This photo gallery, curated by photo editors Patrick Sison and Courtney Dittmar, highlights some of the most compelling ...

Soccer had a fierce reckoning with heat at the recently concluded FIFA Club World Cup in the United States — a sweltering ...

Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more ...

Kyle Schwarber was nervous. He had played in Game 7 of the World Series, homered for the United States in the World Baseball Classic. But ...

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France celebrated Bastille Day on Monday with parades, fireworks, and festivities. The holiday marks the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison, a pivotal moment in the French Revolution. This year, ...

Sunlight streaked through a few low-hanging clouds when Padraig Harrington opened the British Open with a piercing ...

AP staff wanted to illustrate China’s relaxing policy on visas in a way most useful to readers. They did it by creating an interactive map that allowed ...

Most American teenagers say it is important to them to graduate from college, with girls especially describing it as a key ...

The Richardson's ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little ...

As statements go, it's a big one. A towering mural in France of the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes is racking up millions of ...

Yu Zidi of China is only 12 years old and will race at the world swimming championships later this month in Singapore. That's amazing. But her age is only ...