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Churches Are Doing Christmas Over With Holiday Services In July

Many churches spent December under lockdown, canceling traditional holiday services. This summer, some congregations are using loosened restrictions to hold a do-over: Christmas in July.

News Brief: Booster approvals, need for nurses, VA Secretary Denis McDonough

CDC endorses booster doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines. Many people apply to nursing school, but there aren't enough teachers. An interview with the secretary of Department of Veterans Affairs.

The head of the VA says the U.S. failed some veterans for 30 years

NPR's Steve Inskeep and Quil Lawrence speak to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough about how the agency is caring for veterans.

Scientist says state governments are lifting mask mandates prematurely

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Mercedes Carnethon, vice chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University, on whether local governments lifting mask mandates is science-based.

News Brief: Funding Bill Blocked, R. Kelly's Conviction, Murder Rate Surges

GOP senators blocked a government funding bill in a battle over the debt limit. R. Kelly is found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. The FBI reports an unprecedented spike in murders in 2020.

Bill of the Month: Instead of a $1,500 deductible, the charge was $500,000

When insurance firms wouldn't pay, a woman facing a large tab for her newborn's ICU treatment was given a chance to pay $45,843 a month for a year. The story changed when a reporter got on the line.

She reclaims toxic waste dumps, and she just won a major landscape architecture award

Julie Bargmann, the first recipient of the Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, redesigns waste dumps, landfills, Superfund sites — places she calls "the gnarliest."

Paul has lived with Parkinson's disease for more than a decade. Although he has difficulty rising out of a chair, he was able to leap up to keep his young grandson from falling down a flight of stairs. Scientists are trying to understand how this phenomenon works in the brain.

A brain circuit tied to emotion may lead to better treatments for Parkinson's disease

The symptoms of Parkinson's disease can vanish briefly in the face of stress or a strong emotion. Now scientists are searching for a treatment based on this phenomenon, a form of the placebo effect.

As Russian troops advance to Kyiv, Ukrainians try to cope anyway they can

NPR's Rachel Martin checks back in with a Ukrainian college student, who she met a month ago, about what keeps her going in the midst of war.

Haley Bennett stars as Roxanne and Peter Dinklage as Cyrano.

How the many pairs behind 'Cyrano' made music for the movie's lovelorn couples

The National frontman Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser wrote the lyrics, and twin brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner scored the movie.

Despite Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition Senate Majority leader Schumer says he still intends to bring up the $2 trillion social and climate policy bill for a vote

Democrats plan to vote on the social spending bill, despite Manchin's 'no'

Senate Majority Leader Schumer said the Senate will take up the measure "very early" in the new year.

Cat Runs Around The Field At Yankee Stadium To The Delight Of Fans

The cat was a welcome distraction for Yankee fans while their team was losing the game by six runs. The speedy cat evaded the grounds crew before finally being corralled in left field.

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