The Brutalist Report

NPR

• The new COVID booster could be the last you'll need for a year, federal officials say [1512d]
• Best-selling horror writer Peter Straub has died [1512d]
• More than half of minor league baseball players have voted to unionize [1512d]
• Nearly 8 million kids lost a parent or primary caregiver to the pandemic [1512d]
• The Booker Prize shortlist of six works of fiction is announced [1512d]
• A Black protester voiced anger at police in South Carolina. She got 4 years in prison [1512d]
• Despite racist vitriol, 'Rings of Power' star Ismael Cruz Córdova is not backing down [1512d]
• A New Mexico judge cites insurrection in barring a county commissioner from office [1512d]
• Juul will pay nearly $440 million to settle states' investigation into teen vaping [1512d]
• A Florida woman touted as 'Mother Theresa' ran a $196 million Ponzi scheme, feds say [1512d]
• A San Diego Zoo penguin struggled with bumblefoot, but his new boots help him thrive [1512d]
• Credit Karma will pay $3 million to users targeted with false preapproved offers [1512d]
• John McEnroe grapples with his legacy as Tennis' bad boy [1512d]
• Liz Truss is now officially the U.K.'s prime minister after meeting with the queen [1512d]
• Britain's new prime minister is Liz Truss, not @Liztruss [1512d]
• Renowned classical pianist and conductor Lars Vogt has died at 51 [1512d]
• California battles wildfires and faces blackouts during a brutal heat wave [1512d]