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8:20am Sep 23, 2021Health & Safety Health & Safety
A Pfizer Booster Is Authorized For People 65+ Or At High-Risk For COVID
The Food and Drug Administration gave the OK for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster for anyone 65 or older or at high risk for severe disease. People whose work puts them at risk will also be eligible. -
7:53am Sep 23, 2021
How Goats Are Being Used To Prevent Wildfires In Ireland
Hills in Ireland are covered in a dry shrub called gorse that is responsible for many of the fires there. Goats love to eat gorse. -
7:44am Sep 23, 2021Politics & Government Politics & Government
Democrats, Progressives And Moderates, Are Divided Over Infrastructure Plan
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington State, head of the House Progressive Caucus, about the threats to vote no on the infrastructure bill. -
7:21am Sep 23, 2021
Melvin Van Peebles, A Giant Of Black Cinema, Dies At 89
He helped pave the way for the renegade genre known as blaxpolitation, with movies that were bitingly funny, sexually swaggering and occasionally violent, that put Black protagonists front and center. -
6:38am Sep 23, 2021Politics & Government Politics & Government
Veteran Democratic Strategist Is The First Black Woman To Lead EMILY's List
by Juana SummersLaphonza Butler is the first Black woman to lead the pro-abortion rights group EMILY's List. The group has been criticized for historically not doing enough to support Black women in politics. -
6:15am Sep 23, 2021Music & Culture Music & Culture
John Prine's First Album Came Out The Same Year NPR Debuted Original Programming
by Ann PowersNPR turns 50 this year, and we're marking it by looking back on some other things that happened in 1971. It was that year that songwriter John Prine released his debut album. Prine died in 2020. -
5:56am Sep 23, 2021Health & Safety Health & Safety
News Brief: Booster Shots, Haitian Migrants, U.N. Famine Warning
The FDA OKs a Pfizer booster for people 65+ or at high risk for severe COVID-19. Some Haitian migrants have been released into the U.S. The U.N. says people in an area of Ethiopia face severe hunger. -
5:51am Sep 23, 2021
NPR's History Podcast 'Throughline' Examines The Rise Of The Taliban
How did a small group of Islamic students go from local vigilantes to the Taliban? It is one of the most infamous and enigmatic forces in the world. -
5:51am Sep 23, 2021
As Germans Prepare To Vote For A New Leader, We Hear Some Of Their Views
by H.J. MaiGermany is electing a new chancellor on Sunday to succeed Angela Merkel who's led the country for 16 years. A German expat went back to his home town to report on this pivotal election. -
5:51am Sep 23, 2021National National
Betty Soskin, The Oldest Active U.S. Park Ranger, Is Still Going Strong
Soskin, who turned 100 years old on Wednesday, currently works as a ranger at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif. -
5:51am Sep 23, 2021Health & Safety Health & Safety
The U.S. Is Among Other Countries Pushing For Global Vaccine Equity
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Bruce Aylward, senior adviser at the World Health Organization, about the latest push by nations to get more COVID-19 vaccines to countries in need. -
5:51am Sep 23, 2021
At 91, Clint Eastwood Isn't Slowing Down. 'Cry Macho' Is His Latest Film
NPR's A Martínez talks to film critic Kenneth Turan about Cry Macho — the latest film from director and actor Clint Eastwood. The nonagenarian started directing films 50 years ago.
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