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NPR's Scott Simon asks Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, for an update on the trial of Myanmar's leader. She was deposed after a military coup.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw about their new documentary. The Truffle Hunters is about the men and dogs who sniff out Italy's rare white Alba truffles.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Houston Zoo General Curator Kevin Hodge about the pandemic baby boom at his zoo.

Hackers have taken the records from an LGBTQ dating site, used primarily by gay men, in Israel — threatening to expose its users unless they are paid.

Ahead of the holidays, coronavirus cases are down, but the U.S. remains stuck in a cycle of regional outbreaks, even in heavily vaccinated northern states. Can boosters and kids vaccines make a dent?

President Biden has pledged urgent action on the "existential threat" of climate change. But his struggles to get his plan through Congress may undercut U.S. influence at a global climate summit.

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on law enforcement agencies. In Georgia, where vaccination rates are low and vaccine mandates are scarce, at least 33 officers have died of COVID-19 in 2021.

The George Floyd murder trial begins Monday. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with pharmacist Elias Usso, whose neighborhood shop was destroyed by rioters and has now reopened.

McLean County Circuit Judge Paul Lawrence said Monday he will retire at the end of the year. Lawrence became an associate judge nearly 20 years ago and a full circuit judge in 2012.

Food delivery workers zip around New York City on e-bikes, risking accidents and theft, as they fulfill orders from various apps they call "ghost bosses."