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David Wiegand, a 31-year-old mortgage underwriter from Portland, Ore., is the new national Scrabble champion. He was crowned in Reno, Nev., after winning three out of the five games in the final match against Panupol Sujjayakorn, 21, an economics student from Thailand.

The U.S. women's soccer team wins a fiercely competitive gold-medal game against Brazil in the Summer Olympics. Abby Wambach headed in a crossing corner kick from the left side to end the match in overtime. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Tom Goldman.

The supposedly psychic cat Achilles predicted a victory for Russia in its opening match of the World Cup.

Two recent deaths of New York City firefighters from 9/11-related illnesses brought the total to 343, matching the FDNY's death toll from 9/11.

One of the men arrested was Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán's brother-in-law, who authorities say supervised the construction of a tunnel used for his escape.

The marksman's commanding officer says the bullet hit a suspected militant who was wearing a vest rigged with explosives. The subsequent blast killed a group of men in Afghanistan.

At least six people are said to have died after the El Almirante ferry, which was carrying more than 150 passengers, began sinking.

In a recent Gallup poll, most named immigration the biggest problem confronting the nation. But past periods of heightened worries have been brief — and haven't brought about solutions.

Images of a young man reciting poetry at a protest in Sudan and an immersive 360 project from Hong Kong were among the winners of World Press Photo awards.

"Coming back out and getting the chance to race again was just the perfect thing to do, actually," Shiffrin said. She had failed to finish qualifying runs in two events earlier this week.