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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.

A healthy number of Kentuckians took advantage of new early voting options ahead of Tuesday’s General Election. That’s according to the state’s top election official.

Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has been the biggest album in the country for 12 consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart of her career.

Vashti Cunningham, 18, is on a roll. She set a world junior record and won the world indoor championship in March, while still in high school. She has now turned pro and has her eyes set on Rio.

A new survey of the most expensive cities in the world puts Luanda and N'djamena at the top. How did these African capitals beat our perennial top dollar towns like Hong Kong and Tokyo?

The authors of a new book argue that efforts to raise achievement for students at the bottom have come at the expense of the most gifted and talented.

Howard Bryant of ESPN.com is at the Wimbledon tennis championships and tells NPR's Scott Simon about what he's seen so far.

In our weekly series, Lost and Found Sound, a collaboration between NPR and independent producers, we learn about self-appointed disc-jockey Eric Byron.

Towns was widely expected to be chosen first. He and the other top two picks each played only one season in college.

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Will Kimbrough (The Other Side), The Dip (Doing The Thing), The Red Clay Strays (Wanna Be Loved), Mark Knopfler (Bad Day For A Knife Thrower), Greensky Bluegrass Featuring Holly Bowling (Born Again), Shelby Lynne (Over And Over), & Billie Eilish (L'amour de Ma Vie)!