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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has become the poster child of a new generation of corporate executives willing to leverage their status to wade into high-profile social issues.

An FDA advisory committee recommends people who received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine be given a booster shot.

In Rutherford, Tenn. fallout continues after a Nashville Public Radio and Propublica investigation found the juvenile justice system detained kids at a rate ten times higher than the state average.

Nicholas van Eck of Portland, Ore., was a chef and co-owned a restaurant before the pandemic. A break in his work made him realize he needed a career change. He shares how he came to that decision.

A huge margin of victory for the Chicago Sky in their Friday WNBA game. And an unsurprising win for the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with artist and producer Finneas, best known for his work with sister Billie Eilish, about his debut album.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Richmond, Virginia, on the detention of a U.S. citizen captured with the Taliban in Afghanistan last year. Yasser Esam Hamdi has been labeled an "enemy combatant," by the Justice Department. They say this means he is not entitled to normal constitutional protections -- like meeting with his lawyer. A Federal Appeals Court has heard arguments, and its decision could set an important precedent in the war on terror's affects on civil liberties.

In Ethiopia, old ethnic tensions are being incited in new ways. And that means the bloody civil war may be entering an even more destructive phase.

Customs officials, guarding against terrorism, seek ways to identify suspicious cargo shipments at U.S. ports. Businesses fear a new system will add to the cost of goods while doing little to reduce the threat. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

The Justice Department wants the high court to put the restrictive law on hold during ongoing legal challenges. The U.S. government says the legislation is unconstitutional.