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There are indications the latest COVID wave may soon begin to recede
Monday, January 17, 2022
Coronavirus cases are still at pandemic highs with more than 800,000 new cases reported daily. But there are signs this surge may begin to abate soon, and some places may already be past their peak.
Ahead Of King's 'Dream' speech, D.C. officials planned for riots
Monday, January 17, 2022
On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a conversation about how the city thought there would be riots during the March on Washington. Story originally aired on Aug. 28, 2008 on Morning Edition.
News brief: Texas synagogue standoff, COVID surge, Boris Johnson woes
Monday, January 17, 2022
The FBI has identified the British man it says took hostages at a Texas synagogue. The pace of omicron infections may be subsiding. Britain's prime minister is fighting for his political life.
News brief: vaccine-or-test ruling, Jan. 6 charges, Novak Djokovic
Friday, January 14, 2022
Supreme Court delivers two key decisions on vaccine rules. The Oath Keepers leader is charged with conspiracy in the Jan. 6 riot. Australia's revokes tennis star Novak Djokovic's visa again.
The leader of the Oath Keepers is charged with conspiracy for Jan. 6 riot
Friday, January 14, 2022
The federal government has charged Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers, and 10 others with seditious conspiracy in the most serious case to emerge from its probe into the Capitol attack.
The surge of omicron cases in the U.S. may have started to peak
Friday, January 14, 2022
Researchers say signs are emerging that the omicron surge may have begun to peak in some parts of the country, and could peak nationally quickly. Others are more cautious.
As the omicron surge overwhelms emergency rooms, hospitals can't keep up
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
In the U.S., more people are hospitalized for COVID-19 than at any other point in the pandemic. The omicron variant has slammed ERs, but doctors say this surge feels different than earlier ones.
News brief: omicron overwhelms ERs, NATO-Russia talks, Trump interview
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
The U.S. hits another COVID record. NATO officials meet with a Russian delegation to try to prevent another invasion of Ukraine. Pressed on election lies, ex-President Trump cuts NPR interview short.
Pressed on his election lies, former President Trump cuts NPR interview short
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.
News brief: COVID tests, vaccine mandate hearing, Jan. 6 events
Friday, January 07, 2022
Rapid COVID-19 tests are in short supply and prices are increasing. The Supreme Court will review two of Biden's vaccine rules for workers. Not many Republicans attended Jan. 6 events on Capitol Hill.
News brief: Jan. 6 a year later, American extremists, CDC's communication issues
Thursday, January 06, 2022
Members of Congress mark the attack on the U.S. Capitol a year ago. Experts monitoring extremist worry the U.S. is in a more dangerous place than a year ago. Examining the CDC's messaging problems.
President Biden is scheduled to speak again with Russian President Putin
Thursday, December 30, 2021
President Biden and Russian President Putin on Thursday are expected hold their second call this month — amid Russia's continued military build-up near its border with Ukraine.
News brief: Record COVID cases, Ghislaine Maxwell verdict, Biden-Putin call
Thursday, December 30, 2021
The U.S. hits a record number of COVID-19 cases. A British socialite is found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls. President Biden and Russia's Putin are to speak on the phone.
The CDC relaxes some of its COVID-19 isolation guidelines
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
As omicron continues to spread, the CDC loosened isolation guidelines. Some infectious disease experts say the revisions should come with stronger mask and testing requirements.
News brief: isolation guidelines, John Madden, demand for new cars
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
The new CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts. NFL Hall of Fame coach and iconic sports broadcaster John Madden dies at 85. Consumers are having a tough time buying new cars.
Schools will usher in another new year defined by the pandemic
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
School leaders say the pressures of the pandemic had already made this school year the most challenging of their lives. Then came the omicron variant.
News brief: Revised COVID guidelines, pandemic school year, Winter Olympics
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
The CDC cuts the recommended isolation time for COVID infections. Schools will usher in another new year defined by the pandemic. Winter Olympic officials put stringent COVID measures in place.
Scientists estimate record U.S. COVID cases attributed to the omicron variant
Monday, December 27, 2021
Over the next month, scientists estimate that the U.S. could face a record-breaking 400,000 new cases each day — powered by the omicron variant. Hospitalizations in some areas already are rising.
News brief: omicron surge, travelers face flight cancellations, Desmond Tutu dies
Monday, December 27, 2021
The U.S. is in another COVID surge, due to the omicron variant. Holiday travelers find hundreds of flights are canceled. South Africa begins a week of mourning for the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Communities are dealing with an increase in homicides. What's behind the rise?
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Two consecutive years of escalating gun violence and homicides leave big cities and small towns reeling as they search for ways to regain control of a problem with many causes.