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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Patrick Redford, who covers cycling and other sports for Defector, about the top storylines in the 2021 Tour de France, which ends this weekend.

Olympic officials say they want "sport appeal, not sex appeal." That's why the head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games will stop close-ups on female athletes' bodies.

President Trump announced he agreed to sign a stopgap spending bill to end the partial government shutdown. The deal, reached with top congressional leaders, does not include money for his border wall.

Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media breaks down the biggest trades in the MLB and discusses the top stories out of the Tokyo Olympics, from Simone Biles' withdrawal to Suni Lee's gold medal victory.

To keep their three kids in a sought-after public school district, one family sleeps in a car in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania Walmart while the parents work the overnight shift at the store.

Half or more of U.S. households say the financial impact of the pandemic has been serious. An NPR and Harvard survey found Houston households were affected the most, especially Blacks and Latinos.

China is battling coronavirus outbreaks in six cities. More than 20 million people are in some form of lockdown.

Congressional lawmakers are sounding a new bipartisan tone against a rising threat led by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Still, there is GOP divide on how President Biden should move forward.

President Biden wants to counter the economic might of China. He visited a semiconductor plant outside Seoul to kick off a trip aimed at his top foreign policy priority.

Some of the children want to know how someone could do something so horrible. Others are too young to fully comprehend. Parents say there are no easy answers to the questions the children ask.