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NPR's Scott Simon muses on some of the costumes he'd like to see this second pandemic Halloween.

There are fresh logistical challenges, warns the White House's COVID czar in an exclusive interview with NPR. For example, young children will be getting a smaller dose delivered via smaller needles.

Russia is seeing its highest infection and death rates since the start of the pandemic. It's beginning a controversial 10-day shutdown in an attempt to defeat the virus.

Maria Laura Rojas admits that climate change has not had an impact on her own life. But with empathy and determination, she'll speak out for the most vulnerable at the COP26 summit.

A mysterious signal that appeared to be emanating from Proxima Centauri put scientists on a hunt to track down its source. What they found was that it had a decidedly earthbound origin.

In Oberlin, Ohio, young children have found a public voice -- over the airwaves of WOBC, the local college radio station. Two college seniors produce I'm on the Stereo, a program featuring interviews with -- and sometimes hosted by -- kids ages 4 to 18. Linda Wertheimer speaks with the producers of the show, and some of their young radio stars. (8:00) I'm on the Stereo's Web site.

Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel by Sylvia Brownrigg called, Pages for You. (1:30) The book is published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

The trial of Thomas Blanton Jr., a suspect in the 1963 bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed four black girls, continues. Scott speaks with NPR's Debbie Elliott.

Scott talks with Michael Dombeck, retired Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Mr. Dombeck stepped down at the end of March as the Bush administration reviewed the conservation policies he created under former President Clinton.

NPR's Jack Speer reports the nation's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter. The nation's gross domestic product, or GDP, expanded at a 2 percent annual rate, according to the Commerce Department. Most economists expected the economy to grow no faster than 1 percent in the first quarter. Analysts said the economy was helped along by strong consumer spending and a narrower trade gap.