Julia Frankel

Sweden's Rasmus Wranaa and Isabella Wranaa celebrate in background as United States' Cory Thiesse hugs with Korey Dropkin at the end of the gold medal mixed doubles curling match against USA, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

US curling duo Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin make history with a silver medal in mixed doubles event

February 10, 2026 at 2:20 p.m.

The Americans became the first U.S. team to medal in Olympic mixed doubles, and Cory Thiesse is the first American woman to medal in Olympic curling.

The United States' Korey Dropkin, back left, and Cory Thiesse watch Italy's Stefania Constantini during a mixed doubles curling semfinal at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

In any other Olympic sport, this moment would have created tension between teams. Not in curling.

February 9, 2026 at 12:02 p.m.

In any other Olympic sport, a tie game with the result hanging in the balance would create tension between teams. Not in curling.

People hold signs with a photo of Ran Gvili, who was killed while fighting Hamas militants during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack and whose body has been held in Gaza ever since, during a rally calling for his return in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel recovers the last hostage’s remains in Gaza as ceasefire moves into tricky new phase

January 26, 2026 at 10:52 a.m.

Israel said it had recovered the remains of the last hostage in Gaza, clearing the way for the next and more challenging phase of its ceasefire with Hamas.

Israeli soldiers take up positions during an army raid in the West Bank city of Hebron Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has several invited leaders trying to figure out how it’ll work

January 19, 2026 at 3:05 p.m.

Israel has been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan, an Israeli official said Monday,...

A makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

International aid groups grapple with what Israel’s ban will mean for their work in Gaza

January 4, 2026 at 7:03 p.m.

Israel’s decision to revoke the licenses of more than three dozen humanitarian organizations this week has aid groups scrambling to grapple with what this means for their operations in Gaza.

FILE – Hamas militants and Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head to Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City to search for the remains of deceased hostages, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)

Hamas says next phase of Gaza ceasefire will be impossible without more pressure on Israel

December 9, 2025 at 7:54 a.m.

A Hamas leader on Tuesday threatened to not move forward into the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement until more pressure is placed on Israel to open up a...

FILE -Trucks carrying humanitarian aids prepare to cross the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing, waiting for inspections by Israeli authorities before entering the Gaza Strip, following an agreement between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat, File)

What Israel’s plan to reopen the Rafah border crossing means for Palestinians in Gaza

December 3, 2025 at 10:08 p.m.

Israel said Wednesday that it would reopen the Rafah border crossing in the coming days, allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, speaks in front of the Unisphere alongside his transition team, from left, Elana Leopold, Melanie Hartzog, Maria Torres-Springer, Grace Bonilla and Lina Khan, in the Queens borough of New York, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

In Israel, Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York stirs alarm over shifting US attitudes

November 8, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

Israelis fear that Mamdani’s election — in the city with the world’s second-largest Jewish population — could foreshadow icier relations with the U.S.

Red Cross convoy carrying the body of a person believed to be a deceased hostage handed over by Palestinians fighters makes its way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000, as more bodies are exchanged

November 8, 2025 at 9:29 a.m.

The Palestinian death toll has risen due to bodies being recovered since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10.

Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of three people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returned the remains of 3 soldiers

November 3, 2025 at 6:52 a.m.

The exchange marked another step forward for the tenuous, U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the two-year war — the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and militant Hamas group.

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