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It was one of the most anticipated swimming races of the Rio Olympics -- and US star Lilly King backed up her fighting talk by defeating Yulia Efimova to win gold in the 100 meters breaststroke on Monday.

Susan Collins, a Republican who's been in the Senate since 1997, said she is not going to vote for Donald Trump as president, finding him unsuitable for office "based on his disregard for the precept of treating others with respect, an idea that should transcend politics."

In Italy, they've decided to fight them on the beaches.

Park ranger Ron Johnson peers down from a helicopter, watching friend and fellow ranger Darin Jernigan suspended from a rope about 200 feet below him. 

The call of a rooster is drowned out by the sounds of construction crews paid for by American dollars, reminding Martha and Artemio Mendoza of just how much their lives in Mexico depend on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November.

A Chinese tourist spent almost two weeks at a refugee shelter in Germany after authorities mistakenly assumed he was applying for asylum, an official with the German Red Cross told CNN.

Trump will have to do more than hold his tongue for a day and offer an olive branch to Paul Ryan to steady his faltering campaign.

Three girls were injured after they fell from a Ferris wheel at a county fair in eastern Tennessee, police said Monday evening.

While the world's brightest and strongest toil away in Rio, you're probably toiling away under the fluorescent lights of your office. There's no shame in that. Just because you don't have lats of steel or half a mine's worth of precious metal around your neck doesn't mean you aren't an athlete in your own right. In fact, you kind of deserve a medal for just showing up to work every day and dealing with this cr -- we mean, these events.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are laying out their proposals for the economy this week -- and wasting no time exchanging fire over whose plan is best for America.

At first look, three particular tropical diseases could seem unrelated.

It was one of the most hotly anticipated events of the Rio Olympics -- the men's 4x100m freestyle relay, and the crowd was revved and ready Sunday night. A lot of competitive history was at stake.

Take a look at 40 amazing Olympic photos from August 2 through August 8.

Photographer Platon explains how he captured the haunting image of Vladimir Putin for the cover of Time Magazine

In a few weeks, the temperatures in Michigan will begin to drop and the balmy summer months will be well and gone. In a hospice bed in Grandville, 91-year-old Morrie Boogart is deep in preparation.

Last week police officers responded to a call in Rome after someone reported they had heard crying and shouting coming from an apartment, but when they arrived they were met by an elderly couple.

It wouldn't be the Olympics without getting frustrated at the tape delay, the flurry of commercials or the number of times that commentators inserted their foot in mouth. But this year, the questionable comments about females have frustrated some viewers.

Several sports stars tell CNN why the world's fastest man is special.

Henri Nyakarundi never wanted a job.