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Tokyo Olympics Day 1: Another Duke basketball coach going for gold

July 24, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Mike Krzyewski isn’t leading the U.S. men’s basketball team at the Olympics this year, so it’s up to women’s coach Kara Lawson to uphold the Blue Devils’ gold medal tradition. Lawson is coaching the U.S. […]

Athletes with NC ties competing in Tokyo Olympics

July 23, 2021 Brett Friedlander

North Carolina will be well represented at the Tokyo Olympics, which officially began with opening ceremonies on Friday. So as you watch the Games unfold over the next three weeks, keep an eye out for […]

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Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

December 17, 2020 Christina Larson, Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. […]

Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19

July 7, 2020 Marcelo De Sousa and David Biller, Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19. Bolsonaro confirmed the test results while wearing a mask and speaking to reporters in capital Brasilia, and said he […]

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Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters

April 28, 2020 David Biller, Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world’s pandemic hot spots. Medical officials […]