Elders from the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin, a First Nations group that has lived along the Yukon River for millennia, named the mammoth calf Nun cho ga, which means “big baby animal” in the Hän language. Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Chief Roberta Joseph called the discovery a “remarkable recovery...
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New York Times: Brittney Griner, two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA all-star, arrested in Russia on drug charges 💥💥💥
The Russian news agency TASS cited a law enforcement source identifying the American woman who was arrested on drug charges as 31-year-old Griner, upon arriving from New York, the report said. The Russian Federal Customs Service did not identify the woman as Griner in a...
China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong win gold in pairs figure skating 💥💥💥
The duo finished with a world record total score of 239.88 — 84.41 for short program and 155.47 for free skating — to capture their first-ever Olympic gold. The pair skated to the song “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” a song written by US duo Simon...
New Zealand’s Nico Porteous wins gold at windy freeski halfpipe final 💥💥💥
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on February 4. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) In the lead-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese officials and state media repeatedly accused the United States and its allies of trying to “sabotage” the Games, lashing out at their diplomatic...
China’s Eileen Gu wins gold in freeski halfpipe to make Olympic history 💥💥💥
The 18-year-old superstar topped the podium in the halfpipe final at Zhangjiakou’s Genting Snow Park, adding to her gold in the big air event last week and silver in slopestyle on Tuesday. Gu, who says halfpipe is her strongest event, dominated from the start. Again...
BREAKING NEWS: China’s Eileen Gu wins gold in freeski halfpipe to make Olympic history 💥💥💥
Kamila Valieva competes in the women’s free skate on Feb. 17. (Peter Kneffel/Picture Alliance/Getty Images) As Kamila Valieva fell multiple times in Thursday’s free skate program at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, many of the figure skating fans in attendance felt for the 15-year-old. Under the immense weight...
BREAKING NEWS: China’s Eileen Gu wins gold in freeski halfpipe to make Olympic history 💥💥💥
Kamila Valieva competes in the women’s free skate on Feb. 17. (Peter Kneffel/Picture Alliance/Getty Images) As Kamila Valieva fell multiple times in Thursday’s free skate program at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, many of the figure skating fans in attendance felt for the 15-year-old. Under the immense weight...
Norway takes gold in men’s cross-country skiing team sprint classic 💥💥💥
General view of the National Speed Skating Oval on Feb. 1. (Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images/Getty Images) The Winter Olympics are a global Games for athletes, but that’s also true of the people working behind the scenes at Beijing 2022. Canadians Mark Peter Messer and Matthew James...
Canada-born Humphries wins gold medal for US after ​filing harassment complaint 💥💥💥
It’s the third Olympic gold medal for the 36-year-old but the first while representing the US — Humphries switched allegiances after ​filing a harassment complaint ​with Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) in ​2018. “A lot of things were going through my mind. It has been a...
France’s Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron win gold in figure skating ice dance 💥💥💥
Germany’s Laura Nolte slides during the women’s monobob bobsleigh heat 3 on Monday. (Julian Finney/Getty Images) The second half of the women’s monobob competition is underway, with Team USA’s Kaillie Humphries in the lead, followed by Canada’s Christine de Bruin and fellow American Elana Meyers...