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Bolt left Rio with a perfect triple-triple, having won three golds in three consecutive Olympics. But his record unraveled after a re-analysis found his Beijing relay teammate used a banned substance.

The International Association of Athletics Federations found Russia had not reformed its state-sponsored track and field programs sufficiently to warrant reinstatement into international competition.

The "Queen of Chess" gave away her final match at a major festival to make a point. And it left befuddled chess watchers wondering — in the words of one announcer — "What. Is. Going. On??"

"It's basically a coin flip as to whether you'll do better than your parents," a Stanford economist says.

The Turkish prime minister said at least 265 people died in an attempted military coup on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who appears back in control and has promised to punish coup plotters.

On top of the fear immigrant parents have of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, they worry about the children they could be separated from. So they're making plans, just in case.

The Affordable Care Act was funded with a patchwork of taxes — mostly but not exclusively on the wealthy — which would be undone by the Republican repeal-and-replace bill.

Thunder storms ripped across Texas, the South and Midwest this weekend killing at least 15 and spawning tornadoes and floods that left parts of the countryside devastated.

President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. NPR's Ron Elving says Garland has been held up as an "exemplar of the kind of person who ought to be" in these positions.

A series of fireworks were set off early Sunday against local orders, triggering a massive fire that injured at least 200. Most were killed in the collapse of a building that stored the fireworks.