Dick Pound held almost every International Olympic Committee job there was except president during his 44 years as a member. Having reached his mandatory retirement age of 80 in March, the Canadian dubbed "our dean" by current IOC president Thomas Bach will step down.
Multiple people were shot at a Tulsa, Okla., medical building on a hospital campus Wednesday and "some unfortunately were killed," a police captain said.
The white 18-year-old man accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket was charged Wednesday by a grand jury with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and 10 counts of first-degree murder.
The U.S. and Germany pledged to send Ukraine some of the most advanced weapons yet for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery as Russian forces waging a grinding offensive in the east Wednesday closed in on capturing a key city.
A jury has ruled that Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, actor Amber Heard, were both defamed over claims of abuse before and during their brief marriage.
A top official at the World Health Organization said the UN health agency assumes the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea is "getting worse, not better" despite the secretive country's recent claims that COVID-19 is slowing there.
The United Kingdom will mark Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne this week with four days of celebrations, ranging from military parades and a church service, to street parties and a pop concert outside Buckingham Palace.
Many scientists weren’t shocked by the recent emergence of monkeypox in countries around the world. Some also warn this won’t be the last time this virus spreads beyond its typical territory in Africa.
Hurricane Agatha caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 11 people and left 20 missing, the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca said Tuesday.
As Queen Elizabeth celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to capitalize on the nostalgia in the air. His government is bringing back a traditional crown stamp on pint glasses and moving to allow shop owners to again sell produce by the pound. Both are being framed as benefits of the U.K.'s exit from the European Union.
The grief-wrenched Texas town of Uvalde on Tuesday began burying its dead from the bloodiest U.S. school shooting in a decade, with funerals for a pair of slain 10-year-old girls who were among the 19 students and two teachers killed one week ago.
