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This year, the NBA welcomed several elite prospects who skipped college to play for a new minor league team. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim about the team, Ignite.

U.S. Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick collapsed after being assaulted while defending the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021. Later, he was among the small number of Americans to lie in honor in the Rotunda, where he had fought.

Rep. Elise Stefanik's outspoken defense of Donald Trump after Jan. 6 has roiled a pro-democracy group funded by Congress where she's a board member. Some staff members are sharing their concerns.

The reigning world champion is the first woman to stick the landing after two flips and three full twists. Biles also made history by performing a double-double dismount off the balance beam Friday.

Top seed Novak Djokovic is through to the men's singles final at Wimbledon after beating Juan Martin del Potro in an epic semifinal match. Andy Murray stands in Djokovic's way, making the finals for the second year in a row. Murray lost the 2012 Championship final to Roger Federer.

Some 2,000 people have been displaced, according to one humanitarian group's estimate. But there are hopeful signs. Puerto Rico's utility says roughly 80% of its customers have their electricity back.

Officials are still trying to identify the person who placed bombs outside of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee offices in 2021. Now they have fresh details.

Even if the January 6 investigation had wrapped this week, the former president would still be looming over the fall landscape like a rising harvest moon.

The Toronto Blue Jays shook off their epic 18-inning loss to even the World Series in Game 4. Ohtani redefined the concept of short rest by taking the mound just more than 17 hours after Game 3.

Dean chats with Scott VanBommel, meteorite hunter and senior research scientist at Washington University in St. Louis. Listen to learn what it takes to find a meteorite (you'll have to start looking down). Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppodFind Us Online: Twitter: @lookinguppod @deanregas, Instagram: @917wvxu @deanregas, Tiktok: @cincinnatipublicradio @astronomerdean, Episode transcript: www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up, More from Dean: www.astrodean.com