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Earlier this year, the basketball guard was preparing for the NBA draft after completing his freshman year at the University of Kentucky. He had signed to an agency associated with LeBron James.

This hour, journalist Saleem Reshamwala gives us a tour of surprising people and places — Lima, Nairobi, and prehistoric New Jersey — to inspire new perspectives on travel and cultures.

French judo athlete Teddy Riner, a 6-foot-8, two-time gold medalist known as "Big Ted," has dominated his sport for a decade. It was a shock when he lost in a quarterfinal fight.

This means they'll head to the semifinal. The U.S. is trying to become the first reigning Women's World Cup champion to win Olympic gold.

In addition to smashing a longtime world record, Tatjana Schoenmaker took home South Africa's first gold medal of the Tokyo Games.

Jill Biden reportedly stepped on an object on a beach in Hawaii last weekend ahead of two official events there. She was in Hawaii after attending the start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

President Biden is encouraging federal workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or face new rules over masking and testing. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the rules.

Scott and Weekend Edition's Dan Schorr discuss the week's news.

Scott interviews General Colin Powell about his retirement, Bob Dole and gays in the military. They discuss Powell's non-candidacy and his view of Dole's decision not to address a recent NAACP convention. Powell also describes what it's like to rejoin civilian life.

documenting thousand of beach-closings in the U.S. last year due to high levels of bacteria and viruses in swimming water. Perhaps more worrisome than that, the group says, were the beaches that weren't closed.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Istanbul on Turkey's "identity crisis." Long the southeastern anchor of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...NATO...Turkey was part of the West's Soviet Union containment policy. But, the Cold War is over, Turkey is surrounded by unfriendly countries and the new prime minister comes from a pro-Islamic party.

Scott Horsley reports from San Diego about funding for next month's Republican Convention. Fund raisers are scurrying to raise $40 million. (