Bill Chappell

"I'm proud to be competing clean and doing what is right," Lilly King said after the race. Over the weekend, her top rival, Yulia Efimova, was reinstated.

After the Olympic flame was lit in Maracana, it was moved to a historic district in the heart of Rio. It burns there now, and it's attracting thousands of people.

A tense tone dominated with both offenses repeatedly getting the ball into the penalty area. All shots were turned away but one, by American Carli Lloyd.

After months of negative news, Rio ushers in the Summer Olympics on Friday night. And the city finally gets to do what it's famous for: putting on a grand spectacle.

The Friday night spectacle could be "a drug for depression in Brazil," says the creative director of the show that viewers around the world will see tonight.

The Americans are vying to become the first team, male or female, to win the World Cup and Olympic gold back-to-back.

This isn't the first time the U.S. men's basketball team is staying outside the athletes village where most Olympians will be housed in Rio.

Money from a job illustrating a Coca-Cola training manual became a springboard for him to move from Georgia to New York.

The bright object — part of a Chinese rocket — appeared in skies over the western U.S. around 9:30 p.m. Pacific Time, sparking a flurry of reports and a number of striking videos.

James Ramsey will receive a settlement to avoid potential litigation against the school, which is facing both federal and NCAA investigations.

An animal control agency got a call from the sheriff's department about "a tortoise that was running down the street, and away from the fire zone."

Syria's public media agency says 140 people were injured — and that the death toll will likely rise.

Reports of an abduction in Brazil are sending shock waves through the sporting world, as the mother-in-law of the billionaire who runs Formula One is apparently being held for ransom.

"This is not only a first in the history of aviation; it's before all a first in the history of energy," Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard says. His plane flew more than 26,700 miles without using fuel.

The accused former employee of the mental health facility told police, "It's better that the disabled disappear," Japanese media report.

Some 100 pig-tailed macaques reportedly stormed into a temple and destroyed documents that are to be used in an upcoming national vote.

The man's request for asylum had been rejected; he was supposed to be deported to Bulgaria, according to German media reports.

The deal comes more than a year after Verizon paid $4.4 billion to acquire AOL; as part of Verizon, Yahoo will join the same division AOL currently occupies.

The shooting took place at Club Blu Bar and Grill, which was reportedly holding an all-ages event.

Investigators say Philip Esformes, 47, used his access to thousands of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to perpetrate a massive and profitable fraud.