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As in London four years ago, American women are taking home more medals than their male counterparts. It's a trend that's likely to continue.

Eliud Kipchoge pulled away from a crowded field with about nine miles to go and finished more than a minute ahead of his nearest competitor on the streets of Rio.

The novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville is a dense and complicated beast of a book by any measure. Even serious readers never finish it. Melville...

Talking about sex is awkward, but it can be especially difficult for instructors of deaf students. They're trying to turn that cringe-worthy conversation into something more comfortable.

Paul Nehlen, who is challenging Paul Ryan in the Wisconsin primary, defended Donald Trump's criticism of Muslim dad and attorney Khizr Khan.

A Baptist preacher has become the unlikely leader of a social media movement that's inspired Zimbabweans to protest against their authoritarian ruler and the collapsed economy.

Our hashtag #FeminismInMyCountry trended in South Korea, a country reeling from recent attacks on women. Hear what they — and people in other countries — have to say.

An Alabama parole board has denied early release to a 78-year-old Ku Klux Klansman, who was convicted of killing four black girls in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.

The link isn't definite, but it matches other research that suggests that difficult experiences in childhood affect physical health years down the line. Just how that happens remains a mystery.

Police visited the athletes' village in Rio Wednesday, hoping to seize the passports of Ryan Lochte and James Feigen. Later, officers removed two U.S. swimmers from their flight home.