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Justify, with jockey Mike Smith aboard, crosses the finish line to win the 150th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, and the rare Triple Crown title on Saturday in Elmont, N.Y.

Justify Captures Triple Crown With Belmont Stakes Win

Justify is the 13th horse to capture the title, delivering legendary horse trainer Bob Baffert his second Triple Crown win.

Deafheaven's <em>Ordinary Corrupt Human Love </em>comes out July 13.

With 'Honeycomb,' Deafheaven Matches Its Expansive Promise

The first single from the metal band's fourth album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, offers a gift for the patient Deafheaven listener.

Then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt at a Cabinet meeting in June.

EPA Spent An Extra $2 Million To Give Scott Pruitt Security

The agency administrator's protective services detail expanded from six to 19 agents, but it never made a threat analysis to size up his security needs.

A young man uses heroin under a bridge in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, a neighborhood that has become a hub for heroin use. The economic costs of the epidemic are mounting, researchers say, as the U.S. loses more and more workers in their prime.

Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing

Economists tracking federal mortality data say the opioid crisis is undercutting the productivity of people in their prime working years — 30s and 40s.

Best Buy and other retailers use a third-party organization, The Retail Equation, to determine whether a consumer should be authorized to make returns.

Some Retailers Are Holding Your Returns Against You

Some major retailers use consumer shopping behavior to determine whether they are a risk or should be authorized to make returns.

Anna Burns, author of Milkman, which was awarded the Man Booker Prize for Fiction on Tuesday.

Man Booker Prize For Fiction Goes To 'Milkman' By Anna Burns

For the first time, a writer from Northern Ireland has won the prestigious award. The story draws on Burns' own experiences during "the troubles."

A man rides his bike along a street as Hurricane Willa arrives to Escuinapa, Sinaloa state, on Tuesday.

Willa Weakens To Tropical Depression, Moves Inland Over Western Mexico

The storm has been rapidly downgraded after making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. It is forecast to dissipate by Wednesday afternoon.

An investigator heads to the scene of shooting Sunday, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Authorities in Colorado say one deputy has died and multiple others were wounded, along with two civilians, in a shooting that followed a domestic disturbance in suburban Denver.

1 Officer Dead, 4 Others Wounded In Colorado Shooting, Police Say

In a suburb south of Denver, one officer is dead and four others injured after an "ambush-type attack." Two civilians were also injured. The suspect is believed to be dead.

Proposed Short-Term Funding Agreement Does Not Include DACA Protections

A short-term spending agreement that seems to be headed to President Trump's desk on Monday does not include protections for DACA recipients that Democrats hoped for. Three DREAMers, Brittany Aguilera, Cesar Vargas and Carla Aguirre react to the proposed agreement.

Doritos, For Her

Men and women eat chips differently, says PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, and her company is working on a version of Doritos specifically for women — designed to be low-crunch and to fit in a purse.

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