Search results for

Osaka has been the face of these Olympics and was chosen to light the cauldron in the opening ceremony. She easily won her first two tennis matches but lost in the third round.

Max Cleland served in Vietnam — where he lost both legs and his right arm — before being elected to the U.S. Senate. His new memoir is Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove.

Jazz photographer Herman Leonard almost lost his amazing collection to Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of prints were destroyed, but some of the salvaged photographs have gone on display at a New Orleans museum.

The family trio belt out songs of lost love and longing in their Tiny Desk performance.

Congress returns Tuesday for a lame-duck session with several must-pass items on the agenda, ranging from spending bills to the new Department of Homeland Security. Also on the list is fixing a glitch in Medicare that's cutting fees to doctors. For Morning Edition, NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

After Tuesday's African summit sessions, the White House is preparing to host the 50 heads of state and the chairman of the African Union for dinner. What goes into preparing a formal dinner for 400?

Republicans already have said they won't consider it in the lame-duck session. The pact would eliminate many tariffs and support tough protections for things like copyrights and intellectual property.

Congress is back in session in a week that will also mark President Trump's first 100 days in office. But that moment could be overshadowed by a bill to keep the government open.

Critics said last-minute changes that Newsom requested for a vaccine medical exemption bill emboldened protesters and that he bungled his handling of the controversial legislation.