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Pfizer says data supports its request for Food and Drug Administration approval of a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine about six months after the second dose in people 16 years and older.

The federal government is continuing to decide how it will rename bases across the U.S. named after Confederate service members, a mandate included in the defense bill approved by Congress in January.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about this week's political events. With turmoil in the Middle East, how will the U.S presidential candidates deal with the issue of foreign policy as it relates to the campaign?

Annie Cheney reports on one of the few urban therapeutic riding programs in the country. Once a week, several disabled New Yorkers meet at the Claremont Riding Stable for an hour of physical therapy on horseback. For some, it's a chance to move without wheelchairs...for others, it's a chance to re-connect physically with the world.

Commentator Mario Livio says since the 16th century, human beings have learned much about the universe, helping us realize our own insignificance. But at the same time, says Livio, it is those very discoveries that have given the Earth importance.

The U.S. Soccer Federation is offering the men's and women's senior national teams the same pay structure, years after the women's team filed a major lawsuit over equal pay concerns.

The Justice Department is seeking to temporarily stop enforcement of the new Texas law that effectively bans most abortions in the state. The department is already suing to block the law altogether.

Noah talks to Marc Levoy, a computer scientist at Stanford University, who spent a year scanning Michaelangelo sculptures in Italy. He discovered that the eyes in the famous David sculpture are looking in two different directions. He says Michaelangelo used this "trick," so David could have a typical Roman profile from one perspective.

Kate Seelye reports on the birthplace of Syria's late President Hafez Al Assad, the small town of Qurdaha. Residents experienced considerable progress during Assad's lifetime. They hope Assad's son, Bashar, will be Syria's next President, because he's likely to continue to give the town favorable treatment.

The annual meeting of the Southern Baptists today voted on a revision on their statement of faith. The new language reiterates the Southern Baptist Convention's opposition to homosexuality, abortion, racism and pornography and says that the office of pastor is reserved for men. NPR's Lynn Neary reports from the convention.