Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, best known as a founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, is marking his 85th birthday with a career-spanning U.S. tour featuring an ...

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden celebrates 4x100m gold at the 2025 World Championships Julian Finney/Getty Images Melissa Jefferson-Wooden had more than a breakout year in 2025. She ran her way into the ...

Oct. 6 (UPI) --Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar ship, Endurance, was considered to be the strongest of its time but the vessel had significant structural weaknesses that caused its demise -- and an ...

It has been 110 years since Endurance, often described as the strongest wooden ship ever built, sank after becoming trapped in sea ice near Antarctica. But a reassessment of the evidence reveals that ...

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden embarked on a historical journey when she entered the Japan National Stadium for the 2025 World Athletics Championships. First, she broke the championship record in the 100m ...

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden left the entire world dumbstruck with her recent announcement. She pulled out of the ATHLOS Meet on October 10, stating, “It wasn’t an easy decision, but it’s the right one.” ...

Gold medalist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of Team United States poses with the national flag after competing in the Women’s 200 Metres Final on day seven of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 ...

Just over 13 months ago, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden was claiming a bronze medal after finishing third in the women’s 100m sprint at the Paris Olympics. Despite not claiming the sought after title of ...

TOKYO (WCBD) – Georgetown native Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the fastest woman in the world, earned gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Jefferson-Wooden finished with a time of 21 ...

TOKYO — American sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has a gold medal from the world championships. Two of them, in fact. Her biggest win of all might be that her father, Melvin, was on hand in Tokyo to ...