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High winds derail men's downhill ski final at the Winter Olympics
Sunday, February 06, 2022
Referees postponed the men's downhill alpine ski event after officials decided high winds at the Yanqing course posed a safety risk. This comes after multiple days of practice cancellations.
The U.S. wins its first medal at the Beijing Olympics in women's snowboarding
Saturday, February 05, 2022
American snowboarder Julia Marino took silver in the women's snowboard slopestyle final on Sunday coming in second after New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott.
Speedskaters at the Winter Olympics are adapting to a new venue and its special ice
Saturday, February 05, 2022
Beijing repurposed some of the sites used in the 2008 Summer Games. The National Speed Skating Oval is the city's only new ice-sport venue built for the Winter Games.
Nordic combined remains the only Winter Olympic sport women can't compete in
Saturday, February 05, 2022
Organizers of the Beijing Olympics are touting greater gender equity at this year's Games, but Nordic combined remains the only event not open to women.
The Winter Games have begun. See photos and highlights from the opening ceremony
Friday, February 04, 2022
The Winter Games kicked off Friday night in Beijing with an eye-catching but scaled-back opening ceremony. The city has made history as the first to host both the Summer and Winter Games.
Figure skater Nathan Chen kicks off redemptive Beijing Olympics with a bang
Friday, February 04, 2022
Chen's showing at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing clenches a season-best international score and helps put U.S. figure skating on top in the team event.
The Olympic chief will meet with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai after safety concerns
Thursday, February 03, 2022
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach avoided taking positions on any political controversies ahead of the beginning of the Beijing Winter Games in a news conference Thursday.
Here are the 7 new Olympic events to watch in Beijing
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
The 2022 Winter Olympics are set to begin this week in Beijing, China. And viewers will be able to tune into a series of new events appearing at the Games.
Third U.S. Olympic bobsledder tests positive for COVID-19 before Beijing Games
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
37-year-old Elana Meyers Taylor, a three-time Olympic medalist, announced on Twitter that she tested positive for COVID-19 two days after arriving in Beijing for the 2022 Olympic Games.
Chinese hosts share the Lunar New Year with Olympic athletes, personnel and media
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
Chinese Lunar New Year is being celebrated even within the tightly controlled Beijing Winter Olympics bubble.
Could the world become too warm to hold Winter Olympics?
Friday, January 21, 2022
If nations don't address high greenhouse gas emissions, by the 2080s, all but one of the 21 cities that previously hosted the Winter Games wouldn't be able to do so again, a new study has found.
Gary Chambers' new pot-smoking campaign ad in Senate race goes viral with old tactics
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Democrat Gary Chambers Jr. is running to unseat Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy. Chambers follows in the footsteps of other politicians who have used attention-grabbing ads to up their name recognition.
MLK's memory is honored by demonstrators calling for the passage of voting rights bill
Monday, January 17, 2022
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would. have turned 93 on Jan. 15. He was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tenn.
Ex-Chicago cop who killed Laquan McDonald will be released from prison early
Friday, January 14, 2022
Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke will be released from prison on Feb. 3, according to reports.
Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby denies federal charges over her finances
Friday, January 14, 2022
Mosby reached national prominence in 2015 as the top prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray.
The suspect in the Waukesha parade tragedy faces more than 70 new charges
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Prosecutors in Wisconsin brought the charges against Darrell Brooks, who is accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he allegedly drove his car into a Christmas parade in November.
Many of those who died in the Bronx apartment fire were from West Africa
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
The 17 victims of Sunday's blaze ranged from 2 to 50 years old. The dead included 11 people from Gambia. Many families are now struggling to prepare for their loved ones' funerals.
Speed skater Erin Jackson lost a chance at gold — until her teammate stepped in
Monday, January 10, 2022
Speed skater Brittany Bowe relinquished her spot on the U.S. Olympic team for the 500 meter speed skating event to give her teammate, Jackson, a shot at gold.
The key to Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison cell is returning to South Africa
Friday, January 07, 2022
New York auction house Guernsey's has postponed the sale of some of the South African leader's belongings, including the key to his cell and the shirt he wore when he was released from Robben Island.
All 3 white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery are sentenced to life in prison
Friday, January 07, 2022
Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger, and his father, Greg, have no chance for parole. A federal hate crimes trial remains in a case widely seen as racially motivated.