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The new Michael Phelps may be a Frenchman. Gold medalist Leon Marchand stands with silver medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita, left, of Japan, and bronze medalist Carson Foster, of the United States, following the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Sunday in Nanterre, France.

The once-mighty U.S. swim team sinks in early Olympic races, winning only two golds

The once-mighty U.S. Olympic swim team has only won two gold medals so far at the Paris Games. Athletes say the sport has grown more competitive since Americans like Michael Phelps owned the pool.

Torri Huske of Team USA reacts after winning gold in the women’s 100-meter butterfly final on Sunday at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Torri Huske missed a medal by 1/100th of a second in Tokyo. On Sunday, she won gold

Her teammate Gretchen Walsh had been favored after setting the world record during Olympic trials in June. But it was Huske who won Paris gold, an emotional win after her "devastating" Tokyo result.

Sharks in the Seine — <em>mon dieu!</em>

'Under Paris' is a Seine-sational French shark movie

If you are watching the movie in the original French and you have the English subtitles on, you will see a lot of the caption "[panicked screams]."

Cardboard beds at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games have made headlines.

Cardboard beds have returned to the Olympics. What do they do?

Cardboard beds are one of the Olympics' latest green innovations. But not all the athletes are fans.

Olivia Reeves, of the U.S.A., performs a snatch during the women's weightlifting 71kg on Friday at the South Paris Arena during the Paris Summer Olympics. She won the U.S.'s first weightlifting gold in 24 years.

Olivia Reeves wins first U.S. weightlifting Olympic gold medal in 24 years

U.S. weightlifter Olivia Reeves won a gold medal in her Olympic debut. She lifted a total of 262 kilograms, or roughly 577 pounds to bring home the U.S.'s first weightlifting gold since 2000.

The USA Men’s rugby sevens team huddles to discuss strategy on July 1, 2024 at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center. Chula Vista, Calif.

USA Rugby announces men’s Olympic rugby sevens team in Chula Vista

The team is pursuing the USA Men’s rugby sevens’ first Olympic medal, 100 years after the U.S. won its last Olympic gold in rugby.

Algeria's Imane Khelif (left) hits Hungary's Anna Hamori in their women's 66kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Saturday in Paris.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif clinches Olympic medal after gender outcry

Imane Khelif clinched a medal in an emotional fight that followed sharp scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender have exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports.

St. Katharine Drexel Academy's campus in El Cerrito, photographed on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024.

Low enrollment, lack of funding puts Catholic school in danger of closing

The Catholic Diocese of San Diego has helped cover the school’s deficits in the past, but now that it’s declared bankruptcy, it no longer can.

Canada's Adriana Leon, left, and New Zealand's Mackenzie Barry fight for the ball during the women's group match between Canada and New Zealand the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Etienne, France on Thursday.

Canada beats New Zealand in women's soccer as Olympic spy drone scandal grows

Two employees on Canada's team were let go and its head coach was removed for their part in a plot to spy on the training sessions of the lower-ranked New Zealand women's soccer team.

The FBI investigates the area on Orleans Street and Bourbon Street by St. Louis Cathedral where a suspicious package was detonated after a person drove a truck into a crowd earlier on Bourbon Street.

Photos: Scenes after the attack on New Orleans' Bourbon Street

Authorities say the driver drove around a barricade and plowed through a crowd along Bourbon Street, the city's iconic stretch of bars and hotels near the French Quarter.

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