Like other drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” had spent years avoiding the spotlight.

An athlete from Miami represented Mexico on Thursday in cross-country skiing in the 2026 Winter Olympics. And she’s the first woman to do so. “That’s one of the things that I think has helped me ...

This article appears in the February 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Read more from the issue. Donald Trump made the United States a bad place to visit the second he got back into office ...

Sarah Schleper and her son Lasse Gaxiola in December 2011. More than 14 years later, they are set to become the first mother and son to compete in the same Winter Games. Christophe Pallot / Agence ...

Allan Corona will represent Mexico in cross-country skiing at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, a journey that began at the U.S.-Mexico border and eventually led him to Norway. Corona, 35, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fireworks as the Olympic cauldron under the Arco della Pace in Milan is lit by Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni.

The XXV Winter Olympic Games from Italy officially begin on Friday, with 92 nations and nearly 3,000 athletes competing. There will be 116 medal events, with new ones in skeleton, ski jumping, ...

The saying “Let the Games begin!” first applied to the Winter Olympics in 1924. That was when the first official Olympic Games took place, representing the culmination of more than three decades of ...

A mother and son duo are making history at these Olympic Games. Sarah Schleper, 46, and her son Lasse Gaxiola, 18, are competing for Team Mexico in alpine skiing. Only one other mother-son team has ...

The wait is finally over — the 2026 Winter Olympics have arrived, bringing the world's best athletes to the historic cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. After an action-packed opening ...

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. Coverage on this live blog has ended. Please ...