Mask Tips For Kids; The Paralympic Games Begin; Climate Change Supercharges Flash Flooding

Plus, meet the last beer-brewing nun in Bavaria, who says the right time for a lager is always [View this email online]( [NPR]( by Korva Coleman and Christopher Dean Hopkins First Up [A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.]( Mary Altaffer/AP Here's what we're following today. Now that the Food and Drug Administration has given full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, it's likely more employers will require workers to get the shots. The Defense Department and New York City public schools are mandating the inoculations. Health officials hope the final FDA approval also will help people who have been hesitant about getting the vaccine the confidence to sign up for their shots. [Here's everything else you need to know about the approval](. As kids head back to school, here are some good tips about finding a great mask that they’ll actually wear. Most experts agree that the first requirement is finding a mask for your child that’s comfortable and fits well. [Skip the neck gaiters, don’t forget to pack extras, and consider these other steps](. [Italy's team arrives during the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday.]( Naomi Baker/Getty Images The Tokyo Paralympic Games are under way, with historic prime-time coverage. There is also a record number of women and out LGBTQ athletes at the games. The Morning Edition live blog covered [the many highlights from the opening ceremony](. Enrique Tarrio, a leader of the far right group the Proud Boys, was sentenced to more than five months in jail for burning a Black Lives Matter flag torn down from a church in Washington, D.C. He’ll also serve time for weapons violations. [Tarrio was arrested two days before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by pro-Trump supporters](. He apologized for his actions. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Today’s Listens [Debris could be seen piled up in Waverly, Tenn., on Sunday after heavy weekend rains caused deadly flash flooding. Climate change is driving more torrential rain around the world.]( Mark Humphrey/AP The devastating floods in Tennessee last weekend that killed at least 21 people were the state's second mass-flooding event this year. Experts say that, far from freak events, they’re the direct, expected result of climate change — and Americans should expect more of them. [Read this story]( or [listen to it](. The American summer camp wasn't originally intended for Black children, but on a bit of lake shore in the center of Massachusetts, Black kids have been frolicking for a century. Camp Atwater gives them a chance for fun and freedom away from the stresses and racism of the cities. [Hear more about the camp and its famous alumni]( or [read about it](. Tens of thousands of Afghans are being evacuated from the country, and some of those refugees already are landing in the United States. A Seattle aid group is rushing to find them homes. [Host families and refugees there told Morning Edition about how it's going](. One man who may eventually join them: "Reggie," the former Army interpreter NPR interviewed by phone from Kabul last week. He, his wife and their five kids managed to make it out. [He described their journey, which so far has reached a U.S. base in Italy, in this follow-up interview](. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Picture Show [Top: Sister Doris in the brewhouse. Together with one employee the nun runs the small cloister brewery in Mallersdorf. Bottom: Work utensils (left) and pressure gauges in the brewery.]( Lena Mucha for NPR As part of NPR’s summer travel series, we visit Germany’s last beer-brewing nun in the southern state of Bavaria. That’s where [Sister Doris Engelhard, 72, has been master brewer at the Mallersdorf Abbey brewery for the past 50 years](. Her home was founded in the 12th century; the nuns opened the brewery in 1881 to raise money for their mission to care for hundreds of poor children. She has strong opinoins about when beer should be consumed (always) and what she'll put in the cloister's tanks ("I only brew beer that I drink myself, so if the other sisters want to drink a wheat beer, they'll have to buy it themselves"). --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [Igor Vovkovinskiy, the country's tallest person at 7-foot-8, died in Minnesota at the age of 38. His family says he died of heart disease.]( Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP - Igor Vovkovinsky, the tallest man in the U.S., died at 38 of heart disease.[The Ukrainian born man was 7 feet, 8.33 inches tall]( and had come to the U.S. seeking medical treatment for a condition that affected his growth. - The Spice Pumpkin cares not for your limited human concepts of "season" and "calendar." [Fall-flavored lattes are available at U.S. coffee retailers]( with nearly a month of summer left to sweat through. - You are not livestock, and coronavirus is not a species of parasitic worm. Mississippi offers these friendly reminders to residents [after some repurposed an agricultural medicine instead of getting a free, FDA-authorized vaccine]( and wound up calling poison control. - Every single McDonald's restaurant in Great Britain is out of milkshakes. The issue appears to be connected to a nationwide shortage of delivery drivers, which has affected several other retail and restaurant chains. 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