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Of the more than 12 million people who received the J&J vaccine, around 100 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Daily infections are nearly quadruple the numbers reported just a week ago. Japan's prime minister, who has denied the Olympics are to blame, has extended a state of emergency to the end of August.

The material can cause burns and eye irritation, and if it is ingested, it can cause internal damage. The Hungarian Government is trying to stop it from reaching the Marcal and Danube rivers.

On Weekend Edition Saturday, Bryan Gruley, colleague of slain reporter Daniel Pearl, talks with John Ydstie and plays a song he wrote with Pearl's son in mind for a planned benefit concert.

Since the ceremony first began in 1929, the Oscars have always been held at venues in Los Angeles. But Charles Monroe-Kane of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on a whimsical effort to bring the awards show to Green Bay, Wisc. Think your town's got what it takes to attract the glitterati? Share your opinion -- send an e-mail to NPR, telling us why your city should be the next Hollywood.

Health officials in Houston, Texas, have discovered mosquitoes carrying the virus that causes St. Louis encephalitis in seven areas of the city. NPR's Wade Goodwyn travels with one of the health department's "mosquito men" as he makes his way through Houston's extensive sewer system, trapping mosquitoes and sending them back to the lab for testing. (6:15) CORRECTION, aired on All Things Considered Sept. 6, 2001: Wade Goodwyn's report about a mosquito surveillance officer in Houston brought out the science police in the audience. Dr. Victor Sloan of Scotch Plains, N.J., writes this: "In Wade Goodwyn's excellent story on Houston's mosquito hunters, he said 'when the dry ice melts.' Melting is the act of a solid becoming liquid. Dry ice does not melt, it sublimes. That is, it goes directly from a solid to a gas, without ever becoming liquid. When I was about 10, my father tried to explain this to me. It took me years to believe him."

The government possesses powerful data-mining technology to find patterns that could help catch suspected terrorists. But it must use it in a way that doesn't hurt ordinary Americans, the head of a government advisory panel says.

The school district in Buffalo, N.Y., announced Wednesday it would keep all school doors locked during the school day, and bar all unannounced visits to its buildings, including by students' parents.

"It appears that Mrs. Thomas has information relevant to our investigation," the panel said after reports that she had exchanged text messages with Trump's chief of staff ahead of the Capitol attack.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.