Dozens of COVID cases linked to Olympic Games in Tokyo
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Tokyo — There are more problems for the troubled Tokyo Olympics. The director of the opening ceremonies was fired just hours before the spectacle is scheduled to kick off. And despite reports that the Games could be canceled, officials said they are "currently proceeding as planned."
Team USA's Simone Biles trained with none of the usual spectators in place on Thursday because of COVID restrictions. While she mostly managed to stick her landings, Biles has said she's unsure of how she'll do in actual competition without the energy of a live crowd. There are more than 90 cases of COVID in people connected to the Games. USA volleyball player Taylor Crabb and four other American athletes have been sidelined by positive COVID tests.Rodeo star Spencer Wright and his wife are making end-of-life preparations for their 3-year-old son after he was found unconscious in a creek, a close family friend said in updates posted on social media and confirmed to CBS affiliate KUTV. The boy had been playing on his tractor before he ended up in the water and a mile downstream.
The launch of Boeing's star-crossed Starliner spacecraft on its first piloted test flight is slipping to at least June 1 to give engineers more time to assess a small-but-persistent helium leak in the capsule's propulsion system, and its potential impact across all phases of flight, NASA announced Wednesday.
Washington — As former President Donald Trump's "hush money" criminal trial in New York proceeds to closing arguments next week, the legal focus is moving south. His attorneys and longtime aide Walt Nauta appeared before Florida federal Judge Aileen Cannon, where they sparred with prosecutors during two contentious, day-long hearings on Wednesday.