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US: Winter Storm Hits Pennsylvania, Dropping Several Inches of Snow 2

A winter storm swept through Pennsylvania on Tuesday, December 2, dropping 3–4 inches of snow across much of the Pittsburgh region. Some communities reported up to 5 inches, while a few saw only 1–2 inches.

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US: Large Waves Hit East Coast as Hurricane Erin Moves North in Atlantic 7

Large parts of the US East Coast are being battered by heavy waves as Hurricane Erin moves offshore, triggering rip currents and coastal flooding.

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US: Hawaii’s Kilauea Erupts For Its 10th Time Since Last December

Hawaii’s Kilauea erupted for the 10th time since it burst to life on December 23, on Wednesday, February 19. The eruption occurred at the volcano’s summit crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. However, it posed no threat to residential areas. The eruption lasted for nearly 13 hours.

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Australia: Bushfire Rages In Donnybrook, Prompting Evacuations

A fire raged in Donnybrook, northwest of Western Australia, prompting a bushfire emergency warning for people south of the South Western Highway on Thursday, January 16.

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Philippines: Alert Level Remains 2 For Kanlaon Volcano 2

Kanlaon Volcano in the Philippines recorded five ash eruptions and nine earthquakes in the past 24 hours. The alert level remained at 2 for "increasing unrest" as of December 4.

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US: Pileup Involving 17 Vehicles Shuts Down I-94 In Southwest Michigan

A multiple-vehicle crash shut down I-94 in both directions near Hartford in Van Buren County, Michigan, on Monday, December 2. Michigan State Police reported that one person was critically injured, and they believed driving too fast under whiteout conditions to be a factor in the crash.

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IOC's Coates arrives in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates, also the chairman of the IOC's Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on June 22, 2014, for an inspection of the candidate venues.

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IOC's Coates in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission Chairman John Coates (L) shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 19, 2014. Coates was visiting Tokyo for the second time to monitor the progress of the city's preparations for the Games.

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IOC's coordination panel visits 2020 Olympic venue

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (C in front row), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and others visit an alternative venue in Chofu, western Tokyo, on Nov. 18, 2014, for the badminton competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the organizing committee is seeking to change its original venue plan for cost reasons.

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Japan, IOC discuss preparedness for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, makes a speech at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 18, 2014, during the second round of talks with the Japanese organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to review progress in preparations for the Summer Games.

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Japan, IOC meet on preparedness for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (R), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the country's organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, attend the second round of talks at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 18, 2014, to review progress in preparations for the Summer Games.

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IOC mulls Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue changes

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coats (L) and Yoshiro Mori, chief of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, shake hands following a press conference in Tokyo on June 27, 2014. Coates and other members of the commission were visiting Tokyo for the first time since the Japanese capital won the right to host the Summer Games.

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IOC mulls Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue changes

TOKYO, Japan - IOC Vice President John Coates speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 27, 2014, after the first coordination commission meeting for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Coates stressed the importance of making improvements, if any, to the venue plans at an early stage.

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IOC mulls Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue changes

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coats (L) and Yoshiro Mori, chief of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 27, 2014. Coates and other members of the commission were visiting Tokyo for the first time since the Japanese capital won the right to host the Summer Games.

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PM Abe meets IOC Coordination Commission chief Coates

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) talks with John Coates, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 26, 2014.

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IOC Coordination Commission members visit Tokyo Big Sight

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (3rd from R, front row), chair of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, poses with Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L), head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and others during their visit to Tokyo Big Sight, a candidate site for a main press/broadcasting center and some events, in Tokyo on June 26, 2014.

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IOC coordination panel, Japan's Olympic organizing panel hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (R), chairman of IOC's Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Yoshiro Mori (2nd from R), president of Japan's Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, attend a meeting of their two panels at the Tokyo Metropolitan government building in Tokyo on June 25, 2014. The meeting, the first since the International Olympic Committee last September selected Tokyo as the venue for the 2020 Olympics, will be held for three days.

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IOC coordination panel, Japan's Olympic organizing panel hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (standing), chairman of IOC's Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, speaks at a meeting between the coordination panel and Japan's Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Tokyo Metropolitan government building in Tokyo on June 25, 2014. The meeting, the first since the International Olympic Committee last September selected Tokyo as the venue for the 2020 Olympics, will be held for three days.

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IOC official in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (L), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee, hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 4, 2014, the final day of the commission's three-day visit to Tokyo.

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IOC official in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (L), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee, hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 4, 2014, the final day of the commission's three-day visit to Tokyo.

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IOC official in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (L), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee, hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 4, 2014, the final day of the commission's three-day visit to Tokyo.

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IOC president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Games at the International Olympic Committee, IOC President Thomas Bach and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda shake hands after their press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013.

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IOC president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Games at the International Olympic Committee, IOC President Thomas Bach and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda hold a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013.

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IOC official on Tokyo Olympics

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - John Coates, head of the International Olympic Committee coordination commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, talks to reporters in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 14, 2013.

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Australian doping inquiry hits obstacle

SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) investigation into claims that its own officials were involved in the systematic doping of Olympic athletes hit an obstacle on its first day July 6 when its only whistle-blower refused to name offenders. Photo shows Dual-Olympian Werner Reiterer (L) and AOC President John Coates holding a news conference in Sydney on July 6.

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AOC investigates doping claims after drugs confession

SYDNEY, Australia - John Coates, president of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), announces at a news conference in Sydney on July 5 that the AOC is investigating claims its own officials have been involved in the systematic doping of Olympic athletes after allegations by a former Olympian came to light that day. Seoul and Barcelona Olympic discus thrower Werner Reiterer writes in his new book, Positive, that he passed an Australian Sports Drug Agency (ADSA) doping test nine months out from this autumn's Sydney Games, despite using eight banned substances at the time.

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IOC Vice President Coates visits Nagasaki

International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates prays at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on July 16, 2021, a week before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. (Pool photo)

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IOC Vice President Coates visits Nagasaki

International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates lays a wreath at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on July 16, 2021, a week before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. (Pool photo)

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Koike-Bach talks

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (C) and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) pose for a photo before their talks at the metropolitan government headquarters on July 15, 2021. Seiko Hashimoto (L), head of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, and IOC Vice President John Coates (2nd from R) also took part in the photo session. (Pool photo)

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Australian doping inquiry hits obstacle

SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) investigation into claims that its own officials were involved in the systematic doping of Olympic athletes hit an obstacle on its first day July 6 when its only whistle-blower refused to name offenders. Photo shows Dual-Olympian Werner Reiterer (L) and AOC President John Coates holding a news conference in Sydney on July 6.

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IOC's Coates does not touch on Tokyo bribery allegations

International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates (L) and Yoshiro Mori, president of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on May 26, 2016. In the meeting held to check the current status of Olympic preparations, Coates said he was happy about the progress without mentioning the bribery allegations in connection with Tokyo's winning bid to host the 2020 Games. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coates does not touch on Tokyo bribery allegations

International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates addresses a meeting with the 2020 Tokyo Olympic organizing committee in the capital on May 26, 2016. In the meeting held to check the current status of Olympic preparations, Coates said he was happy about the progress without mentioning the bribery allegations in connection with Tokyo's winning bid to host the 2020 Games. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coates does not touch on Tokyo bribery allegations

Yoshiro Mori (L), president of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, sitting next to Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, addresses a meeting with the International Olympic Committee in the capital on May 26, 2016. In the meeting held to check the current status of Olympic preparations, IOC Vice President John Coates did not mention the bribery allegations in connection with Tokyo's winning bid to host the 2020 Games. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Tokyo organizers get tick of approval after 5th IOC review

International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates (L) and Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori smile during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2016. "For a city that is four-and-a-bit years out from the Games, I don't think we've seen a city so prepared," Coates told the conference. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan assures IOC main stadium for 2020 on track

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo (far R) and International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates (2nd from L) hold talks in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2016. Endo told Coates, who heads the Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Olympics, construction plans for the main stadium to be used in 2020 are on track despite controversy surrounding the scrapping of the design originally chosen for the facility. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan assures IOC main stadium for 2020 on track

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo (L) and International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates shake hands in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2016. Endo told Coates, who heads the Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Olympics, construction plans for the main stadium to be used in 2020 are on track despite controversy surrounding the scrapping of the design originally chosen for the facility. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC hails switch of Tokyo Olympic cycling venues

John Coates, vice president of the International Olympic Committee, attends a press conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Dec. 9, 2015. Coates highly evaluated a cost-cutting proposal from Tokyo Olympic organizers to move the track cycling and mountain bike events to the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Izu, about 150 kilometers south of central Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC sees positive strides in preparations for Tokyo Olympics

John Coates (L), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for the Olympic Games, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2015, attended by Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympics and Paralympic Games. Coates said the IOC sees positive strides in Tokyo's preparations for the 2020 Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC wants Tokyo Olympics stadium ready by January 2020

International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2015. The committee is requesting that the new National Stadium that Japan plans to use as a main Olympic stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Games be finished by January 2020 to allow ample time for test runs before the event opens that August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC wants stadium ready by Jan. 2020 but Japan can't promise

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (L) shakes hands with International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates ahead of their meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2015. Coates asked Endo at the meeting to have the main Olympic stadium ready by January 2020, but the minister told reporters following the talks, "It was going to be April on a very tight schedule." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC wants stadium ready by Jan. 2020 but Japan can't promise

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (L), International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates (C), and Yoshiro Mori (R), head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, meet in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2015. Coates asked Endo at the meeting to have the main Olympic stadium ready by January 2020, but the minister told reporters following the talks, "It was going to be April on a very tight schedule." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC vice pres. to visit Japan to discuss schedule after completion of stadium

Undated photo shows John Coates, vice president of the International Olympic Committee. Coates said in Beijing on Aug. 20, 2015 that he will be in Japan from Aug. 24 to discuss the test event schedule for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Olympic test events are scheduled to be held after the completion of the new National Stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC welcomes idea for quake-hit areas to host Olympic baseball if added

John Coates, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on July 1, 2015. Coates welcomed the idea of having Fukushima and other areas devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami host some baseball matches at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics if the sport wins approval from the IOC to be added to the Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC commission head speaks to press in Tokyo on 2020 Olympics

John Coates (L), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2015, after meeting with Yoshiro Mori (C), president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Toshiro Muto, chief executive officer of the committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coates inspects Makuhari Messe in Chiba Pref.

John Coates (far R), chair of the Coordination Commission for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 of the International Olympic Committee, is greeted by Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (far L) in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on June 30, 2015, after inspecting Makuhari Messe in the city as some games are planned to be held there. Yoshiro Mori (2nd from R), president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, also accompanied them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC, Tokyo organizing committee hold joint meeting

John Coates (R), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Games, and organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori attend a joint meeting in Tokyo on July 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC, Tokyo organizing committee hold joint meeting

John Coates (2nd from R on back row), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Games, and organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori (3rd from R on back row) attend a joint meeting in Tokyo on July 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coordination Commission head Coates inspects Makuhari Messe

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) talks with John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee, after Coates inspected Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba, a venue for the wrestling, fencing and taekwondo events of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, on June 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coordination Commission head Coates inspects Makuhari Messe

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) and John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee, shake hands after Coates inspected Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba, a venue for the wrestling, fencing and taekwondo events of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, on June 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC, 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizers start working-level talks

John Coates (L), chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, greet each other before talks on pending matters related to the Games in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo