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Politics Chat: Biden's Approval Ratings Fall

After a summer that went badly, with a chaotic pull-out from Afghanistan and a fourth pandemic wave, the President sees his approval ratings drop and his agenda frustrated.

Human Rights Campaign president Alphonso David speaks to supporters on Saturday Dec.19, 2020 during a get-out-the-vote event at a private residence in Dunwoody, Ga. David has filed a lawsuit against the organization in federal court, alleging that he was underpaid and then terminated because he is Black.

First Black leader of Human Rights Campaign sues, says he was fired because of race

Alphonso David also said during contract negotiations HRC board members "acknowledged" that he was severely underpaid in comparison to his white predecessor "because of his race."

How researchers learned the rules of an ancient Roman board game

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.

Pump operator Ricky Ray has remained at New Orleans Pumping Station Number Seven (seen in enlargement) almost since Hurricane Katrina struck.

Heroic Efforts Empty New Orleans of Floodwaters

One of the untold success stories of Hurricane Katrina is how quickly New Orleans was able to pump out floodwaters. That work was done by the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. For three weeks, about 300 employees did the work of 1,000 -- in the most harrowing of circumstances.

Patients always have the right to appeal an insurer's decision to turn down their request for care at a major cancer center. But the chances an appeal will be honored can vary widely by type of cancer and an individual's case.

Obamacare Plans Don't Always Include Top Cancer Centers

In a number of states, including big ones such as New York and Texas, leading cancer centers like Memorial Sloan Kettering aren't included in insurers' networks. What's a patient's recourse?

Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis is pictured on the Illinois Supreme Court bench in the court building in Springfield.

CNI ANALYSIS: Illinois’ high court makes history

Majority-female court is first ever

Luigi Mangione contests extradition in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Luigi Mangione, the man facing charges in the New York City shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was denied bail in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

An FDA committee voted to approve Palforzia, a new treatment for peanut allergy. The treatment is a form of oral immunotherapy intended to desensitize the immune system to peanuts.

FDA Committee Recommends Approval For New Peanut Allergy Treatment

Many parents testified that their children's allergies had been brought under control by the treatment. But some experts are still concerned about its safety.

Ann Marie Baldonado

Ann Marie Baldonado is an interview contributor and long-time producer at Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She is currently Fresh Air's Director of Talent Development. She got her start in radio in 1997 as a production assistant at WHYY and joined Fresh Air in 1998. For over 20 years, she has focused on the show's TV and film interviews. She became a contributing interviewer in 2015, talking with comedians, actors, directors and musicians like Ali Wong, Kumail Nanjiani, John Cho and Jeff Tweedy. In 2020, Baldonado hosted the limited-run podcast Parent Trapped, about the struggles of parenting during the pandemic. She talked to Julie Andrews about encouraging creativity in your kids, and comedian W. Kamau Bell about what to watch with them.

The CDC will stop reporting new daily COVID infections and rely instead on hospitalization data to monitor the severity of the COVID.

CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down

The CDC says the coming end of the public health emergency means the agency will be scaling back the data it routinely collects and releases about the pandemic.

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