The veteran Scotty James of Australia was heavily tipped to complete the set and add a gold medal to his silver and bronze in the snowboard halfpipe. But the ascendant Japanese team had other ideas.

Video released this week shows Ukraine launching domestically produced FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missiles, as Kyiv pushes deeper strikes on Russian military infrastructure nearly four years into the war.

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Australian snowboarder Scotty James aims to win his first Olympic gold medal at the 2026 Winter Games. James seeks to revolutionize snowboarding by focusing on difficult backside riding techniques.

The Florida House has passed a bill to make the American flamingo the official state bird. Florida's current state bird, the mockingbird, is also the state bird for 4 other states. The bill also ...

GAINESVILLE – Florida’s House voted late Wednesday to establish the American flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the mockingbird off its perch after nearly a century. It wasn’t ...

Scotty James delivered on his title as event favorite in qualifying for the men's snowboard halfpipe final. The Australian produced a score of 94 points on the first of his two runs to top the ...

Silver medalist Scotty James of Team Australia congratulates Gold medalist Yuto Totsuka of Team Japan during the medal ceremony for the Men's Snowboard Halfpipe on day seven of the Milano Cortina 2026 ...

The Florida House voted to make the American flamingo the new state bird, replacing the mockingbird. The bill, which also designates the scrub jay as the state songbird, now moves to the state Senate ...

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The history of modern putting can arguably be divided into two eras: before and after the 1997 Masters. That was the year Tiger Woods dominated Augusta National with a Scotty ...

The flamingo has been a key component of the Florida Lottery's branding since 1988. Legistators are considering the flamingo to replace the mockingbird as Florida's state bird for the third year in a ...

DAVIE, Fla. — Flamingo Gardens, a botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary in Davie, welcomed a new resident. Miranda DePalma, a wildlife supervisor at Flamingo Gardens, introduced “Sabal,” a ...