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The weather is becoming a serious problem at the Pyeongchang Games
Cathal Kelly
Markets Q&A: Stocks stabilize, but can investors relax?
FILE- In this Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, file photo, specialist James Denaro works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The stock market has found firmer footing following its breathtaking drop earlier this month, where the S&P 500 lost 10 percent in just nine days. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Olympic Roundup: Boutin threatened on social media after bronze-medal win
Women's 500-metre short-track speedskating bronze medalist Kim Boutin, of Canada, waves from the podium during victory ceremonies at the Pyeonchang Winter Olympics Tuesday, February 13, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Photo essay: Navigating the street market of Pyeongchang
$30 billion pledged in Kuwait at summit to rebuild Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi prepares for a donor's summit at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Kuwait on Wednesday hosted the final day of a conference seeking billions of dollars to help rebuild Iraq after the war against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
Phoenix legal defeat prompts FAA to address noise concerns
Swiss expect tough test from Team Canada as Olympic hockey tournament opens
Team Suisse head coach Patrick Fischer talks with players during the game between Team Suisse and HC Davos at the 91st Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. Swiss hockey coach Patrick Fischer laments the fact that NHL players are absent at these Olympics. But he's also a realist. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Keystone
Ex-All Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza to face drug charges
FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2007 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers' Esteban Loaiza, of Mexico, throws a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning of a baseball game in Phoenix. Former All-Star pitcher Loaiza - who earned a total of more than $43 million over 14 seasons - is heading to court accused of drug dealing involving 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of suspected cocaine. The 46-year-old retired Major League Baseball player is scheduled to appear in court in Chula Vista, Calif., south of San Diego, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
US judge leads lawyers, others on trip to homeless camp
Judge David Carter, a U.S. District Judge, sixth from left, pointing, followed by an entourage of three dozen lawyers, Orange County workers, nonprofit staff and local officials tours a Southern California homeless encampment amid a lawsuit over efforts by local officials to shut it down in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Judge Carter is overseeing a lawsuit filed by homeless advocates over the planned closure of the encampment on the county-owned trail. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)
Museum: Michelangelo exhibition makes 'most attended' list
Greening Mardi Gras: Recycling effort targets parade trash
FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, people walk past debris debris on Bourbon Street in the early morning of Ash Wednesday, the day after Mardi Gras, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Mardi Gras produces fun-filled days of merriment, joy and the occasional hangover. It also produces a lot of garbage. But this year two New Orleans organizations aimed to change that with a pilot recycling project to collect cans, plastic bottles and that Mardi Gras accessory found hanging on fences, trees, and balconies: beads. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
US boosts aid to Jordan despite Trump threats of cuts
In this Feb. 12, 2018, photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speaks in Cairo, Egypt. Despite repeated threats to punish countries that don’t agree with U.S. Mideast policy, the Trump administration is set to boost aid to Jordan by more than a billion dollars over the next five years. Tillerson and Jordan’s foreign minister will sign the aid agreement in Amman on Wednesday, according to the officials who were not authorized to preview the announcement and spoke on condition of anonymity. (Khaled Elfiqi/Pool photo via AP)
Shooting range tied to Trumps rattles neighbours
In this Feb. 1, 2018, photo, a large tower seen from a public road, is visible through the trees at Leather Hill Preserve in Wingdale, N.Y. A company tied to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump owns the 171-acre hunting preserve that is being used as a private shooting range, where the sound of rifle fire from a wooden tower and exploding targets has riled nearby residents, neighbors told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Millions in China journey home for Lunar New Year
CORRECTS YEAR - A Thai worker decorates lanterns for celebrations of Chinese New Year at the Leng Nuei Yee Chinese temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Chinese New Year falls on Feb. 16 this year, marking the start of the Year of the Dog. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Party's over: Raucous Fat Tuesday gives way to solemn Lent
Odessa College student Robert Granado plays the trombone during the cajun food cook-off after a New Orleans style parade Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2017, at the Saulsbury Campus Center in Odessa, Texas. (Jacob Ford/Odessa American via AP)
How much pressure is on Canada’s curlers? Just ask the Swedes
Cathal Kelly
South African President Zuma succumbs to pressure, resigns
Secretary General of the African National Congress, (ANC) Ace Magashule, makes a statement at a briefing at the ANC headquarters in downtoan Johannesburg, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Magashule said the scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma must leave office. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Fresh twist for UAE diners as oysters thrive in warm waters
Tuesday's Games
Scores and Schedule
Republicans retain Georgia House seat in special election
Wall Street due to drop after rise in US inflation data
Swiss women edge Sweden 2-1 to take top spot in Group B
New fronts emerge in Syria as Assad, allies push for victory
FILE - This Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 file photo, shows U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jamie Jarrard left, thanks Manbij Military Council commander Muhammed Abu Adeel near the town of Manbij, northern Syria. As Syrian troops and their allies push toward final victory and the battle against Islamic State militants draws to an end, new fronts are opening up, threatening an even broader confrontation. The U.S., Israel and Turkey all have deepened their involvement, seeking to protect their interests in the new Syria order. (AP Photo/Susannah George, File)
Pyeongchang 2018: Figure skating pair Duhamel and Radford win bronze in free skate
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada compete during the pairs short program at Gangneung Ice Arena on Feb. 14, 2018.
Tongans face long wait for services to return after cyclone
In this image made from a video, people stand near a house damaged by Cyclone Gita in Nuku’alofa, Tonga Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Tonga began cleaning up Tuesday after a cyclone hit overnight, while some people in the nearby Pacific nation of Fiji began preparing for the storm to hit them. (TVNZ via AP)
'Deep down': Rivalry between Koreas, Japan transcends sports
FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2011 file photo, former South Korean comfort women who were forced to serve for the Japanese Army as sexual slaves during World War II, stage a rally to demand an official apology and compensation from the Japanese government in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. The fierce grudges over historical persecution and a thousand perceived national and cultural slights cannot be untwined from the sports for many Koreans, and these swirling emotions will be front and center Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, when a combined team of North and South Koreans plays regional power Japan in women’s hockey. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
Canada’s Duhamel and Radford third in pairs figure skating after short program
Canada's Meagan Duhamel and Canada's Eric Radford compete in the pair skating short program at the Gangneung Ice Arena on Feb. 14, 2018.
GOP women chafe at Trump's mixed signals on abuse charges
FILE - In this March 17, 2015, file photo, Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Prominent Republican women say they’re frustrated by President Donald Trump’s handling of abuse charges against men in the White House’s midst. Moore Capito of West Virginia says it’s difficult being a Republican woman and having to “fight through” the administration’s muddled message to women. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)
Pot-users want judge to declare marijuana safe under US law
Iraq war veteran Jose Belen, who takes marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, poses in front of federal court, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in New York. Belen is one of five plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging federal marijuana laws. He is set to appear in a New York courtroom on Wednesday for arguments in a lawsuit that claims classifying marijuana as a dangerous drug is irrational and unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Offshore drilling foes, denied microphone, hold rallies
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 file photo, Cindy Zipf, executive director of the Clean Ocean Action environmental group, speaks at a rally in Asbury Park, N.J., against President Trump's plan to allow oil and natural gas drilling off most of the nation's coastline. Opponents of Trump's plan to open most of the nation's coastline to oil and natural gas drilling have held boisterous rallies before public meetings held by the federal government on the topic. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
Sam's Club to offer free shipping for premium members
FILE- In this June 20, 2011, file photo, shoppers leave a Sam's Club store in Concord, Calif. Starting Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, the Walmart-owned warehouse club will give free shipping on online orders for Plus members on 95 percent of the items it sells. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Number of lawsuits challenging opioid industry still growing
FILE - This Jan. 11, 2018 file photo shows judge Dan Polster in his office in Cleveland. Polster has called the opioid addiction epidemic “100 percent man-made” and asserted that other branches of government have “punted” on solving it. Polster has made clear that he wants to use the cases before him as a way to forge a solution to the opioid crisis _ not just a legal resolution. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, file)
On a massive bed of popcorn, Raf Simons re-examines America
Philippines objects to China's naming of undersea features
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Fries, not flowers: Fast-food chains try to lure valentines
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Prince Henrik, husband of Danish monarch, dies at age 83
FILE - In this June 13, 2011, file photo, Denmark's Prince Henrik, right, waves as he drives a Tesla Roadster at the electric car maker's headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Denmark's royal palace says the 83-year-old Prince Henrik, has been transferred from a Copenhagen hospital to the family's residence north of the capital "where he wishes to spend his last moments." (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Shaun White wins America's 100th Winter Olympics gold medal
Canada's Duhamel and Radford third in pairs figure skating after short program
Canada's Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford compete in the pairs figure skating short program at the Pyeonchang Winter Olympics Wednesday, February 14, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
WHL Roundup: Sawchuk, Aucoin leads Americans in 6-3 win over Hurricanes
California teacher defends anti-military comments
FILE - In this July 21, 2010, file photo, teacher Gregory Salcido poses in front of El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, Calif. A Los Angeles-area city council will consider a resolution Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, asking for the resignation of councilman Salcido, who bashed U.S. military service members while teaching to a high school class. (Keith Durflinger/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
Militants kill 4 paramilitary troops in southwest Pakistan
Curling is cool, fool! Mr. T still tweeting about throwing rocks
Tyler Myers scores overtime winner as Jets rally past Capitals
Winnipeg Jets' Tyler Myers scores the game-winning goal on Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby during overtime in Winnipeg, on Feb. 13, 2018.
NOLA Police: 2 killed, 3 injured in Lower 9th Ward shooting
Calgarian uses billboards in the hope of finding kidney donor for transplant
QMJHL Roundup: Chekhovich scores OT winner as Drakkar edge Voltigeurs
Tyler Myers scores in overtime as Winnipeg Jets rally past Washington Capitals 4-3
Winnipeg Jets' Blake Wheeler (26), Bryan Little (18), Mark Scheifele (55) and Mathieu Perreault (85) celebrate after Scheifele scored against the Washington Capitals with 15 seconds left in the third period of NHL hockey action in Winnipeg, Tuesday, February 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor Hagan
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