Jul 29 Officials in Tokyo alarmed as virus cases hit record highs By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Tokyo reported 3,865 new cases Thursday, up from 3,177 on Wednesday and double the numbers a week ago. Continue reading
Jul 27 ‘About time’: LGBTQ Olympic athletes unleash a rainbow wave By John Leicester, Associated Press The Tokyo Games are shaping up as a watershed for LGBTQ Olympians. Continue reading
Jul 27 Will the Olympics ever truly welcome nonbinary athletes? By Kate Sosin, The 19th As more young people identify as gender diverse, the binary in sports becomes increasingly fraught. Continue reading
Jul 26 Surfing makes its Olympic debut – and the waves should be world-class thanks to wind, sand and a typhoon or two By Sally Warner, The Conversation Olympic surfers are coming from around the world to compete in surfing's Olympic debut. But where will the waves come from?… Continue reading
Jul 26 Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon’s en route By Jenna Fryer, Associated Press The Tokyo Olympics have been delayed by the pandemic and then opened under oppressive heat, and now a typhoon is on the way. Continue reading
Jul 26 Olympic broadcasters curb sexual images of female athletes By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press At an Olympics aiming to set the highest level of television standards, the head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games is trying to banish overly sexualized images of female athletes. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 4:26 Delayed by a year, Tokyo Olympics kick-off amid COVID-19 fears, protests By PBS NewsHour A year after they were postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Olympics kicked off in Tokyo, Japan-- but not without controversies. The opening ceremony was held without spectators and most competitions are being held without an in-person audience. Meanwhile,… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch 5:12 News Wrap: Federal appeals court finds CDC eviction moratorium unlawful In our news wrap Friday, a federal appeals court has ruled against a moratorium on most residential evictions during the pandemic. Shooting and protests erupted outside the funeral of Haiti's slain President Jovenel Moïse. Monsoon rains in western India triggered… Continue watching
Jul 22 Tokyo new virus cases near 2,000 a day before Olympics open By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Thursday's 1,979 new cases are the highest since 2,044 were recorded on Jan. 15. Continue reading
Jul 21 8 things to know about the new Olympic sports By Kathleen Hobson In an effort to attract younger viewers, four new "extreme sports" will make their first-ever Olympic appearance in Tokyo. Here is what you need to know about the additions. Continue reading