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  • How to watch Olympics Thursday: US men’s hockey, Chloe Kim and more California snowboarders in final

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    It’s another action-packed Thursday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with nine medal events.Medals will be awarded Thursday in men’s moguls; women’s super-G; women’s cross-country 10km interval; men’s snowboard cross; women’s speed skating 5000m; mixed luge team relay; women’s snowboard halfpipe; women’s 500m and men’s 1000m short track.Above video: Olympic Speed skaters complaining about soft ice after several crash at Milan OlympicsAdditionally, the U.S. men’s hockey team, led by NHL All-Stars Auston Matthews and Jack Hughes, begins group play against Latvia. With NHL players returning to the Olympics for the first time since the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, Team USA is considered to have one of deepest teams in the tournament and a chance to get back on the podium for the first time since 2010.In the women’s halfpipe final, two-time defending gold medalist Chloe Kim, of Torrance, and fellow California snowboarders Maddie Mastro and Bea Kim are contending for medals. Northern California Olympian Keely Cashman is competing in the super-G. Three-time Olympic cross-country skiing medalist Jessie Diggins competes in the 10km. Additionally, Julie Letai and Kristen Santos-Griswold seek to win the United States’ first short track medal since 2010 in the 500m.HOW TO WATCH BROADCAST COVERAGEEvery day, NBC will provide Olympic fans with at least five hours of daytime coverage of the Winter Games’ most exciting events, including live finals coverage of skiing, snowboarding, hockey, speed skating, figure skating and more.If that isn’t enough Olympic coverage, return to NBC at night for Primetime in Milan, where all of the best moments of the day will be presented. Primetime in Milan will combine competition highlights with behind-the-scenes access to athletes, their families and the iconic Olympic host cities. HOW TO WATCH THURSDAY: DIGITAL COVERAGEMILAN CORTINA 2026 ONGOING COVERAGE: Live coverage on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com and USA Network.Olympic Sports | Best of Milan Cortina | 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Sit back and stream the top moments of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games including highlights, interviews and more.Olympic Sports | Olympic Late Night (February 11) | 11:35 p.m. until 1 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Coverage of the women’s moguls finals in freestyle skiing, men’s halfpipe qualifying in snowboard and more from the 2026 Winter Olympics.Curling| Canada vs. Denmark (W Round-Robin) | 12:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Women’s curling unfolds with Canada vs. Denmark in the first draw of round-robin play at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Curling| Italy vs. Switzerland (W Round-Robin) | 12:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Women’s curling unfolds with Italy and Switzerland in the first draw of round-robin play at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Curling| Japan vs. Sweden (W Round-Robin) | 12:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Women’s curling unfolds with Japan vs. Sweden in the first draw of round-robin play at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Curling| South Korea vs. USA (W Round-Robin) | 12:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Women’s curling continues with the South Korea vs. United States in round-robin play at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Skeleton| Men’s Skeleton: Run 1 | 12:30 a.m. until 1:25 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | The men’s skeleton event gets underway with the first of four runs at the Cortina Sliding Centre. World feed.Figure Skating | Figure Skating: Training | 1 a.m. until 4 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Athletes take the ice at the Forum di Milano ahead of Olympic Figure Skating events.Freestyle Skiing | Men’s Moguls: Qualifying Round 2 | 1 a.m. until 1:35 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | In the second qualification round for men’s moguls, skiers who haven’t advanced to the final yet are given one last chance to do so. World feed.Olympic Sports | Milan Cortina 2026 Coverage | 1 a.m. until 6:15 a.m. PT | Click here to watch| Ongoing Olympic coverage on USA Network, featuring men’s moguls, snowboarding, the women’s super-G in Alpine, cross-country skiing and more.Snowboarding| Men’s Snowboard Cross: Qualifying | 1 a.m. until 2:20 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | All riders in the men’s snowboard cross field take at least one run through the course to determine seeding for the elimination rounds. World feed.Skeleton| Men’s Skeleton: Run 2 | 2:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | The men’s skeleton continues with the second of four runs at the Cortina Sliding Centre. World feed.Alpine Skiing | Women’s Super-G, Medal round | 2:30 a.m. until 4:40 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Skiers navigate the gates for the women’s super-G competition on the Olympia delle Tofane course. World feed. NorCal Olympian to watch: Keely CashmanOlympic Sports | Best of Milan Cortina | 3 a.m. until 3 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Sit back and stream the top moments of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games including highlights, interviews and more.Hockey| Switzerland vs. France (Men’s Group A) | 3:10 a.m. until 5:40 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | The puck drops between Switzerland and France to begin Group A play in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament. World feed.Freestyle Skiing | Men’s Moguls: Final, Medal round | 3:15 a.m. until 4:25 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Skiers compete across a series of three back-to-back elimination rounds during the men’s mogul final in Livigno. World feed.Cross-Country Skiing | Women’s 10km Free, Medal round | 4 a.m. until 5:45 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Cross-country skiing continues with the women’s 10km freestyle event at the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium. World feed.Snowboarding| Men’s Snowboard Cross: Finals, Medal round | 4:45 a.m. until 6:20 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | A series of four-man races will whittle the men’s snowboard cross field down from 32 riders to one Olympic champion at Livigno Snow Park. World feed.Olympic Sports | Gold Zone: Day 6 | 5 a.m. until 2 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Gold Zone delivers live whip-around coverage of key events as they unfold during the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Games. Audio description available.Curling| Great Britain vs. Sweden (M Round-Robin) | 5:05 a.m. until 8:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the men’s curling tournament with Great Britain vs. Sweden at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Curling| Norway vs. Germany (M Round-Robin) | 5:05 a.m. until 8:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the men’s curling tournament with Norway vs. Germany at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Curling| USA vs. Switzerland (M Round-Robin) | 5:05 a.m. until 8:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the men’s curling tournament with United States vs. Switzerland at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Hockey| Finland vs. Canada (Women’s Group A) | 5:20 a.m. until 8:15 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Finland takes on 2022 Olympic champion Canada and Marie-Philip Poulin in a women’s hockey Group A game at the Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena. World feed.Olympic Sports | Milan Cortina 2026 Coverage | 6:15 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. PT | Click here to watch| Ongoing coverage on USA Network, featuring women’s curling, Canada facing Czechia in a men’s hockey game, speed skating and men’s skeleton.Speed Skating | Women’s 5000m, Medal round | 7:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Speed skaters race for gold in the women’s 5000m event at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium. World feed.Hockey| Czechia vs. Canada (Men’s Group A) | 7:40 a.m. until 10 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Czechia takes on Sidney Crosby and Canada as the men’s Olympic hockey tournament continues with Group A play.Olympic Sports | On NBC: Snowboarding & more | 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Coverage of the men’s moguls final, women’s snowboard halfpipe final, short track, cross-country skiing and more.Luge| Luge Team Relay, Medal round | 9:30 a.m. until 10:35 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Athletes compete in the luge team relay, where three sleds from competing countries race down the track at the Cortina Sliding Centre. World feed.Curling| China vs. Great Britain (W Round-Robin) | 10:05 a.m. until 1:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the women’s curling tournament with China vs. Great Britain at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Curling| Denmark vs. Japan (W Round-Robin) | 10:05 a.m. until 1:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues with Denmark vs. Japan for the women’s curling tournament at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World Feed.Curling| Italy vs. South Korea (W Round-Robin) | 10:05 a.m. until 1:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the women’s curling tournament with Italy vs. South Korea at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Curling| Sweden vs. USA (W Round-Robin) | 10:05 a.m. until 1:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the women’s curling tournament with Sweden vs. United States at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.Snowboarding| Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe: Final, Medal round | 10:30 a.m. until 12:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | In this best-of-three-run final, snowboarders compete for Olympic medals in women’s halfpipe at Livigno Snow Park. World feed. California Olympians to watch: Chloe Kim, Maddie Mastro, Bea KimOlympic Sports | Milan Cortina 2026 Coverage | 11:15 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. PT | Click here to watch| Ongoing Olympic coverage on USA Network, featuring short track finals, the U.S. facing Latvia in men’s hockey, snowboarding and more.Short Track | Women’s 500m & Men’s 1000m Finals, Medal round | 11:15 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Kristen Santos-Griswold and Corinne Stoddard take the ice for the first time at the Milan Ice Skating Arena. World feed.Hockey| Germany vs. Denmark (Men’s Group C) | 12:10 p.m. until 2:40 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | The men’s Olympic hockey tournament continues as Germany faces off with Denmark in a Group C game. World feed.Hockey| Latvia vs. USA (Men’s Group C) | 12:10 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Latvia faces off with Team USA as the Tkachuk brothers and other NHL stars make their Olympic debut in a men’s hockey Group C stage game.Curling| Best of Curling (Feb. 12) | 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. PT | Click here to watch| Olympic curling continues on CNBC with the day’s best action in the men’s round-robin, including the U.S. men facing Switzerland.Olympic Sports | Best of Milan Cortina | 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Sit back and stream the top moments of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games including highlights, interviews and more.Olympic Sports | Best of Milan Cortina | 3 p.m. until 3 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Sit back and stream the top moments of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games including highlights, interviews and more.Olympic Sports | Primetime Run-Up (February 12) | 3 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | As NBC’s Primetime in Milan approaches, get an early look at some of the athletes and storylines to be featured in the coverage.Olympic Sports | Primetime In Milan (February 12) | 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Coverage of the luge team relay, the women’s super-G in Alpine skiing, the women’s snowboard halfpipe final and more.Olympic Sports | Primetime In Milan (February 12) | 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Coverage of the luge team relay, the women’s super-G in Alpine skiing, the women’s snowboard halfpipe final and more.WHAT ELSE TO KNOW ABOUT THE OLYMPICS ON KCRA 3?We’re hosting a live Olympic Zone show from Palisades Tahoe during the Olympics each day, starting Friday, except on Super Bowl Sunday. Watch the broadcasts on KCRA 3 from 7:30-8 p.m.KCRA 3’s Deirdre Fitzpatrick and Mike “Domi” Domalaog will be in Italy to provide local coverage of the Olympics. Follow their reports here.If you’re a KCRA 3 viewer and attending the Olympics, let us know about your experiences at web@kcra.com.

    It’s another action-packed Thursday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with nine medal events.

    Medals will be awarded Thursday in men’s moguls; women’s super-G; women’s cross-country 10km interval; men’s snowboard cross; women’s speed skating 5000m; mixed luge team relay; women’s snowboard halfpipe; women’s 500m and men’s 1000m short track.

    Above video: Olympic Speed skaters complaining about soft ice after several crash at Milan Olympics

    Additionally, the U.S. men’s hockey team, led by NHL All-Stars Auston Matthews and Jack Hughes, begins group play against Latvia. With NHL players returning to the Olympics for the first time since the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, Team USA is considered to have one of deepest teams in the tournament and a chance to get back on the podium for the first time since 2010.

    In the women’s halfpipe final, two-time defending gold medalist Chloe Kim, of Torrance, and fellow California snowboarders Maddie Mastro and Bea Kim are contending for medals.

    Northern California Olympian Keely Cashman is competing in the super-G.

    Three-time Olympic cross-country skiing medalist Jessie Diggins competes in the 10km. Additionally, Julie Letai and Kristen Santos-Griswold seek to win the United States’ first short track medal since 2010 in the 500m.

    HOW TO WATCH BROADCAST COVERAGE

    Every day, NBC will provide Olympic fans with at least five hours of daytime coverage of the Winter Games’ most exciting events, including live finals coverage of skiing, snowboarding, hockey, speed skating, figure skating and more.

    If that isn’t enough Olympic coverage, return to NBC at night for Primetime in Milan, where all of the best moments of the day will be presented. Primetime in Milan will combine competition highlights with behind-the-scenes access to athletes, their families and the iconic Olympic host cities.

    HOW TO WATCH THURSDAY: DIGITAL COVERAGE

    MILAN CORTINA 2026 ONGOING COVERAGE: Live coverage on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com and USA Network.

    Olympic Sports | Best of Milan Cortina | 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Sit back and stream the top moments of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games including highlights, interviews and more.

    Olympic Sports | Olympic Late Night (February 11) | 11:35 p.m. until 1 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Coverage of the women’s moguls finals in freestyle skiing, men’s halfpipe qualifying in snowboard and more from the 2026 Winter Olympics.

    Curling| Canada vs. Denmark (W Round-Robin) | 12:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Women’s curling unfolds with Canada vs. Denmark in the first draw of round-robin play at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Curling| Italy vs. Switzerland (W Round-Robin) | 12:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Women’s curling unfolds with Italy and Switzerland in the first draw of round-robin play at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Curling| Japan vs. Sweden (W Round-Robin) | 12:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Women’s curling unfolds with Japan vs. Sweden in the first draw of round-robin play at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Curling| South Korea vs. USA (W Round-Robin) | 12:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Women’s curling continues with the South Korea vs. United States in round-robin play at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Skeleton| Men’s Skeleton: Run 1 | 12:30 a.m. until 1:25 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | The men’s skeleton event gets underway with the first of four runs at the Cortina Sliding Centre. World feed.

    Figure Skating | Figure Skating: Training | 1 a.m. until 4 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Athletes take the ice at the Forum di Milano ahead of Olympic Figure Skating events.

    Freestyle Skiing | Men’s Moguls: Qualifying Round 2 | 1 a.m. until 1:35 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | In the second qualification round for men’s moguls, skiers who haven’t advanced to the final yet are given one last chance to do so. World feed.

    Olympic Sports | Milan Cortina 2026 Coverage | 1 a.m. until 6:15 a.m. PT | Click here to watch| Ongoing Olympic coverage on USA Network, featuring men’s moguls, snowboarding, the women’s super-G in Alpine, cross-country skiing and more.

    Snowboarding| Men’s Snowboard Cross: Qualifying | 1 a.m. until 2:20 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | All riders in the men’s snowboard cross field take at least one run through the course to determine seeding for the elimination rounds. World feed.

    Skeleton| Men’s Skeleton: Run 2 | 2:05 a.m. until 3:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | The men’s skeleton continues with the second of four runs at the Cortina Sliding Centre. World feed.

    Alpine Skiing | Women’s Super-G, Medal round | 2:30 a.m. until 4:40 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Skiers navigate the gates for the women’s super-G competition on the Olympia delle Tofane course. World feed. NorCal Olympian to watch: Keely Cashman

    Olympic Sports | Best of Milan Cortina | 3 a.m. until 3 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Sit back and stream the top moments of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games including highlights, interviews and more.

    Hockey| Switzerland vs. France (Men’s Group A) | 3:10 a.m. until 5:40 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | The puck drops between Switzerland and France to begin Group A play in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament. World feed.

    Freestyle Skiing | Men’s Moguls: Final, Medal round | 3:15 a.m. until 4:25 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Skiers compete across a series of three back-to-back elimination rounds during the men’s mogul final in Livigno. World feed.

    Cross-Country Skiing | Women’s 10km Free, Medal round | 4 a.m. until 5:45 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Cross-country skiing continues with the women’s 10km freestyle event at the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium. World feed.

    Snowboarding| Men’s Snowboard Cross: Finals, Medal round | 4:45 a.m. until 6:20 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | A series of four-man races will whittle the men’s snowboard cross field down from 32 riders to one Olympic champion at Livigno Snow Park. World feed.

    Olympic Sports | Gold Zone: Day 6 | 5 a.m. until 2 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Gold Zone delivers live whip-around coverage of key events as they unfold during the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Games. Audio description available.

    Curling| Great Britain vs. Sweden (M Round-Robin) | 5:05 a.m. until 8:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the men’s curling tournament with Great Britain vs. Sweden at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Curling| Norway vs. Germany (M Round-Robin) | 5:05 a.m. until 8:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the men’s curling tournament with Norway vs. Germany at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Curling| USA vs. Switzerland (M Round-Robin) | 5:05 a.m. until 8:05 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the men’s curling tournament with United States vs. Switzerland at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Hockey| Finland vs. Canada (Women’s Group A) | 5:20 a.m. until 8:15 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Finland takes on 2022 Olympic champion Canada and Marie-Philip Poulin in a women’s hockey Group A game at the Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena. World feed.

    Olympic Sports | Milan Cortina 2026 Coverage | 6:15 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. PT | Click here to watch| Ongoing coverage on USA Network, featuring women’s curling, Canada facing Czechia in a men’s hockey game, speed skating and men’s skeleton.

    Speed Skating | Women’s 5000m, Medal round | 7:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Speed skaters race for gold in the women’s 5000m event at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium. World feed.

    Hockey| Czechia vs. Canada (Men’s Group A) | 7:40 a.m. until 10 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Czechia takes on Sidney Crosby and Canada as the men’s Olympic hockey tournament continues with Group A play.

    Olympic Sports | On NBC: Snowboarding & more | 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Coverage of the men’s moguls final, women’s snowboard halfpipe final, short track, cross-country skiing and more.

    Luge| Luge Team Relay, Medal round | 9:30 a.m. until 10:35 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Athletes compete in the luge team relay, where three sleds from competing countries race down the track at the Cortina Sliding Centre. World feed.

    Curling| China vs. Great Britain (W Round-Robin) | 10:05 a.m. until 1:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the women’s curling tournament with China vs. Great Britain at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Curling| Denmark vs. Japan (W Round-Robin) | 10:05 a.m. until 1:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues with Denmark vs. Japan for the women’s curling tournament at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World Feed.

    Curling| Italy vs. South Korea (W Round-Robin) | 10:05 a.m. until 1:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the women’s curling tournament with Italy vs. South Korea at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Curling| Sweden vs. USA (W Round-Robin) | 10:05 a.m. until 1:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Round-robin play continues for the women’s curling tournament with Sweden vs. United States at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. World feed.

    Snowboarding| Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe: Final, Medal round | 10:30 a.m. until 12:05 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | In this best-of-three-run final, snowboarders compete for Olympic medals in women’s halfpipe at Livigno Snow Park. World feed. California Olympians to watch: Chloe Kim, Maddie Mastro, Bea Kim

    Olympic Sports | Milan Cortina 2026 Coverage | 11:15 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. PT | Click here to watch| Ongoing Olympic coverage on USA Network, featuring short track finals, the U.S. facing Latvia in men’s hockey, snowboarding and more.

    Short Track | Women’s 500m & Men’s 1000m Finals, Medal round | 11:15 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Kristen Santos-Griswold and Corinne Stoddard take the ice for the first time at the Milan Ice Skating Arena. World feed.

    Hockey| Germany vs. Denmark (Men’s Group C) | 12:10 p.m. until 2:40 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | The men’s Olympic hockey tournament continues as Germany faces off with Denmark in a Group C game. World feed.

    Hockey| Latvia vs. USA (Men’s Group C) | 12:10 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Latvia faces off with Team USA as the Tkachuk brothers and other NHL stars make their Olympic debut in a men’s hockey Group C stage game.

    Curling| Best of Curling (Feb. 12) | 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. PT | Click here to watch| Olympic curling continues on CNBC with the day’s best action in the men’s round-robin, including the U.S. men facing Switzerland.

    Olympic Sports | Best of Milan Cortina | 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Sit back and stream the top moments of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games including highlights, interviews and more.

    Olympic Sports | Best of Milan Cortina | 3 p.m. until 3 a.m. PT | Click here to watch | Sit back and stream the top moments of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games including highlights, interviews and more.

    Olympic Sports | Primetime Run-Up (February 12) | 3 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | As NBC’s Primetime in Milan approaches, get an early look at some of the athletes and storylines to be featured in the coverage.

    Olympic Sports | Primetime In Milan (February 12) | 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Coverage of the luge team relay, the women’s super-G in Alpine skiing, the women’s snowboard halfpipe final and more.

    Olympic Sports | Primetime In Milan (February 12) | 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. PT | Click here to watch | Coverage of the luge team relay, the women’s super-G in Alpine skiing, the women’s snowboard halfpipe final and more.

    WHAT ELSE TO KNOW ABOUT THE OLYMPICS ON KCRA 3?

    We’re hosting a live Olympic Zone show from Palisades Tahoe during the Olympics each day, starting Friday, except on Super Bowl Sunday. Watch the broadcasts on KCRA 3 from 7:30-8 p.m.

    KCRA 3’s Deirdre Fitzpatrick and Mike “Domi” Domalaog will be in Italy to provide local coverage of the Olympics. Follow their reports here.

    If you’re a KCRA 3 viewer and attending the Olympics, let us know about your experiences at web@kcra.com.

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  • Protein per target bodyweight (1.6g/Kg) (0.7g/lbs)

    Protein per target bodyweight (1.6g/Kg) (0.7g/lbs)

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    Morton RW, Murphy KT, McKellar SR, Schoenfeld BJ, Henselmans M, Helms E, Aragon AA, Devries MC, Banfield L, Krieger JW, Phillips SM. A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of the effect of protein supplementation on resistance training-induced gains in muscle mass and strength in healthy adults. Br J Sports Med. 2018 Mar;52(6):376-384. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097608. Epub 2017 Jul 11. Erratum in: Br J Sports Med. 2020 Oct;54(19):e7. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097608corr1. PMID: 28698222; PMCID: PMC5867436.

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  • Embracer has sold Gearbox — and Borderlands — to Take-Two for $460M

    Embracer has sold Gearbox — and Borderlands — to Take-Two for $460M

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    Troubled gaming conglomerate Embracer announced Thursday that it has agreed to sell Gearbox Entertainment, the studio behind the Borderlands games, to Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two for $460 million.

    The deal makes a lot of sense; Take-Two has been the publisher for Borderlands through its 2K Games label since long before Gearbox was acquired by Embracer in 2021. In its press release, 2K said the next Borderlands game was in active development at Gearbox.

    As part of the deal, Take-Two acquires the Borderlands franchise and its spinoff series Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, as well as the Homeworld, Risk of Rain, Brothers in Arms, and Duke Nukem series. The studios acquired by Take-Two are the Gearbox Software mothership in Frisco, Texas, as well as Gearbox Montréal and Gearbox Studio Quebec.

    “As a significant long-term Embracer Group shareholder, I believe in the strategy for the Embracer Group going forward and am completely convinced that this transaction is the best possible scenario and an obvious net positive arrangement for Embracer Group, for Take-Two and, of course, for Gearbox Entertainment,” said Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford. “My primary interest is always Gearbox, including our talent and our customers. I want to personally ensure fans of our games that this arrangement will ensure that the experiences we have in development at Gearbox will be the best it can possibly be.”

    Embracer is hanging on to a few parts of the Gearbox empire: Gearbox Publishing San Francisco (which well be renamed), including the publishing rights to the Remnant games and Hyper Light Breaker; Cryptic Studios, the massively multiplayer specialist, with its games Neverwinter Online and Star Trek Online; and support studios Lost Boys Interactive and Captured Dimensions.

    Though Gearbox Publishing San Francisco is still under Embracer, the company confirmed to Polygon that it has laid off an unspecified number of employees “not tied to the development” of Gearbox games. The layoffs appear to impact marketing, communications, and other portions of the company.

    “The Embracer Group will continue to report on their restructuring program that impacted some parts of Gearbox today that are not tied to the development of Gearbox Software games,” a spokesperson told Polygon. “Thank you for granting us the space to remain focused on our people and in our handling of the situation with compassion and manage the process, balancing between our present duty and a commitment to our future.”

    For Embracer, the sale of Gearbox — one of its most prized assets — is the next step in a deep cost-cutting and restructuring process the company began last year after a reported $2 billion deal fell through. As part of its restructuring, Embracer laid off at least 900 people. Prior to its financial difficulties, the Swedish group, which began life as Nordic Games, had been on a wild acquisition spree that included the purchase of board game giant Asmodee, Square Enix’s Western studios and franchises including Tomb Raider, and the media rights for The Lord of the Rings.

    Embracer also announced Thursday that it had completed the sale of another of its biggest studio groups, Saber Interactive, which it acquired in 2020. Saber’s founder Matthew Karch bought back the main Saber Interactive studio and several subsidiaries for $247 million, while Embracer retained Metro developer 4A Games, Aspyr, and others. Saber has the right to acquire 4A and pinball specialist Zen Studios within a certain time period, although publishing rights for the Metro games will stay with Embracer’s subsidiary Plaion. Saber is reportedly still collaborating with Embracer on the troubled remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

    Update: This story has been updated to include news concerning layoffs at Gearbox Publishing, along with a statement from the company.

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    Madame Web was actually a cool character and the whole Secret Wars storyline was great. I did not see the new movie (and I wont), but based on the memes, its trash. Im sad that the new generation wont know the OG character, and that she will probably end up as Nimrod (who was a famous hunter, but loonytunes changed the meaning).

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  • Macy’s rejects $5.8 billion takeover bid; Arkhouse threatens to go to shareholders

    Macy’s rejects $5.8 billion takeover bid; Arkhouse threatens to go to shareholders

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    Macy’s Inc. said Sunday it has rejected an unsolicited bid by Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management to take the department-store chain private in a $5.8 billion deal, citing concerns over financing.

    In a statement, Macy’s
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    -1.67%
    said Arkhouse and Brigade failed to address the board’s concerns over their ability to finance the deal, and found a “lack of compelling value in their non-binding proposal.”

    “Following careful consideration and efforts to gather additional information from Arkhouse and Brigade, the board determined that Arkhouse and Brigade’s proposal is not actionable and that it fails to provide compelling value to Macy’s, Inc. shareholders,” Macy’s Chief Executive Jeff Gennette said in a statement. “We continue to be open to opportunities that are in the best interests of the company and all of our shareholders.”

    Earlier Sunday, Arkhouse confirmed that it and Brigade had submitted a proposal to buy Macy’s for $21 a share on Dec. 1, and threatened to bring the matter directly to Macy’s shareholders if talks do not pick up this week. “We see the potential for a meaningful increase to our original proposal if we are granted access to the necessary due diligence,” Arkhouse added.

    Also read: Macy’s real estate alone is worth nearly $3 billion more than investors’ bid, these analysts say

    Macy’s shares jumped after the buyout bid was first reported in December, but have since lost some of those gains.

    Last week, Macy’s said it will lay off 13% of its corporate staff — roughly 2,350 jobs — and close five stores in an effort to cut costs.

    Macy’s stock is down about 23% over the past 12 months, compared to the S&P 500’s
    SPX
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  • Macy’s to lay off 13% of corporate staff, close five stores

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    Department-store chain Macy’s Inc. plans to cut 2,350 jobs and close five stores, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, as the company tries to curb expenses and meet the demands of what it said was “an everchanging consumer and marketplace.”

    The cuts, which amount to around 13% of Macy’s
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    corporate staff and 3.5% of its staff overall, are part of an effort to shed costs, eliminate management layers and redirect spending toward improving customers’ shopping experience, the Journal said. The dismissals will begin on Jan. 26, according to a memo sent to employees cited by the publication.

    “As we prepare to deploy a new strategy to meet the needs of an everchanging consumer and marketplace, we made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce by 3.5% to become a more streamlined company,” a Macy’s spokesperson said in a statement to MarketWatch.

    The spokesperson said that the store closures were part of an effort to “reposition our store portfolio and evaluate the right mix of on- and off-mall locations,” adding that the five stores would close this year.

    Shares of Macy’s were up 0.2% after hours on Thursday, after gaining 0.4% in the day’s trading.

    The Journal reported that Macy’s plans to develop a more automated supply chain and would outsource some jobs. Citing a person familiar with the matter, the publication said the company would be “investing in areas that impact consumers, such as adding more visual-display managers to enhance the look of stores and upgrading digital functions to make online shopping more seamless.”

    The job cuts were announced as the landscape for retailers remains uneven, as higher prices for groceries and other basics have hindered what inflation-hit shoppers can spend elsewhere.

    “Despite our strong and tangible progress over the last few years, we remain under pressure,” according to the Macy’s memo cited by the Journal said.

    The moves come as Macy’s President Tony Spring prepares to succeed the outgoing Jeff Gennette as the company’s chief executive next month. Macy’s is also facing a nearly $6 billion takeover bid by an investor group that’s looking to take the retailer private.

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  • Not Healthy

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    Dear diary, today is the fourth day of this logging contract, I have 10 days to go until my first break, my skin is wind burned, the arthritis in my hands means I can barely hold a coffee cup and I think I’m starting to have paranoid delusions. The fae call to me.

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  • Rising health costs could make it harder for the Fed to get inflation down to 2%

    Rising health costs could make it harder for the Fed to get inflation down to 2%

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    The rate of U.S. inflation has slowed considerably from a 40-year peak of 9.1% in mid-2022 and it’s gotten an assist from a surprising source: falling medical costs.

    But that’s about to end — to a large degree because of the complex way the federal government tries to figure the rise of medical costs. And a re-acceleration in health-care costs could complicate the Federal Reserve’s job to get inflation back down to pre-pandemic levels of 2% or less.

    “Unfortunately, the bill is about to become due” said economist Omair Sharif, founder of research firm Inflation Insights. “It’s going to be more of a headache for the Fed.”

    Ever-rising medical costs

    Rising medical costs have long been one of the biggest sources of inflation, even in times when overall U.S. prices were growing slowly. Medical costs rose an average of 3% a year in the decade prior to the pandemic and even faster in the early 2000s.

    Expensive health care was one the chief drivers of former President Barack Obama’s attempt to create a national health care system more than a decade ago.

    Yet medical costs began to decelerate sharply about one year ago, and in July, they turned negative for the first time since Word War Two. At least according to the complicated formula by which the federal government measures these expenses.

    The consumer price index, the nation’s main inflation gauge, showed that the annual cost of medical care fell by 1% in the 12 months ended in August. Less than a year before, they were rising at a 6% pace.

    Now, no one really believes medical costs are falling. Historically prices rise every year. And just this week The Wall Street Journal reported that health insurance could post the biggest price increase in 2024 in more than a decade.

    So what’s going on?

    Well, the government’s method for determining health-care prices has always been flawed — and the pandemic only made the problem worse. Far worse.

    The cost of health care is almost impossible to measure accurately, economists say. It’s easy to determine the price of gas or a loaf of bread. Not so the cost of a trip to the emergency room or even a routine visit to one’s doctor.

    Prices charged by doctors and hospitals are opaque, for one thing, and differ sharply even in the same city. It’s also difficult to gauge patient outcomes. And payments for services rendered are split by businesses, consumers and government (Medicare and Medicaid).

    “How do you measure outcomes? Is it an hour in the hospital? Is it making a patient healthy,” said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Santander Capital Markets. “How do you measure any of this?”

    Then came the pandemic

    The government had to come up with a workaround, and it did.

    Basically the CPI formula subtracts the cost of benefits paid by health insurers on behalf of customers from the amount of premiums they pay. Whatever profits are leftover each year — known as retained earnings — are used to determine how much health-care prices are rising.

    The formula works all right in normal times, but the coronavirus threw a huge curve ball.

    Americans stopped going to the hospital or doctor’s office during Covid for fear of catching the virus. Health insurers paid out far less in benefits and profits soared.

    As the pandemic faded and Americans went back to their doctors, health insurers had to pay much more in benefits and profits sank.

    The result: Health-care costs as measured by the CPI have shown unprecedented ups and downs since the pandemic, especially since the government only updates its math for the medical index once a year in October.

    Just how big are these swings?

    The annual cost of health insurance in the CPI soared by a reported 28% as of September 2022, only to sink by 33% as of August.

    Now here comes another swing. Health insurance costs are set to rise sharply starting in October after the government’s next update to its CPI formula.

    That could spell trouble for the Fed.

    The ‘core’ of the problem

    The goal of the central bank is to get inflation back down to 2%, especially the core rate that strips out volatile food and energy costs.

    The core rate of the CPI already slowed considerably in the past year, decelerating to a yearly pace of 4.3% last month from a four-decade peak of 6.6% in mid-2022.

    The supposed plunge in health-insurance costs helped pave the way.

    At Inflation Insights, Shariff estimates the core CPI would have slowed to only 5.1% — not 4.3% — if health-care costs had risen in the past 11 months as fast as they were rising in September 2022.

    What about in the year ahead, when health insurance costs accelerate in the CPI? Medical care is the third biggest category in the index after housing and groceries.

    Economists are split how much it could impede the Fed in its effort to get inflation down to 2%.

    Shariff, for his part, thinks rising medical costs could add three-tenths or more to core CPI by next spring.

    “It’s going to start adding back to core inflation,” he said.

    At Santander Capital Markets, Stanley was one of the first Wall Street
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    economists to warn about high inflation a few years ago. He is less sure rising medical costs will undermine the Fed’s inflation fight. “It is a really important category, but it’s probably not getting worked up about.”

    Other economists believe inflation is likely to continue to slow toward 2% largely because of easing price pressures in many other major categories such as food and especially shelter.

    Rents have come off a boil, for example, and housing prices aren’t rising rapidly anymore. Shelter accounts for more than one-third of the CPI versus a little over 8% for medical costs.

    “CPI only barely starting to show the slowdown in shelter costs,” said Simona Mocuta, chief economist at State Street Global Advisors.

    An alternative approach

    Senior economist Aichi Amemiya at Nomura said it’s better to focus on a separate measure of health-care costs preferred by the Fed that shows more stability.

    The health-service gauge found in the so-called PCE index shows that costs are rising about about 2.5% a year.

    “The PCE is the best measure to look at,” Amemiya said. “It’s designed to capture the total cost of health care.”

    The PCE tries to take into account total health-care spending, including business contributions to employee health insurance as well as Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates.

    As of July, the core PCE was up at an annual rate of 4.2%, almost the same as core CPI.

    Whatever the case, the cost of health care and its impact on inflation still bear watching.

    The massive ups and downs in the CPI health-insurers index has even forced the Bureau of Labor Statistics to rejigger its once-a-year formula to try to be more timely and accurate.

    Whether it can truly capture the changes in medical costs is still an open question.

    “I don’t think there is an easy answer on this,” Stanley said.

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  • Foot Locker Slashes Its Outlook and Suspends Dividend. The Stock Sinks.

    Foot Locker Slashes Its Outlook and Suspends Dividend. The Stock Sinks.

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    Foot Locker


    stock plunged on Wednesday as investors kicked around a bevy of bad news. The shoe and sportswear retailer missed expectations for second-quarter sales, slashed its full-year outlook again, and paused its dividend.

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  • Nvidia, Lowe’s, Dollar Tree, and More to Watch

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    The majority of second-quarter earnings season is over, with a handful of major technology and retail names left to report this week. Economists will be focused on any news from an annual gathering of monetary policy thinkers and practitioners in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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  • Macy’s sales fall short and company lowers full-year guidance to reflect challenged consumer

    Macy’s sales fall short and company lowers full-year guidance to reflect challenged consumer

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    Macy’s Inc.’s stock slid 9% in premarket trading Thursday, after the department-store chain posted weaker-than-expected fiscal first-quarter sales and cut its full-year guidance to reflect a challenged consumer.

    The New York-based company M posted net income of $155 million, or 56 cents a share, for the quarter to April 29, down from $286 million, or 98 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted per-share earnings were also 56 cents, ahead of the 45-cent FactSet consensus.

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    A few days ago I posted this photo. Some brave souls ascended a peak above town in the middle of the night and cut in a thousand foot dong visible for miles.

    UPDATE. A few days ago I posted this photo. Some brave souls ascended a peak above town in the middle of the night and cut in a thousand foot dong visible for m

    Welp, the decided risk a heli drop ski patrol to wipe it out. But after several hours at max altitude they only managed to give it hairy balls and a dick vein before admitting defeat.

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  • Nordstrom Report Hints at Weaker Spending by Wealthy Shoppers

    Nordstrom Report Hints at Weaker Spending by Wealthy Shoppers

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    Nordstrom’s holiday season sales were softer than prepandemic levels, the company said.


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    If
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    latest sales update is anything to go by, high-income shoppers are finally starting to feel the pinch of a slowing economy.

    The luxury department store, whose product lineup is aimed mainly at wealthier people, said late on Thursday that holiday sales were softer than hoped. It is the latest retailer to warn that consumers took a more cautious approach to holiday shopping in 2022.

    “The holiday season was highly promotional, and sales were softer than prepandemic levels,” said CEO Erik Nordstrom in a news release late Thursday. “While we continue to see greater resilience in our higher income cohorts, it is clear that consumers are being more selective with their spending given the broader macro environment.”

    Shares of Nordstrom (ticker:
    JWN
    ) were largely unchanged in early Friday trading, with a gain of 0.1% to $17.47.

    The company also updated its financial forecasts for fiscal 2022, the 12 months ending January 2023. It now expects revenue growth to be at the low end of the range of 5% to 7% it had forecast. Holiday sales fell by 3.5% in 2022, driven by a 7.6% decline in the company’ Nordstrom Rack banner and a 1.7% decrease in core Nordstrom sales.

    Nordstrom also said that the need to sell off outdated inventory weighed heavily on profit and margins. Adjusted earnings per share will range between $1.50 and $1.70, compared with the company’s prior call for $2.30 to $2.60. The consensus call among analysts surveyed by FactSet was for earnings to land at $1.81 for fiscal 2022.

    Adjusted earnings before interest and taxes margin will be 3.1% to 3.3%, compared with the 4.3% to 4.7% management had predicted.

    While costly to the bottom line, discounting heavily during the holiday season may actually be better for Nordstrom in the long run. The company expects year-end inventory levels to be down by a double-digit percentage compared with last year, putting them roughly at 2019 levels.

    “We believe this reduction, coupled with cleaner inventory (~flat to 2019), may actually have been better than feared,” wrote BMO Capital Markets analyst Simon Siegel in a research note. Siegel maintained a Market Perform rating and trimmed his target for the stock price to $20 from $23.

    Still, it isn’t an easy time to be a department store. Nordstrom’s announcement comes weeks after
    Macy’s
    provided investors with a similar update, saying sales would come in at the low to middle end of the range it had forecast as a result of unexpected lulls in demand outside of the peak shopping weekends.

    On Wednesday, the Census Bureau reported that department stores’ retail sales fell by 6.6% in December from November, and were down 0.6% from December 2021.

    Analysts have also expressed concern about what Nordstrom’s guidance means for demand from high-end consumers, whose buying has remained fairly resilient despite macroeconomic challenges.

    For
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    ‘s Edward Yruma, who the revision indicates that high-income shoppers may be “undergoing a cyclical slowdown,” driven by layoffs in white-collar industries, a volatile stock market, and a weak housing market. He maintained a Neutral rating on the stock.

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  • Macy’s stock slides as holiday lulls weigh on sales forecast and execs predict difficulties into 2023

    Macy’s stock slides as holiday lulls weigh on sales forecast and execs predict difficulties into 2023

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    Shares of department-store chain Macy’s Inc. slid 8% in after-hours trading on Friday after the retailer gave a more downbeat forecast on its fourth-quarter sales, with management citing big “lulls” in the holiday-shopping season and saying customers would likely feel the squeeze from inflation into next year.

    Executives said they expected those sales to land in the “low-end to mid-point” of prior expectations for between $8.161 billion to $8.401 billion. They said they expected adjusted earnings per share to be within its previously forecast range of $1.47 to $1.67.

    “Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales were in line with our expectations, while the week leading up to and following Christmas were ahead,” Macy’s
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    Chief Executive Jeff Gennette said in a statement. “However, the lulls of the non-peak holiday weeks were deeper than anticipated.”

    “Based on current macro-economic indicators and our proprietary credit card data,” he continued, “we believe the consumer will continue to be pressured in 2023, particularly in the first half, and have planned inventory mix and depth of initial buys accordingly.”

    Macy’s issued the sales and profit figures as Wall Street parses consumer behavior during the holiday season. Adobe on Thursday said online sales surpassed $210 billion and beat expectations. Costco Wholesale Corp., a day earlier, reported an increase in December sales, even though online sales fell.

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  • Survivors of Brussels suicide attacks seek closure at trial

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    BRUSSELS — Jaana Mettala was six months pregnant and on her way to work when the bomb exploded in the heart of Brussels’ European Union quarter. She suffered severe burns, but Mettala and her baby survived — 32 other people did not.

    It’s now more than six years since the deadliest peacetime attacks on Belgian soil. And Mettala yearns for closure as the trial of 10 men accused over the suicide bombings at Brussels airport and an underground metro station starts in earnest Monday.

    “I hope that the trial ends with a fair result and we can put this behind us,” Mettala said. “Even if there are after-effects that we will keep forever.”

    She is going to testify at the trial — which will be the biggest in Belgium’s judicial history with hundreds of plaintiffs. It is expected to last between six and nine months.

    The 10 defendants face charges including murder, attempted murder and membership, or participation in the acts of a terrorist group, over the morning rush hour attacks at Belgium’s main airport and on the central commuter line on March, 22, 2016.

    If convicted, some of them could face up to 30 years in prison.

    Among the accused is Salah Abdeslam — the only survivor among the Islamic State extremists who in 2015 struck the Bataclan theater in Paris, city cafes and France’s national stadium. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole over the atrocities in the French capital.

    He will be joined in the dock by his childhood friend, Mohamed Abrini, who walked away from Brussels’ Zaventem airport after his explosives failed to detonate.

    Abrini has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 22 years for charges including complicity to terrorist murder in the Paris attacks trial.

    Oussama Atar, who has been identified as a possible organizer of the deadly attacks on both Paris and Brussels, will be tried in absentia. He is believed to have died in the Islamic State’s final months of fighting in Iraq and Syria.

    Mettala hopes that facing most of the accused will help her leave behind the anguish.

    “It’s a step on the path toward another kind of serenity,” she said. “It will be very, very hard. But I’m not someone trying to avoid difficulty. Because you need confrontation to get stronger.”

    In addition to the 32 people who died in Brussels, some 900 were hurt or suffered mental trauma.

    Frederic — who asked to be identified only by his first name — was in the metro when the bomb went off. He said he was only slightly injured in the leg. But what he saw that day in the carriage where the device exploded keeps haunting him.

    “I’ll skip the macabre details,” he said. “These are the details that remain and that are hard to get rid of. This trial will be for me the possibility to heal, to go through the grief process.”

    When the bomb went off at the Maelbeek station at 9:11 a.m., Mettala was on the platform. She was badly hurt but did not lose consciousness. She sustained serious burn injuries to her face, legs and hands and was taken to the emergency room of a Brussels hospital where she was prepared for urgent surgery.

    She only woke up a couple of days later. Mettala was then transferred to a intensive care unit in another hospital in the nearby town of Louvain.

    “That’s when I realized that I could have died,” she recalled. “I did not think about it when (the attack) happened. I only thought about the baby in my belly. I did not think about my injuries, I was only focused on reaching the hospital to find out whether the baby was doing fine.”

    She and her newborn daughter were released from the hospital four months later.

    “She is 6 1/2 years old now. She is healthy.” Mettala said. “She knows I was injured when she was in my belly. And I always told her it’s she who gave me the strength.”

    The trial at NATO’s former headquarters was initially expected to start in October but was pushed back to allow sufficient time to replace individual glass boxes where the defendants were expected to sit. After defense lawyers argued that they could not consult with their clients and that the boxes make them look like animals in a cage, they have been replaced by one large cubicle shared by the defendants.

    The new set-up has been welcomed by lawyers with Life4Brussels, a group supporting victims.

    “The defendants were talking to each other (during the jury selection), it’s not a bad thing since it is extremely important for the victims that they are in good condition to explain, to address the court, and answer questions,” said Maryse Alié, a lawyer working with the group.

    Because of the delay, the trial now coincides with the beginning of the festive season.

    “When you have young children, there is a paradox between the ordeal of this trial and the end of year celebrations” Mettala said. “It’s a bit unfortunate that this is happening right now, in the pre-holiday season.”

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  • Christmas parade road closures and detours in downtown Lexington

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  • 2 arrested after Twitter threats to ‘shoot up a synagogue’

    2 arrested after Twitter threats to ‘shoot up a synagogue’

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    NEW YORK — Social media posts about attacking a synagogue represented a real danger to the city’s Jewish community, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday.

    “This was not an idle threat,” Adams said at a news conference where he was joined by officials from the FBI, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other agencies involved in the arrests early Saturday of Christopher Brown and Matthew Mahrer on charges including criminal possession of a weapon. The men were arrested at New York’s Penn Station after authorities spotted the posts.

    “This was a real threat,” he said.

    According to the criminal complaint against him, Brown made a series of threats on Twitter including, on Thursday, “Gonna ask a Priest if I should become a husband or shoot up a synagogue and die,” and then on Friday, “This time I’m really gonna do it.”

    Authorities linked the tweets to Brown, of Aquebogue, on Long Island, and identified Mahrer, of Manhattan, as an associate, said Michael Driscoll, head of the FBI’s New York office.

    A description of Brown, 21, and Mahrer, 22, went out to law enforcers, and two MTA police officers spotted the two at Penn Station late Friday and arrested them, police said.

    Brown had a large military-style knife, a ski mask and a swastika arm patch when he was arrested, authorities said.

    A bag containing a Glock-style pistol with a large-capacity magazine and 17 bullets was seized from Mahrer’s apartment building, according to the complaint. Surveillance video from shortly before their arrests showed Brown and Mahrer walking into the building, with Mahrer carrying the bag, according to the criminal complaint.

    Brown, who was charged with making a terrorist threat in addition to the weapons charges, told police that he runs a white supremacist Twitter group and Mahrer is one of his followers, according to the complaint.

    “I have Nazi paraphernalia at my house. I think it is really cool,” Brown told police, the complaint said.

    Brown said he and Mahrer met at St. Patrick’s Cathedral before buying a gun because he “wanted to get the blessing,” according to the complaint.

    Both men were arraigned in Manhattan criminal court over the weekend and are due back in court on Wednesday. Federal charges against them could be filed at a later time, Driscoll said.

    Phone messages seeking comment were left with attorneys for Brown and Mahrer.

    Adams, a Democrat and a former police officer, said threats against Jewish people or any other group must be taken seriously after attacks like the Buffalo supermarket shooting and Saturday’s shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs.

    “America must defeat the rising threat of domestic terrorism,” Adams said. “It is real, it is here and we must have a formidable approach to it.”

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  • US Border Patrol sending migrants to offices with no notice

    US Border Patrol sending migrants to offices with no notice

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    NEW YORK — When Wilfredo Molina arrived in the U.S. from his native Venezuela, he told border agents he wanted to go to Miami but didn’t have an address. They directed him to what he thought was a shelter in midtown Manhattan but turned out to be a gray office building.

    “It was a fake building. I didn’t understand what it was,” he said.

    Molina was among 13 migrants who recently arrived in the U.S. who agreed to share documents with The Associated Press that they received when they were released from U.S. custody while they seek asylum after crossing the border with Mexico. The AP found that most had no idea where they were going — nor did the people at the addresses listed on their paperwork.

    Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the Border Patrol, did not respond to repeated questions about families and individuals interviewed and the addresses assigned to them.

    But the snafus suggest a pattern of Border Patrol agents, particularly in Texas, sending migrants without friends or family in the United States to offices that get no notice. The places often don’t have space to house migrants. Yet because those addresses appear on migrants’ paperwork, important notices may later be sent there.

    “We believe that Border Patrol is attempting to demonstrate the chaos that they are experiencing on the border to inland cities,” said Denise Chang, executive director of the Colorado Housing Asylum Network. “We just need to coordinate so that we can receive people properly.”

    Addresses on documents shown to AP included administrative offices of Catholic Charities in New York and San Antonio; an El Paso, Texas, church; a private home in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts; and a group operating homeless shelters in Salt Lake City.

    A Venezuelan family that came to the American Red Cross’ Denver administrative offices was referred to multiple shelters before someone volunteered to take them in. Migrants who came to New York ended up in shelters, hotels or temporary apartments that the city helped them find and pay for.

    A surge in migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua brought the number of illegal crossings to the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year. In the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30, migrants were stopped 2.38 million times, up 37% from 1.73 million times the year before and surpassing 2 million for the first time.

    The year-end numbers reflect deteriorating economic and political conditions in some countries, the relative strength of the U.S. economy and uneven enforcement of Trump-era asylum restrictions.

    Many are immediately expelled under the asylum restrictions, a public health order known as Title 42, which denies people a chance at seeking asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

    But others — including people from Cuba and Nicaragua, with which the U.S. has strained relations — are released with notices to appear in immigration court or under humanitarian parole. Those migrants must tell agents where they will live, but many can’t provide an address.

    “It almost seems as though, at the border, officials are simply just looking up any nonprofit address they can or just looking up any name at all that they can and just putting that down without actually ever checking whether that person has mentioned it, whether there’s beds or shelter at that location, or whether this is even a location that can provide legal assistance,” said Lauren Wyatt, managing attorney with Catholic Charities of New York. “So clearly, this is not the most effective way to do this.”

    Most of the migrants interviewed in New York had hopped on taxpayer-funded buses that Texas and the city of El Paso have been sending regularly to the northeast city.

    Republican Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida, Greg Abbott of Texas and Doug Ducey of Arizona also have been sending migrants released at the border to Democratic strongholds, including Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. They have been criticized for failing to notify local officials of plans. Republicans say they are highlighting issues with President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.

    The Biden administration recently agreed to accept up to 24,000 Venezuelans at U.S. airports if they apply for asylum online with financial sponsors, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted since Russia’s invasion. Mexico has said it will take back Venezuelans who cross the border into the U.S. and are expelled under Title 42 authority.

    Yeysy Hernández, a Venezuelan who reached New York after taking one of El Paso’s buses, says the address in her documents is for an El Paso church that wasn’t expecting migrants and where she slept just one night. Now she worries immigration notices might be sent there.

    Hundreds of immigrants have shown up at one of the offices for Catholic Charities of New York with documents listing the address. Wyatt said the group complained and the government promised to put an end to the practice by Aug. 1 — something that “obviously, hasn’t happened.”

    The group also has received more than 300 notices to appear in immigration court for people the organization does not know, Wyatt said. It’s also received deportation orders for migrants who failed to appear in court because their notices were sent to a Catholic Charities address.

    Victor Quijada traveled with relatives last month to Denver after border agents sent the Venezuelan family to an American Red Cross office building. Once there, they were referred to a city shelter that also turned them away. They eventually found a shelter that took them in for a few days, but they felt unsafe.

    “It was tough what we had to go through; from the things we had to eat to being on the streets — an experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone,” Quijada said.

    Chang, from the Colorado Housing Asylum Network, eventually took the family into her home and her organization helped them lease an apartment. She said she knows of several migrants assigned to addresses of groups that can’t help them.

    “The five families that I’ve worked with in the last three months, all five were picked up off the street, literally sitting on the sidewalk with children,” she said.

    The building in midtown Manhattan where Molina went is an International Rescue Committee refugee resettlement office, but it provides only limited services to asylum-seekers there, said Stanford Prescott, a spokesman for the group.

    Only one of the IRC’s U.S. offices — in Phoenix — operates a shelter for asylum-seekers and most stay less than 48 hours. Yet its Dallas and Atlanta offices also have been listed on migrants’ documents.

    “We are deeply concerned that listing these addresses erroneously may lead to complications for asylum-seekers who are following a legal process to seek safety in the U.S.,” Prescott said.

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