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The sale at Christie's of Salvator Mundi, which dates from around 1500, easily tops previous records set in 2015 for a Picasso sold at auction and a Willem de Kooning sold privately.

Strong winds forced a change: instead of snowboarders getting three runs to net a best score, they got just two tries. Jamie Anderson needed only one — and, she said, "my lion power."

Jessie Diggins had the highest Olympic finish ever for a U.S. women's cross-country skier.

Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn is stepping down as the head of Wynn Resorts amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

Esmond Bradley Martin, a leading American investigator into the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade, was found stabbed to death in his home in Kenya. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Frank Pope, CEO of Save the Elephants about Martin's life and impact.

The 33-year-old American faced the favored Marcel Hirscher from Austria in the 2018 Olympic men's giant slalom. The American Ryan Cochran-Siegle had a solid performance, finishing 11th.

"I immediately said, 'Oh, no, no, it can't be crustaceans.' That was my knee jerk reaction," a paleontologist said. The prehistoric snacking was likely intentional and linked to mating behaviors.

The Chicago Council Survey found that three-quarters of Americans identify North Korea's nuclear program as a "critical threat" to America, up from 55 percent just two years ago.

A lot of people evacuated from Florida in anticipation of Hurricane Irma. Now they desperately want to come home, but the lack of fuel is making that tough.

Three package bombs have killed two people in the Texas city in less than two weeks, including one victim Monday. Police say evidence indicates the three blasts are "related based on similarities."