By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation. They hope this will offer a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in peace efforts. It’s unclear if the plan has any support among leaders, but it could help shape the
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The fastest men’s downhill race in Olympic history was won by the ever-consistent Beat Feuz, while a surprise silver medalist made history.
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After beating cancer following his 2018 slopestyle silver in PyeongChang, Canada’s Max Parrot is now an Olympic champion.
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Going for a seventh consecutive women’s singles gold, Germany has three strong contenders at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Ryan Cochran-Siegle finished 14th in the men’s downhill to pace all Americans in the event.
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The United States has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics in biathlon. American biathlete Leif Nordgren has competed in the last two Winter Games and says he regularly hears people ask if this will be the year. Hopes were high at the 2018 Pyeongchang
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Beat Feuz finally has the one major victory missing from his overflowing collection of downhill achievements by taking Olympic gold. The diminutive Swiss skier mastered a tricky course that had never been raced before by the world’s best and finished a slim 0.10 seconds ahead of
Continue ReadingBy ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Associated Press photographer Jae C. Hong captured Canadian freestyle skier Elena Gaskell in midair, framed against a wintry sky and a pair of smokestacks. From this perspective Gaskell appears to be higher than a dense cluster of high-rise buildings in the distance. Not in the shot: hulking
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At his fourth Winter Games, Frenchman Johan Clarey captured the first Olympic medal of his career with a silver in the men’s downhill, becoming the oldest skier to reach the podium at 41 years old.
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — GlobalWafers Co., which supplies silicon wafers to semiconductor manufacturers, says it will invest $3.6 billion in facilities in Asia, the United States and Europe after its attempt to acquire Germany’s Siltronic AG failed. The announcement comes as shortages of processor chips and other semiconductors are disrupting auto manufacturing, smartphone and other
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — GlobalWafers Co., which supplies silicon wafers to semiconductor manufacturers, says it will invest $3.6 billion in facilities in Asia, the United States and Europe after its attempt to acquire Germany’s Siltronic AG failed. The announcement comes as shortages of processor chips and other semiconductors are disrupting auto manufacturing, smartphone and other
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will open its borders to all vaccinated tourists and business travelers from Feb. 21. The country had imposed some of the world’s toughest travel restrictions on its citizens and permanent residents in March 2020 to prevent them from bringing COVID-19 home. When the border restrictions
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever and Melissa Bell, CNN It’s a frigid Friday in Ukraine’s Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and dozens of journalists in fluorescent yellow vests are frantically elbowing each other as they vie for camera position in a town where no one has lived since 1986. Chernobyl has been abandoned since the world’s worst nuclear disaster
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol wants to know what Ivanka Trump heard and saw that day. Committee members say they are trying to stitch together the narrative of the riots and Donald Trump’s role in instigating them. The former first
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U.S.-born Eileen Gu of China landed a double cork 1080 with Safety and Japan grabs and a 900 with a Buick grab on Runs 1 and 3 to score a 161.25 and place fifth in women’s freeski big air qualifying, making to the final.
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With hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok, ROC Olympic gold medalist Alexander Bolshunov became an internet sensation overnight after his gold medal run in the men’s 30km skiathlon.
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press HIRAM, Ga. (AP) — Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene prides herself on outlandish antics, conspiracy theories and unwavering support for Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. The Georgia Republican has gained notoriety as a gleeful political agitator. She’s even managed to stand out in a Republican Party increasingly defined by
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France’s Tess Ledeux, U.S.-born Eileen Gu of China, American Darian Stevens and Megan Oldham of Canada placed a respective second, fifth, eighth and first in qualifying to advance to the final in women’s freeski big air.
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Prineville resident Jennifer Hill says Nicholas Rodin “was my best friend for 20 years now” – but she also knew he was wanted on an arrest warrant. So when she heard his name on her police scanner Friday afternoon, she called to warn him – and ended up listening in on his fateful, fatal encounter with a Crook County sheriff’s deputy.
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