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Frederick Richard, who helped the U.S. win a gymnastics team medal earlier in the week, struggled at times during Wednesday's individual all-around final at the Olympic Games in Paris.

In the Olympic men’s gymnastics individual all-around, the U.S. strikes out

The men’s team captured Americans’ hearts with a bronze medal in the team all-around final on Monday. But in the individual event, U.S. gymnasts Frederick Richard and Paul Juda couldn't keep up.

Hawa Miso, 70, collects leaves to use as vegetables on the hillside near the Rabang camp for internally displaced persons in Rabang, in Sudan's Nuba Mountains. Approximately 10 million Sudanese have been displaced by the civil war that broke out in 2023. A team of experts backed by the United Nations believes the country is experiencing famine. But the government does not agree.

Yes there is famine in Sudan. So why isn't 'famine' being declared?

A team of independent famine experts, working under the U.N. umbrella, believe Sudan is experiencing famine. But issuing a declaration — which could bring in more aid — turns out to be complicated.

A CL 415 scooper, top, drops water on the Quarry Fire as a Firehawk helicopter maneuvers for a water drop Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, southwest of Littleton, Colo.

Firefighters continue battling massive wildfire in California ahead of thunderstorms

Firefighters made progress Saturday against California's largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds.

Cousins Viva Johnson (left) and Bernadette Pete harvest celery with instructor Leonardo Sugteng’aq Wassilie at Calypso Farm and Ecology Center, just outside Fairbanks, Alaska. Johnson and Pete can’t always get fresh produce in their village of Alakanuk, near the Bering Sea. In August, they participated in an Indigenous-led farmer training program at the farm.

You buy fish from Alaska. Soon you might get your vegetables from there, too

Climate change threatens many traditional foods in Alaska. But it's also making farming more possible. A new training program aims to help Alaska Native communities grow more of their own food.

FILE - A ship moves through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near Bethel Island, Calif., March 12, 2008.

California's water tunnel to cost $20 billion. State officials say the benefits are worth it

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration says it will cost more than $20 billion to build a giant tunnel to capture and store more water.

Olympic and Paralympic medals are shown during the unveiling of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Medals on February 01, 2024 in Paris, France.

Olympic champions used to win clocks. Here’s how we settled on gold medals

Olympic athletes strive to win gold, silver and bronze medals. But there was a different prize when the games originated in Greece more than 2,700 years ago.

In this July 16, 2014 file photo, what was once a marina sits high and dry due to Lake Mead receding in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona.

California, Arizona, Nevada offer landmark drought deal to use less Colorado River water — for now

Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a deal to significantly cut their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years.

Late-summer heat waves are threatening Napa Valley's famed cabernet grapes, which produce some of the United States' most expensive wines. To survive in a hotter climate, winemakers are realizing they'll need to adapt.

Bold cabernet sauvignon wines made Napa Valley famous. Now, hotter temperatures are starting to damage the grapes, so some wineries are starting to experiment.

In this photo released by the Jasper National Park, smoke rises from a wildfire burning near Jasper, Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday.

In the Canadian Rockies, a fast-moving wildfire ravages the resort town of Jasper

The fire, which prompted 25,000 people to flee, roared into the near-deserted town overnight as a “wall of fire,” devastating up to half the structures in the picturesque resort, officials said.

The Rio Grande is shown between the border towns of Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, in January 2023.

Water treaty between Mexico and U.S. faces biggest test in 80 years

The water-sharing systems between Mexico and the U.S. are facing one of the biggest tests in their 80-year history after Mexico has fallen behind on billions of gallons of water deliveries.

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