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Salt Lake City has officially been named the host city for the 2034 Winter Olympics.International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach made the announcement during a livestreamed session Wednesday from Paris, where the Summer Olympics are gearing up. The International Olympic Committee has the honor to announce that the 27th Winter Games 2034 are awarded to Salt Lake City, Utah, Bach said.RELATED STORY | Previewing the Paris Summer Olympics: When does it start, how to watchCheers and applause erupted in the crowd, with a number of Utah officials in attendance.Salt Lake City previously hosted the Winter Olympics back in 2002, and its sports venues from then still exist.Utah Gov. Spencer Cox took the podium following the news, and thanked the IOC for its generosity.RELATED STORY | Coco Gauff named Team USA s youngest-ever flag bearer, joins Lebron James Our commitment to you is that we will work to unify, not just the Unite
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Raymond Washburn, a blind man who was credited with helping rescue five people from the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, has died. He was 75. Washburn died Jan. 16 at his home in Oklahoma City, and funeral services were held for him Friday in Bristow, Oklahoma, just outside of Tulsa. Washburn owned and operated a snack bar on the building s fourth floor when a truck bomb ripped through it on April 19, 1995
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