Protesters Disrupt Planned Brussels Vigil
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View ArticleIn Divided Belgium, Some Find That Trauma Unites Them
Turn on the radio in Belgium and you get news of the terrorist attacks in French and in Dutch. Belgium is divided into Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia. There's a German-speaking...
View ArticleA Week Later, No Word On When Brussels Will Reopen The Airport
Belgium officials ran a simulation Tuesday at Brussels' Zaventem Airport to figure out if it can at least partially reopen using new security measures demanded by the government.It's been a week since...
View ArticleBelgium Terrorist Attacks Prompt A Renewed Sectarian Debate
Some Belgians say the terrorist attacks have brought the country together, and that's what the country needs. Others says the bombings show the country needs to split, with one part made of...
View ArticleNashville Singer-Songwriter Guy Clark Dies At 74
Guy Clark, one of Nashville's most renowned singer-songwriters, has died at the age of 74. This profile of Clark originally aired on July 23, 2013, on All Things Considered. Copyright 2016 NPR. To see...
View Article'Hamilton' Fans Pilgrimage To Founding Father's Once-Forgotten Grave
Tucked amid the tumult of Lower Manhattan's Financial District, right across from a factory-outlet shoe store promising "probably" the lowest prices in the city, you'll find Alexander Hamilton's grave....
View ArticleA Gifted High Jumper Gets Set To Leap Onto The World Stage
It's already been a big year for high jumper Vashti Cunningham, and it could soon get even bigger. In March, the high school senior from Las Vegas set a world junior record and decided to forgo college...
View ArticleFor Heptathlete Sharon Day-Monroe, It's 7 Events With Just One Goal
Sharon Day-Monroe has been to the Olympics twice, in two different events. She's been the U.S. heptathlon champion three times. And she won four consecutive U.S. indoor pentathlon titles.It's a hugely...
View ArticleIn Women's Water Polo, Americans Aim For A Repeat
Mix swimming and basketball with soccer, toss in some wrestling for good measure, and you have a pretty good description of the exciting, fast-paced sport of water polo.The U.S. women's water polo team...
View ArticleThe U.S. Aims To End Medal Drought In Badminton
It is the world's fastest racquet sport, with speeds up to 250 miles per hour off the racquet.And it may be one of the most misunderstood.Badminton — that staple of backyard picnics and summer camp —...
View ArticleRio's Marathon Swim: A Battle Against Waves, Pollution And Jellyfish
When Haley Anderson competes at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 15, she'll be racing for about two hours in open water off Copacabana Beach. The marathon swim is not for the faint of heart. It's 10...
View ArticleMeet The Newest Olympic Teams: Kosovo and South Sudan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttw5g61Bd3E Two new flags will be flying high at the Olympic Games in Rio.For the first time, South Sudan and Kosovo have been recognized by the International Olympic...
View ArticleOpening Ceremony Marks Official Start To Rio Olympics
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit MCEVERS, HOST: We are just a couple of hours away from the opening ceremonies at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Organizers say to expect lots of samba, of...
View ArticleOlympic Opening Ceremony Kicks Off In Brazil
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit MCEVERS, HOST: The opening ceremony for the Rio Olympics has been a swirl of dance, music and a vintage biplane flying through the stadium and seeming to soar out...
View ArticleFor Some Olympic Athletes, The Games Are Already Over
There are still nearly two more weeks of events at the Rio Olympics. In fact, some sports haven't even begun competition yet — track and field, badminton and taekwondo among them.But for a couple of...
View ArticleAfter Years Of Sweat, Fencer Jason Pryor Makes His Olympic Debut
With six years of Olympic preparation behind him, American Jason Pryor took to the fencing strip in Rio on Tuesday.When I caught up with him a few days before his match, he told me, "I've never been...
View ArticleFor Refugee Team, Just Being In Rio Is Like Winning Gold
They come from Syria, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Ten athletes who are refugees are competing on the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team at the Rio Games. They are...
View ArticleNauru's Olympic Team Is An Army Of Two
At the Rio Olympics, there are the usual powerhouses:Team USA, with 554 athletes. Australia, with 420. China, with 401.And then there are the tiny countries: overwhelmed, but proud.I went on a quest to...
View ArticleThe Sensitive Question Of Intersex Athletes
One story that's simmering at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has to do with sex: in particular, the controversy over intersex athletes, who are anatomically and genetically ambiguous.At issue: Is it...
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