How the Olympic drug testing system is supposed to function — and why it may not be working.

At least three candidates — Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania — are scheduled to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday.

Multiracial people have long been a Rorschach test: We bear the anxiety, rage and confusion that others feel about the amorphous construction we call race.

Vanilla substitutes exist, but there is no replacing the symphonic complexities of the real thing.

A proposed “Muslim-friendly” community near Minneapolis was called segregationist. The backlash was called Islamophobic. Who gets to define inclusion?

With vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows, the architectural features of churches have become huge draws for business owners.

Every summer, a neighborhood in Queens loses its beach to piping plovers, an endangered shorebird. Some residents want it back.

In a hub for drugs and disarray, some see New York at its worst. Others see a community doing its best to help.

Far-right groups and anti-immigration protesters have taken to the streets after a mass stabbing in the town of Southport was followed by a wave of disinformation about the identity of the attacker.

“There’s Still Tomorrow” tells a story of a feminism that everyone can agree on and enjoy.

There are people walking around the world’s fashion capital with fluffy cockerels on their heads. This is not normal.

The storm is expected to bring significant amounts of rain to the Gulf Coast of Florida, and it is expected to make landfall as a hurricane by the end of the weekend.

Gold medals in track and field brought St. Lucia and Dominica into an exclusive club of nations. But for 66 other countries and territories, the wait for an Olympic medal goes on, and on, and on.

President Biden has expressed concern that the circumstances of the assassination have thrown cease-fire talks into doubt, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel rejects that idea, officials say.

The relationship with a teacher at his children’s elementary school occurred when he was married to his first wife, years before he met Ms. Harris.

Ms. Jaffe spent decades covering politics and aging in America, and she was the first editor of the NPR program “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

Mr. Trump said in a social media post that the previously scheduled presidential debate to be hosted by ABC News was “terminated” once President Biden dropped out of the race.

Even as Trump plays up racial divisions, many Americans said they would rather not dwell on race or identity. “We can all see that you’re Black.”

After a deadly stabbing at a children’s event in northwestern England, an array of online influencers, anti-Muslim extremists and fascist groups have stoked unrest, experts say.

Mayor London Breed has told city officials to issue citations and encourage homeless people to leave town by offering free bus tickets.