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Recent years have seen an upswing in people playing tennis (or at least dressing like it). But it's not just a phase. The sport — at least some version of it — has been around since medieval times.

For most countries, many medal-winning athletes receive a hefty financial bonus. The amount depends — but can reaches upwards of $200,000 for some nations.

As Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claims an unverifiable victory, anti-government protests there grow.

Thirty-seven refugees are competing in Paris as the Refugee Olympic Team. NPR's Juana Summers talks with kayaker Saman Soltani, who fled Iran, and judoka Muna Dahouk, who left Syria during the war.

Campaigns don’t often reach out to male voters as men. At least on the Democratic side, that changed when Kamala Harris became the party’s likely nominee.

In the 1990s, Ani DiFranco created her own record label and rejected the mainstream music industry. She talked about her life before fame with Wild Card host Rachel Martin.

The NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest got nearly 7,000 entries this year. Here are some of the notable jazz entries.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalist Gil Duran, who was communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris when she was California’s state attorney general.

Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to the mayor of Milwaukee, Cavalier Johnson about security at the Republican National Convention following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.