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Is the depth of the Paris Olympics pool preventing world records from being broken? Here, an underwater view shows (from left) South Africa's Kaylene Corbett, Ireland's Mona McSharry and South Africa's Tatjana Smith competing in a heat of the women's 200m breaststroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 31.

Is the Paris pool slow and shallow? Experts say it’s not only about depth

Why have the Paris Olympics brought so many exciting swimming events — but not so many world records? It turns out that the pool's depth is just one possible reason.

San Diego Fire and Rescue Department Station 1

Mayor Gloria appoints Robert Logan as San Diego's next fire chief

"I am deeply honored and grateful to be appointed by Mayor Gloria to be our city's next fire chief," Logan said.

It's Post Malone's week at the top of the chart, and he had some help

It's still summer, but signs indicate that the season of Taylor Swift's album chart dominance may be coming to an end. This week's harbinger: a certain face-tattooed rapper-turned-country star.

FILE - In this photo provided by Japan Coast Guard, debris believed to be from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft is seen off the coast of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan, Nov. 29, 2023. (Japan Coast Guard via AP, File)

Osprey crash was caused by pilot's decision to keep flying with cracks in a gear

The crash last November off the coast of Japan killed eight. The Air Force said the pilot decided to keep flying rather than heed multiple warnings that he should land.

Despite the passage of a federal law allocating money to wildfire victims, Yolanda Cruz is still waiting for her FEMA claim to be resolved more than two years after the largest wildfire in New Mexico's history.

These New Mexico fire victims are starting to give up on FEMA

As Ruidoso, N.M., starts recovering from a deadly wildfire, people who survived the state's largest fire two years ago say FEMA still isn't giving them what they need.

Clouds obscure the view of the setting sun on 42nd street in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.

What is Manhattanhenge? Here's when and where you can see the phenomenon

Twice annually — weeks before and after the summer solstice — residents and tourists raise their phones to capture Manhattan’s sun aligning with the city grid, creating a spectacular sunset.

Shenseea backstage during her headlining show at Webster Hall in New York City.

Shenseea’s not done experimenting with dancehall's pop future

On Never Gets Late Here, Shenseea takes the scope of dancehall even higher. And, yet, the Jamaican singer tells NPR that she's already looking forward: “Just look out for new music. We’re not stopping."

Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour on Friday, June 21, in London.

Chemicals found at the home of a Taylor Swift concert attack suspect, officials say

The suspect had uploaded an oath of allegiance to the current leader of the Islamic State militia group to an internet account a few weeks ago, investigators said Wednesday.

Toyin Salami of Lagos, Nigeria, with her 4-year-old daughter, Kudirat. Her husband, Saheed, tends to two of their other children. "It's hard to get food, let alone nutritious food," she says.

PHOTOS: How 9 families cope when they can't afford 3 healthy meals a day for the kids

"Severe child food poverty" is on the rise, affecting 181 million young kids. Here's how families cope when their kids are hungry and they can't afford to put 3 nutritious meals a day on the table.

President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.

Biden to call in State of the Union for business tax hikes, middle class tax cuts and lower deficits

The president will deliver his remarks starting Thursday at 6 p.m. PST.

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