The torch relay is one of the most exciting parts of the opening ceremony of the Olympics, and keeping that flame alive through rain, snow and wind is no small feat. The world tuned in to watch the ...

It’s hard to keep a fire burning across a many-thousand-mile relay race. By Sara Chodosh. Published Feb 9, 2018 6:00 PM EST. ... Still, rain and wind have put out the torch before, ...

With the rain still a couple days away, parched conditions keep fueling the Hughes Fire. A county jail in Castaic has been partially evacuated, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s ...

The ceremony, based on the Ancient Greek custom of lighting a fire in honor of the mythological gods, was first conceptualized and modernized for the controversial 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics.

Monday's rain didn’t deter the members of the Brunswick Law Enforcement Torch Run team that included Special Olympian Seth Greenfelder (with two of his gold medals) with police officers and ...