CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ashley Farquharson crossed the finish line, looked at the giant scoreboard at the end of the track and then immediately began to cry. A happy cry, at that. A very happy cry. USA Luge has its seventh Olympic medal — one that came from a slider who never ...
TUPPER LAKE — When it comes to defining “essential” for a community, emergency medical services always finds itself at the top of the list. So when the Tupper Lake Volunteer Ambulance and Emergency Squad put out a call for community support to help cover the costs for a new ...
WILMINGTON — While the eyes of the ski world may be trained on Italy as the Olympic Winter Games take place over the next couple of weeks, Whiteface Mountain continues to host a series of high-caliber Alpine ski races. With the men’s and women’s downhill and super giant slalom FIS ...
ALBANY — The New York Assembly Republicans have a new leader. On Monday, the Assembly Republican conference voted unanimously to elevate Edward P. Ra, a Long Island lawmaker with an established profile, to leadership in the minority party. Ra, R-Garden City, has been a member of the ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — The U.S. may have only one sled in an Olympic two-man bobsled competition for the first time in the nearly century-long history of the event, after the sport’s governing body denied an appeal to give American driver Kris Horn a spot in that event at the Milan ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — German teammates Julia Taubitz and Merle Fraebel have pulled away after the first two runs of the women’s singles luge event at the Milan Cortina Olympics, opening up a sizable lead over the rest of the field going into Tuesday’s medal-deciding ...