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A wide ocean of fresh concrete glistened outside the fencing arena in the Olympic Village. I was in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Test Games, three months before the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Computer science researchers at Princeton University created an editing tool that helps reduce distortions in your selfies. The software can also make your photos look like they're moving, similar to the portraits in the Harry Potter films.

Despite coming from a family that is famous for being famous, Kendall Jenner wants to earn your attention.

Imagine a presidential election campaign in which a bombastic candidate campaigns by insulting people, and by making promises and threats that sound so outlandish that people think, surely, he must be exaggerating.

Britain's Metropolitan Police has revealed it is investigating claims that a female tennis player was deliberately poisoned during this year's Wimbledon.

Archaeologist Fryni Hadjichristofi knew she may have run up on something special when she noticed an oddity under a road near the site where she was excavating. She just didn't know how special.

Researchers have just witnessed something that they say has never before been seen in the field of medicine: Patients who have been severely paralyzed for more than a decade have regained some sensation and neurological control in key muscles.

Every year hundreds die and thousands are injured from debris flying off unsecured loads in the back of trailers and trucks. See how you can help.

Years before he would run for President and sedate the world with his dulcet riffs on the pyramids and Popeyes, Dr. Ben Carson was auditioning as a would-be political leader on Glenn Beck's television show. Running through a quiz on the issues, Beck asked him if he thought semi-automatic weapons should be legal.

Another grand caper is underway, but this time with an all-female crew of thieves.

When rebels broke a month-long government siege on eastern Aleppo, the residents of this battered enclave did something extraordinary: they gathered, en masse, to celebrate.

Paid family leave and affordable child care have become hot topics as advocates have pushed for more supportive state and federal laws. Hillary Clinton has taken note. And, as of this week, so has Donald Trump.

Thirty-six years separate the youngest and oldest US Olympians competing at the games in Rio. Table tennis player Kanak Jha is 16, and equestrian Phillip Dutton is 52. Dutton, who has competed in six Olympics, won his first medal this week in individual eventing.

Trump's persistent -- and false -- accusation that Clinton would abolish the Second Amendment is renewing scrutiny of her position on gun rights.

US Marines need to put away their cell phones, forget about their fancy coffees and get back to doing what Marines used to do -- dig a foxhole, cover up, stay quiet and be wary, the Corps' top officer says.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave the United States "an ultimatum," demanding the extradition of the cleric he believes is behind the failed July 15 coup attempt.

Donald Trump on Wednesday repeatedly called President Barack Obama the "founder" of ISIS and labeled Hillary Clinton the "co-founder."

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani defends GOP nominee Donald Trump's comments regarding Second Amendment supporters.

Hugh Grant was on a break from acting when he accepted a role alongside Meryl Streep in their new movie, "Florence Foster Jenkins."

Dogs, as anyone who's ever shared a home with one knows, are often uncannily adept at reading human emotions. Most dog owners have some story or another of a time their pet just seemed to know that they were feeling sad and were in need of a good cuddle. Consider Zeus, a small fluffball who noted his owner's tears and — according to his owner's telling — brought her an odd little gift to cheer her up.