A new program in Canada gives doctors the option of prescribing national park visits
And the best part? The annual passes are free.
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2 of the U.S.'s snowboard champs are in medal contention at Beijing Olympics
Despite a fall during one of their qualifying runs, Shaun White and Chloe Kim were able to move on to the medal round of the men's and women's halfpipe events.
Olympic star Mikaela Shiffrin fails to finish a second race at the 2022 Winter Games
Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion, bailed out of the women's slalom race on Wednesday. She previously won a gold medal in this competition in 2014 during the Sochi Olympics.
2 Capitol riot suspects were arrested from online sleuths' info, documents show
The FBI has cited information compiled by online sleuths in many of the more than 730 riot-related cases filed in federal court so far.
If you tested positive and the contact tracer never called, here's why
Swamped by thousands of calls a day, contact tracing programs have been forced to adapt. Even though they can't call everyone, experts say it's too early to give up on this pillar of disease control.
D.C. sniper's case for reconsidering his sentences is heard by Maryland Supreme Court
Lee Boyd Malvo's attorneys argue that his six life sentences should be reconsidered because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that barred mandatory life sentences for juveniles.
5 women ski jumpers are disqualified at the Olympics over their jumpsuits
"The sport of ski jumping has experienced one of its darker days," a Norwegian official said, after athletes from some of the top medal-contending teams were disqualified from competing.
Coal-dependent West Virginia eliminates ban on nuclear power
The state's ban on nuclear plants was enacted in 1996, but nuclear power has gained support as a tool to keep climate change under control and other states are transitioning away from fossil fuels.
House passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown
This is the third stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government afloat since October.
Truckers in Ottawa block a key border crossing, as their protest morphs and drags on
The "Freedom Convoy" began last month as a caravan of truck drivers who planned to drive to Ottawa to voice their opposition to the Canadian government's cross-border vaccine mandate.