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Prior to the start of the Rio Olympics, a bus full of Chinese basketball reporters was caught in a fatal roadside gunfight on its way to Olympic Village, reported the Shanghaiist . Shortly after arriving in Brazil, the Chinese reporters for the men's basketball team found themselves pinned down in a deadly shootout 2 km from the airport.
United States' Sam Dorman takes part in a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. The Associated Press United States' Sam Dorman takes part in a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
The 2016 Summer Olympics is scheduled to open Aug. 5. . A man climbs on the Olympic rings near the basketball venue in the Olympic park on th eve before the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016.
Parts of the desert Southwest were getting a second soaking Wednesday, a day after monsoon rains swamped the region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues. Parts of the Southwest were getting a second soaking Wednesday, a day after monsoon rains swamped the desert region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues.
Parts of the desert Southwest were getting a second soaking Wednesday, a day after monsoon rains swamped the region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues. Parts of the Southwest were getting a second soaking Wednesday, a day after monsoon rains swamped the desert region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues.
On July 29, 1976, the first of eight shootings ascribed to the serial killer known as "Son of Sam" occurred on a street in The Bronx, New York, as a gunman killed 18-year-old Donna Lauria and wounded her friend, 19-year-old Jody Valenti. In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh, 37, died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Head of Russian Rowing Federation Veniamin But attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. World Rowing says in a statement that Russian rowers Ivan Podshivalov and Anastasia Korobelshchikova were dec... .
In this Sept. 1, 2011 file photo, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes in a qualification round for the Men's 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
Anita Hill , subject of the HBO film "Confirmation," poses with U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and star Kerry Washington at the premiere of the film at Paramount Studios on March 31, 2016, in Los Angeles. Twenty-five years after she alleged sexual harassment by a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Anita Hill will headline the Pennsylvania Conference for Women on Oct. 6 at the Convention Center.
Shares in London-listed security firm G4S tumbled by as much as 8% today amid revelations that the Florida nightclub shooter worked for the security firm. The company confirmed that Omar Mateen, 29, who gunned down 50 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, had been employed by the business since 2007.
As the drumbeat for gender equity in soccer grows louder with the approach of the Olympics in Rio, there are signs that women's issues are being taken seriously by FIFA. Critics say it's a positive and long overdue step to shattering the governing body's reputation as an old boys' club.
Any words of comment about Muhammad Ali following his recent death seem superfluous, almost irrelevant to the 24/7 media coverage and commentary on the boxing career, life, and legend of his extraordinary person and unique human being. For a few days following the news of his passing, all other national and international news seemed secondary, almost t irrelevant.
Nearly two dozen athletes tested positive in reanalysis of their doping samples from the 2012 London Olympics, adding to the more than 30 already caught in retesting from the 2008 Beijing Games. The International Olympic Committee said Friday that 23 athletes from five sports and six countries had positive findings in retests with improved techniques on 265 samples from the London Games.
A group of Democratic senators is concerned about how the Zika virus might affect American athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., was one of 11 senators to sign a letter sent Monday to the U.S. Olympic Committee asking what steps it is taking to protect athletes against the spread of the mosquito-borne virus.
Asian Olympic leader Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait has denied claims made in a U.S. federal court that he paid six-figure bribes to FIFA voters. "Sheikh Ahmad is very surprised by such allegations and strongly denies any wrongdoing," the Olympic Council of Asia said in a statement issued on Saturday on behalf of its president.