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The Olympic Rings displayed on a fence as an athlete trains ahead of the men's freestyle skiing big air qualification round of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Closed steel mill sends Olympic skiers - not smoke - skyward

By Jake Seiner Feb. 07, 2022 04:54 AM EST

Members of the Italian women's track cycling team round the track during a training session inside the Izu velodrome at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Track cycling efforts in US hampered by outdated facilities

By Dave Skretta Jul. 30, 2021 10:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, United States bobsledder Justin Olsen poses for a portrait at the 2017 Team USA Media Summit in Park City, Utah. Olsen of the U.S. announced his retirement Wednesday, July 22, 2020, and was immediately hired as a coach by USA Bobsled. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Olympic bobsled champ Justin Olsen retires, will be coaching

By Tim Reynolds Jul. 22, 2020 02:48 PM EDT

A food delivery courier, center, rides a bike among emptied office buildings during an evening rush hour, with the St. Nicholas church in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. President Vladimir Putin has ordered most Russians to stay off work until the end of the month to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
The Latest: Russian police detain activists delivering gear

By The Associated Press Apr. 03, 2020 01:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2011, file photo, workers gather near the Unit 2 reactor which is undergoing re-fueling during a tour of the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Athens, Ala. U.S. nuclear plants will be allowed to keep workers on longer shifts to deal with staffing problems in the coronavirus pandemic. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials outlined the temporary shift extensions to nuclear power officials on Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
US allowing longer shifts at nuclear plants in pandemic

By Ellen Knickmeyer Apr. 02, 2020 03:55 PM EDT

A man looks at a Tokyo 2020 countdown clock displaying the current date and time outside Tokyo Station, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Tokyo. Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus. After weeks of hedging, the IOC took the unprecedented step of postponing the world's biggest sporting event, a global extravaganza that's been cemented into the calendar for more than a century. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The Latest: Hurricanes ask employees to take time off

By The Associated Press Mar. 25, 2020 07:44 PM EDT