AP National News

Simone Biles edged Rebeca Andrade of Brazil during a tense all-around gymnastics final Thursday to become a two-time Olympic champion

The stakes have grown higher for Venezuela’s electoral authority to show proof backing its decision to declare President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the country’s presidential election after the United States recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González as the victor, discrediting the official results of the vote

Sea lions are stranding on a long stretch of California coast with signs of poisoning by a naturally occurring bloom of harmful algae

A woman has been arrested on hate crime charges in the vandalism of the homes of the Brooklyn Museum’s leaders during a wave of pro-Palestinian protests

A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver has crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes

A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver has crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes

A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver has crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes

A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver has crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes

A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver has crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes

A wildfire in Colorado's heavily populated Front Range region has burned about two dozen homes and outbuildings