Michael Phelps closed out the Arena Pro Swim Series meet with a win in the 100 meter freestyle on Saturday, and also finished third in the 200-meter individual medley behind fellow Olympic champion Ryan Lochte.
Olympic champion swimmer failed to qualify for 400m freestyle final.
Olympic swimming champion Phelps wins 100m butterfly in racing return.
Phelps, who was suspended last year by USA Swimming after his arrest on drunk driving charges, is entered in the 100-metre butterfly on Thursday, 100m backstroke and 400m freestyle on Friday and 200m individual medley and 100m freestyle on Saturday.
Sandeep Kaur had pleaded guilty to four counts of bank robberies earlier this year. Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports from California.
A 20-year-old US student who was shot in the shoulder during the deadly Arizona rampage this week took it in his stride and posted online a series of bloody selfies rather than calling for medical help.
The individual identified as Syed Vaqar Ashraf, charged on nine counts, transferred more than $62,000 (Rs 41.4 lakh) to a US company in different money transfers from Pakistan between 2012 and 2014, towards the purchase of a series of high-end drones -- with an estimated cost of more than $340,000, according to court documents.
Michael Phelps may be handed a chance to compete at this year's world championships in Russia once he completes his suspension for a drink driving conviction, a United States Swimming official said.
The CH-47F version of the Chinook that India is buying from the United States is a high-tech marvel.
Led by US President Barack Obama, Americans on Tuesday mourned the death of its citizen Kayla Jean Mueller, who was taken hostage in Syria by the Islamic State group.
Tiger Woods withdrew after 11 holes of his opening round at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Singer Katy Perry's performance at Super Bowl was hyped for months and did not disappoint.
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Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
The best red carpet looks from the British Fashion Awards 2015.
Sandeep Kaur could face up to 20 years for each robbery.
American swimmer Michael Phelps pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol and received 18 months of supervised probation and a one-year suspended jail sentence.
These photos prove we live in a bizarre world.
Believe it or not, but a new record for the most expensive photograph ever has been set by landscape photographer Peter Lik's $6.5 million (about Rs 40 crore) snap titled the 'Phantom'.
Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39 is in the batch of 2017.
Glass bridges are conceptually scary but they are also enormous fun for those daring enough to cross them.
Pop singer Katy Perry will headline the halftime entertainment at February's Super Bowl, the most-watched US sporting and television event, according to an announcement by the National Football League on Sunday.
Indians constitute 4 per cent of the total illegal immigrants living in the US, a country where the overall unauthorised immigrant population has remained unchanged since 2009, a latest report has said.
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"We must also look beyond this terrible moment and decide what we as a nation are willing to do to prevent hatred, gun violence and domestic terrorism," said Congressman Ann Kirkpatrick from Arizona.
Chills, thrills and more in Nik Wallenda's death-defying feat
A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on Thursday drew thousands of admirers to the boxer's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where mourners prayed over the body of a man who battled in the ring and sought peace outside it. An estimated 14,000 people, representing many races and creeds, attended the jenazah, or "funeral" in Arabic, where he was repeatedly feted as "the people's champion." Ali, a three-time heavyweight champion known for his showmanship, political activism and devotion to humanitarian causes, died on Friday of septic shock in an Arizona hospital. He was 74.
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook publicly came out as gay in an article he wrote in Bloomberg Businessweek.
Physiology student Maya Charuni Sarihan from Scottsdale, Arizona, was crowned the 22nd Miss India America 2014 in Los Angeles.
The circuitous plot spins around the narrative like a yoyo gone berserk, keeping things tight but loopy, writes Raja Sen.
Diplomatic and Congressional sources tell Rediff.com that for all intents and purposes, the F-16 sale is dead.
'The Punjab government should initiate proper implementation of the Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Bill to save youth from fraudulent travel agents and the human trafficking mafia.'
A 9-year-old girl accidentally killed an Arizona shooting instructor as he was showing her how to use an automatic Uzi, authorities said Tuesday.
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Brittney Griner's life is bubbling. This 23-year-old basketball star player is used to the spotlight but these days it has increasingly exceeded.
A gunman opened fire at a military recruiting center in Tennessee on Thursday and at least one police officer was shot, the local mayor said.
Yousuf, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona shares this picture of Tarawih prayers during Ramzan.
Senior Republican Senator John McCain has joined the group of lawmakers urging Congressional leadership to invite India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
Researchers claim to have developed a new treatment for ovarian cancer that can increase the rate of tumour shrinkage and prolong the time until cancers recur.
Locked in a neck-and-neck battle, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have made a last minute dash to key swing states to woo undecided voters as major polls on the final weekend before the election day showed the race for the White House was too close to call.
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