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As skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan's home team is gunning for gold. CNN's Blake Essig speaks with the Osaka Daggers, a cutting-edge street skateboarding crew, to trace the country's skateboarding origins and explores how it's gaining in popularity as it prepares to make a splash at the Summer Games.

CNN's Ed Lavandera visits a Las Vegas barbershop amidst rising cases of Covid-19 in Nevada. After several unvaccinated employees were infected, business owner Robert Taylor set up a vaccine site at his shop.

From blood-chilling makeup to elaborate prosthetics, South Korean special effects artist Hwang Hyo-kyun shows us what it takes to bring a zombie apocalypse to life for the Netflix series "Kingdom."

In a reversal, a number of conservative voices are this week suddenly urging their audiences to get vaccinated. Why now?

CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen fact-checks President Joe Biden's answer on coronavirus vaccine efficacy during a CNN town hall with Don Lemon.

Xinxiang (China) (AFP) – Firefighters rescue residents from deadly flooding in China's Henan province. The rainfall in the region was the heaviest since record-keeping began 60 years ago.

Masih Alinejad, a campaigner for women's rights in Iran and host of a VOA Persian TV program, shares how U.S. federal agents saved her from an elaborate kidnapping attempt by Iranian authorities. Jesusemen Oni has more.

Zhengzhou (China) (AFP) – Vehicles are seen in a pile up on a motorway after record rainfall caused deadly floods in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou.

Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts. Weinstein was extradited to California from New York to face the charges. (July 21)

Why did a basketball superstar order EXACTLY 50 chicken nuggets? CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.