Morning News Brief Two American citizens were arrested in connection with the assassination of the Haitian President. New COVID-19 hotspots emerge. And, Biden vows to stick to his plan to end America's longest war.
Thousands Given Fake Vaccines Through Scam In India Following a deadly COVID-19 outbreak, Indians were desperate to get vaccines that were in short supply. Scammers took advantage and sold thousands of shots which were nothing but salt water. Sushmita Pathak
Despite New COVID Variants, CDC Says You Don't Need Any Booster Doses Right Now "Americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster shot at this time," read a joint statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. Emma Bowman
Retired lab chimps move to a sanctuary near Seattle — but it's not easy In 2015, the U.S. outlawed using chimpanzees in biomedical research except in very rare circumstances, because the species is endangered. Since then, all government-owned labs, and some that are privately owned, have been trying to transfer the chimps in their care to sanctuaries. Eilís O'Neill
Fauci Says Current Vaccines Will Stand Up To The Delta Variant All the data so far show the vaccines are highly effective at preventing serious disease or hospitalization, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Vaccination is also imperative to preventing mutations, he added. Mary Louise Kelly
Lockdowns In Paris Made Its Decades-Long Crack Problem Visible Crack has been a problem in Paris for 30 years but has become visible after pandemic lockdowns. One neighborhood is protesting against users and dealers who have been allowed to occupy their park. Eleanor Beardsley
Veteran Affairs Secretary On Gender Confirmation Surgery For Transgender Veterans NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Veteran Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough about the VA's recent decision to offer gender confirmation surgery to transgender veterans, lifting a longstanding ban. Ari Shapiro
The Delta Variant Isn't Just Hyper-Contagious. It Also Grows More Rapidly Inside You New research from China suggests people infected with the delta variant have, on average, about 1,000 times more virus in their respiratory tracts than those infected with the original strain. Michaeleen Doucleff
The Tokyo Olympics Will Take Place Under A State Of Emergency And Without Spectators Growing alarm about the Tokyo games resulting in a surge of coronavirus cases has pushed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to announce a new round of emergency measures. Anthony Kuhn
These Teens Don't Want To Be The U.N.'s Token Youth Activists Two gender equality activists from Turkey and Zambia had a chance to speak at the Generation Equality Forum in Paris last week. But they say they are disappointed by their experience. Malaka Gharib