Capitol Riot Hearing; Tokyo Hits New COVID-19 High; The Golden Age Of The American Circus

Plus, the latest updates from the Tokyo Olympics. [View this email online]( [NPR]( by Korva Coleman and Jill Hudson First Up Brent Stirton/Getty Images Here's what we're following today. Officers from the Capitol Police and D.C. Metropolitan Police Department who served at the Capitol during the January 6 attack are testifying today. Listen live to the hearing and NPR's analysis on the [NPR One app]( or [follow the story here](. The timing couldn't be worse: with Tokyo the focus of world attention after the start of the long-delayed Olympic Games, health officials in the Japanese capital report a [never-before-seen daily count in coronavirus infections](. The final victim of the condo building collapse in Florida has been identified, more than a month after [the middle-of-the-night catastrophe]( that ultimately claimed 98 lives. Today on Up First, our daily news podcast: reporting on how pharmaceutical companies flooded a West Virginia community with opioids. [Click here to listen](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listens --------------------------------------------------------------- [Recorded in 2010, Prince's Welcome 2 America is a previously unreleased, 12-track album.]( Kevin Mazur/The Prince Estate When Prince died in 2016, he left a massive library of unreleased recordings at his studio Paisley Park, which his estate has been sorting through ever since. On July 30, the world will finally get to hear the album Welcome 2 America, a 2010 project from the artist's vault. [Listen here]( or [read the review](. Miami Herald Executive Editor Monica Richardson could have discarded a racist email she received from a reader without a second thought. But not only did the paper's first Black executive editor read the email without hitting "delete" — she published her response in the paper. [Listen to the interview]( or [read the details](. The circus known as the greatest show on earth, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, came to an abrupt end in May 2017, when the owners made the decision to shut it down. Listen in as NPR's Michel Martin talks to writer Les Standiford about [the golden age of the circus](. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Tokyo Olympics --------------------------------------------------------------- [USA's Megan Rapinoe competes against Australia's Tameka Yallop during their 0-0 draw today in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women's soccer tournament. The result was enough to send the U.S. team to the knockout stage.]( Shinji Akagi/AFP The U.S. women's soccer team is advancing to the knockout stage of the Tokyo Olympics soccer tournament. [Read more here](. U.S. women's gymnastics have taken silver in the women's team final, behind the team from Russia, after U.S. star Simone Biles suddenly pulled out of competition after the first rotation due to a medical issue. [Click here for more details](. Tokyo's Olympic and Paralympic Games are expected to be one of — if not the — hottest and most humid games on record, with daily temperatures expected [in the high-80s and low-90s]( degrees Fahrenheit. With a population of just 63,000, Bermuda has become the smallest nation or territory to win an Olympic gold medal. Flora Duffy, 33, clinched the victory for the British island territory in [the women's individual triathlon](. [Japan's Naomi Osaka returns the ball to the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova during their third round tennis match at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday.]( Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images Japan's Naomi Osaka is out of the Tokyo Olympics after losing on Tuesday in straight sets to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic in the third round. The loss is a major upset and a shock to the host country. [Osaka is considered the face of these Games]( and lit the cauldron during the Olympic opening ceremony a few days ago. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz made history Monday by winning the Philippines' first gold medal at the Summer Olympics. [Read the story](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Ramappa temple in India.]( ASI/UNESCO - This year's UNESCO World Heritage sites include an Iranian railway, an ancient Chinese port city and an iconic boulevard in Spain. 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