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Rachel Martin speaks to Dr. Anthony Fauci about the state of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout on the day when all American adults become eligible to get the vaccine.

Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was one of two journalists to win last year's Nobel Peace Prize. He sold his to raise money for Ukrainian refugees.

The Latin American Library at Tulane University is digitizing a whopping collection of Cold War-era, must-hear entertainment — Spanish language radionovelas made by Cuban emigrés in Miami.

The children of beloved author Dr. Seuss have emptied their own homes to fill a new museum dedicated to him in his hometown. It provides a glimpse into how he created his characters and how he lived.

Chicago passes a city ordinance that would require big retailers like Wal-Mart and Target to pay workers at least $13 an hour in wages and benefits within the next few years.Opponents are calling the measure illegal and planning to sue. Even Chicago's mayor is opposed. But for Chicago's poorest neighborhoods, the main question is whether the ordinance will bring better jobs or chase new ones away.

It's not the ultimate grudge match between brain and brawn, NPR Science Editor David Malakoff and NPR Sports Correspondent Tom Goldman face off in smackdown discussions over America's Nobel Prize wins in science, and how poorly American athletes performed in recent international competitions.

NPR's John Burnett has written a new book about his career as a journalist. It's called, Uncivilized Beasts and Shameless Hellions: Travels with an NPR Correspondent. Burnett talks with Lynn Neary about the stories he's covered.

A cultural exchange program that left some foreign students marooned in a hotel for weeks and sent another student home for complaining has lost its State Department license. But it's still bringing foreign students over to the United States under a system that critics say is ripe for abuse.

A bill to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in nine years failed in the Senate last week. But in a number of states, fall ballot measures would raise the minimum wage above the federal level. Would low-wage workers be helped or harmed if these measures pass? Economists are divided.

Lawyers say an ambiguous statement by Lucio during questioning was wrongly interpreted by prosecutors as a murder confession, during the investigation into her daughter Mariah's 2007 death.