Prskavec from the Czech Republic finished first In the men’s kayak slalom semifinal on Friday, setting up a

D.J.He finished last in the giant slalom in a race on Sunday....

A 39-year-old man has died in a skiing accident after going off a trail he had been traversing near a ski resort in New Hampshire, police said. The incident happened on Sunday at the Black Mountain ski area in Jackson, New Hampshire, at approximately 5: 51 p.m. when Officer Mike Mosher of the Jackson Police Department responded to a report of a skiing accident from a passerby, according to a statement from the Jackson Police Department.“ The initial report was that a skier had gone off the trail

It's cliché by now, but apocalyptic is what it feels like in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.... The wind is bending thick swirls of flame over Sunset Boulevard and the firefighters are helpless to stop it. Some of the firefighters are just standing by and waiting for some of the structures to burn.... But many others are trying to put as much water on the remaining structures as they can.At this point there must be many billions of dollars in property damage. The iconic Suns

As unprecedented snowfall thawed in Murree and surrounding areas on Sunday, rescued tourists were found reckoning with the deaths of 22 fellow travellers in a frozen traffic jam.“ We didn't get any type of alert from society, from the government, from Google, from the news, from the weather, ” said 18-year-old Duaa Kashif Ali, a tourist from Islamabad.“ Locals helped us, ” she told AFP, after emerging from a guesthouse where she waited out the worst snowstorm witnessed by Murree in decades. Road

British Olympic champion Etienne Stott was among those taking part, and said he was protesting to “ disrupt the toxic fossil fuel industry ”.... Activists hang a banner from Marble Arch in London on Saturday( Gareth Morris/ Extinction Rebellion) The Metropolitan Police’s latest estimate of the cost of the protests is ￡565, 824.45, according to figures obtained by The Independent.... But our government should also be held to account for its decisions which are destroying our planet’s ability to

David Smith, a spokesperson for the Placer County sheriff, said hours later that one person, a male, died, and another person sustained non-life-threatening injuries.... Palisades Tahoe said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, that both sides of the mountain at the resort would be closed for the rest of the day. The people who were killed and injured were guests at the resort and from out of town, officials said.... There was no way to stop because it’s just so steep.” A2020 avalanche at Al

" Anyone who got in their way they would target with violence.... The victims were all shot execution-style in Canada, so their loved ones could see them murdered, prosecutors said. The victims included two parents who were murdered in front of their daughter in a case of mistaken identity in 2023, Estrada said.... The continuing criminal enterprise charges also carry a mandatory minimum penalty of life in federal prison....

The U.S. Department of State is offering a$ 10 million reward for the capture of a former Olympic snowboarder accused of running a major transnational drug trafficking organization and orchestrating multiple murders, authorities announced Thursday. Ryan Wedding, 43, a Canadian national, has also been added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office revealed Thursday. Wedding is wanted for allegedly running a drug trafficking network" that routinely shipped hu

On 31 July, the deadline for companies to submit their bid to build Italy’s costly new bobsled track for the 2026 Winter Olympics came and went.... “ It’s getting really hard to maintain the track or bobsled, ” Orr said.... “ Most tracks, all except one in St Moritz, are manmade and use artificial ice and snow, so they are supported by energy systems that can do a good job of keeping them relatively cold....