Two Australian swimmers were disciplined by their country's Olympic committee for failing to return to the athletes village or tell team officials where they were during a night out in Copacabana.
A Long Island man who is the nephew of a former Army chief of staff is accused of drowning his mother in the family's pool after she scolded him for not taking his medication.
The Obama administration said Thursday that a $400 million cash payment to Iran seven months ago was contingent on the release of a group of American prisoners.
The taekwondo competition at the Rio Games on Thursday morning was sold out. Not a single seat was left for grabs at the 10,000-capacity arena, where fans spent between $21 and $43 to gain access.
Leaning over with hands on her knees and cheering at every chance, injured U.S. star Foluke Akinradewo could only watch as the close-knit, determined Americans fought back to force a fifth set against Serbia before falling short — short of the gold-medal goal that had driven her and others back to the national team for one more Olympic cycle.
A year after releasing a two-page letter from her doctor declaring her “fit to serve,” doubts about Hillary Clinton’s health have not faded away. From allegations that her records were faked to old photos of Clinton stumbling on a flight of stairs, the health and fitness of the 68-year old presidential candidate has reemerged on the campaign trail.
Immigration judges around the country are denying the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts to deport illegal immigrants in record numbers, according to a new report.
President George W. Bush was torn to shreds in 2005 by mainstream media commentators for his initial response to Hurricane Katrina – yet President Obama’s detached response to the recent Louisiana floods has been met with resounding silence from those same outlets.
The State Department announced Thursday, after a weeks-long review involving dozens of interviews, that it still does not know why several minutes of footage from a 2013 briefing were deleted from a public archive – leaving the department’s top spokesman on the defensive over the unusual incident.
Police in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday indicted U.S. Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen for falsely reporting a crime, the latest twist in a bizarre case that has overshadowed the final week of the Summer Games.
As President Obama enters his final five months in office – five years after demanding Bashar Assad “step aside” – the U.S. is faced with the likelihood that Obama will be gone long before the Syrian strongman.
As Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pressures the Obama administration to hand over a Pennsylvania-based cleric for allegedly spearheading last month’s coup attempt, Turkish media has pointed a finger at the U.S. for backing the failed plot.
Sports Court: Tamara Holder and Leigh Steinberg on whether the NFL is taking their HGH investigation too far by threatening players with suspension for not cooperating
