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Some Londoners may not be much interested in sports - but one image from these Olympic Games will surely remain with them, long after the cheers and crowds have faded away. It is the spectacle of their mayor, Boris Johnson, brandishing a Union flag in either hand, and dangling helplessly from a zip wire 20 feet above the ground.

The West African country Mali was hailed as a successful democracy for decades. But a rebellion in the north and a coup d'etat in the south has led to turbulent times for the country. Host Michel Martin speaks to NPR's Africa correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton who is reporting in Mali.

Director Eliaichi Kimaro is a first-generation American with a Tanzanian father and Korean mother. When her dad retired and moved back to Tanzania, she followed him to do a film about his side of the family, one she didn't know much about. Her work unveiled a shocking history she didn't expect. Kimaro talks with host Michel Martin about her documentary A Lot Like You, which is part of this year's Asian American International Film Festival.

First Lady Michele Obama will be in western Massachusetts Friday to attend three campaign fundraising events. WAMC’s Paul Tuthill reports. The First Lady…

Joining on this edition of Vox Pop is arborist Fred Breglia, gardener Greg Ward, for this August edition of WAMC’s gardening program.Our dynamic gardening…

The company's stock price has also taken a beating, at one point losing 50 percent of its value.

Michael Phelps has won the men's 200-meter individual medley at the 2012 Summer Games, winning his 20th Olympic medal — and his first individual gold medal in London. And Rebecca Soni won the women's 200-meter breaststroke, in a race she led from the start. Tyler Clary won gold in the 200m backstroke.

Omega’s third annual Memoir Festival brings together celebrated memoirists along with new and seasoned writers who have real stories to tell and the…

A Columbia County recycling company went up in flames last night - the resulting overnight chemical fire released toxic fumes: it forced the imposition of…

A steel beam that was signed by President Barack Obama in June has been lifted into place on the 104th floor at One World Trade Center. WAMC's Dave Lucas…