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Dr. Steve Cutbirth was vacationing in the Bahamas when he was attacked by a shark.

Amid all the noise in the buildup to Rio, it's easy to forget that two of the most celebrated Olympians in history are preparing to make their final appearances this month.

The 2016 election has put Muslims at the center of the American political debate.

Of the 2,800 show planes at America's biggest airshow, the aircraft that may have had the most impact on aviation's future didn't even leave the ground.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has long marched alongside Chief Justice John Roberts on race.

ISIS militants have captured up to 3,000 people displaced from their homes trying to flee conflict zones in northern Iraq, the United Nations said Friday, reportedly killing 12 of them.

Rebirth and regeneration. That was the message behind a vibrant Opening Ceremony that heralded the start of the Rio 2016 Olympics.

A rare copy of a Superman comic book sold for nearly $1 million this week.

The negative publicity leading up to the Rio Olympics fostered a sense of both anticipation and apprehension surrounding the Games. So the organizers and NBC were doubtless relieved to see the opening ceremony mounted without a significant hitch -- that is, other than its ponderous pace and bloated duration.

Millions of Thais will go to the polls Sunday to vote on a new constitution that gives dramatic extra powers to the country's military, which seized control of the government in a 2014 coup.

See photos from the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.

The athletes have arrived, the venues are ready and expectation is palpable as the sporting world awaits the commencement of the 31st Olympic Games, the first ever Olympiad to be staged in South America.

An accidental explosion at a bar in Rouen, Normandy, in northern France sparked a deadly fire early Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring others, according to Rouen police.

John Kasich says he's no closer to endorsing Donald Trump for president, cementing his place as one of the most prominent holdouts in the Republican Party.

Fareed Zakaria says he wasn't using the label "bullsh** artist" lightly when he used it to describe Donald Trump.

When I took to the stage to speak at the Democratic National Convention last week, I did so to honor my son, Humayun, who was killed 12 years ago while serving in the U.S. military in Iraq. But I also spoke to remind the American people that American Muslims are an integral thread of the American tapestry.

A day at the pool was anything but a day of relaxation for a young mom from Kansas City.

The increasingly tense situation on the frontline between government forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine has resulted in a spike in civilian casualties, according to new figures released by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.