By Ben Morse, CNN

(CNN) — From brushing ice in curling to flying down an ice track headfirst in skeleton, the Winter Olympics are home to some unique and exciting sports that feature uncommon vernacular.

New sports have been added to the program and with that come new terms or nicknames for tactics, maneuvers or objects that beginner fans might not be familiar with.

Even in hockey – a sport that is extremely popular around the world – there are terms used by commentators or pundits that you might not be accustomed to hearing if not a regular to the sport.

So below, we look at some of the sport-specific lingo and explain what the terms mean so you’ll be ready to impress your friends and follow the action in Milan Cortina.

From apples to sieves

An apple: an assist.

Bar down: when the puck strikes the crossbar from a shot and ends up in the goal.

Between the pipes: where the goalie presides.

Biscuit: the puck.

Bottle rocket: when a goal breaks the goalie’s water bottle that sits on top of the net.

Celly: a celebration after a goal.

Chirp: playful trash talk to an opponent.

Coast-to-coast: if a player can skate from one end of the ice to the other – from their defensive zone through the neutral zone into the attacking zone without any disruption from the opponent.

Deke: a skill where a player feints to draw an opposing player out of position or to skate by an opponent while maintaining possession and control of the puck.

Digger: a player who goes into the corners to regain possession of the puck.

Flamingo: when a player lifts one leg, standing like a flamingo, to get out of the way of a shot.

Natural hat-trick: when a player scores three consecutive goals in a game.

Lid: a player’s helmet.

Roof: to score a goal by shooting the puck in the upper part of the net.

Sieve: a goaltender who allows a lot of goals, usually referred to as being full of holes.

Tape-to-tape: a very accurate pass going from the tape of the passer’s stick to the tape of the receiver’s stick.

Twig: a hockey stick

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By Jeremy Herb, MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, CNN

(CNN) — The Justice Department failed to black out identifying information about many of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims and redacted the details of individuals who may have aided the convicted sex offender, prompting an outcry from survivors who accuse DOJ of botching the release of more than 3 million documents last week.

A CNN review of the Epstein documents identified several examples of people whose identities were blacked out possibly helping to connect him with women, including redacted co-conspirators in a much-anticipated draft indictment of Epstein from the 2000s.

A redacted individual wrote in one 2015 email to Epstein: “And this one is (i think) totally your girl.”

In another 2014 email in the files, a person wrote to Epstein: “Thank you for a fun night… Your littlest girl was a little naughty.” But the name of the individual who wrote that message is redacted.

The Department of Justice on Friday released what it said was the last of the Epstein files that it was required to disclose by law, but the documents have prompted widespread outcry about a continued lack of transparency and justice for Epstein’s many survivors.

Epstein survivors are up in arms about the mishandled redactions, including blacked out statements that victims made to the FBI.

A DOJ official said in a statement that any fully redacted names are of victims. “In many instances, as it has been well documented publicly, those who were originally victims became participants and co-conspirators,” the official said. “We did not redact any names of men, only female victims.”

FBI and law enforcement names were also redacted, the DOJ official said.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department has been scrambling to fix the improper disclosure of victim information.

The Justice Department narrowly avoided a hearing in federal court on Wednesday by reaching an agreement late Tuesday with lawyers for some of the Epstein survivors, who had accused DOJ of releasing information about nearly 100 Epstein victims in the files.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche acknowledged Monday that “mistakes were made” but argued that DOJ has moved expeditiously to correct any information unintentionally released.

For Epstein survivors, the DOJ’s response is unacceptable.

“To have pieces of my life be out there on display in that way, was really troublesome,” said Dani Bensky, who told CNN in a roundtable with Epstein survivors that her name, address and phone number were all initially in the files.

“And I know that I’m public now, yes, it hurts me — but it really hurts our survivor sisters who are still ‘Jane Does’ even more,” she added.

The furor over what is and isn’t included in the Epstein documents highlights how the department’s release of more than 3 million documents on Friday is hardly the end of the fight over the Epstein files — even as both Blanche and President Donald Trump have said they think it’s time to move on.

Congress forced the disclosure of the Epstein documents after passing the Epstein Files Transparency Act last November over Trump’s initial objections. But the bipartisan group of lawmakers who pushed for the law’s passage say there are still million

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By Jeremy Herb, MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, CNN

(CNN) — The Justice Department failed to black out identifying information about many of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims and redacted the details of individuals who may have aided the convicted sex offender, prompting an outcry from survivors who accuse DOJ of botching the release of more than 3 million documents last week.

A CNN review of the Epstein documents identified several examples of people whose identities were blacked out possibly helping to connect him with women, including redacted co-conspirators in a much-anticipated draft indictment of Epstein from the 2000s.

A redacted individual wrote in one 2015 email to Epstein: “And this one is (i think) totally your girl.”

In another 2014 email in the files, a person wrote to Epstein: “Thank you for a fun night… Your littlest girl was a little naughty.” But the name of the individual who wrote that message is redacted.

The Department of Justice on Friday released what it said was the last of the Epstein files that it was required to disclose by law, but the documents have prompted widespread outcry about a continued lack of transparency and justice for Epstein’s many survivors.

Epstein survivors are up in arms about the mishandled redactions, including blacked out statements that victims made to the FBI.

A DOJ official said in a statement that any fully redacted names are of victims. “In many instances, as it has been well documented publicly, those who were originally victims became participants and co-conspirators,” the official said. “We did not redact any names of men, only female victims.”

FBI and law enforcement names were also redacted, the DOJ official said.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department has been scrambling to fix the improper disclosure of victim information.

The Justice Department narrowly avoided a hearing in federal court on Wednesday by reaching an agreement late Tuesday with lawyers for some of the Epstein survivors, who had accused DOJ of releasing information about nearly 100 Epstein victims in the files.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche acknowledged Monday that “mistakes were made” but argued that DOJ has moved expeditiously to correct any information unintentionally released.

For Epstein survivors, the DOJ’s response is unacceptable.

“To have pieces of my life be out there on display in that way, was really troublesome,” said Dani Bensky, who told CNN in a roundtable with Epstein survivors that her name, address and phone number were all initially in the

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN

(CNN) — After intense criticism from some election officials after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was present during an FBI search of an elections office in Georgia last week, Gabbard defended her actions by pointing to a slew of intelligence laws and policies.

“My presence was requested by the President and executed under my broad statutory authority to coordinate, integrate, and analyze intelligence related to election security, including counterintelligence (CI), foreign and other malign influence and cybersecurity,” Gabbard wrote in a letter to Democratic lawmakers on Monday. A White House official confirmed President Donald Trump asked Gabbard to go to Atlanta for the search.

But several former senior intelligence officials and election law experts told CNN that Gabbard has no legal authority over such an FBI search and that her presence in Fulton County, where federal agents took ballots from the 2020 election, risks eroding a crucial line between foreign and domestic intelligence activities instituted after Watergate.

“If you convince people that the intelligence community is playing political games domestically, it’s bad,” said one former senior counterintelligence official. “I don’t think anyone wants a reprise of the kind of stuff the Church Committee uncovered.”

That’s a reference to the mid-1970s Senate investigation into civil liberties abuses by the FBI, CIA and National Security Agency that led to new laws reining in the spy agencies.

FBI agents on January 28 executed a search warrant in Fulton County, outside of Atlanta, and seized ballots used in the 2020 election.
Georgia has long been central to Trump’s false claim that the 2020 election was rigged — a claim debunked by numerous court decisions and audits.

In addition to Gabbard’s presence in Georgia, her office had previously gained access to voting machines used in Puerto Rico to probe them for security vulnerabilities, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Wednesday night.

In her letter, Gabbard “cites a bunch of authorities related to the activities of foreign actors, doesn’t actually tie them to any specific allegation and even says she hasn’t seen the warrant or the evidence it’s based on,” said the former counterintelligence official, who like others, spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the Trump administration. “So, what the hell is she doing there? It’s nonsensical unless it’s political.”

Gabbard said her office’s general counsel found her actions to be within her lawful authority, and that Trump had tasked her office with “taking all appropriate actions under my statutory authorities towards ensuring the integrity of our elections.”

The director of national intelligence oversees the intelligence community’s 17 other organizations; the director does not have the investigative authorities of law enforcement or the “operational” ones that other spy agencies have to take covert action in the field. Gabbard’s presence during a law enforcement operation is therefore baffling people who spent decades in intelligence and in elections.

“Despite the characterizations in her letter, the politically-appointed DNI has absolutely no authority or reason to be present during the execution of a warrant on a county election office,” said David Becker, an election law expert who is executive director of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research.

“Can you imagine the uproar from Trump’s defense attorney if Biden’s DNI had been present at Mar-a-Lago during the execution of

By Griffin Shea, CNN

Luanda (CNN) — Along Luanda Bay’s Marginal promenade, the colonial-era National Bank — pink and white, formal and imposing — still dominates the view. But tucked beneath one of the shaded arches along its arcade, restaurant Teimosa da Banda buzzes with life.

A kitchen window opens directly onto the walkway. Government officials, tourists and neighbors stop for a drink and a bifana, the Portuguese sandwich of marinated pork on a roll. It’s casual, affordable and fun — qualities long absent from Luanda’s public dining life.

“You can sit with us,” said Teimosa da Banda co-founder Maria Lucena, running through the seating and socializing options at her restaurant. “Or we just talk with this group of people.”

For da Banda, the conversation is as important as the food.

“In our case, I think we brought everyone together with a glass of wine. We were like oh you’re here! Oh, the CEO, oh yes! Oh, the painter, oh, the hairdresser, oh, the makeup artist. So everyone had a little bit of a feel of a community at Teimoso.”

That sense of community reflects a broader shift in Angolan food — from how it’s grown, to how it’s cooked, to the businesses that make a food system work.

To understand why a sidewalk café matters, it helps to remember how food in Luanda once worked.

When I first visited in 2002, shortly after the end to decades of civil war, the city offered little to eat. Outside a single functioning hotel that catered to foreigners, options were scarce. I had one restaurant meal — a questionable piece of meat and greasy fries. Only one road was properly paved. Dust hung in the air. Along the beach, a fisherman sold a colleague and me a fish and grilled it for us over an old oil drum.

Ten years later, during a post-war oil boom, colleagues warned me to pack food as prices had skyrocketed. I didn’t listen and returned to the beach to look for a fisherman. Only now the beach was lined with luxury clubs and restaurants. One had a $100 cover charge. A one-course meal and a drink were another $300.

This time, I came prepared — protein bars, dried fruit, nuts, biltong. And didn’t need any of it.

‘Exquisite dishes’

For decades, Angola’s food system barely functioned. During the civil war, landmines rendered vast areas unfarmable, cutting off both agriculture and internal transport. Anything not grown on a windowsill was imported, usually from Portugal — and unaffordable for most people.

The oil boom created a new elite and drove massive food imports, pushing prices even higher.

Now, Angolan life is settling into a different rhythm. Landmine clearance has reopened farmland for crops, ranching and even winemaking.

The trend shows up in trade data. Imports of fruit and vegetables fell by more than half from 2005 to 2024, from about $70 million to $32 million, according to the International Trade Centre. In 2005, Angola exported no vegetables and just $2,000 worth of fruit. Last year fruit and vegetable exports reached nearly $11 million.

Angola is still a net importer of food, but increasingly it feeds itself and is taking pride in local cuisine.

“Back in the day, going out was super expensive and everybody wanted to import everything,” said restaurateur and writer Claudio Silva. “There was no pride whatsoever in local produce and now it’s completely the inverse. Now, you go to these restaurants and chefs are creating exclusively Angolan tasting menus, exquisite dishes.”

After years of covering Luanda’s food scene, Silva opened his own venture in October 2025. Restaurante Kissanje turns his family home into a high-end dining experience that uses almost entirely Angolan ingredients.

He and Kissanje’s chef, Afonso Videira, are both part of a returning diaspora — Silva from the United States, and Videira from Belgium — bringing skill