Get the candy bowl ready. Dr. Fauci says Halloween is a go this year
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, tells CNN that young children should be able to go trick-or-treating outdoors for Halloween this year.
A former Afghan interpreter is settling in to his new home in the U.S.
Caught up in the chaos of the last days of the U.S. engagement in Afghanistan, one former interpreter is getting back to the difficult task of creating a new life in his adopted country.
Catch limits imposed on menhaden have sparked a population rebound
Along the Northeast coast, seals, whales and tuna feast on menhaden, fish that rebounded after regulators limited the catch. The oily fish are a foundation of coastal ecosystems from Florida to Maine.
Climate change is causing problems for puffins
Maine’s Atlantic puffins took a big hit this year. Chicks’ survival rate plummeted after a record-setting “marine heatwave” disrupted food supplies.
NPR poll: The delta surge pushed Americans further behind in all walks of life
Many families are under financial stress, parents see kids seriously behind in school, huge rent bills and looming evictions and delayed medical care has negative consequences, to name a few.
California’s Justice Department is now investigating the cause of the oil spill
California Attorney General Rob Bonta says investigators will work to find the cause of the oil spill and whether anything could have been done to prevent the spill.
A small plane crashed in a San Diego suburb, killing at least 2 people
A UPS delivery driver was among those killed in the crash in Santee, Calif. Two others who were injured were transported to a local hospital.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders a ban on all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state
Monday’s executive order prohibits any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers. Previously, Abbott banned mandates by public employers.
Encore: Book expresses still-fresh feelings about a tumultuous year
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with poet Tracy K. Smith about the book she co-edited, There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis, which was published earlier this year.
An invasive plant is taking over the Kansas prairie. It may be too late to stop it
In the land of the open prairie, an invasive plant is threatening to transform Kansas’ grassland ecosystems into biodiversity wastelands. Researchers are running out of time to find ways to stop it.
More Southwest Airlines flight disruptions follow a weekend of cancellations
Hundreds of Southwest Airlines flights are either canceled or delayed on Monday, after a weekend of disruptions that the carrier has blamed on air traffic control issues and weather conditions.
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