Washington — A group of Black women central to NASA's success during the space race and known as the "Hidden Figures" were honored Wednesday in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill.

"They were the engineers and mathematicians who actually wrote the story itself." The Congressional Gold Medal was also awarded Wednesday to aeronautical engineer Christine Darden, who is ...

Billie Jean King is set to become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after the House passed a bill to honor the tennis legend and advocate. Rep. Sherrill said in ...

The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine ...

That Chiles was wrongly denied the bronze medal seemed to bother Biles a lot more than her not having another gold medal. “BUT JUSTICE FOR JORDAN,” the seven-time Olympic champion said Tuesday ...

The score would’ve placed her above Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who received a 14.166 and earned the gold medal. Biles ultimately won three gold medals and one silver medal at the Paris games ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New ...

He won a gold medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics before pursuing a professional wrestling career in WWE. Steveson made his first pro wrestling appearance at ...

Great Britain’s Jodie Grinham has become the first pregnant Paralympic athlete to win a medal. Grinham’s history making win was announced on the official Instagram account for the Paralympics ...

If Biles had won that inquiry, she would have finished a tenth of a point higher and earned the gold instead of the silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Sept. 18, 2024 ...

Chiles, who won a gold medal as a member of Team USA on July 30 in the women's artistic team all-around competition, competed in the individual floor exercise competition on Aug. 5. At first ...

Chiles already had one medal to her name at the 2024 Paris Games when she trotted onto the mat for the floor final on Aug. 5. She was a part of the U.S.'s gold-medal winning side in the team ...