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There's a lot of unusual equipment being schlepped on airplanes en route to London for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games like kayaks, bows and arrows, rifles. But maybe the oddest in terms of baggage and handling are the poles used by pole vaulters. Ranging in size from 15 to 17 feet, the poles cannot be broken down, and present an interesting exercise in patience at the check-in counter. Robert Siegel talks with former Olympian Jeff Hartwig about how pole vaulters manage their equipment.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent the week campaigning in several Super Tuesday states, while other candidates focus on Nevada and South Carolina.

As the FBI investigates sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, West Virginia voters discuss how the debate is shaping their view of Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's re-election campaign.

Before he was a journalist, NPR science correspondent Joe Palca studied psychology, and focused on sleep research. He found it frustrating to study sleep: Though there are many questions about why and how we sleep, scientists have very few answers.

Russia announced this week that it would no longer work to disarm nuclear and chemical weapons under the U.S. program known as Nunn Lugar. This was a very successful program that reduced Russia's stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction over the past 20 years. U.S. money and expertise drove the program, but now the Russians believe they have plenty of both to continue the job on their own. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Whatever happened to movie soundtracks? They used to generate hit after hit for pop radio. Now, they're few and far between.

President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, met over the weekend with hostages' families in Israel, a week after ceasefire talks fell apart. This as many continue to express outrage over hunger in Gaza.

President Trump has announced a new host of the Kennedy Center Honors: himself. NPR speaks with "Trump Revealed" co-author Marc Fisher about Trump's love of the limelight.

A wrap of the fallout from the election results.

Stephanie McGarrah, who is leading the state Department of Commerce’s efforts to allocate the disaster block grants, detailed the path ahead at a meeting on Monday.