A 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...
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'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 ArticleThink Twice Before Telling A Woman To Smile
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time.Tuesday night — when Hillary Clinton was delivering her victory speech, after she won the primaries in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio — MSNBC host Joe...
View ArticleProtesters 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 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 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 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 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...
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