Face-Down, Head-First, 90 Miles An Hour On The Ice
At the Winter Olympics, which get underway next month in Pyeongchang, South Korea, some of the most blistering speeds will come in the three high-adrenaline sliding sports, where top athletes zip on...
View ArticleEveryone Has Anxiety Dreams. Olympic Athletes Have Olympic-Size Ones
Here are a few of the big questions hovering over the Pyeongchang Olympics, about to get underway in South Korea: Which Russian athletes will be allowed to compete? How will the North Korean team fare?...
View ArticleMaame Biney Came To The U.S. From Ghana At 5. Now 18, She's A Team USA...
Remember this name: Maame Biney. The short track speedskater just turned 18; she's not even out of high school. But she is already one of the biggest U.S. names at the Winter Olympics. When Biney won...
View ArticleAerials Skier Ashley Caldwell's 'Bold Move': A Quadruple-Twisting Triple Flip
Since she was a little girl, Ashley Caldwell has been in constant motion: jumping out of her crib, tumbling off the couch, leaping down stairs, flipping on a trampoline. So it seems fitting that now,...
View ArticleFor Some, Competing At The Olympics Runs In The Family
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There are Olympic athletes, and then there are Olympic families. NPR's Melissa Block caught up with a famous former Olympian as she watched her...
View ArticleThe Experts Known As 'Ice Meisters' Create Perfect Olympic Skating Surfaces
In the Winter Olympics, where races can be won or lost by thousandths of a second, tiny imperfections can make all the difference. Nowhere is this more true than in the ice venues, where skilled...
View ArticleAfter Daughter's 'Unimaginable' Death, Parkland Family Moved To Action
For Philip Schentrup, whose daughter Carmen was among the students killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., each day brings the same, sharp pain. The same search for answers...
View ArticleA Look At Immigration From A Virginia Town With A Fast-Growing Hispanic...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Immigration is near the top of the list of issues Americans find the most worrying. That's according to a recent poll conducted for NPR by...
View ArticleAmid A Hispanic Boom, Conflicting Feelings On Immigration
Immigration is near the top of the list of issues Americans find "the most worrying," according to a new poll conducted for NPR by the research firm Ipsos. But Americans' views on immigration diverge...
View ArticleFirearms And Dementia: How Do You Convince A Loved One To Give Up Their Guns?
Families of people with dementia will often take away the car keys to keep their family member safe. They might remove knobs from stove burners or lock up medicine. But what's less talked about is the...
View ArticleGun Shops Work With Doctors To Prevent Suicide By Firearm
Doctors across the U.S. have become increasingly vocal in addressing gun violence as a public health crisis, a posture that recently has drawn the wrath of the National Rifle Association. Yet, in...
View Article2018 Brought A 'Tectonic Shift' In The Gun Control Movement, Advocates Say
Gun control advocates view 2018 as a turning point in their campaign to strengthen the country's gun laws. They cite widespread success in passing laws through state legislatures. They're also buoyed...
View ArticleParkland Family Reflects On A Year Of Anguish And Activism
Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented musician and...
View ArticleMilitias Test The Civility Of An Arizona Border Town
Arivaca, Ariz., is a tiny village, population about 700, with an outsize problem. It sits just 11 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border and has become a magnet for self-styled militia groups from out of...
View Article'I Am A Woman': Track Star Caster Semenya Continues Her Fight To Compete As...
This week, the Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya of South Africa filed an appeal in a case that hinges on her right to compete as a woman. It's the latest chapter in a fight that's gone on for...
View ArticleU.S. Women Defeat France In Hard-Fought Quarterfinal Victory
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The U.S. soccer team showed yet again why it's the best team at the Women's World Cup in a hard-fought quarterfinal victory over host France....
View ArticleIn Vermont, A Case Of One Man Whose Gun Was Seized Under Red Flag Law
This summer's mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, accelerated calls for more red flag or extreme-risk laws in those states, as well as helped jump-start bills in Congress. The laws...
View ArticleGun Control Is Front And Center In Virginia Races
Gun control has emerged as a key issue in next month's off-year elections in Virginia, a state that is seen as a bellwether of what could come in national elections in 2020. Republicans currently hold...
View ArticleHow Rick Perry Became A Key Figure In The Trump Impeachment Probe
Among the key figures embroiled in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump is Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who announced last week that he will be resigning later this year. It was Perry who led...
View ArticleDrug Overdoses Contribute To Rise In Midlife Mortality In Ohio River Valley
The Ohio River Valley has seen some of the largest jumps in mortality rates among people in midlife — those between ages 25 and 64 — in recent years. Appalachia has been hit especially hard by the...
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