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Kelly Curtis, of United States, slides during the women's skeleton run 2 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Some US Olympians enlist in order to make it to the Games

By Larry Lage Feb. 11, 2022 03:04 AM EST

FILE - South Korean President Moon Jae-in, front left, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. North Korea basked in the global limelight during the last Winter Games in South Korea, with hundreds of athletes, cheerleaders and officials pushing hard to woo their South Korean and U.S. rivals in a now-stalled bid for diplomacy. Four years later, as the 2022 Winter Olympics come to its main ally and neighbor China, North Korea isn't sending any athletes and officials because of coronavirus fears. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP, File)
'Someone else's festival': No North Korea at ally's Olympics

By Hyung-Jin Kim And Kim Tong-Hyung Feb. 04, 2022 11:29 PM EST

Winner Kaillie Humphries of USA on the podium after the Women's Monobob World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (Mayk Wendt)/Keystone via AP)
USA Bobsled reveals 12-person team for Beijing Olympics

By Tim Reynolds Jan. 17, 2022 03:48 AM EST

USA Boxing team member Naomi Graham takes part in drills during a media day for the team in Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday, June 7, 2021. Graham has balanced the demands on her time splendidly in the past few years, and she persevered through the Olympic delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic with a focus 10 years in the making. Graham will be the first female active-duty soldier to fight in the Olympics, and she relishes the history she's making. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Army boxer Naomi Graham fights her way to Olympics for US

By Greg Beacham Jul. 06, 2021 05:24 PM EDT

Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers speaks at a news conference at the Department of Justice, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, pool)
6 Russian officers charged in 'destructive' hacking campaign

By Eric Tucker Oct. 20, 2020 09:00 AM EDT

A poster showing six wanted Russian military intelligence officers is displayed as Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers, left, takes the podium to speak at a news conference at the Department of Justice, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Washington. Also pictured is US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott Brady, center. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, pool)
6 Russian military officers charged in vast hacking campaign

By Eric Tucker Oct. 19, 2020 01:01 PM EDT

US charges 6 Russian military officers in hacks aimed at American businesses, French elections, Winter Olympics

Oct. 19, 2020 01:00 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — US charges 6 Russian military officers in hacks aimed at American businesses, French elections, Winter Olympics. ...

USA Olympic modern pentathlon team members Amro ElGeziry and his wife, Isabella Isaksen run along a trail in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, April 24, 2020. He’s a unit supply specialist in the U.S. Army. She’s a multiple launch rocket systems crew member. They met through the modern pentathlon. They constantly train together for the modern pentathlon. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Modern love: Pentathlon couple balances training, military

By Pat Graham May. 04, 2020 04:01 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 13, 2018, file photo the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier is anchored off Manila Bay west of Manila, Philippines. The captain of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members on shore, which would take the warship out of duty in an effort to save lives. The ship is docked in Guam (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
Navy fires captain who sought help for virus-stricken ship

By Lolita C. Baldor And Robert Burns Apr. 02, 2020 05:49 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks in Rapid City, S.D. Noem on Thursday, April, 2, 2020, said she was activating the National Guard to set up temporary hospitals in Sioux Falls and Rapid City. (Jeff Easton/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)
South Dakota Gov. tasks National Guard to expand hospitals

By Stephen Groves Apr. 02, 2020 05:46 PM EDT

A ventilator is displayed during a news conference, Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the New York City Emergency Management Warehouse, where 400 ventilators have arrived and will be distributed. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sounded his most dire warning yet about the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, saying the infection rate in New York is accelerating and the state could be two to three weeks away from a crisis. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
States demand ventilators as feds ration limited supply

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Robert Burns And Ben Fox Apr. 02, 2020 04:23 PM EDT