This torch run is one of the top fundraising events for Special Olympics Northern California. The Summer Games are scheduled for this weekend at Santa Clara University.

California Special Olympics Torch passes through Chico Participants run along The Esplanade to deliver the Special Olympic Torch to the Plaza in Downtown Chico, California on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Greek Alpine skier AJ Ginnis, a world slalom silver medalist and former U.S. Ski Team member, will be the first torchbearer of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic torch relay that starts Nov. 26. Ginnis, ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony was ambitious and unique, a spectacular show by the City of Lights to ring in the start of the Games.

The Olympic torch is making its way across Maryland. On Tuesday, law enforcement officers carried the torch across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Members of the Urban-15 dance group gather around "The Torch of Friendship" during the official lighting ceremony on June 27, 2002 in downtown San Antonio. Since its unveiling 23 years ago, the ...

Participants from various law enforcement agencies carried the "Flame of Hope" to the state Capitol to support the Special Olympics.