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Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates after defeating Hungary's Anna Hamori in their women's 66kg quarterfinal boxing match on Saturday.

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  • Sports

As an Olympic boxing controversy deepens, the women at its center are poised to medal

Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting are guaranteed to leave Paris with medals. But fallout continues, as does drama between Olympic officials and the Russian-led association that disqualified them last year.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
GPB  NPR

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  • Politics

Harris has momentum, but the race is still tight. Here are the paths to the presidency

Trump’s leads in the Blue Wall states have been completely wiped out, and they remain true toss-ups. The former president retains a narrow lead in all four Sun Belt states.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
"Everything that we are as human beings is in our brain," Dr. Theodore Schwartz says.

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  • Health Care

For this brain surgeon, the operating room is 'the ultimate in mindful meditation'

Dr. Theodore Schwartz has been treating neurological illnesses for nearly 30 years. He says being a brain surgeon requires steady hands — and a strong bladder. His new book is Gray Matters.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the U.S. competes in a women's 400-meter hurdles heat at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in Saint-Denis, France.

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  • Sports

What to look forward to in the final leg of the Paris Olympics

There's still a week's worth of medals to be handed out, as competitions ramp up in track and field, soccer and boxing. The excitement has yet to begin in breaking, Taekwondo and weightlifting.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Juana Summers,
  • Becky Sullivan,
  • and 3 more
Vice President Harris, who's set to be Democrats' presidential nominee, delivers remarks during an event on Wednesday in Houston.

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  • Elections

Latino support for Biden was lagging. Harris gives Democrats a chance to win some back

Polls had shown President Biden lagging his 2020 levels with Latino voters. Now Biden is out, and Vice President Harris offers Democrats an opportunity to rally Latinos back to their side.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Usha Vance, wife of vice presidential nominee JD Vance, speaks during the Republican National Convention on July 17 in Milwaukee.

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  • Politics

Usha Vance tries to defend her husband's 'childless cat ladies' comment

In her first solo interview of the campaign, Usha Vance discussed how her family is adjusting to vice presidential campaign life and what she wants voters to know about her husband.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
Magnesium is important for many processes in the body, including regulating muscle and nerve function, blood sugar levels and making protein and bone.

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  • Health

Americans don't get enough sleep. Can magnesium supplements help?

A lot of people are sleep deprived, according to the CDC. Some take supplements like melatonin to help. Now there’s growing interest in magnesium as a sleep aid. But is there any evidence it works?

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
American Simone Biles celebrates at the end of her floor exercise individual event final on Monday at the Paris Olympics. Biles finished in second to win a silver medal and her fourth overall medal of the Games. Her teammate, Jordan Chiles, took the bronze.

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  • Sports

Gymnast Simone Biles wins silver to wrap what might be her final Olympic Games

Biles won silver in the floor exercise final, her fourth of the Paris Olympics. She missed out on the podium in the balance beam after slipping from the beam in her only major mistake of the Games.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
 A half dozen horses run through sagebrush with the Grand Teton mountains in the background.

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  • National

Wyoming offers to sell land to Grand Teton park -- or it could go to developers

Wyoming lawmakers have given two years for the Grand Teton National Park to buy the Kelly Parcel for $100 million. But the pristine land has become a bargaining chip for other things too.

August 05, 2024
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  • Chris Clements
GPB  NPR

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  • Music

Tune in to a mini-concert with James Supercave

The LA indie pop band performs songs off 2023's GIMMICKS.

August 05, 2024
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  • Stephen Kallao
Hurricane Debby made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region at around 7 a.m. ET on Monday.

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  • Weather

Debby, now a Category 1 hurricane, makes landfall in Florida

Debby came ashore about five miles west of Steinhatchee, along the state's Big Bend region. It arrived with sustained winds of 80 mph, and is expected to cause flooding across much of the Gulf Coast.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie and
  • Bill Chappell
 The abortion pill regimen, including mifepristone, pictured, and misoprostol is how most of the study respondents reported handling their self-managed abortions.

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  • Health

Abortion with no medical help? It nearly doubled in 2023, study shows

A study looks at the rate of self-managed abortion since Roe v. Wade fell. The study found that the use of mifepristone to self-manage abortion has nearly doubled from 6.6% in 2021 to 11.0% in 2023.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Varney
Kamala Harris in 2019.

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  • Politics

We spoke to 5 people who knew Kamala Harris before she was VP. Here's what we learned

We spoke with five people who have known Kamala Harris across different stages of her life, to find out what shaped her — and how she shapes others.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 2 more
Germany's Laura Lindemann, left, celebrates after winning the gold medal next to silver medalist Great Britain's Beth Potter, center, and bronze medalist Taylor Knibb, of the U.S., right, at end of the mixed relay triathlon on Monday in Paris.

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  • Sports

The U.S. wins silver in Olympic triathlon mixed relay after contesting close result

After the photo finish, Great Britain was initially awarded the silver. A review overturned that result, showing that the U.S. squeaked by to place second.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
American sprinter Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the gold medal in in the men's 100-meters final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in Saint-Denis, France.

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  • Sports

In a photo finish, American Noah Lyles wins 100-meter final to claim Olympic gold

Lyles, the favorite to win, ran the fastest time in the fastest race at Stade de France stadium on Sunday night. He's the first American to win the race since Justin Gatlin in 2004.

August 05, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
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