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Al Oerter, the discus thrower who won consecutive gold medals in four straight Olympic Games from 1956 to 1968, has died of heart failure. After track, he began a career as an abstract painter. He was 71.

At least 1.7 million chickens have died from flooding in the state. The impact is now coming into focus — including overflowing pools of hog manure and waterlogged sweet potato fields.

The International Olympic Committee has disqualified a Ukrainian sled athlete over his refusal to remove images of war dead from his helmet in competition.

The Trump administration on Wednesday expressed concern that China was costing Peru its sovereignty after a Peruvian court ruling restricted a local regulator's oversight of a Chinese-built mega port.

The U.S. has said it is working with Russia to restore cessation of hostilities in the city. This comes after days of intense fighting in the area.

Stargazers, ready your (solar-filtered) telescopes: Mercury is passing directly across the sun Monday for more than seven hours. And you can watch — if you do it just right.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with NPR's Tom Goldman about doping among Olympic athletes. They also remember a young athlete who died this week.

Brazilian media report that a majority of senators have said they will approve the impeachment trial of Dilma Rousseff — although some face scandalous allegations of their own.

A Nigerian teenager who says she was one of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram surrendered to authorities in Cameroon Friday. Cameroon State Radio's Moki Kindzeka gives the latest.

Authorities in Cleveland are looking at clearing out the county jail ahead of the Republican Convention should the space be needed for arrested...