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Technically, the only Tennesseans currently eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine are health care workers, long-term care residents, and people 75 and older. But don't expect strict enforcement.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Gov. Andy Beshear, D-KY., how he is trying to navigate his state though the economic and health crisis the pandemic presents.

Drugmaker Moderna says it has applied to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization for its coronavirus vaccine. It says data bolster its case the vaccine is safe and effective.

NPR's Lulu Gracia-Navarro speaks with NPR's Pam Fessler about her book, Carville's Cure. It's about the leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana where people with Hansen's disease, or leprosy, were sent.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with fashion historian Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell about how Covid-19 could change people's style choices.

Advocates who want big changes to the criminal justice system are pressing the Biden administration. They want him to grant clemency for a few thousand people and make key personnel decisions.

Intense storms ravage Florida. Heat makes it deadly during the day, but a few people stay. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Lily Brooks-Dalton about her new novel, "The Light Pirate."

The U.S. says Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the democratically elected leader of Belarus. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to her about efforts to change her government from exile.

A study from Harvard University estimates the actual death count in Puerto Rico to be closer to 5,000 rather than the official government count of 64. But, as the official hurricane season begins Friday, is the island prepared for more storms?

NPR speaks with PBS NewsHour foreign correspondent Jane Ferguson about the latest in Kabul, Afghanistan.