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A year and a half after COVID-19 outbreaks tore through many of the nation's meatpacking plants, workers and their towns are still working on ways to enhance safety.

Shoppers are spending more despite COVID-19 and supply chain issues. At the same time, some people skipped the store in favor of handmade gifts.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison about the literary legacy of iconic writer Joan Didion, who died Thursday at her home in New York from Parkinson's disease.

Professor Homei Miyashita worked on ways to have canisters spray flavor onto hygienic film. The film then rolls over a screen — to be licked. So far it can create the flavor of chocolate.

The former Minnesota police officer, who fatally shot Wright after mistakenly drawing her handgun instead of a Taser during a traffic stop, was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Jessica Levinson, law professor Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, about the court's decision to hear challenges to the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

A NASA space probe captured some eerie sounds when it flew past Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons. Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system — it's even bigger than the planet Mercury!

Four prominent Vietnamese dissidents have been given harsh prison terms for speaking out against the government. Activists say it's part of an escalating crackdown on dissent.

In this week's StoryCorps, a paramedic and nurse talk about how their lives have been linked.

A study shows how much prey whales eat. It reveals how the global loss of whales changed ocean life in ways that may make it harder for them to rebound. (Story first aired on ATC on Nov. 11, 2021.)