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Elana Meyers Taylor became the oldest-ever winner of an individual Winter Olympic gold medal in Milan-Cortina. She explains why it was a victory two decades in the making. Show more Elana Meyers Taylor became the oldest-ever winner of an individual Winter Olympic gold medal when she won the women’s monobob event in Milan-Cortina, aged 41.…

Episode detailsWorld Service,·16 Mar 2026,·22 minsAvailable for over a yearElana Meyers Taylor became the oldest-ever winner of an individual Winter Olympic gold medal when she won the women’s monobob event in Milan-Cortina, aged 41. It was the American’s sixth Olympic medal, and first gold, having first won a bronze medal in 2010 at the Vancouver…

Available for over a yearQuantum computing promises revolutionary new discoveries. But tech revolutions can be messy. Is now the time to start thinking about how we ethically use quantum machines? Also, we find out how glass can be turned into useful data storage that will last for thousands of years. And what can science fiction…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for international action to cut off the supply of weapons to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are accused of mass killings in el-Fasher. At the end of a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Canada, Rubio said the RSF had committed systematic atrocities, including murder, rape…

Macomb County deputy sheriff Nicole Miron climbed into the passenger seat of a silver truck on a busy highway to bring it to a stop after noticing the 63-year-old driver was having a “medical issue.”September 19, 2024

Hurricane Milton is already causing travel disruptions as the storm takes aim at Florida’s west coast.The hurricane is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Possible record storm surge is anticipated in the Tampa area. Flooding is also a risk throughout much of the state.Evacuation orders have…

Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor. The NBA…

The Sept. 12 incident was caught on camera.September 19, 2024, 11:50 AMTwo Michigan sheriff’s deputies are being hailed as heroes after they rescued a driver who experienced a medical emergency on a busy highway.The Sept. 12 rescue was caught on camera and shows a silver truck moving erratically at about 5 mph on Gratiot Avenue…

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery fell 5 cents to $85.36 per barrel TuesdayBenchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery fell 5 cents to $85.36 per barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for June delivery fell 8 cents to $90.02 per barrel.Wholesale gasoline for May delivery rose 4 cents to $2.82 a gallon. May heating oil…

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.Cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting, when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun to ignite a silver torch…