Is The Need For COVID Boosters Actually Urgent? U.S. Surgeon General Weighs In
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about how urgent the need for COVID boosters is, how the rollout will work and whether we should even be giving boosters in this country.
A Judge Has Given The Boy Scouts Conditional Approval Of An $850M Bankruptcy Deal
The Scouts reached the deal with attorneys for some sexual abuse claimants. Among those who oppose it are other claimants and insurance companies.
A Traveling ICU Nurse Describes Taking On The Latest COVID Surge
NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Grover Street, a travel nurse and author of the book Chasing the Surge: Life as a Travel Nurse in a Global Pandemic, about working on the road with COVID-19 patients.
How The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Has Affected Its Relationship With The U.K.
NPR’s Mary Louise talks with British Ambassador to the U.S. Karen Pierce about how the pullout from Afghanistan has impacted the so-called “special relationship” between the U.S. and the U.K.
Teachers Reflect On Another Pandemic School Year
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with teachers about how they’ve prepared for another academic year during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many Hospitals With No Beds Left Are Forced To Send COVID Patients To Cities Far Away
Many overwhelmed hospitals, with no beds to offer, are putting critically ill COVID-19 patients on planes, helicopters and ambulances and sending them hundreds of miles away for treatment.
Miami-Dade County Schools Mandate Masks, Defying Florida’s Governor
Florida’s largest school district became the latest in the state to order masks ahead of the county’s 334,000 students returning to their classrooms on Monday.
EPA Will Ban A Farming Pesticide Linked To Health Problems In Children
Agency officials issued a final ruling on Wednesday saying chlorpyrifos can no longer be used on the food that makes its way onto American dinner plates. The move overturns a Trump-era decision.
Judge Rules Philadelphia Can’t Remove A Christopher Columbus Statue
The city may appeal. Officials wanted to take the statue out of South Philadelphia’s Marconi Plaza in reaction to racial justice protests after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
A Defensive Biden Argues There Was No Exit From Afghanistan ‘Without Chaos Ensuing’
The president told ABC News it was “a simple choice” to withdraw U.S. forces, and he faulted the Afghan government and its military for not more forcibly defending the capital.
Cryptocurrencies May Be Reined In Soon — Here’s What Regulators Want To Change
The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission compared cryptocurrencies to the “Wild West.” Made to operate outside government control, the regulator is asking Congress to help rein them in.
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