Ensign Regine Tugade-Watson, who competed for Guam at the 2016 Rio Olympics, deployed as a surface warfare officer on the amphibious-assault ship in March, but she didn’t use that as an excuse to slacken her training.

The painful search for survivors of China's flood disaster continued in Henan province Monday, as grief and shock turned to frustration among some of the survivors scouring the debris for their relatives. Online and in local news outlets, people shared dozens of accounts of missing friends and family, conflicting with official reports that said only five people were unaccounted for.

The department is the first federal agency to implement a vaccine mandate. Employees have until Sept. 20 to be fully vaccinated, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said in a statement.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 1,429 newly infected people, according to public broadcaster NHK. That’s twice as many new COVID-19 patients as a week ago, according to metro government data.

First Lt. Amber English, a logistics officer and member of the Army Marksmanship Unit, bested Diana Bacosi of Italy, the 2016 women's skeet gold medalist.

The decision follows a bitter dispute with Australia over which country needed to shoulder responsibility for the woman, who had been a dual citizen of both countries until Australia stripped her citizenship under its anti-terrorism laws.

For decades, female gymnasts have worn bikini-cut leotards. In qualifying on Sunday, however, the German team instead wore unitards that stretched to their ankles, intending to push back against sexualization of women in gymnastics.

The first lady was visiting Hawaii on her way back to Washington from leading a U.S. delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watchstanders were notified at 1:32 p.m. Friday of the situation. When the Lucky's rudder became disabled, the vessel began drifting towards Oahu.