Best Images From Saturday At Winter Olympics

CARACAS — The stakes grew higher for Venezuela’s electoral authority to show proof backing its decision to declare President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the country’s presidential election after the United States on Thursday recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González as the victor, discrediting the official results of the highly anticipated vote. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The U.

Lee Kiefer—now the first American fencer in history to own three Olympic gold medals and the first American woman to win two fencing golds at a single Games—cried on the top of the podium Thursday night at the Grand Palais, shedding more tears, and singing the national anthem louder, than any of her teammates.

Simone Freakin’ Biles. It was hard to miss the message printed on people’s T–shirts throughout the Bercy Arena stands on Thursday during the women’s gymnastics all-around competition, complete with the image of a goat’s head to signify the Greatest of All Time. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Biles received the loudest cheers when her name was introduced—not just as the event started, but also every time she was up for one of the four apparatuses—vault, uneven bars, beam, and floor.

One person was killed and three others injured in a shooting in Aurora on Thursday afternoon, according to the Aurora Police Department. Police were alerted just after 3 p.m. Thursday about the shooting, which occurred in a parking lot behind a business on East Colfax Avenue at Ironton Street, interim Aurora police Chief Heather Morris said during an afternoon news conference. “This is really tragic because a man has lost his life and we have three other people who have been injured,” she said. The man died at the scene and the three injured people — two men and a woman — were taken to area hospitals, police said.

In his two seasons at Liberty, Preston Hodge played a lot of football and won a lot of games. Something was missing, however. “I didn’t really get coached the best at my position last year,” the Colorado newcomer said this week as he and the Buffaloes began preseason camp. “So, just being able to play for the best; Deion is the best to ever do it at my position.

By SCOTT SONNER and KEN RITTER LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four Las Vegas teenagers accused in the fatal beating of their high school classmate have agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a deal that will keep them from being tried as adults, lawyers said Thursday. The teens originally were charged in January as adults with second-degree murder and conspiracy in the November death of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr.