Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse guaranteed the United States its first Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling, reaching the final Monday with a 9-8 victory over Italy at the Milano…
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2026 Winter Olympics committee looking into medals breaking and “taking the issue seriously”
Milan — The 2026 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee told CBS News it was “aware of an issue affecting a small number of medals and is investigating the matter,” after some athletes…
Lindsey Vonn undergoes surgery after crashing, breaking leg in race at Winter Olympics
American skier Lindsey Vonn crashed 13 seconds into her downhill race at the 2026 Winter Olympics just two weeks after she ruptured her left ACL in a prior crash. Medical…
A record 13 people died in Italian mountains over last week, including 10 in avalanches, as Winter Olympics start
A record 13 backcountry skiers, climbers and hikers have died in the Italian mountains over the last week, rescuers said Monday, including 10 in avalanches triggered by an exceptionally unstable…
Meet the American girl skiing into Philippines Winter Olympics history
Last month in northern California, 17-year-old American alpine skier Tallulah Proulx carved through the final gates of her last slalom qualifier and slid through the finish. She and her mom…
Lindsey Vonn responds to well-wisher in first social media post after 2026 Winter Olympics comeback crash
Milan — Lindsey Vonn responded to a journalist’s post on social media Monday, the first message directly from the star Team USA skier after she suffered a broken leg in…
53 migrants dead or missing in shipwreck off Libya coast, U.N. agency says, with 2 babies among those missing
Geneva – The United Nations migration agency said Monday that 53 people were dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Only two…
Triple murder mystery likened to TV show “Twin Peaks” by prosecutor after 3 suspects found dead in Bulgaria
Bulgarian authorities said Sunday they found the bodies of three suspects wanted over a triple murder linked to an allegedly shady NGO which one prosecutor said was like something out…
As Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison, family warns he’ll “die a martyr”
Hong Kong — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment…
“Black carbon” in Arctic an increasing concern amid other issues in region
Reykjaviik, Iceland — As rising global temperatures speed up the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, it’s set off a boom of ships taking routes that previously were…