USA

There's been plenty of talk about New Zealand living with Covid restrictions, while the rest of the world is 'back to normal'. Rosie Carnahan-Darby, living in Los Angeles is setting the record… Audio

Ron Elving explains why President Joe Biden's appearance at COP26 will be a test of him on a world stage. Also the US Supreme Court tackles abortion and guns, huge spending bills are on the brink in… Audio

US regulators have approved booster shots for both the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines.

Those, along with Pfizer, are the three approved boosters in the country.

The Food and Drug… Audio

President Biden's agenda is at risk with further delays on spending packages and the threat of a potential default as a critical borrowing limit looms. And Ron has an update on the oil spill in the… Audio

Ron talks to Kathryn about the deadlines in the US to raise the country's debt ceiling, and the Democrats are hoping to pass the budget blueprint by the end of the week. And the struggle is ongoing to… Audio

A federal panel has approved COVID-19 boosters for high-risk Americans, including those aged 65 and over, health care workers and the immunocompromised as Joe Biden heads to the UN General Assembly… Audio

Criticized for abandoning the right, and for being critical of the left, writer, editor and blogger Andrew Sullivan has gathered 30 years of essays that track some of the most contentious topics in… Audio

Ron says the US is feeling emotionally spent after the marking of the 9/11 20th anniversary. Also there's major resistance in some quarters to vaccination mandates. And Ron talks to Lynn about pitched… Audio

Twenty years on from the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States, what is the legacy of that September morning at the start of the century?

Those old enough will probably remember exactly where they were when they learned of the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center.

For New Zealanders, it was early in the morning of… Video, Audio

Catherine Raven lives in a remote mountain valley in Montana. She has lived more or less alone since leaving a troubled home aged 15. She was a National Park ranger for 20 years, and gained a PhD in… Audio

In many states there are worrying rates of COVID hospitalisations, driven almost exclusively by unvaccinated people. Kelsey also reports on the newly instituted abortion rules in Texas which are… Audio