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COVID cases are rising this summer. Fall boosters are just around the corner
Monday, August 14, 2023
Hospitalizations are up, as are signs of COVID in waste water. New fall boosters may help, but it's unclear how effective they'll be against the latest variant.
Morning news brief
Monday, August 14, 2023
Recovery continues in Maui after America's deadliest fire in more than 100 years. Georgia prosecutors gear up for Trump election interference case. A federal court hears Alabama redistricting case.
Wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui ravage the town of Lahaina
Monday, August 14, 2023
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said he has ordered a comprehensive review to understand the actions taken before, during and after last week's wildfires on Maui.
Georgia prosecutors are gearing up for the Trump election interference case
Monday, August 14, 2023
On Monday a grand jury in Atlanta is expected to begin hearing a closed-door presentation of a case stemming from a failed effort to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election.
Morning news brief
Friday, August 04, 2023
Ex-President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to four felony counts. The Labor Department will release its monthly jobs report. New charges are expected against an imprisoned Russian opposition leader.
House Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson says our democracy is 'very fragile'
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chaired the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee, says holding former President Donald Trump accountable is important because of the "very fragile" state of our democracy.
Trump to be arraigned on charges connected to attempts to overturn 2020 election
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned Thursday in federal court in Washington, D.C. on charges that he participated in a conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Morning news brief
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Donald Trump to be arraigned on charges in connection with the Jan. 6 riot. The GOP prioritizes the economy over climate change. Russian strikes on Ukraine intensify after Moscow suspends grain deal.
Ukraine struggles to export its grain — as Russia repeatedly strikes its ports
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports have intensified since Moscow suspended participation in a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach world markets.
Trump is indicted on 4 counts related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Former President Donald Trump is now facing a third indictment. The latest charges stem from his efforts to cling to power after losing the 2020 election.
For hard-core Trump supporters latest indictment doesn't raise doubts
Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Republican primary voters in upstate New York are angry over the latest Trump indictment, but some say they're weary of his drama.
U.S. loses its top AAA rating from Fitch over worries about the nation's finances
Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Rating agency Fitch has cut the U.S.' credit rating, lowering it by one notch from the top grade. It cited big government deficits and a deterioration in governance over the last two decades.
How conservative media are covering Donald Trump's 3rd indictment
Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Former President Donald Trump relies on conservative media outlets as a pillar of his support. How did they cover Trump's latest indictment related to the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol?
Morning news brief
Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Donald Trump is indicted on felony charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. How conservative media are covering the indictment. Fitch strips the U.S. of its Triple-A bond rating.
Morning news brief
Tuesday, August 01, 2023
Donald Trump's legal woes haven't hurt him in the polls. The ACLU files a lawsuit to block the country's first religious public charter school. Kenya offers to step in to bolster security in Haiti.
It's the end of the road for Yellow, one of the nation's largest freight carriers
Monday, July 31, 2023
Trucking company Yellow is shutting down after taking a $700 million federal pandemic loan three years ago. The closure would mean the loss of approximately 30,000 jobs — 22,000 of them Teamsters.
Pakistan's government vows to find those behind a deadly bombing
Monday, July 31, 2023
Pakistan is vowing to hunt down those behind a massive suicide bombing on Sunday that targeted a rally of a pro-Taliban cleric. Dozens of people were killed and nearly 200 wounded.
Ukraine's troops are slowly pushing Russian forces out of occupied Ukrainian land
Monday, July 31, 2023
As Ukraine claims a strategic victory in a long, grinding counteroffensive, its troops say they need more long-range weapons to fight increasingly entrenched Russian troops.
Morning news brief
Monday, July 31, 2023
A bombing kills dozens on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Ukraine retakes a small village from Russia. Some 30,000 people are losing their jobs as trucking company Yellow shuts down.
Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar discusses Putin, Zelenskyy and the war in Ukraine
Thursday, July 27, 2023
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar about his book on Putin, Zelenskyy and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.