Giles Snyder

American skier Michaela Schifrin ended her eight-year Olympic medal drought Wednesday.

She won gold in the women's slalom.

It was her third Olympic gold and her first since 2018.

Steve Futterman reports.

In men's ice hockey, the U.S.

has advanced to the Olympic semifinals.

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beat Sweden in a thriller Wednesday that had to be decided in overtime.

The men will play Slovakia on Friday.

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has not won an Olympic medal in men's ice hockey since the silver in 2016.

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.

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and Iran have now held two rounds of indirect talks over Iran's disputed nuclear program, the latest this week in Geneva.

There's been no sign of a breakthrough, and as tensions mount, the Trump administration is ramping up military forces in the region.

Here's NPR's Greg Myhre.

Following the talks in Geneva, Iran is expected to submit a written proposal on how to resolve the standoff.

The nation's second largest school district, Los Angeles Unified School District, has approved up to 3,200 layoffs amid budget troubles.

NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reports that would be about 1% of the workforce.

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