Days before they're set to plunge into the Seine River during the Paris Olympics, triathletes held out hope Saturday that the famous waterway's bacteria levels would be safe enough for swimming.
Scores of wildfires across the U.S. and Canada have scorched swaths of land in California, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Alberta and beyond, forcing evacuations.
Novak Djokovic smiled right along with everyone else when his first-round Paris Olympics opponent was so excited just to claim one game Saturday that he celebrated by pulling the bottom of his shirt over his head, baring his chest.
FIFA deducts 6 points from Canada in Olympic women's soccer standings, bans 3 coaches for 1 year in drone-spying scandal.
Steven Van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted in 2016 of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in England, will make his Olympic debut Sunday when he and teammate Matthew Immers meet Italy on the sand at the Eiffel Tower Stadium.
A citizen of Montenegro nicknamed the ''pirate of the unknown'' has been extradited to New York City from Italy to face charges connected to what U.S. authorities called an international drug ring that transported tons of cocaine around the world.
He went on to have a long, distinguished career as a radiologist.
Spain's Rudy Fernandez has become the first male basketball player to compete in six Olympics.
Omar meets all the qualifications for being a top priority for defeat by pro-Israel groups, but the fact they have stayed out of her primary suggests she's seen as tough to beat in the August primary.
A suspect was arrested in St. Paul.
Argentina got its Olympic men's soccer campaign back on track by beating Iraq 3-1 on Saturday in Lyon.
Antoine Dupont set up the decisive try to help France beat South Africa 19-5 and move into the rugby sevens gold medal match against two-time Olympic champion Fiji at the Paris Games on Saturday.
Those once ubiquitous square bales have been replaced by "big rounds."
It will be the newest wildlife center in Minnesota, which boasts many facilities dedicated to the state's beloved species and critical conservation work.
Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Saturday that the European Union was sliding toward oblivion in a rambling anti-Western speech in which he warned of a new, Asia-oriented ''world order'' while throwing his support for Donald Trump's U.S. presidential bid.
Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River.
When Lindsey Vonn skied in her fourth and final Olympics in South Korea in 2018, her mother and the rest of the family took three-hour train rides from Seoul to the mountains to watch her compete. Previous experiences were not much better.
Equestrian's governing body issued a warning to Brazilian rider Carlos Parro on Saturday for potentially causing ''unnecessary discomfort" to his horse Safira after receiving evidence from an animal rights group.
Improv impresario Tane Danger uses Stephen Colbert quote as inspiration: "You can't laugh and be afraid at the same time."
An era-defining winning streak in Olympic fencing was snapped in a shock upset Saturday as Hungarian fencer Aron Szilagyi lost his opening bout while chasing a fourth consecutive gold medal.
Corcoran woman's death came six months after powerful testimony pleading for option to choose her time and manner of death.
Summertime activities and staff shortages may be contributing to supervision slip-ups.
A five-time national champion diver for the Gophers, Sarah Bacon won a silver medal Saturday with Kassidy Cook in the synchronized 3-meter springboard event. The duo trains in Minnesota with Gophers coach Wenbo Chen.
There are light winds in the forecast for the beginning of the sailing competition at the 2024 Olympics on Sunday, potentially creating a significant challenge for the sailors in a bay ringed by cliffs and islands that make for ever-changing currents in the air and water.
Between the Vikings' J.J. McCarthy and the Bears' Caleb Williams, only one is supported by infrastructure for growth and development.