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Opening ceremonies offer an Olympic host country an opportunity to showcase its culture. In Milan鈥檚 San Siro stadium, depictions of music, art, literature, and architecture centered on an overall theme of harmony.

Prediction markets, where people can bet on outcomes of real-world events, often forecast better than traditional polls. But the evolving markets also raise concerns about cheating and corrosion of trust.

Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has broken through her country鈥檚 political malaise with a bold vision for a more assertive and prosperous Japan. Her party is expected to sweep in snap elections this weekend, expanding the conservative leader鈥檚 power.

If the sporting soul of the Olympics is 鈥渉igher, faster,聽stronger,鈥� then the Winter Olympics are a teeth-chattering, bone-rattling infusion of rocket fuel. Where the Summer Olympics push humans to their limits, the Winter Games send them shrieking over the edge.

To celebrate Black History Month as well as America鈥檚 250th anniversary, the United States Postal Service chose Phillis Wheatley for the latest stamp in its Black Heritage series. Enslaved in Boston in the mid-1700s, Wheatley learned to read and write, and contributed poems that capture the revolutionary fervor of the era. Her legacy inspires educators today.

Bad Bunny, the first Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime headliner in history, has made his Puerto Rican roots and values a key part of his artistic identity. He is performing for a deeply polarized America, at the same time Turning Point USA holds a competing show.