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Photo: SHINJI AKAGI/AFP via Getty Images The United States women’s soccer team’s dream for Olympic gold is still alive as the team enters the knockout rounds following a scoreless game against Australia. After an impressive 6-1 victory against New Zealand on Saturday, the U.S. ended Tuesday’s match at 0-0, holding off pressure from the Australian team as head coach Vlatko Andonovski made the decision to wait on any substitutions until the second half....

Photo: OLENA ZELENSKA/INSTAGRAM; Inset: Ukrinform/Shutterstock Ukrainian First LadyOlena Volodymyrivna Zelenskais raising awareness on the killing of Ukrainian children and calling for more military support in the wake ofRussia’s invasion of the country. In an Instagramposton Sunday, the 44-year-old writer posted a series of photos showing some of the children who have reportedly been killed in the conflict and shared details of their lives. “Alisa from the Ukrainian city of Okhtyrka....

Photo: Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty When invading troops arrived in Malaya Rohan, a village in eastern Ukraine, the day afterRussia launched a waragainst its neighbor, 31-year-old Olha and her family were among about 40 residents who took shelter in the basement of a school. Two weeks later, a Russian soldier forced his way in, she says. “He broke glass windows at the entrance to the school and banged on the door,” Olha, whose real name is not used to protect her identity,told Human Rights Watch, which is documentingalleged war crimes in Ukraine....

Photo: Alexis Berg/Strava There are no breaks from parenting a young child — even 16 hours into a 103-mile race. “Oh my god I was in agony!” Power said in an interview shared with PEOPLE. “Cormac usually feeds every three hours and it took me 16 to get to Courmayeur, where he could first meet me, so I was hand expressing everywhere I could en route. I was so relieved he was hungry!...

Photo: STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock All 157 passengers aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 were killed in Sunday’sdevastating crash, as the tragedy claimed the lives of people from at least 35 countries. CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said at apress conferenceover the weekend that the flight — which crashed en route to Kenya within six minutes after takeoff — was carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members from numerous countries, including 32 Kenyans; 18 Canadians; nine Ethiopians; eight each from the U....

Forget snakes on a plane! A United flight experienced a creepy, crawly situation that left passengers bugging out. “On the plane from Venice to New York, when a large, fat ant walks over my pillow,”Charlotte Burns wrote in a Twitter threadthat went on to document her ant-filled, 9-hour journey. “Minutes later, another fat little bug hurries over the television screen. Then another one—on my arm!” After she spotted the first few insects and alerted the crew, she says, flight attendants asked if she could wait until after take off to have her seat inspected....

Photo: Facebook A freshman at the University of Maryland died of complications from adenovirus on Nov. 18, raising concerns across the College Park campus as eight more students have contracted the illness. Olivia Paregol had a cough early in the school semester, and over the next few months her health continued to decline. The 18-year-old eventually developed pneumonia, and was in and out of the emergency room in the days before her death....

We now have sex the Earth is around 4.5 billion years old , while the planet ’s core group is about two year younger than that thanks to thetime - dilating effectsof soberness . Buthowdid we figure that out ? former attempts at reckon the age of the Earth using science came up a lilliputian short . In1844 , physicist William Thomson ( aka Lord Kelvin)came upwith an mind of how to measure the Earth ’s age ....

Two months after her death, Sinéad O’Connor’s unreleased track “The Magdalene Song” is appearing in the finale of a BBC series.Photo:David Corio/Redferns/Getty David Corio/Redferns/Getty Two months after herdeath at the age of 56,Sinéad O’Connor’s unreleased track “The Magdalene Song” premiered during the series finale of the BBCpsychological thrillerThe Woman in the WallSunday. “The first half of the track is completely heartbreaking, and the second half is pure defiance," Northern Irish musician and composer David Holmes, who scored the series and who also produced O’Connor’s music in recent years, toldThe Guardianbefore the finale aired....

A Utah elementary school student who walked in his school’s Halloween parade dressed as Adolf Hitler has sparked outrage from parents who say his costume should never have been allowed. The principal and the boy’s teacher have both been placed on paid administrative leave, a spokesperson for the Davis School District said in a statement to PEOPLE. “The Davis School District apologizes for what took place Thursday at Creekside Elementary. It does not tolerate speech, images or conduct that portray or promote hate in any form,” the statement read....

A Utah theme park is suingTaylor Swiftover the name “Evermore.” In December, the singer/songwriter, 30, surprised fans with abrand-new album titledEvermore, which came just months after she dropped her hit albumFolklore. Evermore Park, an amusement park in Pleasant Grove, Utah, is now claiming Swift’s merchandise using the name infringes upon their trademark, filing a lawsuit against the artist earlier this week. “Utah Businesssays, ‘he owes millions of dollars in construction, mechanic, and landscaping fees to workers across the valley who have yet to be paid’ … with ‘a collection of more than 20 construction liens on the Evermore property....

Photo: FacebookPolice are searching for suspects after a husband and wife with military experience were killed Wednesday morning in Fairfax County, Virginia.Police Chief Kevin Davistold reporters Wednesdaythat officers responded to a “brutal double murder” that morning, explaining that a husband and wife were “gunned down in their front yard.” First responders found two people inside the home who were physically unharmed.Maj. Ed O’Carroll, bureau chief of Major Crimes Cyber and Forensics for Fairfax County police, said the 911 call came at about 9:20 a....

Former ‘High School Musical’ costars (L-R) Monique Coleman, Vanessa Hudgens and Olesya Rulin posed for a photo at Hudgens' Caliwater event in Santa Monica.Photo:Vanessa Hudgens/InstagramHigh School Musical, who says we have to let it go?Former East High Wildcats — a.k.a.Vanessa Hudgens(Gabriella Montez),Monique Coleman(Taylor McKessie) andOlesya Rulin(Kelsi Nielsen) — reunited for a very special occasion.Over the weekend, Hudgens’Caliwaterbeverage brand hosted a launch party for its latest flavor offering at The Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica, California, and Coleman, 42, and Rulin, 37, were in attendance to show their support....