Three Vietnamese women work in a traditional dress shop in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
“I don’t see anything that was triumphant,” he said.President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s
for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the area last month, the Kremlin said Wednesday.Putin visited the region bordering Ukraine the previous day, according to the Kremlin.Ukrainian forces made a
into Kursk in August 2024 in one of their biggest battlefield successes in the. The incursion was the first time Russian territory was occupied by an invader since World War II and dealt
Since the end of 2023, Russia has mostly had the advantage on the battlefield, with the exception of Kursk.
Putin has effectively rejected recent U.S. and EuropeanRace medical director Dr. John Jardine takes part in a planning phone call on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, a day before the annual Falmouth Road Race in Falmouth, Mass., as tubs used to cool overheated runners on race day are seen inside the finish line medical tent. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Race directors must organize complex events for runners of all ability. Some are big races with lots of resources; others are small local affairs with a shoestring budget. Security, organizing workers and volunteers, tracking runners and medical care all must be assembled and paid for, said Dave McGillivray, who helps direct the Boston Marathon and also advises other race directors.Runners bear responsibility, too. He recalls grabbing a mic at the 2012 Boston Marathon when it was
, telling runners they needed to take it easy. It’s a hard message for runners who have trained months to meet goals.“We cannot fit all of you in our medical tents,” he remembered saying. More than 2,000 people needed treatment that day; roughly 200 went to the hospital.