Russian women compete in a stunning figure-skating finale, Canada scores in ski cross and the Netherlands skates to dominance — as the 2018 Winter Olympics enter their last exciting days. Here are the Pyeongchang Games by the numbers.1 Figure skater Alina Zagitova edged teammate Evgenia Medvedeva to become the first gold…
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After helping Team USA to win a historic gold medal in cross-country skiing, Jessie Diggins will bear the U.S. flag at the closing ceremony in Pyeongchang Sunday.Fellow Team USA members voted for Diggins to represent them at the ceremony. Appearing on NBC’s “Today” show Friday morning, Diggins said being the one…
Hours after NRA chief Wayne LaPierre delivered his first remarks following the shootings in Florida, President Donald Trump used similar language in talking about what should be done. Source: NBC San Diego
A woman was killed when she ran from a collision on northbound Interstate 5 in Solana Beach Friday. The driver of a Hyundai was speeding when her car collided with another vehicle at Lomas Santa Fe on northbound I-5 just before 4:30 a.m., California Highway Patrol officers said. Claim Against SDSO…
Sabrina Wanjiku Simader finished 38th out of 44 in the women’s super-G in the Pyeongchang Games but the 19-year-old made the record books — as the first Alpine skier from Kenya to compete in a Winter Games.Simader follows Philip Boit, a cross-country skier who debuted at the 1998 Games in…
