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Olympic Snowboarding: Why Chloe Kim Tries to Out-Crash the Competition
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-12 23:01
The secret to Khloe Kim's success is crashing a lot. Kim thinks of it this way. If she's the only snowboarder crazy enough to crash over and over again to learn a trick, then she's the only one ready to perform it when it really matters.All snowboarders crash a lot. But while most test new jumps over giant airbags, Kim prefers to try her tricks on the halfpipe itself. It's a risky strategy.Kim tore her labroom about four weeks ago working on one of those tricks. Her longtime coach, Rick Bower, said that he ...
Trump Is Losing Support Among Young Voters, Poll Finds
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-12 19:00
President Trump's support among young voters has significantly declined according to a recent Wall Street Journal poll. For context, Democrats won among young voters under age 30 by 25 percentage points in 2020. In 2024, Democrats won that same group by 4 percentage points, a significant shift toward Republicans.But a journal poll in January found that 58% of voters under age 30 disapproved of the job Trump was doing as president versus 40% who approved. The nonpartisan Cook Political Reports polling aggreg ...
Do U.S. Olympic Curlers Still Have Other Full-Time Jobs?
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-12 15:01
With a lot of the Olympians, is their full-time job to train for the Olympics in curling. >> No, unfortunately, which is a real competitive disadvantage for the US team. There is no salary in curling.Danny Casper works at a car dealership. >> Uh Luke Violet's an engineer. These guys are actually up at 5:00 in the morning.They go to the gym. There's a training center in Minneapolis. >> Yeah.>> And so they go work out and then they'll go to the rink after they get done working out. I know that the gentlemen t ...
Inside the Team USA Women's Olympic Ski Team
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-11 22:00
The US Alpine ski team lost one of its biggest stars when Lindsay Vaughn crashed out of the downhill. But her teammate Breezy Johnson stepped right up and won the gold anyway. Here's why the US ski team could still have a huge Olympics.Lindsay Vaughn came back in her 40s. She was back to being the best in the world at the downhill until Sunday. I watched Van being airlifted from the mountain when the helicopter carrying her passed over it.Fans looked up and cheered for her. Van later had surgery on her brok ...
How NATO Hunts for Russian Submarines in the Arctic
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-11 17:00
Anything is hard to find out in the ocean, even a great big submarine. That's why NATO constantly practices the complex science of anti-ubmarine warfare. Russia has ramped up its submarine activity in the Arctic, and these are the NATO forces preparing to hunt them down.It's a complex exercise involving ships, helicopters, special planes, and other resources using some of the Military Alliance's most advanced equipment to uh detect submarines, to locate them once they are detected and to be able to track th ...
This Swedish Hotel Is Made of 30K Tons of Ice and Snow
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-11 14:00
About 120 mi north of the Arctic Circle, a group of about 90 construction workers and artists build this hotel from scratch every year from 30,000 tons of snow and ice. This year's seasonal ice hotel is about 30,000 square ft. It includes a main hall, a ceremony hall for weddings and other events, and 12 suites custom made by artists from around the world who chisel sculptures to differentiate each room.We have our sketches uh but also it's a little bit different uh uh getting into the room and the scale. > ...
FBI Releases Video of Masked Person in Nancy Guthrie Investigation
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-10 20:23
The FBI shared footage of an armed individual appearing to tamper with Nancy Guthrie's camera on the morning of her disappearance. Guthrie, 84 years old, is the mother of “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, and her sudden disappearance has made national headlines. Nancy Guthrie was first reported missing on Feb. 1 and authorities are investigating her disappearance as a crime. #FBI #Guthrie #WSJ ...
Why Hotels Are Ditching Bathroom Doors
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-10 19:00
Have you noticed that some hotels no longer have bathroom doors? They're being replaced by curtains, partial walls, and sliding barn doors. In some case, a door exists, but instead of being fully opaque, there's also a glass pane. Many guests are unhappy for obvious reasons. They say the new variations lack privacy, allow odor to linger, and aren't soundproof. One guest who booked a hotel in London with her father was horrified to find that the bathroom lacked a fully closable and opaque barrier. She starte ...
Olympic Figure Skating: Why Ilia Malinin's Backflip Isn't Worth Any Points
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-10 15:01
Illy Malinin's flashiest move at the Winter Olympics isn't even a quad jump. It's a backflip. The 21-year-old who calls himself the quad god has landed dozens upon dozens of four rotation jumps in competition in nearly every conceivable combination.But it's his backflip, which he does in his short program and freekate, that's winning him the crowd at the Olympics. Figure skating has a long complicated history with back flips. They were banned in 1976 either for being too dangerous or too circus-like.And it ...
I Tried Curling to Find Out What Sweepers Actually Do
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-09 22:00
Stop sweeping. SWEEP. >> COME ON, LADY.>> Curling famously has brooms. Can you explain to me how the sweeping works. >> So, sweeping makes the stone go further and straighter.>> Okay. >> And now in the modern era, you can also make it curl a little bit. So, when they throw a stone, right, remember they're going to throw it counterclockwise or clockwise.>> Yep. >> So, when they go this way, right, to keep it straight, you're going to want to be on this side of the rock cuz you're trying to >> the direction i ...