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The entire USA Gymnastics board will resign, the group says. Rachael Denhollander (center) listens as Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse over decades of his involvement with the program.

Entire Board Of USA Gymnastics To Resign

USA Gymnastics said it "completely embraces the requirements" set by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Sexual abuser and former team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison this week.

Naomi Osaka, left, and Carlos Alcaraz react during their second-round matches on Thursday at the U.S. Open in Queens, New York.

Two of tennis' biggest names are knocked out of the U.S. Open in the 2nd round

The final Grand Slam of the year isn't lacking in drama. Third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz lost to no. 74 Botic van de Zandschulp in a stunning upset, while Naomi Osaka's comeback hopes were dashed.

Paul McCartney and Wings hit No. 1 in 1976 with "Silly Love Songs."

Weekend LISTening: No. 1 Songs Of The '70s

From Simon & Garfunkel to The Knack, hear a playlist of the songs at the top of the pop charts for each year of the decade.

A Washington state man has been arrested after allegedly calling a Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store and threatening to kill the Black people inside. This nearby Tops Grocery store in Buffalo was the scene of a deadly mass shooting in May.

A Washington man makes calls across the country threatening racial violence

The federal criminal complaint details other threatening calls allegedly made by the suspect over the past year to businesses in California, Maryland, Connecticut and Washington state, officials say.

Levi Stubbs, Gave Voice To Emotion

Stubbs gave voice to emotion — to love, to hurt, to desire, to loneliness. Songs like "I Can't Help Myself," "Reach Out, I'll Be There" and "Baby I Need Your Lovin' " made him one of Motown's most recognizable voices. He died Friday in Detroit.

A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs dropped off for disposal is displayed during the Drug Enforcement Administration's 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day earlier this year in Los Angeles. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose from April 2020 to April 2021.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have topped 100,000 for the first time

The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.

Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, speaks during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 14, 2020 about his concerns that Health and Human Services leaders were "dismissive" of his "predictions" about the spread of the coronavirus. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Government Scientist Adds To Whistle-Blower Complaint And Quits NIH

Lawyers for Rick Bright wrote in the addendum to his May filing that "the work of scientists is ignored or denigrated to meet political goals and to advance President Trump's re-election aspirations."

A pilot gestures from the grounded EC-LZO Boeing 767 flight, initially meant to deport Rwandan asylum-seekers, at Boscombe Down Air Base in Boscombe Down, England, on June 14. The flight taking asylum-seekers from the U.K. to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute, after the intervention of the European Court of Human Rights.

U.K. top court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

The ruling comes months after the government introduced a plan to deport hundreds of potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Immigration lawyers and human rights groups have warned of rights violations.

Hotel workers on strike chant and beat drums while picketing outside the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel on Sunday in Boston.

Thousands of hotel workers launch strike after talks stall with top chains

Workers are demanding higher wages and more staffing to ease their workload. The union says that cuts to staffing and guest services that many hotels made during the COVID-19 pandemic were never restored.

What America's top economists are saying about AI and inequality

Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial intelligence.

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