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Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration supported boosters of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for a smaller group of people after they voted against recommending it for anyone 16 and older.

Nearly 10,000 migrants, mostly Haitians are staying under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, after crossing the border in recent days.

The dancers of the Martha Graham Company sent out a letter today to the international dance community. It asked dancers and companies worldwide not to perform the works of the legendary choreographer who died in 1991. This letter is the latest in a series of recent events in the history of the Martha Graham Company that closed it's doors in May because of lack of funds. Jean Battey Lewis has a report.

Cartoonist BEN KATCHER, creator of the weekly comic strip, Julius Knipl (ka-NIP-le), Real Estate Photographer. Through his comic strips, KATHOR has been an astute and witty commentator on New York in particular and urban life in general. His new book, –Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: the Beauty Supply District— (Pantheon), is a novel that incorporates some of his single-page strips from the last few years. KANTOR has been syndicated in alternative newspapers and magazines since 1988. His strips were adapted into short sound pieces for NPRs –Weekend Edition.— KANTHOR is currently a MacArthur Fellow.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next fresh air, the new information technology the hype vs. reality. We talk with Paul Duguid, co-author of the Social Life of Information. And we meet Ben Katchor, the cartoonist behind Julius Knipl (ka-NIP-le), Real Estate Photographer. Thats coming up on the next Fresh Air.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the last hurdle to normalizing trade relations with China. Tennessee Republican Senator Fred Thompson has sponsored a bill that would authorize sanctions against China for assisting in nuclear proliferation. The Clinton administration is critical of this attempt to legislate foreign policy mandates, and says it threatens to undermine the relationship between the U.S. and China.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Richard Knox about findings presented yesterday at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. Studies from several countries have shown that it is feasible to give anti-AIDS treatment to poor populations and to people with high levels of viral infection...but the cost of these treatments still poses a problem.

Commentator Frank Deford talks about the decision by the body that governs world soccer, to hold the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, instead of South Africa. He says the decision by the executive committee of FIFA was wrong.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the new-found political clout of Native Americans. While their votes can decide tight races in a few Western states, it's the money of gaming tribes which is now exercising wider influence. Some tribes are making sizeable donations to presidential and legislative campaigns. Others are using their business profits to both govern themselves and to protect their land and cultural heritage.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports that China has executed three members of a group seeking to set up a Muslim state in the restive northwestern province of Xinjiang.

Linda talks with David Hinckley, Critic-At-Large for the New York Daily News, about the cancellation of the tour for Diana Ross and the Supremes. The tour has had problems since the beginning.