NEW YORK (AP) — Highlights from media coverage of the Pyeongchang Olympics: FOLLOWING WHITE: The sexual misconduct allegations against snowboarder Shaun White that resurfaced after he won gold surely caused discomfort at NBC. A lawsuit by the female former drummer in White’s rock band accusing him of crude behavior was settled last May. After White’s […]
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With extraordinary political optics, Winter Olympics begin
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side by side Friday night under exploding fireworks that represented peace, not destruction, as the 2018 Winter Olympics opened on a Korean Peninsula riven by generations of anger, suspicion and bloodshed. The sister of North Korea’s leader, Kim […]