Emma Bowman
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Starting in late September, Americans will be able to order up to four free at-home COVID-19 tests that will be delivered to your mailbox. The tests will be able to detect newer variants of the virus. -
A team of NPR journalists spent more than two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. Here are some of our highlight moments from seeing the Games up close. -
The ceremony capped over two weeks of competition and saw Paris hand over the Olympic flag to Los Angeles, the 2028 host city. -
The Americans, unsurprisingly, have medaled in the fastest track events at the Paris Games. The Jamaicans? Hardly. -
After winning silver at the Tokyo Games, the 27-year-old traded spots on the podium in Paris with Norwegian Karsten Warholm, the defending gold medalist. -
The U.S. women blitzed the field to win the 4x100m relay at the Paris Olympics. A few minutes later, in the men's 4x100m relay, the U.S. men were disqualified after a poor baton handoff. -
The American finished finished her gold medal run in the 400m hurdles 1.5 seconds faster than her teammate Anna Cockrell who won silver. McLaughlin-Levrone also bested her world record. -
Lyles, the clear favorite, won bronze behind his American teammate Kenneth Bednarek and Letsile Tebogo of Botswana won gold. Lyles said after the race that his positive test came on Tuesday. -
After setting a couple world speed climbing records this week, American Sam Watson fell to China’s Peng Wu, who was then beaten by Indonesia’s Leonardo Veddriq. Veddriq took gold in 4.75 seconds. -
The sport is already underway at the Paris Games this week, with two medals at stake. Don't let the grace and poise fool you: Artistic swimming is quite physically demanding. How do they do it?
