Skateboarding is one of four new sports added to the Olympics this year. For skateboarders who have long loved their rebel status, performing in the mainstream Olympics is just a bit different. [Read more]

Team USA scored big, rebounding after a disappointing loss to Sweden. The 6-1 win keeps alive the Americans' goal of becoming the first women's team to take Olympic gold after winning the World Cup. [Read more]

The streets of Sydney and other cities filled with protesters opposed to lockdown restrictions amid another surge in cases. Participants carried signs calling for "freedom" and "the truth." [Read more]

The order bans the gathering of more than two people in public. Only government offices, hospitals and essential businesses are allowed to stay open. Ho Chi Minh City has also extended its lockdown. [Read more]

Minneapolis city officials voted Friday to approve the language of a ballot measure that will ask voters in November whether the city's police department should be replaced with public safety department. [Read more]

President Joe Biden made a forceful return to the campaign trail on Friday night in Virginia, stumping for gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe by linking the Democrat's opponent to the man Biden had defeated several months ago -- former President Donald Trump. [Read more]

A man and woman were arrested in Maine following the discovery of cocaine disguised as a cake in their vehicle, according to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. [Read more]

Minneapolis city officials voted Friday to approve the language of a ballot measure that will ask voters in November whether the city's police department should be replaced with public safety department. [Read more]

Almost all those who could have challenged President Ortega have been detained. [Read more]

A 55-year-old University of Virginia economics lecturer was last seen on July 14 [Read more]

Ramil was tested after caretakers noticed that he had a cough and runny nose. [Read more]

Almost all those who could have challenged President Ortega have been detained. [Read more]

"It's obviously devastating. It's obviously a difficult situation across the board," Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Alan Cominsky said. [Read more]

New programs are being developed by startups and research institutions to predict fire behavior, monitor drought and even detect fires when they first start. [Read more]

The team was routed in its Olympic opener Wednesday by Sweden. [Read more]

"It's obviously devastating. It's obviously a difficult situation across the board," Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Alan Cominsky said. [Read more]

After decades of criticism from Native American groups, the Cleveland Indians have a new name. [Read more]

Just 15 cells' worth of DNA was used to track down the man suspected of killing a US girl in 1989. [Read more]

From breastfeeding to representation, women are still frustrated at most 'gender balanced' Games. [Read more]

After decades of criticism from Native American groups, the Cleveland Indians have a new name. [Read more]

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The body of the 61-year-old, who had been missing since Saturday, was recovered on Tuesday near the summit of Mount Clark, the National Park Service said. [Read more]

It took Dr. Ryan Weight almost a year to ask Jerri Hobdy out on a date. However, it only took one bubble tea outing to solidify their connection. [Read more]

Mark Herring had a fatal heart attack after the police swarmed his house after a fake emergency call. A Tennessee man was sentenced to five years in prison in connection with the episode. [Read more]

Bras in the parks, skivvies on Fifth Avenue: Is this the logical endpoint of increasingly blurred distinctions between public and private? [Read more]

Mask recommendations are making a comeback as the COVID-19 Delta variant rages across the U.S. Lilia Luciano reports from one of the nation's four hotspots. Then, Dr. Taison Bell, a critical care and infectious disease physician and the medical ICU director at the University of Virginia, joins CBSN's Lana Zak with more on the potential fo [Read more]

The cost of rent in several U.S. cities is rising as the economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. A New York Times report explains how those spikes could have a direct impact on the nation's inflation outlook, keeping prices elevated through the end of 2021. Jeanna Smialek, a Federal Reserve and economy reporter for The New York Ti [Read more]

Since January, there have been more than 100 reported cases of a fungal "superbug" in both Dallas and Washington, D.C. The fungus, known as Candida auris, attacks people with weakened immune systems and can be drug-resistant. Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Scho [Read more]

"I think we need to pay close attention to what they're saying," said Thomas Manger, the former police chief of Montgomery County, Maryland, who was sworn into his new position on Friday. [Read more]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has urged employers to be as aggressive as possible in mandating that workers get vaccinated against Covid-19, marking the latest sign the US jab campaign is shifting from cajoling to forcing. br [Read more]

After the National Security Agency (NSA) denied targeting journalist Tucker Carlson, a new report has revealed the agency “unmasked' the Fox News host's name while monitoring third-party communications. br [Read more]

Activists are urging Congress and President Joe Biden to act before low-level criminals, sent to serve their sentences under house arrest at the height of Covid-19 pandemic, are forced to return to prison to finish their time. br [Read more]

Civil rights groups are celebrating a settlement with the city of Charlotte, North Carolina imposing new bans on police dispersing protests, stemming from a 2020 George Floyd demonstration where CS tear gas was used. br [Read more]

An Alabama police officer who remained on his city's payroll for two months after being convicted of murder has resigned from the Huntsville Police Department. [Read more]

Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams posted cryptic messages to their social media accounts Friday evening, the same day that reports revealed a breakdown in negotiations between the Green Bay Packers and the star wideout. [Read more]

The Baltimore Police Department is requesting federal police officers to combat violent crime in the city. [Read more]

An Alabama police officer who remained on his city's payroll for two months after being convicted of murder has resigned from the Huntsville Police Department. [Read more]