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Third-seeded Simona Halep fell victim to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni on Wednesday and, a day later, Wozniacki missed out on securing her first third-round berth at Roland Garros since 2012. MORE: Sleepers on the women’s side | Serena’s elbow not 100 percent A gusty showing from Goerges proved sufficient for a fourth career victory over the Dane. American Irina Falconi awaits Goerges in the next round. Wozniacki made a promising enough start to her eighth career meeting with Goerges, gaining the first break of the match in the fourth game to move ahead 3-1....

Squaring Off–And Making History When Venus Williams beat Steffi Graf at the Lipton Championships on Friday, she pointed toward the stands at her sister Serena and gestured, It’s you and me. Their showdown on Sunday marked the first sister-vs.-sister finale in tennis in 115 years. So far, the sisters haven’t shown signs of sibling rivalry–they’re practicing partners, full-time travel companions and best friends. “I really don’t want them to have friends outside the family,” their father and coach, Richard Williams, told NEWSWEEK in August....

Scheduled to fight in March, Molina was arrested in Las Vegas days before the bout on a 2007 warrant from Wisconsin. Charge: failure to register as a sex offender. Molina was released from jail two months ago. His partner of 11 years, Sarah Anaya, and their 10-year-old son reside in Chicago. He lives in and can’t leave Mexico because of immigration issues. Molina is 22-5-2 with six knockouts. Bundrage is 33-5 with 19 KOs....

Stairways to Heaven City streets offer a chance to stretch your legs, but suburban houses and malls have their own form of hidden exercise: stairs. In an hour of stair climbing you will more than double the number of calories you burn walking. But it turns out that not many ‘burbanites are taking advantage of this exercise advantage: a 1998 study by Johns Hopkins researchers found that only about 5 percent of mall shoppers chose the stairs over the elevator....

Today, Wagner has a beautiful family and continues to stay active through biking and many other sports. Developed by Chicago-based Intersport in 1991, “Courage in Sports” is entering its 26th year of celebrating the most incredible athletes in the world. Traditionally a one-hour television special aired each fall, Sporting News will be the official online home for “Courage in Sports.” Each week, “Courage in Sports” will deliver a relevant and powerful story of courage, resilience and excellence in the face of adversity....

Break the silence. The first challenge is simply to face reality. Until recently, few African leaders acknowledged that AIDS was a problem. The disease still carries a strong stigma, but the official silence is breaking. The presidents of Zimbabwe and Kenya are now calling AIDS an urgent problem. Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland have all announced new anti-AIDS initiatives in the past year. And many governments are teaming up with corporations and community groups to raise public awareness....

Los Catrachos have been to the previous two World Cups, with qualification for the 2010 tournament their first trip to the sport’s biggest stage since 1982. Fans rejoiced and began to expect more from their team, but getting back to the World Cup for a third time will be difficult. Honduras currently sits fifth in the Hex, the final round of qualification in CONCACAF, outside the top three automatic qualification spots and the fourth-place position that will go to a playoff....

With her supersize appetite, O’Nan’s weight spiraled to 360 pounds. She tried dieting, but nothing worked. O’Nan did some research and stumbled across a little-known book called “Volumetrics” (harpercollins.com), which promised that she could manage her weight by choosing foods that the program calls “low in energy density,” foods that make you feel satiated, or full, but that are also low in calories. She swapped her serving of fast-food fries for an even larger portion of boiled redskin potatoes in a garlic-dill sauce....

College basketball affects every part of a Kentuckian’s life, including obeying — or not obeying — the law. MORE: Preseason Top 25 | SN All-Americans | Top Dunkers to watch for This, via Reddit, appeared on a recent exam for a Kentucky traffic school. The Final Four, a more celebrated holiday in the Commonwealth than Thanksgiving, Easter and Cinco de Mayo. 

But the “Stick” was also a fierce place, where whipping winds and fog from San Francisco Bay often made for chilly conditions for fans and players. The city-owned stadium is now set to be demolished for a planned housing, retail and entertainment development. Here are 10 defining moments in its history: OPENING DAY — Richard Nixon was vice president. Willie Mays was a Giants slugger. Both were on hand for Candlestick’s opening day April 12, 1960, with Nixon throwing out the first pitch....

Several key Senate races are still a toss-up, according to poll tracking from RealClearPolitics (RCP) and FiveThirtyEight, making exact results difficult to predict. Democrats will need 50 seats to retain control of the chamber, but a margin that then will require Vice President Kamala Harris to provide her casting vote on some legislation, as she has done over the past two years. That would allow Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to remain in his job....

Why would one woman’s complaint against a cop trigger another? Last January, after an indignant Angelina Torres, 27, publicly claimed a Suffolk County, N.Y., highway-patrol officer had forced her to strip and walk home wearing only underpants, it seemed to unleash a deluge of complaints against police officers there. Within a month six other women, including Deon, came forward claiming Frank Wright had abused them, too. Experts say the answer may lie in the way women victims view their assailant....

James B. Gilmore, one of three Wilmington Police Department (WPD) officers who were fired over comments made about Black people in a recorded conversation, sent a letter to the Wilmington Civil Service Board on July 2, in which he argued his comments were protected by the Constitution. “I did not make any comments based upon racist ideology and my comments were directed towards the Black Lives Matter movement, which has cost officers their lives, threatened officers with death, threatened to kill officer’s family members, to include their children,” Gilmore wrote in the letter....

Clinton believes that a war against tobacco will be a political winner–not just in his family but in millions of households. Last week he laid down the biggest government challenge to cigarette manufacturers since the 1964 surgeon general’s report that linked smoking to lung cancer. Calling it a"pediatric disease" on the order of polio and smallpox, the administration vowed to reduce tobacco use among an estimated 3 million minors by 50 percent within seven years....

Types of Burns of the Tongue There are two types of burns that typically affect the tongue — chemical burns and heat (thermal) burns. When it comes to burns on the tongue, heat burns (like from that too-hot cocoa) are much more likely to occur than chemical burns, which are caused by caustic and dangerous chemicals coming into contact with tissue. The two types of burns should not be treated the same way, so it is important that you know how the injury occurred....

The South Metro Fire Rescue (SMFR) was alerted to a report that “people were dying” at a home in the 20900 block of Princeton Place, in Arapahoe County, at around 9:30 p.m. local time on Saturday. An SMFR spokesperson said a video posted on social media showed a crowd between 100 to 150 people jumping on the first floor before the collapse happened. Many people then “violently” fell into the basement, which scattered a large amount of debris among the party attendees....

“G90 will redefine the flagship luxury design experience in a unique way only offered by Genesis.” said Head of Genesis Global Design, SangYup Lee. “G90 is the ultimate expression of Athletic Elegance that carefully balances dynamic driving and an elegant rear seat experience.” A new take on the company’s signature Crest Grille sits at the front of the car’s face, flanked by Two-Line headlights that are designed to resemble the brand’s emblem....

It was not surprising, then, to see Hillary Clinton try to reframe her image last week in a much-anticipated commencement address at Wellesley College. She stressed family values and her commitment to children, including her 12-year-old daughter, Chelsea. Mindful of her own controversial image, she also talked about the backlash a woman faces whichever path she takes. Unmarried women are considered “abnormal”; a married woman without children is “a selfish Yuppie”; working women are “bad” mothers; mothers who stay home have “wasted” their education....