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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tim Podlogar, who researches exercise metabolism, about how elite cyclists consume thousands of calories each day to compete in the Tour de France.

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has had a great season and is closing in on one of baseball's rarest batting milestones: breaking .400. The last player to do it was Ted Williams in 1941.

UCLA has one of the most storied programs in college basketball. But for all of its success on the men's side, the women's team has won only one national championship. This year they're undefeated.

The creators behind the viral TikTok account @lifeonfilm.27 give film cameras to strangers all over the world. In September, they handed one to one of the most powerful men in the world.

The 38-year-old tennis legend, who has been dealing with injuries in recent years, said he will step away from the sport after next month’s Davis Cup finals.

China's President Hu Jintao has sworn in a new leader for Hong Kong amid large public protests. The island is marking the 15th anniversary of its return to Chinese sovereignty at a time when mistrust toward China is at its highest level since Hong Kong's handover in 1997.

Bundle up and prepare: People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says.

Scientists who warned of heat waves and rising seas this week also say that it's possible to avoid the worst effects of the warming climate. They're relying on computer models of the world economy.

Federal agencies are sending out sample contract agreements to their employees in what appears to be an effort to alleviate doubts. But some of the language differs from the original offer.

Palestinians fled the 1948 Mideast War and took refuge in neighboring Syria. After 77 years, they're still waiting to go back. They are telling Palestinians in Gaza to stay put.