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Herrera’s use of the ball was impressive, keeping it simple in deeper positions but also playing the best two passes of the first half.

Whoa, baby! We already knew that Hugh Grant wouldn’t be joining his former co-stars in ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby, ‘ but we didn’t know whether that was by choice or not.

FlightAware.com shows the flight, which was traveling from Kissimmee, Florida, was en route to Oxford.

Saturday, the United States won its 1,000th Olympic gold medal when the women’s 4×100 medley relay team of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel won the penultimate swimming event of the Rio Games.

A submerged auto is visible in the Patapsco River, seen from the Howard County side of Patapsco Valley State Park after the sidewalk caved in due to Saturday night’s flooding in Ellicott City. “Now, unfortunately, in some ways, it’s an opportunity for us to make...

It’s now three down, two to go for Simone Biles, as the American sensation seeks to become the first gymnast to win five gold medals in a single Olympics (only six are possible).

Boko Haram’s former spokesman Abu Musab al-Barnawi has been named as the Nigerian militant organization’s new leader, the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, announced Wednesday. He released an audio message on Thursday insisting he was still in charge. “We...

The Washington Monument is closed again due to problems with its elevator.

He said union workers are usually Democrat, but, for him: “Not this time”.

After one of the roughest-ever rides from vote to games by an Olympic host, the city of beaches, carnival, grinding poverty and sun-kissed wealth lifted the curtain on the games of the 31st Olympiad with a high-energy gala celebration of Brazil’s can-do spirit, biodiversity...

The US Drug Enforcement Administration has denied requests to loosen the classification of marijuana as a risky drug with no medical use. It’s unclear how many more universities will receive licenses to grow marijuana, The New York Times reported.

With the “liberal media” narrative a fail-safe tactic in the GOP playbook, Manafort suggested that the media should take Trump’s secondary explanations for his comments as fact-but didn’t explain why Tapper and the wider media should seemingly downplay the...

Michael Phelps celebrates during the medal presentation for the men’s 4×200-meter freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. The silver medalist finished more than 11 seconds behind her.

Turns out, the less-than-glittering times at the US trials were no indication of how fast they would swim once they got to the big stage.

The Americans piled up 16 golds and 33 medals overall, matching their total from the 2000 Sydney Games. It came on a day when Rio was filled with dramatic performances as swimming wrapped up and track kicked into high gear. The final is set for Monday night.