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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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A City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation salt truck waits for a load in a city salt dome in anticipation of a winter storm Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Chicago. A major winter storm is expected to affect a huge swath of the United States beginning Tuesday, with heavy snow starting in the Rockies and freezing rain as far south as Texas before it drops snow and ice on the Midwest
Weather

Flights canceled as wide swath of U.S. braces for winter storm

A major winter storm was expected to begin with heavy snow starting in the Rockies and freezing rain as far south as Texas before it drops snow and ice on the Midwest.

5 years ago

File photo: Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, center, talks to down judge David Oliver (24) during the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, in New Orleans. Fired Miami Dolphins Coach Brian Flores sued the NFL and three of its teams Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 saying racist hiring practices by the league have left it racially segregated and managed like a plantation
Courts & Law

Fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores sues NFL, alleging racist hiring

The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court. Lawyers sought class-action status for the legal filing.

5 years ago

A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is displayed on a counter at a pharmacy in Portland, Ore., Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. U.S. regulators have granted full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after reviewing additional data on its safety and effectiveness. The decision Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 by the Food and Drug Administration comes after many tens of millions of Americans have already received the shot under its original emergency authorization. Full approval means FDA has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review for Moderna’s shot as dozens of other long-established vaccines. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Health

U.S. gives full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

Full approval means FDA has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review for Moderna’s shot as dozens of other long-established vaccines.

5 years ago

Nancy Rose, right, cooks for her mother in the kitchen
Health

Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes

Omicron's race across the globe has amped up concerns about long COVID, which some estimates suggest affects a third of COVID-19 survivors.

5 years ago

A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

How do free at-home COVID tests help if you’re blind and can’t see the results?

The Biden administration is providing free at-home swab tests for COVID-19. But they come with significant barriers for the blind community.

5 years ago

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Pro-Trump insurrectionists climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol
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Community

1 in 4 Americans say violence against the government is sometimes OK

In a new survey, both liberals and conservatives agreed violent protests are sometimes justifiable. Republicans were twice as likely as Democrats to say violence is justified.

5 years ago

TOPSHOT - For sale masks are seen displayed on a clothesline in the front yard of a house in Los Angeles on July 20, 2020. - The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County were at their highest level at the weekend since the pandemic began, as 15 children were diagnosed with a rare and potentially deadly virus-related inflammatory syndrome.
NPR
Courts & Law

After 2 years, growing calls to take masks off children in school

5 years ago

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 22: Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defence unit train on a Saturday in a forest on January 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Across Ukraine thousands of civilians are participating in such groups to receive basic combat training and in time of war would be under direct command of the Ukrainian military. While Ukrainian officials have acknowledged the country has little chance to fend off a full Russian invasion, Russian occupation troops would likely face a deep-rooted, decentralised and prolonged insurgency. Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops on its border to Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

From Washington to Trump to Biden, new presidents meet unwanted foreign crises

5 years ago

An American Eagle passenger flight lands at Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, Wed., Jan. 19, 2022. The airline industry is raising the stakes in a showdown with AT&T and Verizon over plans to launch new 5G wireless service this week, warning that thousands of flights could be grounded or delayed if the rollout takes place near major airports
NPR
Science

5G cleared for takeoff near more airports, but some regional jets might be grounded

5 years ago

President Joe Biden visits the site where the Fern Hollow Bridge bridge collapsed Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Pittsburgh's East End. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, touts infrastructure law

President Joe Biden is visiting the collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh that fell just hours before his previously scheduled trip to promote his infrastructure package.

5 years ago

United States’ Antonee Robinson (5) celebrates his goal with Weston McKennie (8) and Chris Richards (15) during the second half of a FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match against El Salvador, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio
Arts & Entertainment

Robinson goal lifts USMNT over El Salvador 1-0 in World Cup qualifier

The U.S. has two more chilly matchups in the next week and can move to the verge of a berth with victories at Canada and against Honduras at St. Paul, Minnesota.

5 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 117-107. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Arts & Entertainment

Sixers’ Joel Embiid earns 5th straight NBA All-Star starter spot

Embiid holds the longest streak by a 76ers player since Allen Iverson was chosen seven straight times.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden team promises new approach to extremism, but critics see old patterns

Biden's new Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships aims to stop radicalization before it starts. But critics say it's a repackaging of failed strategies.

5 years ago

Chase and Carson sit next to each other
NPR
Health

COVID risk can mean something very different for people who are immunocompromised

The roughly 7 million Americans who are immunocompromised — including many people with disabilities — live with a much higher risk of COVID, and near-constant vigilance.

5 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to reporters during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on January 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Eric Lee-Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Pelosi is running for reelection but is silent on a bid to retain her leadership post

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who's 81, did not say whether she will stick by a pledge she made in 2018 to limit her tenure in elected leadership.

5 years ago

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