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Video of an elevator altercation in China went viral. It's just one instance of China's problem with the treatment of women.

Nearly a year after Mikhail Lesin was found dead in a Washington, D.C., hotel, U.S. authorities say he died of blunt force injuries and that "acute ethanol intoxication" was a contributory cause.

Hillary Clinton is calling on the FBI to release "all of the information it has" regarding new possible emails, given how close it is until Election Day. Donald Trump has seized on the issue.

Though he's known for making quasi-horror films, director Park Chan-wook's latest movie is a melodrama set in 1930s Korea. Critic David Edelstein says The Handmaiden is fun and full of twists.

The International Olympic Committee is adding five sports to the Tokyo 2020 games. Olympic historian David Wallechinsky tells us which sports used to be in the Games and which he'd want to bring back.

Olympic runner Brenda Martinez had an unlikely path to the 2016 games. She grew up running in basketball shoes and nearly missed qualifying. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang how she persevered.

The opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic games in Brazil revived a debate that was surprising to many Americans: that a Brazilian man was the first in flight, not the Wright Brothers.

The Russian Paralympic team faces a ban from the Rio games next month, due to allegations of widespread doping. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to journalist Rebecca Ruiz about the charges.

More than ever before, U.S. elections are a business opportunity. Social media companies are capitalizing on attention spent on the candidates.

The Zika virus holds a particular fear for pregnant women because it causes severe birth defects. But researchers are still struggling to find out how the virus reaches the fetus through the placenta.