The FiveThirtyEight 2022 midterm prediction is live and shows the Republicans are strong favorites to win the House of Representatives, while the Senate is contested between the two parties. In the first “Model Talk” episode of the 2022 midterm cycle, Nate Silver and Galen Druke discuss the factors behind this prediction.
Bruce Mouat’s mum has spoken of her pride as her son scored Team GB’s first Winter Olympic medal and was named flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony Mouat’s rink were edged out of gold by five-time world champion, Sweden’s Niklas Edin, in a tense and tactical final thriller. But hopes are already high the youngest … Read more
WINTER Olympic silver medalist Greg Drummond insists Team GB’s men’s curling silver is an achievement that needs to be celebrated after watching their nail-biting final at a special event in Edinburgh to celebrate the National Lottery players’ vital role in funding British athletes. Skip Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie couldn’t quite … Read more
After two stellar runs in the freeski halfpipe final, Eileen Gu claimed her second Olympic gold — and third medal of the Beijing Games — Friday. Gu, 18, was last to start, throwing down a score of 93.25 on her first run that would not be matched by the 11 other skiers in the field. … Read more
US freeskier Alex Hall threw down a progressive run to capture slopestyle gold Wednesday at the 2022 Winter Olympics, while teammate Nick Goepper repeated his silver from PyeongChang for a third career Games medal. Alaska-born Hall, 23, capped off his first run with a right double cork 1080 into a 900 — the equivalent of … Read more
Forget rat exterminators and expensive traps, says rodent expert Bobby Corrigan. His silver bullet for deterring rats involves some discipline and bleach. The big picture: Rats usually don’t return to places where they can’t find food. The trick is to keep alleyways, sidewalks, and homes clear of food scraps and messy garbage cans. Get market … Read more
It took 50 years, but the Cochran family earned another Olympic medal. Ryan Cochran-Siegle, the son of 1972 gold medalist Barbara Cochran, shocked his way to second place in the super-G on Monday night. Cochran-Siegle’s time of 1:19.98 down the slopes — passing through wide gates in an event that combines speed and technical ability … Read more
Snowboarder Julia Marino netted the United States its first medal of the 2022 Beijing Olympics after earning the silver in women’s slopestyle snowboarding Sunday. Event favorite Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand took the gold — the country’s first in a winter Olympics — with a score of 92.88 on her final run. Sadowski-Synnott, 20, beat … Read more
ZHANGJIAKOU, China— American Julia Marino was almost a gold medalist in women’s slopestyle, but instead New Zealand made Olympic history. Zoi Sadowski Synnott captured New Zealand’s first gold medal in Winter Olympic history, stomping down a pressure-packed run on her last trip down the mountain Sunday to win. The 20-year-old was one of the very … Read more