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In the moments before many Paris Olympic events get underway, someone comes out and taps a staff. The ritual, inspired by a French theatrical tradition, made its Olympics debut last week.

Israeli strikes early Sunday killed 12 people in Gaza, while a stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian killed two people in a Tel Aviv suburb.

Amtrak is on its way to carrying more passengers this fiscal year than ever before. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Reuters reporter David Shepardson about why that is.

The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery’s offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league.

Intimidated by grilling? Learn the basics, from which type of grill to choose, to how to maintain a fire and create different temperature zones. Plus handy tips on tools and safety.

The vice president is poised to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, according to an Associated Press delegate tally, and said she looks "formally accepting the nomination soon."

After Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the river, she said the Olympics were "a kind of magnet that attracted all our energies towards a single date, July 26, and we did it.”

Nicolas Cage plays a satanic murderer, and Maika Monroe is the clairvoyant FBI agent on his trail, in this tense and frightening horror movie.

China's Communist Party leaders holds a key meeting on Monday — an opportunity to chart a new economic course — but few observers expect big breakthroughs to boost the economy.

Congress is asking hard questions of the Secret Service in order to get to the bottom of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last weekend.