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Mike Segar / Reuters Ryan Lochte's Sponsorship Woes
The Olympic swimmer lost his deals with four companies in a single day because of his “over-exaggerated” Rio story.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Hillary Clinton's Latest Email Scapegoat: Colin Powell
The Democratic presidential nominee has reportedly said privately that the former secretary of state encouraged her to use a personal address for State Department business.
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Neemah Aaron / AP Remembering D.A. Henderson
The doctor who led the global campaign to eradicate smallpox died Friday at 87.
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Robin van Lonkhuisen / Reuters Repenting for the Cultural Destruction of Timbuktu
The proceedings at the ICC are the first to involve charges of cultural destruction. It’s also the first time an Islamist militant is being tried in The Hague.
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Reuters Why Russia Stopped Using an Iranian Airbase to Bomb Targets in Syria
Iran called last week’s announcement “ungentlemanly” and said Monday the fighter jets were no longer taking off from Hamadan.
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters Another Big Pharma Merger
Pfizer says it’s buying Medivation for $14 billion.
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David Gray / Reuters The Rio Olympics: A Crib Sheet
From Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky to Simone Biles and Usain Bolt, follow the 2016 games with our handy cheat sheet.
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Bryan Snyder / Reuters Joe Arpaio's Contempt of Court
The controversial sheriff could face criminal charges for allegedly ignoring court orders in a racial-profiling case.
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Joe Skipper / Reuters What If Trump Got Hacked Too?
A news report suggests that agents linked to the Russian state may have tried to break into the computer systems of the Republican Party and its presidential nominee.
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Wilfredo Lee / AP Zika in Miami Beach
The CDC warned pregnant women not to travel to the area.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Gaffe Track: Trump Doesn't Love the Half-Indians
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Reuters France's Burqini Debate in 10 Quotes
Nice joined the growing list of municipalities banning from their beaches the swimsuit worn by some women.
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Pierers Universal-Lexikon A Brief History of Cheating at the Olympics
Deception at the games is as old as the competition itself.
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Tony Gutierrez / AP The End of Ken Starr's Ties to Baylor Univeristy
The school’s former president and chancellor, who was demoted over how he handled sexual-assault allegations, will leave the faculty.
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Ross D. Franklin / AP A First Look Inside Border Patrol's 'Iceboxes'
Images unsealed by a U.S. federal court in Tucson, Arizona, show migrants crammed into holding cells and huddling together for warmth.
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Thomas Peter / Reuters A Proposal to Ban the Veil in Germany
The interior minister said the facial covering favored by some Muslim women “doesn't fit in with our open society.”
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Reuters What Happened to the U.S. Olympic Swimmers in Rio?
The last of the four swimmers involved in a bizarre tale of robbery at gunpoint has paid $10,800 to resolve the case, for which Ryan Lochte and the U.S. Olympic Committee have apologized.
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Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters The Potential Zika Threat to Adult Brain Cells
New research has found evidence the mosquito-borne virus can adversely affect cells necessary for replenishing damaged neurons.
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Elise Amendola / AP One Massachusetts Town's Rejection of a Muslim Cemetery
Officials are looking into whether a Muslim group’s religious freedoms were violated when the town rejected its plans to build the graveyard.
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Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters The Changing U.S. Story on Sending $400 Million to Iran
After suggesting the timing of a cash delivery was unrelated to the freeing of hostages, the State Department admits the two were contingent.
