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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York Times Tokyo bureau chief Motoko Rich on the Japanese public's concern over the government's decision to hold the Olympics despite rising cases of COVID-19.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jared Bernstein of the White House Council of Economic Advisers about rising inflation and how an increase in U.S. COVID-19 cases could affect economic recovery.

After Palm Beach sex offender Jeffrey Epstein received a lenient sentence for his crimes, journalist Julie K. Brown identified 80 women who had survived his abuse. Her book is Perversion of Justice.

The latest Utah news from Tuesday morning, July 20, 2021.

Every day of Lyla Kohistany's life, her native country was at war. But the first time she really saw the place, she was a 25-year-old U.S. Navy intelligence officer.

In 2019, a girl from Bermuda died by suicide at West Ridge Academy, a teen treatment facility in West Jordan. The Salt Lake Tribune reports her parents filed a lawsuit against the facility last month. The litigation comes as a new state law requires centers to develop suicide prevention policies.

Jerome Adams, who served under former President Donald Trump, once advised against mask-wearing. With cases rising, fueled by the delta variant, Adams says even the vaccinated may need to mask up.

About 80% of Colorado’s water falls on the western side of the state. But about 80% of Colorado’s people live on the east side of the mountains. Because of gravity, that water doesn’t flow to them naturally. Instead, Colorado’s heavily-populated Front Range relies on a massive plumbing system to keep drinking water flowing to its taps.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos and three crewmates are set to travel in the New Shepard spacecraft to the edge of space for what will be the inaugural flight of the Amazon founder's company Blue Origin.

Where do myths about coronavirus vaccines come from and why do they spread? NPR takes a look at how rumors about vaccines and fertility reached the public earlier this year.