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1 “2018 Winter Olympics: What you need to know”

2 The 2018 Winter Olympics are set for February 9-25
The 2018 Winter Olympics are set for February Here's a quick guide, including location, new events, and how to watch the Games. For the first time, TV viewers in all US time zones will have access to live coverage of the Games, instead of a delayed replay. NBC will broadcast the games on TV and online. The host city this time is PyeongChang, South Korea. This will be the second Olympic Games held in South Korea. (Seoul hosted the Summer Olympics in 1988.) The 2018 Games in PyeongChang will be the 23rd Winter Olympics. The first Winter Olympics took place in Chamonix, France, in Where will future Games be held? After South Korea, the Winter Games move to Beijing in There are four events added by the International Olympic Committee for On the slopes, athletes will now be able to compete in big air snowboarding and freestyle skiing. On the ice, get ready for mass start speed skating and mixed doubles curling. Between the bronze, silver and gold medals, the gold weighs the most -- at 586 grams. Overall, 259 sets of medals have been cast for these Games.

3 In Other News The longest-serving Republican senator in American history is finally ready to call it quits. Utah GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch announced on Tuesday that he will not run for re-election in 2018 and will leave the Senate at the end of his current term, after 42 years in his seat. Hatch, 83, is the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee. He worked with the Trump administration on the major tax bill that passed just before Christmas. It was an ambitious legislative goal that will cap off his historic Senate career. After another round of holidays, it's safe to assume, a lot of children have been diving into more media use than usual. Some may now have new electronic toys and gadgets, or have downloaded new apps and games. Managing all that bleeping and buzzing activity causes anxiety in many parents. Here's a roundup of some of the latest research, combined with some of our previous reporting, to help guide your decision-making around family screen use.


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