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Gold medalist China's Xie Yu poses with team members at the end of the shooting 10m air pistol men's final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Center. Chinese shooters have accounted for four of China's 13 gold medals.

Let's talk about China's whopping Olympic gold medal count

At the halfway mark of the Paris Olympics, China is running well ahead of the U.S. and every other country in the gold medals tally. China's success stems from two sports: diving and shooting.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (L) and Suni Williams, wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, on June 5, 2024.

Opinion: Think you have a rough travel story? Try 52 days stuck in space

Two astronauts have been hanging out on the International Space Station since last month, waiting for the Boeing capsule that got them there to be repaired to bring them home.

Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz of Team Netherlands sailed to gold in the women's skiff 49erFX class medal race on Friday, in a dramatic race that included a small detour.

Dutch sailors mistakenly stop short of the finish in gold medal race

The Dutch team had little margin for error. Heading into Friday's final, they were one point out of first place.

A 10-month-old Ashley Westerman is held by her mother for the first time at the Heart of Mary Villa orphanage in Manila, Philippines, in 1988.

Asian adoptees: You are not alone

Asian adoptees make up the majority of international adoptees in the U.S. Despite this, their stories are often left out of the conversation during AAPI Heritage month.

Boeing crew flight test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, center, pose with Expedition 71 flight engineers Mike Barratt, left, and Tracy Dyson, both NASA astronauts, in their spacesuits aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock on June 24, 2024.

NASA astronauts to extend space station stay as engineers troubleshoot Boeing capsule

Problems with the capsule's propulsion system, used to maneuver the spacecraft, prompted NASA and Boeing to delay the flight home several times while they analyzed the trouble.

Ronan Day Lewis and his father, Daniel Day-Lewis (left to right in center) are teaming up for a feature film that will bring the decorated actor out of retirement. The pair are seen here as they attended a film screening last year.

Daniel Day-Lewis ends 7-year retirement to act in his son's film

The three-time Oscar winner announced the end of his acting career in 2017. The new film, Anemone, will be directed by the actor’s son, Ronan Day-Lewis, from a script that the pair co-wrote together.

Diane Warren co-wrote the song "Til It Happens to You" with Lady Gaga. It has been nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar for Best Song.

Diane Warren On 'Til It Happens To You,' A Modern Anthem For A Hard Truth

A career-long hitmaker, Warren knows how to write about intimacy and heartbreak. But when she collaborated with Lady Gaga for a song about sexual assault, it unlocked a few stories she'd never shared.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: The loneliest place on Earth; A limerick you can't refuse; Sunday lost in the park with George.

Tribal Lands Struggle To Bring Clean Power Online

Many tribal lands in the U.S. don't have electricity yet have a tremendous capacity to produce it from clean energy sources. Only one tribe is currently operating a utility-scale energy facility, as bureaucratic red tape and tax disincentives are hindering renewable energy development on Indian land.

Woman Receives New ID With Photo Of Empty Chair

When Jane Dodd renewed her driver's license, she didn't have high hopes for her ID photo. However, when she received her new license, she saw she wasn't in the photo at all.

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