more normal to them,” Kuchar said. “If they were to come over (to the U.S.) we’d kinda say, ‘It’s a squirrel. We got plenty of those.’ ” Maybe, but squirrel...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> In coaching national teams from two countries at a total of 11 Olympic Games, a career that spans nearly a half-century, U.S. national team director Martha Karolyi has cried only twice. The first time was when her first prodigy, Romania’s Nadia Comaneci, registered a perfect 10.0 at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. She cried again Tuesday night when, after Team USA delivered the retiring Karolyi a golden going away present in the form of the most dominant performance in Olympic gymnastics history, team members informed her that their new designation was a tribute to her. The Final Five. • PHOTOS: Team US...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Team USA repeated as Olympic women’s team gymnastics champion with a performance that was beyond fierce. The U.S. presented a convincing case as the greatest team in history at the Rio Olympic Arena Tuesday, rolling up 184.897 total points, more than the U.S. squad, the self-proclaimed Fierce Five put up in wiing the gold medal in London four years ago. The U.S.’ final gap over ruer-up Russia (176.688) also exceeded the 2012 team’s 5.056 margin of victory. China was third at 176.003. • PHOTOS: Team USA on Tuesday at the Rio Olympics The result was really not in doubt after the opening rotation f...

Abbey Weitzeil of Saugus eaed her first Olympic medal, helping the U.S. women’s team to a silver in the 4x100 meters relay on Sunday. The U.S. team of Simone Manuel, Weitzeil, Dana Vollmer and Katie Ledecki finished with a time of 3 minutes, 31.89 seconds, behind the Australian team of Emma McKeon, Brittany Elmslie, Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell, which set a world record at 3:30.65. Weitzeil swam the fastest leg for the American team in 52.56 and the U.S. team had a lead after her leg. Weitzeil, a 19-year-old from Canyons Aquatic Club in Santa Clarita, qualified for the Rio Games with a U.S. Open record 53.28 seconds in the 100 free. She will have more chances, swimming Wednesday in tha...

Peter Navarro, a professor of economics and public policy at UCu2009Irvine’s business school, is emerging as one of the most visible advocates of Donald Trump’s economic platform. “My role is to make sure the analysis is rock solid, the facts are rock solid,” said Navarro, 67, who is the only economist from academia on the 13-member advisory team aounced by the Trump campaign last week. The group includes several real estate executives, private equity and hedge-fund managers, a Texas banking tycoon, a billionaire oil company magnate and a former Reagan administration deputy assistant treasury secretary. “Whatever they need, I analyze the economic data,” Navarro added in an interview Monday....

RIO DE JANEIRO >> If U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman has trouble sleeping Monday night it wasn’t because she was conceed about the competition at the Olympic Games team final at the Rio Olympic Arena Tuesday afteoon. “Simone and Lauri will come in my room at 9:30 and I literally have to get them out at 9:50 because if they get too hyper I won’t be able to fall asleep,” Raisman said referring to teammates Simone Biles and Lauren Heandez and her 10 p.m. bedtime. Not that there won’t be some sleepless nights in the Olympic Village Monday. The question isn’t whether Team USA will win the gold medal but by how much. Even the official website of FIG, gymnastics’ worldwide goveing body, blared in a...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Sam Mikulak isn’t a scoreboard watcher. Yet if the U.S. gymnast had allowed himself a glimpse of the giant video screens high above Rio Olympic Arena after the first four of six rotations in the second sub-division of the Olympic Games men’s team qualifying round Saturday, he would have not only found the U.S. atop the team standings but himself leading the individual all-around. “I try not to look at the scoreboard because that might set expectations in my head,” Mikulak said. “I just want to stay focused.” By the end of Saturday afteoon, Mikulak and his U.S. teammates could not ignore the expectations raised by a qualifying performance that only raised medal expect...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Sam Mikulak isn’t a scoreboard watcher. Yet if the U.S. gymnast had allowed himself a glimpse of the giant video screens high above Rio Olympic Arena after the first four of six rotations in the second sub-division of the Olympic Games men’s team qualifying round Saturday, he would have not only found the U.S. atop the team standings but himself leading the individual all-around. “I try not to look at the scoreboard because that might set expectations in my head,” Mikulak said. “I just want to stay focused.” By the end of Saturday afteoon, Mikulak and his U.S. teammates could not ignore the expectations raised by a qualifying performance that only raised medal expect...

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil >> Love her or hate her, Hope Solo’s dominance as a goalkeeper is undeniable. Solo came up big in her historic 200th inteational appearance as the United States fought off France 1-0 on Saturday in an Olympic group match at Mineirao Stadium. And she did it while facing boos from Brazilian fans still riled up about her social media posts about the Zika virus. “What’s important to me is that I played the best quality of football that I can play, and that hopefully our team makes it to the final,” Solo said. “If they (the fans) are having fun, great. I like a loud stadium. But it really doesn’t mean anything to me.” Solo became the first goalkeeper, male or female,...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> One of the South Korean archers had a perfect response for a nearly flawless show. “We shoot always like this,” Lee Seungyun said through a translator. “It’s Korea.” Even for the archery powerhouse, though, this was some kind of shooting display. The South Koreans captured gold by placing 15 of its 18 arrows in the top scoring ring to knock off the Americans, 6-0, in the men’s team final Saturday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The U.S. took home silver for a second straight Olympics, while Australia beat China in the bronze-medal match. Still, the buzz was all about the clinic put on by Kim Woojin, Ku Bonchan and Lee. It was so impressive that American archer Jake K...

The first every Refugee Team took part in the Rio 2016 opening ceremony Friday and basically won the games. The group of 10 athletes, from Syria, South Sudan, Congo and Ethiopia was greeted with a standing ovation when they entered Maracana stadium. Viewers around the world were equally thrilled to see the team. Even President Obama was touched. If you’re reading this on a mobile device, use this link to view the full story. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...