The women’s soccer coach of Team Canada, Bev Priestman, and two other staffers were suspended by FIFA for a year related to the use of drones to spy on an Olympics opponent.
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These solemn photos show what it’s like to come home after a formidable flood
In this era of climate change, dramatic floods are everywhere. Photographer Gideon Mendel has made it his mission to show the aftermath. training his camera on flood people flooded out of their homes.
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Chinese swimmers at Paris Olympics deny doping accusations as diplomatic row grows
Chinese athletes say they compete “clean” despite positive drug tests in 2021 that were kept secret. Diplomatic tensions over the case continue to escalate as U.S. officials push for reform.
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Desegregation pioneer Leona Tate preserves civil rights history in New Orleans
One of the first Black students to attend an all-white school in the Deep South is preserving the Lower 9th Ward elementary school she helped integrate in 1960 as a civil rights center.
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Robert Menendez Elementary School will change its name after the senator’s conviction
The New Jersey school will drop the Menendez name it adopted in 2013 now that senator was found guilty of bribery.
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What NPR readers want you to know about living with a disability
To celebrate Disability Pride Month, NPR readers tell their disability stories and share what they wish other people knew about living with a disability.
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A bookstore named for James Baldwin is counting down to his 100th birthday
James Baldwin died in 1987. Baldwin & Co. is a Black-owned bookstore and community hub in New Orleans. “His literature, his perspective, his insight … have changed my life,” says owner DJ Johnson.
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Two former FBI officials settle lawsuits with Justice Department over leaked messages
The settlements resolve claims their privacy rights were violated when the DOJ leaked to the news media text messages that they had sent one another that disparaged former President Trump.
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Apple reaches tentative contract agreement with unionized store employees in Maryland
The Apple store in the Baltimore suburb of Towson was the first in the U.S. to unionize. The contract agreement must be approved by roughly 85 employees there. A vote is scheduled for Aug. 6.
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Harris calls herself an underdog with momentum during a fundraiser speech
In her speech, Vice President Harris spoke boldly about the stakes of the presidential election, and brushed off Donald Trump’s latest attacks against her.
