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Pfizer said that tweaking its vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works — just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster shots this fall.
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Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda won a Peabody for their true crime parody American Vandal, and now their back with Players, a mockumentary about Esports, but what do they know about C-Sports?
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One year after the deadly collapse of a condominium tower in Surfside, Fla., many first responders are still haunted by the experience of digging through the rubble to find survivors.
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President Biden is headed to Germany for a meeting of the G7 with leaders of the wealthiest countries. At the top of their agenda is the war in Ukraine, now in its fifth month.
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WBAA’s Ask the Mayor now airs in a new time slot with an updated format. You’ll now be able to tune in during Morning Edition and All Things Considered to hear our conversations with the mayors of West Lafayette, Lafayette, Frankfort, and Crawfordsville. Listen at 7:50 a.m. and 4:50 pm each Thursday, and stick around for local news coverage and NPR reporting. If you can’t catch the segments when they air, you’ll always be able to find here. Submit listener questions before the show to ask@wbaa.org. Thanks for listening!