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Rodney Carmichael is NPR Music's hip-hop staff writer. An Atlanta-bred cultural critic, he helped document the city's rise as rap's reigning capital for a decade while serving on staff as music editor, culture writer and senior writer for the defunct alt-weekly Creative Loafing.

Michael Phelps captured one last gold, his 23rd in his staggering career. On the track, Jamaica kept its stranglehold on the women's 100 meters as Elaine Thompson became the world's fastest woman.

Also on the list of 6,500 new Scrabble words: aji (the pepper), coqui (the frog) and the more old-fashioned ixnay and zowee. Or you could just say yeesh — if you've got the right tiles.

Cincinnati Edition has invited all of the Cincinnati City Council candidates for interviews. Here is the second installment.

SIMON/SPERRY TOP-SIDER: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH BOB MOORE, PRESIDENT OF SPERRY TOP-SIDER, THE FOOTWEAR INVENTED 60 YEARS AGO TO HELP SAILORS GRIP WET DECKS.

A judge said that Chansley, one of the most recognizable people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, must remain in jail ahead of his trial because he remains a threat to the public.

The court said the party's leader violated election law because he gave the new party about $6 million – far more than Thai law allows for political donations. He insists the money was a loan.

This marks North Korea's fourth attempted launch of the year. The third failed. The last successful attempt was on March 6, when North Korea fired four missiles at the same time into the same waters.

More than 6 million of the state's electricity customers were experiencing power outages as of Monday.

In Game 6 at the Warriors' Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., the Raptors pulled out a 114-110 win in a heart-stopping game that is destined to become an NBA classic.