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The winter Olympic Games kick off in China with messages of unity despite realities of division on the ground, while Tom Brady retires and a former coach sues the NFL for racial discrimination.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to director of Century International, Thanassis Cambanis, about how the Islamic State may react after the militant group lost its leader during a U.S. raid.

It's aimed at rotavirus, a nasty pathogen that can cause diarrhea and kills more than 500 children a day. The secret to the vaccine is the same thing that makes space ice cream so cool.

The the first international athletes have arrived in Japan ahead of the Olympics that start on July 23. The country has also started vaccinating its own athletes.

The number of people who have severe lung injury due to vaping jumped by almost 300 cases this week, to 805, according to the CDC. Twelve have died. So far, the investigation has revealed no cause.

It's not that there are too many bad shows. It's that there are too many perfectly fine ones. That has implications for jobs in Hollywood.

The Dow and other stock indexes plunged as cases surged in several states and the Federal Reserve warned that the pandemic "will weigh heavily on economic activity."

Lisa Weiner is a line producer on Morning Edition. For NPR, she's covered the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and traveled to Ukraine to cover the Russian invasion in 2022. Prior to joining NPR, she held positions as an editor at WTOP-FM, as an engineer at Radio Free Asia and recorded audio books for the Library of Congress. Weiner has a master's degree in audio technology from American University. She got her start in radio working the late-night shift as a student DJ in the basement of WRUR-FM at the University of Rochester. Weiner has lived in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Budapest, Hungary.

An administration spokesman said senior government officials would be among the first to get the vaccine, but the president himself later said that White House staff would get it later.

Some historically Black colleges and universities have seen increases in application and enrollment numbers after years of decline.