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A 90-year tradition of Texas A&M bonfires -- built for the annual football rivalry with Texas -- officially ended after a wooden structure collapsed in 1999, killing 12 students. But today's Aggies have reignited the flames. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

Al Qaeda's alleged Persian Gulf operations chief, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, is now a U.S. captive, providing authorities a fresh chance to gather intelligence on possible terrorist efforts, U.S. officials say. Al-Nashiri, a suspected mastermind of the U.S.S. Cole bombing, is the latest senior lieutenant of Osama bin Laden to be captured. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

A consortium in South Africa wants to teach manufacturers in poor countries to make Moderna's COVID vaccine. But Moderna won't share its process. So the scientists are trying to reverse engineer it.

Tom Morey, the inventor of the Boogie Board and a renowned figure in the surfing world, died on Oct. 14 at the age of 86.

Chicago is requiring its workers to be vaccinated or undergo twice-weekly testing on their own time and dime. The head of the police union is urging cops not to share their vaccination info.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been looking at the causes of the riot. It's now voting on contempt resolution for Steve Bannon who defied its subpoena.

The Amsterdam, a ship of the Holland America line, cancels a Caribbean cruise and returns to port. Hundreds have suffered from a stomach virus during the liner's past four voyages. The ship will be sanitized. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Dan MacArthur is a Vermont farmer, student and mechanic who easily made friends on a trip to Cuba by taking along a backpack full of brand-new car parts. The island nation is full of older U.S.-built cars that owners labor to keep in shape. MacArthur speaks with NPR's Bob Edwards.

A deck of cards will decide who gets to deal with government problems in Esmeralda County, Nevada, and in South Florida, the game isn't over until the judge rules.

At Eastern Washington University, an artist flips her lid over a missing class project involving chapeaus, while police deal with a few garden-variety thieves in Bartlett, Illinois.