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The U.S. defeated Japan 86-69 in group play. It's a record 51st straight win for the top-ranked U.S. dating to the 1992 Games. The Americans are going for their 7th straight Olympic gold medal.

Considered the first real act of great benevolence by the rock community, the Concert for Bangladesh was held 50 years ago, on August 1st, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Earlier this year, the basketball guard was preparing for the NBA draft after completing his freshman year at the University of Kentucky. He had signed to an agency associated with LeBron James.

Jill Biden reportedly stepped on an object on a beach in Hawaii last weekend ahead of two official events there. She was in Hawaii after attending the start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

We speak with UCF psychology assistant professor Dalena Taylor about how to talk to kids about mental health and what routines to consider.

Comparing the station to the moon landing may have come off as hubristic at the time, but MTV would go on to change pop music and its impact on popular culture.

In addition to smashing a longtime world record, Tatjana Schoenmaker took home South Africa's first gold medal of the Tokyo Games.

President Biden is encouraging federal workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or face new rules over masking and testing. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the rules.

This means they'll head to the semifinal. The U.S. is trying to become the first reigning Women's World Cup champion to win Olympic gold.

Conservationists have a 5-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the fifth in a series looking at each of the rights of nature amendments. Today's story is about the proposed captive wildlife hunting ban

French judo athlete Teddy Riner, a 6-foot-8, two-time gold medalist known as "Big Ted," has dominated his sport for a decade. It was a shock when he lost in a quarterfinal fight.

Hillsborough County announced it will open two temporary locations to help meet the demand in tests.

about the slide in stock prices over the last week. The downward trend started last Friday, when the federal government reported that the nation is experiencing record levels of employment.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Istanbul on Turkey's "identity crisis." Long the southeastern anchor of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...NATO...Turkey was part of the West's Soviet Union containment policy. But, the Cold War is over, Turkey is surrounded by unfriendly countries and the new prime minister comes from a pro-Islamic party.

documenting thousand of beach-closings in the U.S. last year due to high levels of bacteria and viruses in swimming water. Perhaps more worrisome than that, the group says, were the beaches that weren't closed.

Robert talks to Robert Hunter, the U-S ambassador to NATO, about changes to the structure of the organization announced today. In order to respond more effectively to post-cold war instabilities, NATO will move its focus from containing Russian influence to responding to problems within Europe. One new aspect of the plan involves "combined joint task forces" in which two or more NATO countries could form a force using their own troops and borrowing materiel from the U-S. The restructuring gives European nations a higher profile within NATO and in NATO exercises.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on a drama that's moved offstage in Boulder, Colorado and before the city council. A recent ordinance bans smoking in public places, and a few theater-goers filed complaints after actors lit up onstage during a performance of "Grand Hotel" at a dinner theater. The city says the law's the law; the theater claims it's censorship. The city council is set to take up the issue today.

This year's Tony Awards will be presented this Sunday night. Bob Mondello takes a look at the many musicals that did not win Tony Awards over the years... many of them featured well-known stars like Carol Burnett and Robert Preston in mostly forgotten shows like "Fade Out, Fade In" and "Ben Franklin in Paris." (5:00) (IN S

A Congressional hearing was held today into the ValuJet Airlines crash in the Everglades in May, and the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of airline safety. Among those testifying were FAA Chief David Hinson, Transportation Department Inspector General Mary Schiavo, and ValuJet President Lewis Jordan. NPR's Dan Charles reports.

Today, the Supreme Court upheld part of a new law that restricts appeals made by death row inmates. The provision requires that state prisoners who fail in their first federal appeal get approval from a three-judge panel before they can file another appeal. Robert talks with Larry Yakel (YAY-kull), a professor of law at Boston University, about the implications of this ruling.

Linda talks with U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Walter Carrington about the investigation into the killing of Nigeria opposition leader Moshood Abiola's (ma-SHOOD ah-bee-OH-la) wife. He says it was clearly an assassination, but the individuals involved...and the motive behind the killing...remain a mystery. Carrington says that the US and other countries should continue to try to bring the military government into line by enacting sanctions, but that events like this feed fears that Nigeria faces further instability.

that the state-funded Virginia Military Institute could no longer exclude women.

Savvy business practices have made Frito-Lay the undisputed giant of the salty-snack food industry. But critics say that the company has grown so big by undercutting its competitors, consumers will someday pay higher prices because there will be no other choice. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the business that sparked a Justice Department investigation into possible anti-trust practices within the industry.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the so-called empowerment zones that were unveiled...in this incarnation...by the Clinton Administration with big fanfare two years ago. They were touted as a way to use tax credits and social service block grants to revitalize blighted urban areas. Now, some are pointing to Philadelphia, which was one of six sites which qualified for "empowerment zone" money, as an example of how the program has succeeded. But critics say the concept may not be working.

Commentator Mickey Edwards talks about the recent Supreme Court decision that allowed political parties to spend as much as they want to support their party's candidates. He thinks the decision was a good one, ultimately supporting the principles of free speech.