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American Floyd Landis has reclaimed the leader's yellow jersey in the Tour de France. He reclaimed it after the 15th stage of the race, which included three Alpine peaks. Sports journalist James Raia talks with John Ydstie about the race.

More than a third of Americans play video games three or more hours a week. Part of the appeal is the richly developed characters in the games.

Director Ava DuVernay speaks to NPR's Michele Norris about making Selma, a searing depiction of the battle for voting rights — and the first major movie about the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

On Sunday, a U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan, drunkenly crashed his truck into another vehicle, killing the driver. NPR's Elise Hu talks with Anna Fifield, Tokyo Bureau Chief for The Washington Post about what the incident means for the American military presence in Okinawa.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Aaron Payment of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe about how the government shutdown is affecting Native American tribes that rely on federal money for things like medical care.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg tried to appeal to a Chinese audience recently by speaking in Mandarin.

Many more women have joined the workforce, but policies haven't caught up – and that's affecting public health.

A young French tennis coach who once lived the American dream describes being detained, shackled and expelled under the Trump administration's tightened border rules.

Clarence King was a geologist, a best-selling author -- and a liar. He lived an elaborate double life, and his story -- told by Martha Sandweiss in her book, Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line -- sheds light on our complicated ideas about race.

Some Americans seem to be extra-alarmed about Ebola and hantavirus in the wake of COVID-19. But public health experts say they don't expect another pandemic this time.