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AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 31: A pre-fusion and post-fusion form of a protein from the RSV virus in the Faulkner Nanoscience and Technology Building at The University of Texas at Austin on March 31, 2022. (Photo by Montinique Monroe for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Children's hospitals grapple with a nationwide surge in RSV infections

The latest spike is months early and it's pushing care facilities to capacity. Children under the age of 5 are most vulnerable.

One of a pair of female black bears plays during their first outing at Sainte-Croix Animal Park in Rhodes, eastern France, on May 26, 2022, after their birth on February 4. (Photo by Frederick FLORIN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)

A Washington state woman fended off a black bear attack

The woman sustained non-life threatening injuries and is being treated at a hospital, according to officials. Wildlife officers killed a bear found nearby.

US Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, leaves the courtroom after the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. - A Russian court found Griner guilty of smuggling and storing narcotics after prosecutors requested a sentence of nine and a half years in jail for the athlete. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Brittney Griner will appeal her prison sentence in Russia on Tuesday

"Brittney does not expect any miracles to happen but hopes that the appeal court will hear the arguments of the defense and reduce the term," her lawyers said in a statement.

Author Colleen Hoover went from tending cows to writing bestsellers

The top-selling author in the country right now is a 42-year-old mom and former social worker who lives in the same small Texas town where she's spent practically her entire life.

US actor Leslie Jordan arrives for the White House Correspondents Association gala at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Actor and comedian Leslie Jordan dead at 67

The Will & Grace actor died following a car crash this morning. Jordan's fame was on the rise as a social media star.

FILE - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega attends the closing ceremony of the XX ALBA Summit, at the Convention Palace in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 14, 2021. The Biden administration is dramatically ratcheting up pressure on Ortega's government in Nicaragua, banning Americans from doing business in the nation’s gold industry, threatening trade restrictions and stripping the U.S. visas of some 500 government insiders, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, File)

Biden targets Nicaragua's gold industry in a new move against Daniel Ortega

Biden's order and other steps announced Monday are perhaps the most aggressive attempt by the U.S. to hold the Ortega accountable for his continued attacks on human rights and democracy.

Their book is banned from dozens of districts, but has helped countless young readers

Writer and LGBTQ activist George M. Johnson spoke with Morning Edition about what's lost when books like their 2020 memoir All Boys Aren't Blue are banned from school libraries.

MIAMI, FL - AUGUST 17: A person holds an American flag as they participate in a ceremony to become an American citizen during a U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services naturalization ceremony at the Miami Field Office on August 17, 2018 in Miami, Florida. The ceremony included 141 citizenship candidates that originated from the following 33 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungry, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Lithuania, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Phillippines, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Venezuela. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

U.S. removes Trump-era barriers to citizenship-test waivers for disabled immigrants

The Trump administration had put in place hurdles for disabled applicants seeking to naturalize, including nearly doubling the length of the form used to apply for a citizenship-test waiver.

2 weeks out: debate review, NY19 debate on debates continues

With two weeks out before the 2022 midterms, WSKG Government and Politics Reporter Vaughn Golden discusses endorsements in the Broome County sheriff race and the continuing debate over debates in the 19th Congressional District Race.

In the U.S., some 4.6 million people are disenfranchised due to a felony conviction

An estimated 2% of the U.S. voting age population is ineligible to cast a ballot due to a felony conviction. State-level felon disenfranchisement rates vary dramatically.

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