Tag: First time events
Tokyo Games boast equal gender participation for first time
Grace Luczak had left competitive rowing and taken a job in the private sector when a move toward gender equity at the Tokyo Games...
1st female sailor completes Navy special warfare training
WASHINGTON — For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37-week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft...
Officiating at a wedding? Prepare, share, get out of the way
ISLAMORADA, Fla. — When a childhood friend, Ryan Rutledge, called me last fall, he had a request that just about took my breath away.
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Beckman hangs on for first PGA Tour Champions victory
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Cameron Beckman ran off five straight birdies to start the back nine and then held on at the end for a...
Brentford earns promotion to Premier League for first time
LONDON — Brentford reached the Premier League for the first time by beating Swansea 2-0 in the Championship playoff final at Wembley Stadium on...
Duke headed to first-ever ACC final after beating Virginia
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joey Loperfido hit two home runs with a double and a base hit to help lift Duke past No. 8-seed Virginia...
UN council meets in person for first time since December
UNITED NATIONS — It was a big day for almost a half dozen members of the U.N. Security Council: They set foot in the...
Lyon women’s team hires Bompastor as first female coach
LYON, France — Europe's most successful women's soccer team has hired a woman as its coach for the first time with Lyon's appointment of...
US average mortgage rates under 3% for first time since Feb.
McLEAN, Va. — Mortgage rates fell for the third straight week, dipping below 3% for the first time in two months.
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Georgia park honoring confederacy gets first Black chair
ATLANTA — The board overseeing an Atlanta area park that has centuries-old ties to the Ku Klux Klan and contains the largest Confederate monument...