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As US swimmer Ryan Lochte is dropped by Speedo and other sponsors, Americans apologize for the Olympian's behavior before leaving Rio. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

A CNN investigation reveals that Donald Trump engaged in a controversial but legal practice known as greenmailing. It may have cost thousands their jobs.

A federal judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction barring federal government agencies from taking action against school districts that don't follow the Obama administration's guidance on transgender bathroom policies in schools.

Lou Pearlman, the disgraced star-maker behind 1990s boy bands *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, has died in prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Turkish forces on Monday shelled Islamic State and Kurdish forces in northern Syria, state-run news agency Anadolu reported.

Colin Powell is pushing back on reports suggesting that he might have given Hillary Clinton the idea to use a private email account as Secretary of State, telling media outlets that "her people are trying to pin it on me."

A man in India spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed from his stomach, according to the doctor who led the operation.

The US and South Korean militaries started a massive joint annual exercise Monday, a drill that has drawn North Korean threats of nuclear retaliation.

Pills seized inside Prince's Paisley Park compound by investigators were labeled as hydrocodone but actually contained fentanyl -- the drug that killed the singer -- according to a source with knowledge of the investigation who revealed the information to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Hillary Clinton has a narrow advantage over Donald Trump in the swing state of Ohio, according to a new poll released Monday.

Sen. Tim Kaine on Monday attacked Donald Trump after a report raised questions about the size of the billionaire businessman's debt and his ties to China, saying, "He's got to start being straight with the American people."

Parents would undoubtedly give the TV rating system in the United States a terrible review.

Researchers from Harvard and the University of Vermont have found that Instagram photos can be analyzed to screen for depression. The scientists used the photos' attributes, including brightness and color, to correctly identify which participants suffered from depression at a better rate than the typical physician.

The media is making a mistake in indulging talk of a Trump pivot, writes SE Cupp. Words matter, and they should stick.

Bonnie Baha, an elite credit analyst and lieutenant of "bond king" Jeff Gundlach, died in a car accident over the weekend.

Smokejumpers are elite firefighters who parachute out of airplanes and into fiery forests -- extremely dangerous work that pays just $15 an hour.

"Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver says Donald Trump has come to a "fork in the road" and that his best option is to leave the presidential race now.

A Latina waitress received a racist note instead of a tip from a couple having lunch in downtown Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign will make their final ad reservations for the fall this week, according to an aide, reserving -- in total -- $80 millions in ads through Election Day in eight states.