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Paul Chelimo ran the race of his life in the 5,000 meters and finished second. Then he was disqualified. Then he was reinstated. It was a strange race for a runner with an unusual back story.

Eliud Kipchoge pulled away from a crowded field with about nine miles to go and finished more than a minute ahead of his nearest competitor on the streets of Rio.

They were accused of carrying out the 2014 ISIS massacre of over a thousand Iraqi troops. The U.N. discouraged fast-tracking the executions, saying torture may have been used to extract confessions.

Lou Pearlman, the impresario behind boy band giants such as the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence tied to a $300 million Ponzi scheme.

At just 21, Michigan native Clarissa Shields becomes the first U.S. boxer — male or female — to repeat as an Olympic champion. She beat the Netherlands' Nouchka Fontijn in Rio Sunday.

Caster Semenya spoke after her win at the women's 800-meter Olympics race. She wouldn't address a direct question about intersex athletes, but she did talk about the need to be free to be who you are.

Magic Mountain in Southern California has a roller coaster in which riders put on VR goggles to see an imagined world while their bodies undergo the physical thrills. How is it? We get a review.

Ernie Andrus, 93, finished his coast-to-coast walk on Saturday. It took him 2 years, 10 months and 13 days. The World War II vet began his trip in San Diego and ended on Georgia's St. Simon's Island.

The Obama administration advised school districts that trans students should be given access to bathrooms based on gender identity. A judge in Texas says the guidance can't be enforced for now.

Saying it can't condone Ryan Lochte's behavior in Rio, swimwear company Speedo says it's donating part of Lochte's fee — $50,000 — to Save the Children, earmarked for children in Brazil.