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What Arizona's Mexico-born Republican congressman thinks of the border situation
by Mansee Khurana
As part of the "We, The Voters" series exploring immigration, we meet Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani, a Mexican American representing Arizona's Sixth Congressional District.
Police Are The First To Testify At Jan. 6 House Select Committee Hearing
A House select committee on Tuesday holds its first public hearing into the Jan, 6 insurrection, with testimony from four police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters.
Many Say Mandating Vaccines For Health Care Workers Is Critical To Pandemic's End
Sarah McCammon talks to Dr. Ada Stewart, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, about why her group is backing vaccine mandates for health care workers.
Delta Variant Sparks Concerns About What's Next For U.S. Economic Recovery
NPR's Noel King talks to Heather Boushey, senior economic adviser to President Biden, about how the pandemic is impeding America's economic recovery, and how vaccinations will help.
Why Are U.K. Employees, Who Don't Have COVID, Not Showing Up For Their Jobs?
by Willem Marx
Scores of people in the U.K. are self-isolating after being notified by an app that they've been in contact with someone with COVID-19.
As The Delta Variant Rages, Calls Grow For Vaccine Mandates
An increasing number of cities, states, counties and hospitals are making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory. But not all health care workers are on board.
Olympic Spotlight: U.S. Women Participate In Gymnastics Team Final
The U.S. women's gymnastics team hasn't lost an Olympic or world championship since 2011. But that may change at the Tokyo Olympics. During qualifying, the squad did not look as sharp as usual.
A Crisis Follows After Tunisia's Prime Minister Is Removed From Office
by Ruth Sherlock
Tunisia's president has taken the country's fragile democracy to the brink by shutting parliament down — the latest chapter in the struggle between secular and Islamist factions there.
Closing Arguments To Begin In West Virginia's Opioid Crisis
by Brian Mann
A civil opioid trial in West Virginia will hold closing arguments on Tuesday. It comes amid the debate over whether corporations will be held accountable for their role in the addiction crisis.
Coastal Residents Question Where Funds Will Come From To Fight Rising Sea Levels
by Lauren Sommer
Facebook's campus on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay is at risk from rising sea levels. So is a nearby low-income community. That's raising questions about who should be paying for climate change.
News Brief: Jan. 6 Probe, Vaccine Mandates, Opioid Trial
A House select committee opens its probe into the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Vaccination mandates take shape across the U.S. A federal opioid trial in West Virginia goes to closing arguments.