Mikaela Shiffrin had more than just a gold medal hanging around her neck during the awards ceremony for her latest world championship title. The American skier was also wearing a heart-shaped pendant containing two miniature photos of her late father that she held open as photographers snapped away to capture the touching moment.
Pittsburgh finds itself atop the ACC with just two weeks left in the regular season. Guard Greg Elliott says Pitt has used bleak preseason expectations as motivation.Â
For a quarter of a century, the Great Backyard Bird Count has been growing globally and is providing scientists with data on bird populations.Â
A trial looking into bribery at the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has begun. The former head of advertising company ADK, Shinichi Uneo, is accused of paying nearly 15 million yen, or $110,000, to Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive at ad giant Dentsu.Â
Today is Friday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2023. There are 323 days left in the year.
Comedian Dame Edna (Barry Humphries) is 89. Actor Christina Pickles ("The Wedding Singer," "St. Elsewhere") is 88. Football player-turned-actor Jim Brown ("The Dirty Dozen") is 87. Actor Brenda Fricker ("My Left Foot," "So I Married an Axe Murderer") is 78. Actor Becky Ann Baker ("Girls," "Freaks and Geeks") is 70. Actor Rene Russo is 69. Actor Richard Karn ("Home Improvement") is 67. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is 61. Comedian Larry the Cable Guy is 60. Director Michael Bay ("Transformers," "Armageddon") is 59. Singer Chante Moore is 56. Guitarist Tim Mahoney of 311 is 53. Actor Dominic Purcell ("Prison Break") is 53. Actor Denise Richards is 52. Singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day is 51. Actor Jerry O'Connell is 49. Country singer Bryan White is 49. Actor Kelly Carlson ("Nip/Tuck") is 47. Actor Conrad Ricamora ("How to Get Away With Murder") is 44. Actor Jason Ritter ("Kevin (Probably) Saves the World," "Joan of Arcadia") is 43. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is 42. TV personality Paris Hilton is 42. TV co-host Daphne Oz ("The Chew") is 37. Actor Chord Overstreet ("Glee") is 34. Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is 32. Actor Meaghan Martin ("10 Things I Hate About You," "Camp Rock") is 31. Actor Sasha Pieterse ("Pretty Little Liars") is 27.
Consider some gifts for kids that will keep on giving long after the blocks, action figures and game systems get relegated to the back of a closet or attic.
Q: My son is 8, and his father and I have been separated for nine months. Yesterday I had a student-teacher conference, and the teacher suggested we get him tested for ADHD. This is all new to me. I never saw signs of distraction before, but as he gets older, he is definitely more disorganized. Am I just imagining it, or could it be a reaction to his dad moving out? I don’t want to ignore an obvious problem, but I also don’t want to medicate a child who doesn’t really need it. What’s good ex-etiquette?
Once upon a time, The Garden Guy was the executive director of the American Rose Society and its Gardens of the American Rose Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. My fondest memories are the times spent in the area dedicated to heirloom and English roses. The fragrance seemed to permeate the air, drawing you to investigate each and every selection with the nose.
Jahmir Young scored 20 points and Maryland used a dominant stretch in the middle of the second half to rally past No. 3 Purdue 68-54 and deal the Boilermakers their second consecutive loss. The Terrapins trailed 37-29 before erupting on a 29-4 burst to take control. Hakim Hart added 13 points for Maryland, which defeated a top-three team for the first time since toppling then-No. 3 Iowa 74-68 on Jan. 28, 2016.Â
IndyCar driver Conor Daly raced Floyd Mayweather into the Daytona 500 for a second consecutive year by bobbing and weaving his way through myriad issues for the ill-prepared team. Daly's attempt to make his first Daytona 500 was only announced last week. Daly will become the 62nd driver in history to race in both the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500.
It was barely six months ago that congressional Democrats voted to boost IRS funding by $80 billion over the next decade under the guise of beefing up tax enforcement and wringing more money out of billionaires and millionaires. Wage-earners of less means were assured they had little to worry about from an army of new agents.
Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as the one of the country's most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators, died Thursday. He was 81.
The 2018 Olympics without NHL stars offered a glimpse of things to come for players who hadn't yet reached the best hockey league in the world. Five years later, Kirill Kaprizov is starring for Minnesota. Wild teammate Jordan Greenway played on the U.S. team with Seattle's Ryan Donato. Finnish forward Eeli Tolvanen broke out in those Olympics and is now scoring with Donato and the Kraken. Czech goaltender Pavel Francouz helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup after beating the U.S. in an elimination shootout.
The Blonds shined like gaudy, shimmering jewels in its fall/winter debut, closing out New York Fashion Week for the season. Here's a look at highlights from the week of shows.
