Pfizer says children under 5 can get 3 low-dose versions of its COVID-19 vaccine Transcript Three shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for kids 6 months to under 5 prompted a strong immune response. Preliminary data suggests the vaccine is...
Historic levels of hate crimes are a threat to U.S. democracy, Lipstadt says Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Deborah Lipstadt, the Biden administration's special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, about the racism and hatred that motivat...
After a discrediting campaign, DHS pauses a board created to combat disinformation Transcript A disinformation expert looks back on how disinformation put on hold a new government board she was hired to lead to help coordinate the Biden administratio...
Paper airplane enthusiasts break record for farthest flight by a paper aircraft Transcript The plane flew an impressive 252 feet. Chee Yie Jian created the prototype. He said his design and his partner's rocket arm had the winning combination. RACHEL...
Buy now, pay later plans help to reduce online cart abandonment Alexi Horowitz, photographed for NPR, 2 August 2022, in New York, NY. Photo by Mamadi Doumbouya for NPR. Transcript A payment option called buy now, pay later is growing in popularity. W...
Where is 'Harry's House' anyway? Harry Styles explains Transcript Harry Styles has been constantly on the go since his teenage years in the boy band One Direction one world tour after another. So the idea of home is something he's been giving a lot o...
Voters in Forsyth County, Ga., discuss weighing their choices in midterm elections Transcript As a new election season arrives, NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Georgian voters from Forsyth County, which leans toward Republican candidates. STEVE INSKE...
Biden begins a 5-day trip to Asia with a stop in South Korea Transcript President Biden is on his first trip to Asia since taking office. In South Korea and Japan, he'll try to coordinate more closely with them on priorities including strategic compe...
A counselor at Mississippi's only abortion clinic shares her story Transcript In this week's StoryCorps, a worker at Mississippi's last remaining clinic that performs abortions, talks about her experiences. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Time now for StoryCorps....
The House has approved a bill to fight domestic terrorism Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks to House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland about a newly passed bill targeting domestic terrorism, and the partisan divides that make Senate approval...
Much of the U.S. could see power blackouts this summer, a grid assessment reveals Transcript A grid reliability report says power outages are likely in parts of the Midwest, California and Texas. The Western drought and a mismatch between supply and...
Finland has officially applied to join NATO and a brewery shows support Transcript A Finnish brewery is making the case with a case of beer. The brew is called OTAN, a play on a Finnish expression that means I'll have a beer. It's also the French abb...
A slavery-era instrument is on the National Mall, singing 'songs of liberation' Transcript An unusual artwork in the Sculpture Garden on the National Mall also makes unusual sounds: archaic and uncanny. It's an old-fashioned steam calliope, an instru...
Russia aims to capitalize on controlling the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol Transcript Russia is consolidating its control of the strategic Ukrainian city of Mariupol, after months of bombardment that Ukrainian officials say killed tens of thousands...
Restaurants that survived the pandemic are now threatened by inflation Transcript It was a lot of hard work, and a little bit of luck, that helped 34-year-old Joseph Charles steer his Boston pizza place through the worst of the pandemic. Rock City Pi...
