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Volkswagen's deliberate cheating on emissions tests will cost it a record $14.7 billion. That's far more than any other automaker has paid for wrongdoing.

Has Lady Gaga become the latest Western celebrity to upset Beijing?

Tod Mishler loves to ride horses. He also likes to raise awareness about hunger.

This week West Virginians likely will escape any more of the flooding that has wreaked havoc across several counties, taking 23 lives -- a figure authorities warned may rise.

Rescue efforts are underway to save the life of a blue whale apparently enmeshed in a fishing net in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

Tim Tebow made a name for himself on football fields, but passengers on a recent Delta flight got a different glimpse of the former NFL star.

They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but can push-ups do the same?

Mark Kuhn turned his Iowa cornfield into a real-life field of dreams for tennis lovers. He turned acres of his farm into a full-size replica Wimbledon court.

Summitt was the winningest coach in the history of major college basketball. She was 64.

Two top Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee blasted Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration Tuesday for "a tragic failure of leadership" in the run-up to the deaths of four Americans in the U.S. outpost in Libya in 2012.

Caitlyn Jenner's newest "Sports Illustrated" cover is here. The 66-year-old posed for the July cover complete with the gold medal she won in 1976 Olympic games.

Former Sen. Scott Brown on Monday stepped into the attack dog role for Donald Trump, saying his former Senate opponent Elizabeth Warren should "take a DNA test" if she wants to prove her Native American heritage.

When I ask my girls, ages 8 and 10, what they want to be when they grow up, my younger daughter says a professional athlete (she's not sure which sport just yet!) and my older daughter says an Olympian in track and field. With those goals, I simply cannot imagine they won't be playing sports throughout middle and high school and beyond.

Kellogg's is raising the stakes in the all-day breakfast wars. A new cafe in New York City will feature dishes made entirely from its cereals.

Who says cruelty-free eating's a new fad?

Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in the history of major college basketball, has passed away after a five-year battle with Alzheimer's Disease.

World No. 1 golfer Jason Day has announced he won't participate in the Rio Olympics, citing concerns over the Zika virus.

Drivers on New Jersey's Outerbridge Crossing were in for quite a surprise when they spotted a man crossing the bridge on horseback.

The moment when a baby crawls or walks for the first time is something most of us document in our family scrapbooks for sentimental reasons, but a new study suggests that the milestone could provide valuable foresight.

The last co-defendant of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez was sentenced Monday for his role in the 2013 death of Odin Lloyd, Massachusetts prosecutors said.