CNN Top Stories

After Friday's showstopping opening ceremony, the Rio 2016 Olympics began with action and drama.

A fence collapsed during rapper Snoop Dogg's concert in New Jersey, leaving 42 people injured as fans spilled over the ledge, authorities said.

Donald Trump seized Saturday night on Hillary Clinton's explanation that she "short-circuited" a recent answer about her truthfulness in discussing her email server to suggest that the former secretary of state is not mentally fit to be president.

Venus Williams' hopes of winning another Olympic gold medal now rest in the women's doubles after the veteran tennis star lost her opening singles match at the Rio Games on Saturday.

William Shatner veered into uncharted space on Saturday when he told fans the "Star Wars" sci-fi franchise deserves credit for the success of "Star Trek."

As sporting communions go it takes some beating -- sun, sea, sand and beach volleyball on Brazil's Copacabana in an open-air, 12,000-seater arena just meters from the waves crashing onto Rio de Janeiro's golden shore.

Take a look at the week in politics from July 31 through August 6.

The Obama administration has released a previously secret 18-page policy guidance document that lays out how potential drone targets may be chosen and approved and the President's role in the decision-making process.

An explosion and subsequent fire ravaged a bar in northern France early Saturday, leaving 13 people dead and several others wounded, authorities said.

No third party candidate has ever reached the oval office, but that doesn't mean they didn't have a hand in who did. CNN's Randi Kaye reports.

Scientists may be a step closer to growing human organs in animals.

Donald Trump wished the US Olympic team good luck on Friday -- and may have cleared up a "bigly" debate in the process.

Kurdish and Arab militias seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij after fierce fighting with ISIS militants, a rights group reported Saturday.

Donald Trump is expected to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday, moving to mend an intra-party rift that has put the Republican presidential nominee at odds with its highest-ranking elected official.

Hillary Clinton called on journalists Friday to hold Donald Trump accountable, saying reporters "have a special responsibility to our democracy at a time like this."

A machete-wielding man shouting "Allahu Akbar" was shot and killed after wounding two police officers Saturday in the Belgian city of Charleroi, police said via Twitter.

Design student Lucie Davis made these high tech nails for a university project. The Tube's Oyster Card comes with an RFID chip inside, which she embedded.

An Uber ride usually earns driver Ellis Hill less than $20, but one fateful pickup has given the Philadelphia father a life-changing plane ticket.

Oskana Chusovitina will be more than twice as old as many of her gymnastic competitors at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Ginny Thrasher, a 19-year-old West Virginia University sophomore, won the women's 10-meter air rifle event on Saturday morning.