Lindsey Vonn, the celebrated American skier, has announced that her latest operation was a success and she is cleared to travel back home after breaking her left leg in a severe crash during the opening downhill race at the Winter Olympics in Italy. The 41‑year‑old athlete, who has already underg
The western United States is about to get a lot of rain and some snow. A big change in the weather pattern has made this possible. Early Saturday, a storm will move across the Pacific Ocean and reach northern California and parts of Oregon. It will bring heavy rain to those areas. By Sun
During the Winter Games, athletes seemed to treat Valentine’s week like a sprint, racing through free condom supplies and emptying dispensers before the competition began. Organisers had handed out about 10, 000 condoms across city and mountain venues to encourage safe habits among the mostly young,
Eileen Gu, the 22‑year‑old Chinese athlete who won silver in slopestyle earlier this week, expressed disappointment after the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) refused to adjust her training timetable for the halfpipe event. She is the only woman competing in all three freestyle di
A young girl named Ofelia Torres was battling a serious illness while her dad faced detention by federal immigration agents. Her story first reached the public eye when her father, Ruben Torres Maldonado, was taken into custody at a Home Depot in Niles. At that time Ofelia had paused her cance
Russia claims it is striking Ukraine’s energy sites as payback for attacks on its own civilians. But the reality looks very different. The Russian defence ministry said a big attack on February 3 was a “response” to what it called terrorist strikes by Kyiv. That statement follows a pattern
Police in Tucson carried out a big operation last Friday night after the 84‑year‑old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home on February 1. The sheriff’s office said a man was stopped near a Culver’s parking lot, handcuffed and later released. He had been involved in a traffic stop that was linked to a
The Canadian women’s hockey team won a decisive 5‑1 victory over Germany in the quarterfinals of the Milan Cortina Games, sending them to the semifinals. Captain Marie‑Philip Poulin, who had been sidelined by a knee injury, re‑entered the lineup and scored a power‑play goal that matched her Olymp
The movie that first hit theaters on February 14, 1991, is now thirty‑five years old. That film, a landmark in psychological horror, has recently sparked debate among its creators about how it handled a character linked to transgender themes. One actor, who portrayed the infamous serial killer, s
A long study followed almost 3, 000 older adults for twenty years. Only one type of brain exercise stood out: “speed training. ” These games asked participants to spot and move on visual clues quickly. Those who did the initial five‑week program and then had refresher sessions at about one
