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Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

John L. Hanson Jr.

John L. Hanson is the producer and host of the nationally syndicated radio series In Black America. It’s heard on home station KUT at 10 p.m. Tuesdays and 6:30 a.m. Sundays — and weekly on close to 20 stations across the country. The weekly podcast of IBA, the only nationally broadcast Black-oriented public affairs radio program, is one of KUT’s most popular podcasts.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefly posted new guidance to its website stating that the coronavirus can commonly be transmitted through aerosol particles, which can be produced by activities like singing. Here, choristers wear face masks during a music festival in southwestern France in July.

CDC Publishes — Then Withdraws — Guidance On Aerosol Spread Of Coronavirus

The CDC says the guidelines were posted to its website in error. The now-deleted updates were notable because so far the agency has stopped short of saying that the virus is airborne.

Why Can't Austin Have This Elaborate Subway System?

Update (June 17, 2014): This story from 2011 is enjoying a second-life on the Austin Reddit page. After being posted there it inspired a discussion with…

A person in an orange jersey and helmet stands still as people around him in a football stadium sway back and forth

Texas Football fan who gained fame by standing in a sea of Aggies gears up for Peach Bowl

Ruslan Burns has been a Longhorns fan since he was 4 years old. Last month, cameras caught him in a stadium surrounded by Texas A&M fans. The video went viral.

Comedian Yola Jean Lu's solo show is about herpes, miscarriage and HPV -- but there are jokes, too!

With her one-woman show Help! My Vagina is Trying to Kill Me!, comedian Yola Jean Lu wants to talk about herpes, miscarriages, and HPV in an open but funny way.

An American Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft taking off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The plane is in mid-air, with its landing gear retracted.

Austin's airport experiences delays due to staffing issues during government shutdown

The Monday after Austin City Limits Music Festival ranks in the top 10 busiest days for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

So What Exactly Happened with Fisher v. University of Texas? (Update)

Update (July 15, 2014): The Fifth Circuit has ruled that UT's affirmative action policies can continue.Read more here: UT Affirmative Action Policies…

Shetamia Taylor briefs her team of 14 canvassers before they go engage voters for the Texas Organizing Project.

How One Texas Progressive Group Is Mobilizing Unlikely Black And Latino Voters

In a nondescript West Dallas office complex, David Villalobos is on a roll, talking to about three dozen men and women – mostly black and Latino – all...

Officials: 15 Dead, 200 Injured in West, Texas Explosion

Update (Saturday): As of 3 p.m. today, some residents of West, the site of a major explosion at a fertilizer plant Wednesday, will be allowed back into…

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