Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan has declared a 30-day state of emergency amid rising COVID cases. The Democrat says active cases have tripled since Halloween, with cases at their highest levels since April. The State of Emergency was declared Sunday, and it comes as President Biden says the Omicron coronavirus variant is a cause for concern, not panic.
We speak with U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling, whose office uncovered persistent problems in the Springfield Police Department’s narcotics unit.
We talk politics, and what comes next after the "big, beautiful bill," with Mass. Rep. Richard Neal.
The last time we spoke with “All Things Considered” host Ari Shapiro, he was looking back on his long reporting career for NPR and...