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Basketball, track and swimming have been staples at the Olympics for decades, drawing thousands of spectators. But solo synchronized swimming or live pigeon shooting? They are among the strangest events that have, at one time or another, taken place at the Games. Here are the 10 oddest sports that have actually graced the modern Olympics […]

American Airlines and a union said they have agreed on hefty pay raises for 30,000 workers. American Airlines and the TWU-IAM Association said in a joint statement on Friday that they reached an “interim agreement” on “significant pay increases” for 30,000 maintenance and fleet service workers and “other related employees.” “These increases now give employees […]

A gay refugee living in Turkey has been found murdered, his body so mutilated his friends could only identify him by his pants, a local rights group said. Wisam, who arrived in Istanbul about a year ago after fleeing Syria, went missing on July 23 and was found two days later in the city’s Yenikapi […]

Brazilian police arrested a Moroccan Olympic boxer on allegations of trying to rape two Brazilian maids at the Olympic Village, authorities said Friday. Hassan Saada, 22, was arrested under a temporary warrant at the request of the Rio de Janeiro police. The warrant is valid for 15 days. Saada’s attorney, Paulo Freitas Ribeiro, said his […]

The director of the Gaza branch of World Vision, a U.S.-based humanitarian organization, has been charged in an Israeli district court with funneling millions of dollars from the organization to Hamas, the militant jihadist group that runs Gaza. Mohammad El-Halabi, 38, was arrested on June 15 at the Erez border crossing from Gaza to Israel. […]

A Chicago officer is seen opening fire on a black Jaguar as it races down a tree-lined street. The car crashes. The driver bolts. Officers chase him into an alleyway between brick houses. Then multiple shots are heard. “Get down! Hands behind your back! You shot at us mother——!” Moments later, officers curse at 18-year-old […]

There is only one day left to submit your photos to the #GANTBestSummerEver Photo Contest.   GANT News and Lock Haven University are looking for your best summertime shots to be entered to win the grand prize of a $300 Visa gift card. Photos can be from your vacation or a stay-cation and of your […]

Donald Trump is expected to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday, moving to mend an intra-party rift that has put the Republican presidential nominee at odds with its highest-ranking elected official. Trump’s endorsement of Ryan would come at an 8 p.m. ET rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, two sources said. The move comes just […]

Hillary Clinton on Friday doubled down on recent misleading statements about her use of a private email server at the State Department, even as she acknowledged that she “may have short-circuited” her answers about it. At a gathering of black and Hispanic journalists in Washington, D.C., Clinton — who has come under fire for not […]

The Nittany Lion has unfinished business. After not cracking the top 10 in the 2015-16 Universal Cheerleading Association mascot competition, the Lion is aiming for No. 1 in 2016-17 — and the Lion Troop is ready to help take Penn State’s beloved mascot to the top spot.

Cleveland–A 14-year-old girl is behind bars, facing aggravated murder charges for allegedly killing her father, but her family says she did it to protect her mother.

The same man who has killed seven people in the Phoenix area has struck again, police say. CNN’s Brian Todd reports.

Intel is recalling its Basis Peak smartwatches because they can overheat and burn you. The watch’s heat can “result in burns or blisters on the skin surface,” said Josh Walden, senior vice president and general manager of Intel New Technology Group, in a statement. Intel said the recall is urgent because it’s for the safety […]

Michael Morell, former acting director of the CIA, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in a New York Times op-ed Friday, praising the former secretary of state’s qualifications and warning that GOP nominee Donald Trump “may well pose a threat to national security.” Morell, a 33-year veteran of the CIA who led the agency from 2010-2013, […]

Donald Trump backed off a false claim Friday morning, admitting he had not seen a video of a $400 million payment being unloaded from a US plane in Iran. The Republican nominee had claimed at rallies twice this week that such a video existed, saying in Maine on Thursday that it was provided by Iranians […]

The African National Congress, the party that has ruled South Africa since the end of apartheid, is facing historic losses as results stream in from this week’s crucial nationwide local elections. In a stern rebuke to the party that came into power in 1994 with Nelson Mandela at its helm, South Africans are voting for […]

Below is a list of all the Russian athletes deemed eligible and ineligible to compete at Rio 2016. Ineligible athletes are indicated with a line through their name. Archery Tuyana Dashidorzhieva Ksenia Perova Inna Stepanova Badminton Vladimir Malkov (Men’s singles) Vladimir Ivanov (Men’s doubles) Ivan Sozonov (Men’s doubles) Natalia Perminova (Women’s singles) Boxing Vasily Egorov […]

Michael Morell, former director of the CIA, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in a New York Times op-ed Friday, praising the former secretary of state’s qualifications and warning that GOP nominee Donald Trump “may well pose a threat to national security.” Morell, a 33-year veteran of the CIA who led the agency from 2010-2013, said […]

Hillary Clinton jabbed Donald Trump on Twitter after the GOP nominee answered a question about potential female cabinet members by naming his daughter, Ivanka, as a “popular” candidate. Winking at a Mitt Romney gaffe from his 2012 presidential bid, Clinton wrote Thursday: “We know a guy with a binder, @realDonaldTrump. (He might not take your […]

The Olympic Games are set to start in just hours and it’s still not clear which Russian athletes will be allowed to compete. The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) said that part of the International Olympic Committee’s ban on Russian athletes — specifically, the decision to bar any Russians from competition who have been […]

The man who shot and killed an alleged robber on Thursday in Rio de Janiero may have been posing as a Russian consulate employee, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Earlier reports from Brazilian state run news agency Agencia Brasil stated that a Russian diplomat struggled with a robber during an attempted mugging, before […]

Fourteen bodies have been recovered after a bridge on a highway connecting the city of Mumbai to the state of Goa collapsed, sending vehicles tumbling into floodwaters below. The number of missing has risen to 28, Sushma Satpute, the sub-divisional magistrate of Raigad district said Friday, as multiple private cars were confirmed to have fallen […]

It has its own florist, a beauty salon and even a McDonald’s. But this is no ordinary village. The Rio 2016 Athletes’ Village is where the soon-to-be heroes of these Games are housed, a series of high-rise tower blocks accommodating the finest athletes on the planet. “It feels like a little mini college town,” Team […]

The Navy will ditch the unpopular, blue camouflage uniforms that have been called blueberries or aquaflage, in favor of green camouflage. The switch will be effective October 1, the Navy announced. But sailors can continue wearing the blue uniforms for an additional three years before they are completely phased out. Sailors had long complained about […]