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...officials called the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history. By the time...operation ended in February, 2,000 ICE agents had swept through Minneapolis–Saint...health workers are immigrants. When ICE detained workers (including some with...Medicaid cuts in late 2025. Then came the ICE operation. Nicole Mattson of Care Providers...

Your child wants to play ice hockey, but mobility challenges make stand-up skating...exists for exactly this reason. Also called para ice hockey, the sport accepts anyone unable to play traditional...of those same sticks. The rules mirror standard ice hockey with minor adaptations for sled contact. If...

...than it looks. How the Sled and the Picks Work Together. Getting across the ice requires the picks. Players alternate between left and right stick, digging...Players alternate between left and right stick, digging the picks into the ice and pushing off in a motion somewhere between a double-pole in cross-country...

...medal in Vancouver. He was the youngest player on the 2010 Team USA para ice hockey roster, a high school junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey, who'd...years. Sixteen years later, in Milan, he became the first player in para ice hockey history to win five consecutive Paralympic gold medals. He was also...

...of 10,795 at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. He was named tournament...records in the sport. How He Got to the Ice. Farmer was born in Tampa in 1997 with...land. It doesn't affect how he plays on ice. Para ice hockey is played on modified...doesn't affect how he plays on ice. Para ice hockey is played on modified two-bladed...

...across nine days. Oksana Masters won her 22nd Paralympic medal in a field that included Ukrainian skiers who swept a biathlon podium entirely. Team USA ice hockey won its fifth consecutive Paralympic gold, a dynasty now spanning 20 years. Kate Delson, 20 years old, competed in her first Paralympics and finished...

...Peterson won her third, leaving Team USA with 12 gold medals in cross-country before the day's biggest event had even finished. At the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, the United States and Canada were playing through the second period of the gold medal game, tied 1-1, with the last gold of the 2026 Winter...

USA Para ice hockey beat Canada 6-2 on Sunday morning to win its...sport. The game was played at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in front of a record crowd, with Jack...Five Straight. Before these Games, the USA Para ice hockey team was described as the four-time defending...

...This is what's happening on the final weekend at Milano Cortina 2026. USA vs. Canada for Hockey Gold. The centerpiece of finals weekend is the para ice hockey gold medal game: USA vs. Canada, Sunday March 15 at 11:05 AM ET on NBC and Peacock. This is the third consecutive Paralympic final between these...

...the wheelchair curling bronze game at Pinerolo going to Latvia on the hammer in extra ends. Thursday opens on different ground: para alpine at Tofane, ice hockey semifinals at the Santagiulia arena in Milan, and the Nordic calendar continuing at Tesero. Giant Slalom Opens at Tofane. The para alpine program...

...competition. Sydney Peterson finished second in the women's standing event. Six alpine combined events ran at the Tofane slopes in Cortina. Italy's Para ice hockey team beat Germany for the first time in their national history. Cross-Country Sprints at Tesero. Masters won the women's sitting final with a...

...Gretsch defended her Paralympic title in the biathlon sprint. Oksana Masters medaled in her first Games race in more than three years. Team USA's para ice hockey program opened its tournament with a win against Italy. And Brenna Huckaby posted the fastest qualifying time in women's snowboard cross. Gretsch...