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WAMC Sports News: Biles Settles For Bronze In Balance Beam, Felix Prevented From Fifth Gold By Dive

AP-Sports Right Now/1638Update on the latest in sports:OLYMPICSBiles settles for bronzeRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The drive for five is over. American Simone…

#SportsReport: Josh McDaniels Backs Out Of Colts Coach Deal

NFL:Josh McDaniels has backed out of a deal to become the Indianapolis' Colts new coach, a decision that shocked the franchise hours after it announced…

French physicist Philippe Hubert uses gamma rays to detect radioactivity in wine. "In the wine is the story of the Atomic Age," he says.

How Atomic Particles Helped Solve A Wine Fraud Mystery

By testing for radiation, detectives tried to show that wine bottles purportedly from Thomas Jefferson's collection were fake. And with wine fraud rising, authentication is getting more sophisticated.

#SportsReport: Odell Beckham Jr. Injured In Preseason Game

NFL:The New York Giants' exhibition season has gotten serious.Star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. hurt his left leg during Monday night's game against…

Terence Blanchard's <em>Fire Shut Up in My Bones</em>, based on a memoir by Charles M. Blow, is the first opera by a Black composer presented by the Metropolitan Opera in the New York institution's 138-year existence.

Terence Blanchard's Met Opera Debut Is A Singular Achievement And A Shared Success

The composer's magnetically powerful Fire Shut Up in My Bones lands with a force of authenticity, a too-rare window into Black life in an operatic setting.

Top 10 Top 40 For 2014

Dig below the strata of pop songs so ubiquitous you can't stand to hear them anymore, and you'll find plenty of riches in the Top 40, from country crossover to innovative R&B and classic pop.

Brunson scores 28, Randle 25, Knicks rout Hawks 122-101

Jalen Brunson scored 28 points, Julius Randle added 25 and the New York Knicks cruised into their All-Star break with their third straight victory, blowing out the Atlanta Hawks 122-101.

WAMC Sports Report 3/7/23: Derek Carr signs with Raiders

The Las Vegas Raiders released Carr on Feb. 14 to avoid guaranteeing him $40.4 million of his contract over the next two years.

Authors Jason Reynolds, left, and Ibram X. Kendi spoke to students at a high school in Washington D.C. about their new book, <em>Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You.</em>

A History Book That Isn't: Finding A Way To Teach Racism To A New Generation

Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi team up to investigate the history of racist ideas through a narrative that's aimed at young adult readers. It's called: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.

Rte. 42 in Twist, Ark., is one of many towns that comprise the Arkansas Delta. Photographer Eugene Richards noticed a migration from the area. "It's not the massive migration that we all know, huge numbers of people leaving the Delta for Chicago and the cities," he said. "Mainly, the farm work was gone. And to this day, the manufacturing is gone."

A Photographer Saw An Arkansas Town Fading. His New Book Keeps Its Stories Alive

In the day i was born, Eugene Richards shares stories from Black residents of Earle, Ark., documenting themes of racism, segregation, voter suppression, gun violence and homophobia.

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