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For years, Miriam Colvin's grandfather told the story of a boxing match between a young Indiana farm boy and a 14-year-old kid from Kentucky — named Cassius Clay. But was the story true?

A medical residency program is the next training step for newly minted doctors, and awaiting "the match" can be tense. For some international students, Trump's travel ban has made that tension worse.

The last person Jeff Ibrahim expected to face in the gold medal round of a jiu-jitsu competition in California was tech entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg.

Described by the Huffington Post as, “an evolutionary force in contemporary Middle Eastern music”, NIYAZ has created a 21st century global trance tradition, seamlessly blending poetry and folk songs from their native Iran and surrounding countries, with rich, acoustic instrumentation and state-of-the-art, modern electronics. With a sound that is both modern, yet steeped in tradition, NIYAZ (which means “yearning”), aims to bridge the gap of understanding and tolerance through their music. Led by charismatic front woman AZAM ALI, whose Turkish-Iranian heritage and Indian upbringing have created a singer of bewitching and richly textured proportions, NIYAZ create uplifting, transformative music, making a bold statement as they tear down cultural boundaries and offer listeners a bridge between the East and the West – a sanctuary in our modern world of polarized ideologies. Join NIYAZ as they perform on the last day of the 13-day-long Iranian New Year celebration.

NIYAZ are: Azam Ali – vocalist and composer and Loga R. Torkian – multi-instrumentalist and composer

Serena Williams was on course for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title when she was stunned by Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon on Saturday.

Officials are still counting ballots from the midterm elections in several states — in part because of the signature verification process. But signatures change over time, especially young people's.

Slate contributor Timothy Noah analyzes the classic Cole Porter tune "You're the Top." The song was a catalog of the top of 1930s pop culture, but Noah wonders whether the then-current references will leave contemporary listeners bewitched, bothered and bewildered.

This weekend features three top-10 matchups, the most ever for an opening weekend in college football history. And Arch Manning, the most hyped player of a generation, will start for the first time.