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Here's How The Olympics Decide What Sports To Include — And Which To Leave Out

This year it's skateboarding. In 2024, breakdancing will be an Olympic sport. Wondering how those decisions are made? Here's what it takes for a new sport to make the Games.

Do you need to wear a mask where you live? Understand the CDC's new guidance

The CDC advises wearing masks indoors if hospitals are overloaded and the coronavirus is spreading widely where you live. Find out the level of virus transmission in your county.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya competes in the women's 5000-meter final in Pretoria, South Africa, on April 15. Her attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in an event exempt from new testosterone rules fell short.

Olympic Runner Caster Semenya Wants To Compete, Not Defend Her Womanhood

Rules on testosterone levels for women athletes have kept star runner Caster Semenya out of the Tokyo Olympics. At the heart of this heated debate: Who should be considered a woman in sport?

German cyclist Nikias Arndt said he was "appalled" an official from his country's cycling federation shouted a racial slur during the men's time trial at the Tokyo Games.

A German Cycling Official Apologizes After Shouting A Racial Slur During A Race

A German cyclist says he was "appalled" by the words from the sporting director of Germany's cycling federation.

The Pentagon Will Require Masks To Be Worn Indoors Even By Those Who Are Vaccinated

Reversing a decision made in May that allowed fully vaccinated people to ditch the mask, the Department of Defense will follow the CDC's most recent mask guidance.

The Netherland's Simone van de Kraats reacts to an official's call during a water polo match against Spain at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28.

16 Extremely Random Questions About The Olympics (Answered In 50 Words Or Less)

As you cheer on sports you didn't think you cared about during the Tokyo Olympics, we're here to answer all those random questions that keep popping up in your brain.

A wind farm in Wyoming generates electricity for a region that used to be more dependent on coal-fired power plants. A new study finds that millions of lives could be saved this century by rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Cutting Carbon Pollution Quickly Would Save About 74 Million Lives, Study Finds

Cutting carbon emissions to zero in the next 30 years would save about 74 million lives this century, a new analysis estimates.

Sunisa Lee of the United States performs on the balance beam Tuesday during the artistic gymnastics women's final at the Tokyo Olympics.

Gymnast Sunisa Lee's Gold Medal Elates Her Hometown Hmong Community

Minnesota native Sunisa Lee is the first Hmong American to make a U.S. Olympic team. Back home, her family and friends are celebrating her huge win with glee.

A Tsunami Warning Has Been Lifted For Parts Of Alaska After An 8.2 Quake

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake Wednesday evening was magnitude 8.2 and struck 56 miles east southeast of Perryville, Alaska, off the state's peninsula.

Former Afghan interpreters demonstrate in June outside the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. They called for the Biden administration to modify the rules and speed up the processing of U.S. visas that have been promised to Afghans who worked for the U.S. military over the past two decades. The visas are known as Special Immigrant Visas, or SIVs.

Waiting For U.S. Visas, Afghan Interpreters Fear The Taliban

Thousands of Afghans who worked with U.S. forces were promised a U.S. visa in return. With American troops all but gone, it's unclear how the Biden administration will be able to keep that promise.

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