Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Francis of Assisi's remains are on display until March 22, 2026. - Gianluigi Basilietti/EPA ...

A life-sized plastic skeleton at Chipotle might not be out of place in October, but a February display at a Myrtle Beach-area location garnered backlash after an employee thought it racist. Images ...

For those not familiar with the sport of skeleton, where the solo sledder lies flat on their stomach, head first, Akwasi Frimpong sums it up: "You're on a cookie sheet sled and it's like 'dude, good ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Province of Belluno — Sliding face-first on an icy track at speeds up to 80 mph looks dangerous and terrifying. But that's what Olympic skeleton athletes choose to do, run after run ...

The Ukrainian skeleton Olympian cut from competition at the Milan Cortina Games because of his helmet remembering fellow athletes killed in the war with Russia has received a medal of a different kind ...

Venom was going for gold. The Marvel comic book character wasn’t competing in the Olympics, of course, but it sure looked like he was. His white eyes and sharp teeth glided down the ice at ...

Meylemans, 29, and Silveira, 31, made their 2026 Olympic debuts Friday in the first two heats of women's skeleton. Meylemans sits in eighth place, 0.84 seconds off the lead, while Silveira is in 12th, ...

A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitrator has denied Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal and the Ukrainian skeleton rider will not be reinstated to compete in the Olympics wearing what he has ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Janine Flock has yet another chance at the gold medal that always seems to escape her grasp. The 36-year-old Austrian — a four-time Olympian with no medals to show for it — ...

Southington native and Olympic skeleton racer Austin Florian set a new start record in the men's skeleton competition Thursday morning. During his second run, Florian was the fastest to accelerate, ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — A Ukrainian skeleton athlete has been disqualified from the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics after insisting on wearing a helmet honoring fellow athletes killed in Russia's ...