The action kicks off today in Paris. The U.S. is once again ranked No. 1 in the world — but any number of teams could bring home the prize. Here’s your essential guide to the tournament.

“This unsafe action forced USS Chancellorsville to execute all engines back full and to maneuver to avoid collision,” the U.S. Navy says. But Russia’s military says it was the American ship’s fault.

Florida’s emergency managers are reassessing how they order evacuations based on Florida’s experience last year with Hurricane Michael.

Many organic farmers rely on plastic as a form of mulch, but it ends up in landfills. Biodegradable plastic could help, but some worry about its long-term effects on soil health and the environment.

A proposed change could see more radio stations ending up in the hands of fewer executives, which would have a homogenizing effect on radio dials around the U.S. The thing is, that’s already happened.

At StoryCorps, Alexei Romanoff, an 82-year-old gay activist, recalls lessons he learned as a teenager from a proud gay elder — and which resonated as an adult.

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey found that three-quarters of Americans want the Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade. But there is also complexity — and contradiction — in respondents’ views.

The Hyde Amendment is a 43-year-old law that prohibits taxpayer-supported health care programs from using federal funds for abortions.

April’s two livestreamed births and the park’s “giraffe cam” videos of April have, together, been viewed hundreds of millions of times. She has retired from the breeding program.

Seventeen automakers signed a letter to the Trump administration and California Gov. Gavin Newsom saying they want one set of policies to reduce greenhouse gases and make cars more fuel efficient.

The video game has become one of the most popular and best selling of all time. Its creator, Alexey Pajitnov, says that’s because it appeals to humanity’s “constructive spirit.”

New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill admitted police actions were “wrong” during the Stonewall riot, a landmark in the LGBTQ rights movement.

Thomas Hofeller once referred to the drawing of legislative districts as “the only legalized form of vote-stealing left in the United States.” The late Republican strategist’s work may now be undone.

The former prime minister of New Zealand and gender equality champion is at the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, where attendees treat her like a rock star.

A study from Niger reveals a dramatic drop in mortality among children given a twice-yearly dose of azithromycin. Yet concern remains about the potential impact on antibiotic resistance.

Ray Lambert is part of a dying generation of veterans who survived D-Day. Seventy-five years later, he wants to be remembered as someone who “was willing to die for my family and for my country.”

The accident occurred around 6:45 a.m. ET near a training area in New York state and involved a light medium tactical vehicle — the military’s multipurpose transport truck — the academy says.

Meryl Streep joins the Big Little Lies cast as the mother of the man killed at the end of Season 1 — complicating things for the Monterey Five, who are still processing the aftermath of the death.

Niels Högel admitted to injecting patients with heart drugs so he could try to resuscitate them. He was initially accused in a handful of deaths but was found to have been involved in dozens more.

“They won back this ground for civilization,” President Trump said of the Allied troops who took part in the massive D-Day invasion in 1944.

For her latest release, Begin Again, Jones ditched the album format in favor of a collection of seven singles that would allow her to sprawl out musically.

When people who own dogs are stressed, their dogs also get stressed, a new study suggests. It’s another indication of how emotionally synchronized dogs and their humans can be.

Oregon will be the second state to pass an economywide system to regulate carbon emissions. Critics say a similar program in California has not had much impact.

Leslie Cruise served as a paratrooper during the D-Day invasion, June 6, 1944. The 95-year-old veteran reflects on his survival often and believes he has an obligation to share his story.

A majority of consumers now ignore phone calls, assuming they’re mostly spam. Regulators and the wireless industry admit they don’t yet have answers about stopping the growing scourge.

The Chinese leader met with his Russian counterpart at the Kremlin on Wednesday. Former rivals Russia and China have drawn closer in recent years.

The company agreed to make the payments to resolve federal criminal and civil investigations of its marketing practices. Five of its executives were convicted separately for the same practices.

A federal judge in New York says he’s not planning to rule on the allegations until after the Supreme Court’s likely decision this month on the fate of the census question.

The administration is under pressure from Mexico and top Republicans to back off of a threat to impose tariffs on that country if it does not make an effort to curb illegal immigration.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement is telling migrant shelters to scale back on activities that are “not directly necessary for the protection of life and safety.”