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A health-care worker prepares to administer a free monkeypox vaccine in Wilton Manors, Florida. The question: Can vaccination slow the outbreak?

Health & Safety

There's a bit of good news about monkeypox. Is it because of the vaccine?

5:47pm August 18, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

It's basically the same vaccine used against smallpox. Here's how it works — and whether researchers think it's playing a role in the fact that the current outbreak is starting to slow down.

A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to provide a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the FBI search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, saying he believed the affidavit should be partially released.

Politics & Government

Judge creates path for releasing redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago search

4:53pm August 18, 2022

by NPR Washington Desk

At a hearing in Florida, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said he's inclined to release parts of the affidavit used to search Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.

Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone (left) and Hadi Matar, who was charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, listen during an arraignment Thursday in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, N.Y.

A judge denies bail for the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

4:51pm August 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Chautauqua County district attorney said that Hadi Matar stabbed the author a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, before he could be stopped by shocked bystanders.

Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg arrives for a hearing on his criminal case at Manhattan Criminal Court on Aug. 12 in New York City. The Manhattan District Attorney's office is charging Weisselberg and the Trump Organiza

National

Allen Weisselberg, a Trump Org employee for decades, pleads guilty to felony charges

3:31pm August 18, 2022

Weisselberg entered his guilty plea in state court in lower Manhattan on Thursday. He's the latest person close to former President Trump to plead guilty or be convicted at trial of a felony.

How do mosquitoes smell us out? And how can we stop them? A new study offers a surprising answer to the first question — and hope for better preventive strategies as a result.

Mosquitoes surprise researcher with their 'weird' sense of smell

3:13pm August 18, 2022

by Ari Daniel

That's how neuroscientist Meg Younger describes her team's findings about how skeeters hone in on human aromas. And that could lead to better ways to keep us bite- and disease-free.

Streaming outperforms both cable and broadcast TV for the first time ever

2:35pm August 18, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Streaming platforms outpaced broadcast and cable in July's total TV viewership. The change came as new seasons of hits on Hulu and Netflix debuted and live sports and traditional shows went on hiatus.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Japan's alcohol industry hard, sharpening a long-running trend away from drinking. A new campaign sponsored by the National Tax Agency hopes to change that — but it's running into sharp criticism.

Japan launches a contest to urge young people to drink more alcohol

12:49pm August 18, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Governments are watching lucrative alcohol tax revenues dry up, as people drink less. In Japan, a plan to counter that trend is running into controversy.

LeBron James' two-year, $97.1 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers makes him the highest-paid player in NBA history.

Sports

LeBron James' $97.1M contract extension makes him the top-paid player in NBA history

12:43pm August 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The 37-year-old All-Star has agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Lakers, his agent announced.

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks in Brussels on Feb. 18. Ethiopia's government is criticizing Tedros' statement that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth" and his assertion

World News

Ethiopia denounces WHO head for saying crisis ignored because of Tigrayans' skin color

11:56am August 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ethiopia's government is criticizing as "unethical" the statement by the World Health Organization's director-general that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth."

This computer illustration shows the E. coli bacteria in blood. An outbreak in Michigan and Ohio is under investigation as health officials try to determine the source.

A rapidly spreading E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio is raising health alarms

11:22am August 18, 2022

by Wynne Davis

At least 29 people have fallen ill from the E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio, and that number is likely an undercount, the CDC says. The source of the outbreak has not been found yet.