Matt Ozug
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Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport and it's also popular with older athletes. All Things Considered went to the Florida Senior Games to find out why. -
At the Florida Senior Games, nearly 600 pickleball players compete for spots in the 2025 National Senior Games. They say the sport has tapped into their competitive side and maintained their health.
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A group of women who've been walking their local mall together for decades share the ways their commitments to movement, and each other, have enriched their lives and health.
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DeEtte Sauer, 83, went from being a girl who wasn't allowed to participate in sports, to an elite swimmer as a senior. She talks with NPR's Juana Summers about what being active means to her.
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Older folks interested in lifting weights flock to a gym in Baltimore, where the trainer has special expertise in working with people in their 60s, 70s and 80s to build strength and independence.
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Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon have forced more and more people from their homes. The U.S. State Department is urging American citizens in Lebanon to leave the country all together.
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Lebanon Health Minister Firass Abiad speaks with NPR's Juana Summers on how his hospital system is coping with some of the deadliest airstrikes the country has seen in decades.
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These experts argue technological developments have changed warfare more in the past several years than the decades spanning from the introduction of the airplane. -
Three men behind the 9/11 attacks have agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. Liz Miller, whose father was killed on Sept. 11 when she was six, shares her view on the outcome.
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Players at the Copa America have been seen exiting team buses with Mate gourds. Part of the point of Yerba Mate is that it's communal -- perfect to be shared with your 10 best friends after a game.