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Paulina of Poland competes in the Breaking B-Girls Olympic Qualifier Series on June 22 in Budapest, Hungary.

How are new sports chosen for the Olympics?

Breaking is will join the games in Paris. But how did the dance style make it into the Olympics? NPR's Andrew Mambo speaks to ESPN's Alyssa Roenigk about how the IOC and host countries add sports.

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Fla., in the early morning hours on Wednesday.

Why Trump won — 9 takeaways from the 2024 election

Trump not only won in the Electoral College, but he won so big that he expanded his coalition with historic demographic shifts.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (right) administers the oath of office to incoming Vice President Kamala Harris in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021, as outgoing Vice President Mike Pence (wearing blue mask) watches.

Trump and Harris will meet face-to-face for the first time on the debate stage

Trump and Harris didn't directly interact while he was in the White House and she was in the Senate. She debated fellow vice presidential candidate Mike Pence in 2020.

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, the Republican vice presidential candidate, speaks at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Saturday.

The economic mind of JD Vance

The Republican vice presidential candidate represents a sharp break from the Republicanism of yesteryear.

A 2013 file photo of an Epoch Times newspaper box in New York City. The outlet was founded by adherents to the Falun Gong spiritual movement but it has morphed into a pro-Trump conservative news organization in recent years. Earlier this month, the organization's chief financial officer was arrested on federal money laundering charges.

Money laundering charges raise questions about the direction of The Epoch Times

The media site founded by adherents of Falun Gong morphed into a pro-Trump outlet that spouted conspiracy theories. Now the CEO is out after money laundering charges were filed against the CFO.

Escondido Charter High School football players during practice on Sept. 19, 2024.

Recent deaths put spotlight on contact sports. Should kids be playing?

Experts say children shouldn't start playing contact sports until at least 14 years old. And they say coaches' attitudes dictate how teams respond to injuries.

Companies that make weighted infant sleepwear say their products are safe and help babies sleep, but a growing chorus of medical experts, safe-sleep advocates and government regulators warn that the garments could be dangerous.

U.S. lawmakers urge banning weighted infant sleepwear over safety concerns

Weighted infant sleepwear companies say their products are safe and help babies sleep, but some medical experts, safe-sleep advocates and government regulators warn the garments could be dangerous.

Deb Haaland's push to protect Indigenous people disappoints some Native leaders

As a member of Congress, she passed a bill to hold the executive branch accountable for persistent violent crime in Native communities. Now she's a Cabinet secretary, but she's saying little about it.

A hearse and van sit outside the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., on Oct. 6, 2023. On Monday, a judge ordered the funeral home’s owners, Carie and Jon Hallford, to pay $950 million to families whose loved ones' remains were mishandled.

The owners of a Colorado funeral home are ordered to pay $950M over mishandled remains

"Bad behavior has significant consequences,” the attorney representing families in a class-action lawsuit says. The remains of nearly 200 people were found at the Return to Nature Funeral Home.

A sign at Imperial Beach warns of contaminated water.

Congress members make bipartisan request for cross-border sewage fix

Earlier this week, scientists reported dangerous levels of hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen cyanide in the Tijuana River Valley.

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