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A competitor in Rio grew up poor in the islands, leaving home to live on the streets when he was 8. There's not even a running track there. Now he's competing in the 400-meter hurdles.

The government keeps track of who is alive and who is dead. But there can be errors. And when you're mistakenly ruled dead, it can be remarkably tough to convince people you're still among the living.

Russia will boost security in Crimea after an attempted incursion. Steve Inskeep talks to Stephen Sestanovich, senior fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Shehrose Charania of Chicago graduated this month from college despite the challenges her family faced during the pandemic, including unemployment and getting sick with COVID-19.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Assaf Orion, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, about Israel's military strategy in the recent conflict.

We hear the latest from ground in Israel, where a cease-fire in the hostilities with Hamas went into effect early Friday morning.

Ezekiel Emanuel, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, addresses the differences between PCR tests and rapid tests when it comes to getting tested before travel.

David Yoon draws on his own experience working in tech for his new novel, about a disillusioned data whiz who decides to, literally, reboot the internet — with some catastrophic consequences.

The gonzo journalist was so enamored with Hemingway that early in his career he traveled to the Idaho cabin where Hemingway died. After 52 years, the antlers he took were returned to the Hemingways.

For our summer series "The World's a Stage," we meet Preyas Roy, a man who plays the vibraphone on a busy Chicago street corner.