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Left: USA’s Ben Ogden competes during the cross-country free sprint on Wednesday. Right: Bronze medallist USA’s Jessie Diggins celebrates on the podium for the women’s cross-country 10km. Both Olympians knit …

NASA says it’s planning a March 6 launch date to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon on the Artemis II mission. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty …

The school district removed Junot Díaz’s novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao from the curriculum of a high-level English class at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J., in …

Water samples are taken from the Potomac River in Maryland in January. A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac …

Team USA’s Alysa Liu celebrates after winning gold in the women’s event on Thursday. Jamie Squire/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jamie Squire/Getty Images MILAN — Alysa Liu has won …

Jordan Stolz took silver in the men’s 1500 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday. Daniel Munoz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel …

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters in Washington, D.C. The agency wants to ban families with any undocumented member from federally subsidized housing. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide …

Dept. of Justice, Getty Images and Library of Congress/Collage by Emily Bogle/NPR Years before they were convicted sex offenders, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell used his wealth to gain access …

Sweden’s Mika Zibanejad (93) and United States’ JT Miller (10) chase the puck during the third period of a men’s ice hockey quarterfinal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in …

Eight skiers in the Castle Peak avalanche near Lake Tahoe are confirmed to be deceased.