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New COVID-19 cases dropped by 20% over the last two weeks. There's optimism this downward trend could continue. At the same time, millions of Americans are eligible for a Pfizer booster shot.

Social Democratic Party leader Olaf Scholz, the front-runner in the polls to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is credited for transforming Hamburg when he was the city's mayor.

The Prom is the latest hit Broadway musical to get a screen adaptation. Starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman and Andrew Rannells, it will be released in cinemas on Friday.

Batiste is one of several real-life musicians who consulted on the new Pixar film, about a middle-school band teacher who ends up in a fantastical realm called The Great Before.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Scott Frank, one of the creators of Netflix's The Queen's Gambit and Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays Beth Harmon in the series.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. David Rubin, primary care physician and director of PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, on how schools should consider navigating the current COVID wave.

An American labor group has investigated conditions in Jordanian garment factories and says that foreign workers are being enslaved in sweatshops. Under a free-trade agreement with the U.S., the factories are producing items for Target, L.L. Bean and other major American retailers.

This year's Habitat for Humanity-Jimmy Carter Work Project is in Benton Harbor, Mich. Racial rioting broke out there almost two years ago, and inadequate housing was blamed for a lot of the anger. During just one week volunteers plan to build 225 houses.

It's always a bad sign when the academy has to say it doesn't condone violence.

NPR's Kelsey Snell talks with actress Sarah Lancashire about her portrayal of Julia Child in HBO's new series Julia.