Feb 09 Watch 4:45 News Wrap: Sports court rejects Russian appeal for 2018 Games By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Winter Olympics have officially begun in South Korea, kicked off with pomp and circumstance at the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, a last ditch effort to include 45 banned Russian athletes was rejected just hours before. Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 9:22 Olympics show U.S. and South Korea out of sync on North Korea By PBS News Hour Fireworks opened the 2018 Olympic Games, but competed for attention with a diplomatic spectacle. The leaders of South Korea and North Korea showed off a historic handshake, while Vice President Mike Pence kept his distance, underscoring apparent divisions between Washington… Continue watching
Feb 09 What to watch during the first weekend of the Winter Olympics By Courtney Norris What makes this year special, other than the politics at play: a record-breaking number of athletes competing in the Winter Games. Continue reading
Feb 09 With extraordinary political optics, Winter Olympics begin By Foster Klug, Associated Press PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side by side Friday night under exploding fireworks that represented peace, not destruction, as the 2018 Winter Olympics opened on a Korean Peninsula riven… Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 8:42 2018 Olympic stars, newcomers and comebacks to watch for By PBS News Hour The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, come at a particularly tense moment in the region. But there's also a lot of excitement around the Games themselves. John Yang talks to Christine Brennan of USA Today about what and who… Continue watching
Feb 08 Winter Olympics are about to begin. Here’s what to watch. By Courtney Norris Here’s what to keep an eye on as we wait for the opening ceremony to begin. Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch 4:12 News Wrap: White House aide resigns amid domestic abuse allegations By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Rob Porter, the White House staff secretary, is resigning after his two ex-wives accused him of domestic abuse, including punching and choking. Also, reports of sexual assault doubled at West Point last year. Officials cite… Continue watching
Feb 07 Winter Olympic officials sequester 1,200 people to test for norovirus By Foster Klug, Associated Press Organizers are scrambling on the eve of the biggest planned event in South Korea in years — not because of anything related to North Korea and national security, but in an attempt to arrest the spread of norovirus at the… Continue reading
Feb 06 Pence doesn’t rule out North Korea meeting at upcoming Olympics By Zeke Miller, Associated Press "We'll see what happens," the vice president said before departing Monday on a six-day Asia trip. Continue reading
Feb 05 Quiz: Test your knowledge of 2018’s Winter Olympics By Larisa Epatko After the closing ceremony and the torch is doused, the Pyeongchang stadium will be demolished. What will it become? Test your knowledge of this and other Olympic-related questions in our quiz. Continue reading