A surge in RSV cases; a graphic novel on surviving mass shootings; a pattern of school swattings

Plus, a surprisingly deadly DIY Halloween costume. [View this email online]( [NPR]( by Suzanne Nuyen 🪔 Good morning. Indians worldwide are [celebrating Diwali]( today with bright oil lamps to mark the victory of light over darkness. It'll be an [official holiday]( for NYC schools next year. Here's what we're following today: 🥇 First up [Students enter Atlanta's Beecher Hills Elementary School in August.]( Ron Harris/AP The Nation's Report Card has released its first report since before the pandemic began, and [it's not looking good for the U.S.]( Reading and math scores have dropped, and the secretary of education called the results "appalling and unacceptable." While polls show that Latino voters still largely back Democrats, their support is declining. Republicans have been [stepping up their efforts]( at wooing the second-largest and fastest-growing group in the nation's electorate, and it's paying off. An unseasonably early spike in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, among young children is [pushing some hospitals to capacity](. Children under age 5 are most vulnerable. Want to dress up as something truly scary for Halloween? This [animal killer]( is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. It's not a shark. It's not a snake. It's actually the humble mosquito. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants have been released into the U.S. Now many are [stuck in a complicated legal limbo]( They're in the country legally for now, but unable to work lawfully. Bob Woodward and Donald Trump are butting heads after the journalist released audio of [interviews he did with Trump in 2019 and 2020]( in his new audiobook, The Trump Tapes. The former president says he will sue because the tapes belong to him and he needs to be compensated for their sale. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- 📷 Picture show [In her debut graphic novel, Numb To This, Kindra Neely shares the mental toll that surviving a mass shooting left her.]( Copyright © 2022 by Kindra Neely Seven years ago, Kindra Neely survived a mass shooting at her community college in Oregon. She hopes to help others move forward and deal with the aftermath of surviving a shooting in her debut graphic novel, [Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🎧 Today’s listen [Police officers respond to a call that an active shooter had reportedly injured 24 students at Chillicothe High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, in September. The call turned out to be a hoax. Similar scenes have played out at schools across the country in recent weeks.]( Chillicothe Police Department/Screenshot by NPR At least 182 schools in 28 states received false calls about threats between Sept. 13 and Oct. 14, causing police to swarm the location — a hoax known as swatting. Some authorities say the events mirror a pattern of similar calls that happened in March and April. 🎧 [Listen to how the events could be connected]( or [read the story](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🛑 Before you go [Most robots have not generally been equipped for the task of folding clothes. But an international group of researchers say their new method could change that — or at least speed up the process. Their robot is seen here in multiple exposures.]( Adam Lau/UC Berkeley - Robots can do a lot of things, but they're not good at folding laundry. New research has helped scientists make a robot that can do it — but [still, not as well as humans](. - Starting today, a group of 16 researchers will spend the next nine months studying unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), also known as UFOs, as part of a [team for NASA](. - A Washington State woman punched a bear "right in the nose" while walking her dog and has [lived to tell the tale](. - Jury selection begins today in the trial of the Trump Organization, which is accused of [evading taxes]( by compensating employees through off-the-books benefits like luxury cars, apartments, and private school tuition. --------------------------------------------------------------- Stream your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to find your local station stream. [Find a Station]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Music, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Daily News emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( [NPR logo]