U.S. swimmers won only one gold on Thursday. But Katie Ledecky's silver medal in a relay race brought her career tally to thirteen Olympic medals, more than any other woman swimmer in history.
Rebeca Andrade grew up one of 8 kids raised by a single mom. At age 4, she showed off at a gym tryout. After her silver medal in the Paris Olympics, Brazil is hailing her as a "national treasure."
Thousands take to the streets in Nigeria in the first day of planned “days of rage” protests over the soaring cost of living and fuel crisis in the West African country.
As a kid, the former Alabama Shakes singer/guitarist was told repeatedly she didn't look like a lead singer. "It made me sing ... louder and perform just as hard as I could," Howard says.
JD Vance employed that particular phrase — the “Harris administration” — repeatedly Thursday, as the Trump campaign moves to put the vice president in the spotlight.
Advocates are still fighting to get the psychedelic drug approved as a mental health treatment, despite its rejection by the FDA's advisory committee in June. They face an uphill battle.
Biles, who won gold earlier this week as part of the team all-around final, now has six Olympic gold medals (plus a silver and two bronze). Those nine Olympic medals are the most by any U.S. gymnast.
On the Thursday, Aug. 1 edition of Georgia Today: Vice President Harris plans to be in Georgia again next week; a UGA football player has been dismissed from the team after his arrest; and a federal investigation finds pregnant women in prison aren't always getting the basic care they need.
A Republican-led House committee says it would issue subpoenas to Columbia University to get documents it requested months ago for its investigation into reports of antisemitism on campus.
The Wall Street Journal reporter and the former U.S. Marine have been released by Russia in exchange for Russian prisoners held in the U.S. and Europe, in what the U.S. calls a historic prisoner swap.