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United Methodists will again debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings
by Jason DeRose
The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues.
Making friends is easy when you're young, but it can be harder as you age
by Kavitha George
NPR's Life Kit offers tips on building and maintaining friendships from a psychologist who compiled a how-to guide for navigating them. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 10, 2022.)
Musician Matt Butler has turned years of playing in prisons into a one-man show
Singer-songwriter Matt Butler has performed in more than 50 prisons and jails. His show about the people he met there and the stories they told is called "Reckless Son."
Recent attacks on electric substations have the Department of Energy concerned
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Puesh Kumar, director of the Energy Department's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy, Security and Emergency Response, about risks to the U.S. power grid.
Each year their family honors 2 Holocaust survivors' enduring romance
by Ester Honig
On this date 78 years ago, allied troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. This StoryCorps episode is about two people freed from another camp: Theresienstadt.
Friction within the GOP causes some Republicans to question what their philosophy is
by Danielle Kurtzleben
The Republican National Committee on Friday chooses its next chair in a vote that is seeing more attention and contention than one might expect. What exactly does it mean to be conservative nowadays?
Morning news brief
Five former Memphis police officers are charged in the death of Tyre Nichols. Republicans disagree on what it means to be conservative. U.S. officials weigh how to oversee risky virus research.
A new homeowner in the U.K. found himself stuck between a sofa and a hard place
Delivery workers left Luke Ansell's new, custom-made couch jammed in his staircase in his two-story home. Thankfully, some pals rushed over to help him move the new piece of furniture upstairs.
FOX has renewed 'The Simpsons' through 2025
The show debuted in 1989, and there have been 36 seasons and 1,800 episodes. This season, stars such as Billie Eillish and Natasha Lyonne made guest appearances.
Biden says solid economic growth data proves his recovery plan is working
NPR's A Martinez talks to Bill Hoagland of the Bipartisan Policy Center about how President Biden has handled the economy, and what to expect in 2023.