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The 22-year-old American topped a competitive field Thursday in Beijing. Figure skaters from Japan came in second and third.

Research shows that sleep deprivation makes people emotionally volatile and temperamental — a fact that hasn't escaped the notice of some reality TV producers, who deny contestants sleep in an effort to kick up televised drama.

A mastodon tooth washed up on a California beach and then went missing. A local museum tried to track it down.

U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin looks unstoppable everywhere except the Olympics. She's running out of chances to medal at the Milan Cortina Games.

One of China's biggest tennis stars accused a former Vice Premier of sexual assault — then disappeared from public view. The Women's Tennis Association is calling on China to prove she's OK.

In Miami-Dade County, Fla., a grand jury issued a report on the collapse of a condo tower in Surfside that killed 98 people. Among its recommendations: inspect condo buildings every 10 years.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach avoided taking positions on any political controversies ahead of the beginning of the Beijing Winter Games in a news conference Thursday.

The tournament's defending champion posted a photo of himself smiling at an airport. But in Australia, some of the responses to his Twitter post were not happy ones.

A wind-driven wildfire broke out late Friday in the rugged mountains above Big Sur, forcing residents to evacuate from their homes and authorities to shut down a stretch of Pacific Coast Highway.

CNN said new documents "raise serious questions" about the anchor's role in trying to help his brother, former N.Y. governor Andrew Cuomo, respond to sexual misconduct allegations.