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Newark, N.J., Jul 24, 2016 / 03:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Sydney McLaughlin has not had an easy year.In recent months, she fell ill with mononucleosis, her mother suffered a heart attack, and she underwent a nervous breakdown before a major qualifying track competition.So when she became the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic track and field team on July 10, the victory was extra sweet.What gets 16-year-old McLaughlin through the stress and pressure that inevitably comes with competing with some of the world’s top athletes? Her Christian faith.“Something like track is a very mental sport,” she told CNA during a press teleconference, “there’s a lot of pressure and there’s a lot of expectation put on you.”“Sticking to what I know and believing that everything I’ve been given comes from God definitely played a big role for me,” she said.On July 10, McLaughlin finished third in the 400-meter hurdles at the U.S trials in Oregon. ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- Two players who began their careers at opposite ends of the spectrum nearly three decades ago ended up in the same place on Sunday - with their names etched on plaques at the Baseball Hall of Fame....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Verizon has agreed to buy online portal Yahoo Inc. for roughly $5 billion, according to multiple media reports, each citing a single unnamed source....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkey's main opposition group, joined by some ruling party members, rallied Sunday in Istanbul to denounce a July 15 coup attempt, a rare show of unity that belies opposition unease over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown since the failed uprising....
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A half-century ago, thousands joined a march across Mississippi to challenge a system that condoned violence against black people and suppressed their rights - issues still reverberating in today's national debates about police violence....
DALLAS (AP) -- The leadership of the Next Generation Action Network drove all night from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, arriving in Dallas early on July 7, just hours before the start of their hastily arranged march that ended in the worst attack on law enforcement since 9/11....
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- The Latest from the IOC meeting on Russia's participation at the Rio Games (all times local):...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators took to Philadelphia's sweltering streets Sunday, cheering, chanting and beating drums in the first major protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention, as the city wilted during a heat wave....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the 2016 presidential race (all times EDT):...
