RFK Jr.'s picks for CDC vaccine advisers meet this week amid controversy
For the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all the members of the vaccine committee, it is meeting in Atlanta.
A café in Japan has a cool way to fight sweltering summer heat: swordsicles
Ninja Cafe Takayama creates the swordsicles out of ice cream. They are about 16 inches long — roughly the same length as a real ninja sword. The swordsicles will go on sale later this month.
The consequences of war are evident at a prosthetic center in Yemen
The war in Yemen is slowing down but one of the lasting effects can be seen in the large numbers of people — many of them children — who need prosthetic limbs.
Actors union agrees to federal mediation with studios as contract deadline nears
The union representing Hollywood actors has agreed to mediation in its ongoing negotiations. This came a day before the contract is set to expire. A strike is possible if an agreement isn't reached.
Bank of America agrees to pay $250 million for illegal fees, fake accounts
NPR's Michele Martin talks to Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about penalties imposed on Bank of America for illegal business practices.
Parents of Parkland school shooting victim tour areas ripped apart by gun violence
An anti-gun violence tour led by parents who lost their son in a 2018 mass shooting in Florida, visit Uvalde, Texas, — site of last year's attack on Robb Elementary School which left 21 people dead.
Waters are receding in Vermont's state capital after historic flooding
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the Mayor Jack McCullough of Montpelier >, Vermont, about the latest on catastrophic flooding in the city's downtown.
Wisconsin is trying a novel approach to reducing death by drug overdose
Milwaukee public health officials had an idea for reducing deaths by drug overdoses. They bought vending machines and then stocked them with life-saving supplies — such as Narcan.
Jury rules handwritten will found under Aretha Franklin's couch cushion is valid
Aretha Franklin died in 2018 and her children have been locked in a legal battle over her will. A Michigan probate court ruled a four-page, hand-written document can legally be considered her will.
Critics have doubts about New York's huge winter sports tourism investment
The state is on track to spend a billion dollars refurbishing 40-year-old Winter Olympic sports and tourism sites near Lake Placid. Critics ask why? (Story aired on ATC on July 10, 2023.)
Support group helps imprisoned moms who've lost parental rights deal with grief
More than half the women in U.S. prisons are parents. At a women's prison in Minnesota, a support group helps mothers who have lost parental rights deal with their grief.
Senate hearing will scrutinize PGA Tour's deal with LIV golf
NPR's A Martinez talks to Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin ahead of a congressional hearing on the planned merger between golf's major organizations, PGA Tour and LIV Golf.