The Latest World Treating Children Injured in War Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, UNICEF estimates that more than 50,000 Palestinian children have been killed or injured. We meet a doctor in nearby Lebanon where he and his team are racing to heal the handful of kids they can reach. Ari Daniel Politics Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins Delays and increased screenings for visas mean that many students didn't make it to campus on time – and that has some big implications for the economy. Elissa Nadworny Health The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications. Rob Stein Arts & Life Brands are loving Taylor Swift's engagement. Do they need to calm down? Companies from Pillsbury to Invisalign to Olipop are cheering — and trying to cash in on — the couple's engagement. Experts spoke to NPR about how brands can strike a better balance. Rachel Treisman Music Can Pacific Northwest music festivals find their rhythm? It’s music festival season in Seattle, and while this weekend’s Bumbershoot lives on, the Pacific Northwest is haunted by ghosts of parties past. Monica Nickelsburg Government 'Damning' audit finds lax King County oversight allowed potential fraud, improper payments to contractors The King County Auditor found that lax financial oversight at the Department of Community and Human Services allowed potential fraud and numerous improper payments to contractors for four youth programs in the last three years. Ann Dornfeld National 2 children are dead, 17 people injured in Minneapolis school shooting Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the shooter fired through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church during Mass on Wednesday. The gunman was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Joe Hernandez Environment Does hunting wolves really reduce human-wolf conflict? Wildlife officials in Montana are allowing more of the state’s wolves to be hunted. Business What is the scent of Michigan? To encourage tourism, Michigan has come up with a fragrance, bottling the aroma of the state's beaches and other summer scents for sale in stores and online. Arts & Life Roots of R&B: Pioneering musician/record producer Johnny Otis Otis, who died in 2012, started out leading a big band. Later, as a talent scout, he discovered such performers as Big Mama Thornton, Esther Phillips and Etta James. Originally broadcast in 1989. Terry Gross Prev 502 of 1653 Next Sponsored
World Treating Children Injured in War Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, UNICEF estimates that more than 50,000 Palestinian children have been killed or injured. We meet a doctor in nearby Lebanon where he and his team are racing to heal the handful of kids they can reach. Ari Daniel
Politics Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins Delays and increased screenings for visas mean that many students didn't make it to campus on time – and that has some big implications for the economy. Elissa Nadworny
Health The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications. Rob Stein
Arts & Life Brands are loving Taylor Swift's engagement. Do they need to calm down? Companies from Pillsbury to Invisalign to Olipop are cheering — and trying to cash in on — the couple's engagement. Experts spoke to NPR about how brands can strike a better balance. Rachel Treisman
Music Can Pacific Northwest music festivals find their rhythm? It’s music festival season in Seattle, and while this weekend’s Bumbershoot lives on, the Pacific Northwest is haunted by ghosts of parties past. Monica Nickelsburg
Government 'Damning' audit finds lax King County oversight allowed potential fraud, improper payments to contractors The King County Auditor found that lax financial oversight at the Department of Community and Human Services allowed potential fraud and numerous improper payments to contractors for four youth programs in the last three years. Ann Dornfeld
National 2 children are dead, 17 people injured in Minneapolis school shooting Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the shooter fired through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church during Mass on Wednesday. The gunman was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Joe Hernandez
Environment Does hunting wolves really reduce human-wolf conflict? Wildlife officials in Montana are allowing more of the state’s wolves to be hunted.
Business What is the scent of Michigan? To encourage tourism, Michigan has come up with a fragrance, bottling the aroma of the state's beaches and other summer scents for sale in stores and online.
Arts & Life Roots of R&B: Pioneering musician/record producer Johnny Otis Otis, who died in 2012, started out leading a big band. Later, as a talent scout, he discovered such performers as Big Mama Thornton, Esther Phillips and Etta James. Originally broadcast in 1989. Terry Gross
