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Scott Simon speaks with Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, about how her organization helps Afghan refugee children resettle in the U.S.

World leaders meet in Rome for the G20 economic summit, minus those from Russia and China. President Biden takes the opportunity to smooth over relations between the U.S. and France.

NPR's Scott Simon muses on some of the costumes he'd like to see this second pandemic Halloween.

Polly is tired of being told "that's not what girls do." Then she meets a woman running for President, who makes a pinkie promise with her to always remember that girls can do anything.

Halloween is back! At least for one pre-K class in Oakland, California. They had a "trunk or treat" in their first semi-normal event in more than 18 months.

Scott Simon speaks with Reggie Rock Bythewood, director of the new TV drama "Swagger." It's about a basketball prodigy and the family, players and coaches around him.

How risky is attending a professional or college football game during this phase of the pandemic? Millions are doing so, mostly unmasked.

Children ages 5-11 are a step closer to being eligible for the Pfizer COVID vaccine. It's a lower-dose formulation and expected to go to an advisory panel of the CDC next.

November 1 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth Stephen Crane, author of "The Red Badge of Courage." A new biography seeks to place him among America's most celebrated writers.

Russia is seeing its highest infection and death rates since the start of the pandemic. It's beginning a controversial 10-day shutdown in an attempt to defeat the virus.