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NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Dr. Hyung Chun, professor of cardiology at Yale and senior author of a study in COVID breakthrough cases, on vaccine misinformation following the death of Colin Powell.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Zoe Schiffer, senior reporter at The Verge, about the latest developments surrounding Netflix and company accountability.

The U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs visited a Los Angeles encampment to discuss veteran homelessness and plans for new affordable housing.

The mayor of Seville, Spain, has announced a new program — the world's first — to give official names to severe heat waves. The hope is that such a system will make people take them more seriously.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Brian Vines, a reporter for Consumer Reports, about the current popularity in dollar stores and why it has some communities worried.

President Bush, visiting Eastern Europe to welcome seven new members of NATO, stops in Romania for a speech at Bucharest's Revolution Square. Hear more from NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Jackson, Miss., is a city with two identities. There's the part which is more than 80% Black, led by a mayor who wants to make it "the most radical city on the planet." Then there's the state capital.

A land mine explodes under a bus in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 12 people, including six Indian soldiers. Two dozen are injured, many critically, and the death toll is likely to rise. Islamic militants are suspected in the attack. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

Tom Morey, the inventor of the Boogie Board and a renowned figure in the surfing world, died on Oct. 14 at the age of 86.

Chicago is requiring its workers to be vaccinated or undergo twice-weekly testing on their own time and dime. The head of the police union is urging cops not to share their vaccination info.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been looking at the causes of the riot. It's now voting on contempt resolution for Steve Bannon who defied its subpoena.

Catholics are debating a controversial new Web site listing the names of more than 500 priests in the U.S. convicted or accused of child sexual abuse. Advocates say the information helps promote healing among the abuse victims. But critics say the Web site could spread false accusations against innocent priests. NPR's Duncan Moon reports.

President Bush and Russian President Putin issue a joint statement that echoes NATO's earlier demand that Iraq comply with a U.N. Security Council order to disarm. The statement does not indicate what role Russia might play if military force is used in the Persian Gulf. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

The Bush administration issues long-awaited revisions to clean-air regulations, allowing utilities, refineries and manufacturers to avoid having to install expensive new anti-pollution equipment when modernizing plants. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

A consortium in South Africa wants to teach manufacturers in poor countries to make Moderna's COVID vaccine. But Moderna won't share its process. So the scientists are trying to reverse engineer it.

Al Qaeda's alleged Persian Gulf operations chief, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, is now a U.S. captive, providing authorities a fresh chance to gather intelligence on possible terrorist efforts, U.S. officials say. Al-Nashiri, a suspected mastermind of the U.S.S. Cole bombing, is the latest senior lieutenant of Osama bin Laden to be captured. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

North Carolina is a swing state with a Senate seat coming open. On the Republican side, the former president made an early endorsement, seeming to set the positioning for the GOP hopefuls.

A new study says the current climate crisis is a "severe threat" to the safety of younger generations, who will experience far more extreme climate events such as heat waves, wildfires and floods.

The bright phenomenon was videoed above the coast of North Carolina on Friday night. Sightings were also reported in South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

Recent flood deaths highlighted the dangers of living in basement apartments. Experts are looking for ways to keep people safer below ground and alternative affordable housing so they won't have to.