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The Tour de France reaches its conclusion on Sunday. This year, angry competitors said they were sick of riding under the cloud of dopers from the 1990s and 2000s. The current race appears to be dope-free, but one can't be sure about that yet.

Author Sam Graham-Felsen was the chief blogger for the Obama campaign in 2008. His debut novel is a coming-of-age story that grapples with race in America.

The actor discusses her "arduous" role as a 53-year-old Yale professor in the dark play, The Sound Inside. "It requires a lot of technique," she said. "Because I don't want you to see the technique."

What are the implications for the oil market and the broader global economy if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed for months?

Bad as it was, the flooding in Tulsa could have been much worse. Levees built in World War II held but only because of an around-the-clock effort to mend them. And this isn't just a Tulsa problem.

Ukraine launches political Russian studies program to better understand wartime enemy.

Chile heads to the polls on Sunday, in a fiercely polarized election that mirrors the region's struggles with crime, inflation, and economic stagnation.

With Asian baseball's global influence growing, young female fans help give South Korea's pro league a banner year.

This border town became a flashpoint for illegal crossings during the Biden administration. Trump has vowed mass deportations if elected. Harris has said she'll continue border crackdowns.

A new state law in Colorado requires all jails to offer inmates an opportunity to vote in-person. Jails worried about safety and logistics, but so far counties say it's been going well.

After decades of neglect, Germany has announced a 100-billion-euros investment into the national railway operator. But some say it will take more than money to get its trains back on track.

Charlotte City Council members and community leaders have questioned privately whether Vi Lyles will finish her fifth term as mayor.

Cold War reports of mysterious rotating saucers; recent sightings of metallic elliptical objects floating in mid-air. Those and other reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAPs — the military's term for UFOs — are described in documents released Friday.

In Washington state, volunteers have helped researchers by digging up mammoth bones and other ancient natural artifacts for years.

NASCAR said Thursday that two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch has died at the age of 41. Busch was in his 22nd full-time season in NASCAR and won 63 races in the Cup Series. Busch's family said earlier in the day that he had been hospitalized for an unspecified severe illness.

There's a lot more to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" than "peanuts and Cracker Jack."

NPR's Life Kit explains the basic rules of texting etiquette.

If you’ve been to a brewery lately or scanned the grocery store cooler shelves, you've probably noticed more cannabis-infused drinks. Daniel Larlham Jr. wrote about it for The Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter and he joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for more.

The Orion crew module containing the four Artemis II astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Friday evening.

We visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum, a spacious museum outside Cairo dedicated to displaying artifacts from ancient Egypt. It has finally opened its doors after decades of planning and construction.