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Tennis pro Nick Kyrgios has lots of sponsors, all likely disappointed after his quarterfinal loss in the US Open Tuesday night to Karen Khachanov in five sets. None may have been as crestfallen as Yonex, his racket sponsor. That’s because at the end of match, one everyone assumed Kyrgios would win, he smashed not one, but two rackets on the court, a sign of frustration that bubbled over after he couldn’t capitalize on winning a fourth set tie breaker before dropping the fifth set. That means that Khachanov, who few thought would get this far, is now well poised for a shot at the title, particularly with both of the men’s top seeds out of the tournament.

An unusual videogame called Cult of the Lamb was recently released for several gaming platforms. It flew to the top of the sales charts, and seems to be developing a cult following of its own.

Dr. Fauci has been at the National Institutes of Health for over 50 years. On Monday, the nation's top infectious disease doctor announced he'll be stepping down from government service in December.

The last time a new name appeared atop the NBA's all-time points rankings was in April 1984. LeBron James was born later that year.

Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after listening to relatives of his victims express the pain and rage caused by his racist attack.

After being hit by back-to-back hurricanes on top of the pandemic, families from Honduras are leaving the country in waves to cross the Southern border into the U.S. for a better life.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Columbia University history professor Matthew Connelly about the history of "misplaced" classified documents.

TikTok's top executive will have to defend the app against allegations it shares U.S. users data with the Chinese government at a Thursday hearing, as the government weighs limiting or banning it.

President-elect Barack Obama has named former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta as his choice to head the CIA. He also picked retired Adm. Dennis Blair to be director of national intelligence, which oversees all intelligence operations.