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The reporter who broke the gender barrier in NHL locker rooms has died at age 70

Herman hoped her "mini sports history" moment would go quietly unnoticed. Instead, the locker room quickly devolved into a "circus scene."

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - JANUARY 31: A Athlete of Team United States trains during the Biathlon Training Session at National Biathlon Centre ahead of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on January 31, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

U.S. biathletes focus on process in their quest for a first-ever Olympic medal

The U.S. Biathlon team has never won an Olympic medal — the only U.S. athletes not to do so. New innovations may lead to a medal finish in the combined cross-country skiing and target shooting event.

FILE - In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Russian armored vehicle drives off a railway platform after arrival in Belarus, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. A buildup of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine has fueled Western fears of an invasion, but Moscow has denied having plans to launch an attack while demanding security guarantees from the the U.S. and its allies. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

France's Macron to visit Russia and Ukraine next week on mediation trip amid tensions

While France is a major player in NATO, President Macron has also been actively pushing for dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two are set to meet Monday one-on-one.

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, right, a Democrat running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, talks with apprentices while touring the South Central Ohio Carpenters' Training Center Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

In Ohio's Senate race, Democrat Ryan hopes to beat the odds with a pitch to workers

Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan is seeking the U.S. Senate on a pledge to stand up for workers, a key voting bloc for Donald Trump, who carried the increasingly Republican state twice.

Some of the revenue from recreational marijuana sales would go toward historically disadvantaged businesses, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says. Wolf is calling for legal pot sales as part of a plan to help Pennsylvania's economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governor Tom Wolf, PA Democrats outline a proposal for $1.7 billion in pandemic funds

The plan includes spending money on workers and a property tax subsidy for lower-income homeowners and renters.

How the Winter Olympics are being received in China

Despite a campaign from China to increase enthusiasm for winter sports, many in the country are indifferent to the Games and excitement is more muted than in 2008.

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: General View inside the stadium of the Olympic Cauldron as a firework display is seen above during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium on February 04, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

The Winter Games have begun. See photos and highlights from the opening ceremony

The Winter Games kicked off Friday night in Beijing with an eye-catching but scaled-back opening ceremony. The city has made history as the first to host both the Summer and Winter Games.

FILE - Travis McMichael looks on during the sentencing in his trial along with his father Greg McMichael and neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse, on Jan. 7, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga. Travis McMichael, the man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery is withdrawing his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge. McMichael announced his decision Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, Pool, File)

Greg and Travis McMichael have withdrawn hate crime guilty pleas in Arbery murder

Travis McMichael on Friday reversed his plan to plead guilty in the federal case days after a judge rejected terms of a plea deal that was met with passionate objections by Ahmaud Arbery's parents.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 04: People walk past 1211 Avenue of the Americas the headquarters for News Corp on February 04, 2022 in New York City. The global media company and owner of Fox News and The New York Post announced that in January it suffered a cyberattack which it believes China was behind. The company said that hackers targeted an IT provider which resulted in the theft of unspecified data. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Hackers tied to China are suspected of spying on News Corp. journalists

News Corp. — which owns the publishers of The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post — announced the discovery of a "persistent cyberattack" targeting a limited number of employees.

FILE - Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., listen as the House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol meets on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 19, 2021. Republican Party officials have voted to punish Cheney and Kinzinger and advanced a rule change that would prohibit candidates from participating in presidential debates organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates. GOP officials took a voice vote to approve both measures at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

RNC votes to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger over work with Jan. 6 panel

The Republican National Committee voted to censure the two House GOP lawmakers, who are involved in investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

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