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Pennsylvania Republicans had sought to block the counting of late-arriving ballots, which the state's Supreme Court had approved last month.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is reporting 16 more deaths from COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and 35 more people hospitalized as the number of new cases continues to rise. The Department of Health on Monday reported that the number of deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March now totals 1,197. The number of deaths includes both confirmed and probable cases. The number of confirmed cases in the state rose by 596 to 74,286. The state says 447 people are currently in the hospital with COVID-19. The White House Coronavirus Task Force says two-thirds of Arkansas’ counties have moderate or high levels of community transmission.

The Federal Trade Commission receives more than 200,000 complaints a month about phone solicitations offering everything from lower credit card interest rates to new products. The commission is offering $50,000 to whoever can come up with a way to block them.

After months of public compliance, the Italian government is getting fierce and sometimes violent pushback against coronavirus lockdown measures.

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman finished her poem "The Hill We Climb" after the January 6 riot at the Capitol. We hear an excerpt from her reading today.

The House of Representatives, which voted to impeach Trump last week, plans to transmit the article of impeachment on Monday evening.

A group of chefs in South Philly's Italian Market set out to break the record for world's longest cheesesteak on Monday. The resulting hoagie spanned three blocks and caused some traffic issues.

This first half hour consists of three interview segments. One long one before the FLOATER, and then two shorter interviews:Writer and humanitarian ELIE WEISEL. WEISEL won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize for his message of "peace and atonement and human dignity." A concentration camp survivor, he has been the most impassioned and poetic supporter of efforts to memorialize the six million Jews who died in Hitler's death camps. He is author of many works, including "Night," "Dawn".and "Twilight." His most recent book is "The Forgotten," published in 1992 (Summit Books). WEISEL also has a new book that has been published in France, and will be published n the U.S. later this year. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/8/88)Documentary filmmaker MARCEL OPHULS. He is best known for his 1970 work "The Sorrow and the Pity," about the conduct of the French people during the Holocaust. He also made the film "Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie." His 1992 film "November Days," is about life behind the iron curtain and the changes underway in Europe since the fall of the Berlin wall. It was described as "the runaway hit of the 1991 Berlin Film Festival." (REBROADCAST FROM 5/7/92)Minimalist composer STEVE REICH. He talks about his 1989 piece "Different Trains." (Electra Nonesuch) It was comissioned by the Kronos Quartet and inspired by Reich's childhood memories of traveling across the country by train during the late 30s and early 40s. Reich says those memories have mingled with his later realization that at the same time Jews in Europe were traveling on trains to their deaths. REICH recently released a new version of his "Tehillim." (Electra Nonesuch). "The Cave," a multimedia piece composed with his wife, is due out later this year. (REBROADCAST FROM 3

Johnson & Johnson said that when it gave study participants a second jab after six months, their antibody levels were nine times higher than they were 28 days after a first dose of the COVID vaccine.

A new CDC study found that the percentage of obese children and teens increased to 22%, compared to 19% before the pandemic. It also found that expected annual weight gain ranged from 5 to 15 pounds.