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Houston Fire Department paramedics prepare to transport a COVID-19 positive woman to a hospital on September 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. While the virus is still rampant in the U.S., some vaccinated people will continue to get infected.

What to know about your risk of a serious or fatal breakthrough COVID infection

With high-profile stories of vaccinated people dying from COVID, how worried should you be about getting a serious breakthrough case? Here's how the data shake out.

GOP bill on NC governor's emergency powers heads to his desk

Another effort by North Carolina Republicans to check the governor’s broad powers during a pandemic or other emergency has cleared the General Assembly.…

The Schuylkill River floods Philadelphia in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in September. The extreme rain caught many by surprise, trapping people in basements and cars and killing dozens.

Climate change is bad for your health. And plans to boost economies may make it worse

A Lancet medical journal report finds that human-caused climate change is worsening human health in just about every measurable way. It calls for more urgent action from world leaders.

Former NFL players Ken Jenkins (right) and Clarence Vaughn III (center right), along with their wives, Amy Lewis (center) and Brooke Vaughn (left), carry petitions demanding equal treatment for everyone involved in the settlement of concussion claims against the NFL, to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia in May.

NFL agrees to end race-based brain testing in $1B settlement on concussions

The league accepted changes after an outcry over test score adjustments known as "race-norming," which make it harder for retired Black players to win dementia awards.

Wes Anderson's love letter to <em>The New Yorker</em> is set in the fictional French town of Ennui-sur-Blase.

'The French Dispatch' is a love letter to 'The New Yorker' — and to love itself

Wes Anderson's meticulously-constructed tenth feature adopts the format of a New Yorker-like Sunday magazine supplement to tell three very different, but equally idiosyncratic, love stories.

A salmonella outbreak impacting more than 30 states and sickening over 600 people in the U.S. is being linked to onions imported from Chihuahua, Mexico.

CDC says throw out onions if you don't know where they came from to avoid salmonella

A salmonella outbreak has affected more than 30 states. Federal health officials link it to onions grown in Chihuahua, Mexico, and distributed by ProSource Inc.

Up for debate: How to protect W.Va. from climate change without hurting its economy

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Angie Rosser of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition about Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition to a climate bill that experts say would significantly reduce emissions.

First responders in New York City have until Nov. 1 to get vaccinated

City officials say first responders have 10 days to get vaccinated or they'll be suspended without pay. Some union leaders have promised to fight the mandate.

Facebook's CEO is added to a Washington, D.C., privacy lawsuit

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine, who has added Facebook COE Mark Zuckerberg to a consumer protection lawsuit that was originally filed in 2018.

Louisiana man, in prison on a Jim Crow conviction, gets a new hearing

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to reporter Natasha Del Toro about her Al-Jazeera documentary exploring the case of Brandon Jackson, who was sentenced to life in prison on a non-unanimous verdict.

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