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ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPERE, Finland — The United States maintained a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship by beating Austria 4-1 on Wednesday for a fourth straight victory in the group…

Two people were charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz to Vienna, Austrian news agency APA reported Monday.The two suspects, who were not…

Jessica Pegula sent the U.S. into the Billie Jean King Cup finals, where the Americans will have the chance to extend their record for most titles. Pegula and Coco Gauff both won twice in a 4-0 victory over Austria in Delray Beach,…

ASSOCIATED PRESS Jessica Pegula sent the U.S. into the Billie Jean King Cup finals Saturday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Austria's Julia Grabher.The victory gave the Americans a 3-0 lead and clinched…

HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press Coco Gauff has been staying at home with Mom and Dad and her brothers while getting ready for the U.S. team's Billie Jean King Cup qualifier against Austria that begins…

Associated Press OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — Norwegian ski racer Alexander Steen Olsen earned his first World Cup win after AJ Ginnis of Greece was disqualified for missing a gate in a slalom event held on…

ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — Marco Schwarz of Austria won a tight giant slalom race Saturday as the men's World Cup circuit made a stop at the Palisades Tahoe resort for the first time…

National Geographic announced the winning photographs from its first "Pictures of the Year" photo competition.The contest, which opened to U.S. residents in early December, invited readers to submit a digital photograph in one of four…

They might not have screwdrivers or drills, but a stick and a straw make a cockatoo handy. A recent study published in the journal Current Biology revealed that Goffin’s cockatoos, white parrots from Indonesia, are able to figure out how to…

MERIBEL, France — Besides some minor dustings, it hasn’t snowed significantly in the French resorts hosting the skiing world championships since mid-January.And there is no snow in the long-term forecast.Instead, the…