Team USA skier Mikaela Shiffrin closed out her run at the 2026 Olympics with two historic runs on Wednesday, Feb. 18, that earned her gold in slalom skiing, her signature event. The event marked her ...

While America isn’t leading in the medal count, Team USA is looking golden at this year’s Winter Olympics. Team USA has won 24 medals so far and seven of them are gold. The American team is in third ...

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games from Milan Cortina, Italy have are officially past the half way point. Numerous athletes from around the world have claimed medals in events over the last week with much ...

Kim, the two-time defending champion, was edged out by 17-year-old Choi Gaon from South Korea, who won gold after a frightening fall on her first run. The U.S. will have more chances to take home ...

Joey Graceffa counts how many puppies his pregnant husky has, sharing suspense, excitement, and adorable moments along the way. Study of 27.8M Americans may have revealed direct Alzheimer's cause The ...

MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — Heading into the final week of competition at the Winter Olympics, the United States is in a tight battle for third place in the medal count. Nearly 350 medals are ...

Like last year, a dramatically small number of monarch butterflies migrated through San Luis Obispo County this winter, according to data from the conservation-focused nonprofit the Xerces Society.

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In the coming days, homeless outreach workers nationwide will head to the streets over the course of one night as part of the annual effort to count how many homeless people there are in America. But ...

Most area schools are not at risk of having to schedule extra days at the end of the year due to snow days or other days called off for emergencies. Ohio schools are now required to be open a minimum ...

Microplastics are pervasive, found everywhere on Earth, from the Sahara Desert to patches of Arctic sea ice. Yet despite these plastic particles’ ubiquity, scientists have struggled to determine ...