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There have been plenty of moments during the Olympics coverage in Rio when viewers have called out commentators for using sexist language to talk about female athletes. Language researcher Sarah Grieves of Cambridge University Press just worked on a new study that shows the problem is larger than live TV flubs.

Men's soccer in Brazil has always reigned supreme. Women were actually banned from playing in the country for decades. But the success of the women's team at the Rio Olympics is changing the narrative.

American Airlines is urging pilots and crews to fly faster and take shorter routes to decrease delays. The pilot union says this "pilot pushing," as they call it, will thin the margins of safety.

When Olympian Fu Yuanhui said "my period started last night," she shed light on shifting attitudes toward menstruation in her homeland.

"It hit hard, it hit fast, it hit with an intensity that we haven't seen before," San Bernardino County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig says. "There will be a lot of families that come home to nothing."

The retail giant denies that a backlash to its policy of opening bathrooms to transgender choice has caused a slide in sales.

They'll be on the road by 2021, the company says, and will build on automation already available for help with parking and avoiding traffic. The vehicles could be used for ride sharing, Uber-style.

Senate Republicans are bracing for down-ballot losses that are likely to cost the party their Senate majority this year.

The U.S. women haven't lost a game at the Olympics since 1992. They have medaled in all nine of the Olympics they've competed in, and they're hoping their next medal is another gold one.

Renee Montagne talks to Billy Nungesser about the devastating floods in his state. When he was president of Plaquemines Parish, his community faced five hurricanes and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.