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Alexa Brabec of the U.S. (from left), Norway's Ida Marie Hagen and Tara Geraghty-Moats of the U.S. pose on the podium after a Feb. 1 event of the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld, Austria. It was the first time two American women were on a World Cup podium for women's Nordic combined.

One Olympic sport doesn't allow women. These Games could determine its future

Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport that doesn't allow women to compete, despite athletes' efforts to change that. They say their odds for 2030 hinge on people watching men's events this week.

Setting low-grade fires, known as prescribed burns, can help clear out overgrown brush and dead material that fuels more extreme wildfires. In 2025, controlled burning fell by almost half under the Trump administration.

Trump administration falls behind on wildfire prevention with risky fire season ahead

Many of the nation's overgrown forests are at high risk of burning. Under the Trump administration, work to reduce flammable vegetation fell by more than a million acres compared to previous years.

Yang Bing-Yi started the Din Tai Fung restaurant with his wife in Taipei in 1972. From there, the restaurant grew into a chain of more than 170 locations around the world, known for steamed soup dumplings.

Yang Bing-Yi, patriarch of Taiwan's soup dumpling empire, has died

The cofounder of Taiwan's famed Din Tai Fung restaurant chain died at 96, his company announced March 26. He helped turn delicate soup dumplings into a global phenomenon, even earning Michelin stars.

Shipwrights from Bristol Marine's Samples Shipyard and Niagara crew members work to secure the vessel against the dock in Boothbay, Maine. The relaunch begins the ship's preparation for its return voyage to Lake Erie ahead of the America's 250th anniversary celebrations.

After a year-long rebuild, historic War of 1812 ship heads home to Lake Erie

After months in dry dock in Maine, the USS Niagara slipped down the ways last week after nearly a year of work. The two-masted, 20-gun brig will soon return to its home port on Lake Erie.

San Francisco Ballet artistic director Tamara Rojo is known for taking risks. She says that, with the exception of Nutcracker, "every time you bring back the same work, less people will come. You are cannibalizing yourself. So that's not really a long-term strategy that you can rely on."

How Tamara Rojo is remaking ballet

From championing women choreographers to upending classics, the former Royal Ballet star turned artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet doesn't play it safe.

Transgender young people and their families rallied outside the Supreme Court in May 2023 after an event called the Trans Youth Prom in Washington, DC.

'What are we going to do?' The mom of a trans teen grapples with Trump's Medicaid move

A longtime Republican living in California says the Trump administration's continuing actions to target transgender youth take a personal toll.

Bryan Lagarde, founder of Project NOLA, stands in front of a wall of screens displaying feeds from the nonprofit's extensive crime camera network at its headquarters in New Orleans on Dec. 4. The system monitors thousands of cameras citywide to assist law enforcement and enhance public safety.

Live cameras are tracking faces in New Orleans. Who should control them?

A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about privacy, legal authority and who should control surveillance technology.

R. Kelly arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago for a pretrial hearing in early May.

The Allegations Against R. Kelly: An Abridged History

This timeline covers major moments in the controversy surrounding R&B singer R. Kelly, up to 2021, when he was convicted for sexual exploitation of a child, racketeering, bribery and sex trafficking.

Gov. Mike DeWine at his daily coronavirus press conference on Sunday, March 23, 2020.

Coronavirus In Ohio: March 3-March 23

This is an archived post. You can read the latest updates here.WOSU is providing updates about the coronavirus and COVID-19 in Ohio. Ohio by the numbers,…

A patient gets a flu shot in a pharmacy in central Ohio. Experts are encouraging flu shots as the pandemic continues and trials for a COVID-19 vaccine go on.

As vaccination rates decline, Ohio health officials urge parents to make sure kids have their shots

More than one in 10 Ohio kids going into kindergarten this new school year aren’t fully vaccinated.

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