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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.
Semi-pro athlete for Toledo's Glass City Basketball Club helped save referee's life
During a playoff game, Myles Copeland, who's also a firefighter, had a different kind of assist. When a referee collapsed, he jumped in to start CPR until other first responders showed up.
A nonprofit in Tuscon, Arizona, is fighting a new enemy: climate change
NPR's A Martinez talks to Jason De Leon of the Colibrí Center for human rights about climate change heating up the land around the U.S.-Mexico border, making the journey for migrants more hazardous.
Canada aims to provide medical technologies for deep space exploration
by Joe Palca
Twenty teams in Canada received small grants to develop portable medical tools that could be used on long interplanetary space flights. They could also be useful in remote parts of Canada.
As Russia pushes deeper into eastern Ukraine, some flee on medical evacuation train
President Biden has announced another $1 billion in weaponry for Ukraine, including anti-ship missile launchers, longer range artillery and rounds for mobile rocket launching platforms.
Yellowstone National Park deals with the aftermath of record-breaking floods
by Olivia Weitz
Portions of Yellowstone National Park may reopen as soon as this weekend after the park was evacuated due to floods. Homes outside the park are flooded or lost and major roads are washed out.
The Biden administration works to curb rising inflation and gas prices
NPR's A Martinez talks to Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, about what the White House is doing to tamp down the highest rate of inflation in four decades and record gas prices.
Southern Baptists respond to the widespread silencing of sexual abuse victims
by Blake Farmer
Thousands of Southern Baptists are in California for their annual meeting. The gathering comes weeks after a report on sexual abuse by Southern Baptist ministers shocked evangelical congregations.
Momentum in the war has shifted and Ukraine says it needs more weapons
As NATO countries begin talks in Brussels, Ukraine is making its message clear: send more heavy weapons and fast. Ukraine's outgunned military is losing ground to Russia in the east of the country.
10 years ago President Obama moved to protect undocumented children from deportation
by Tyche Hendricks
Wednesday marks the tenth anniversary of the creation of a program that lets undocumented children stay in the United States. Immigrants who came of age under DACA share their stories.
House Jan. 6 panel says Trump raised millions for a nonexistent election defense fund
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Richard Painter, a George W. Bush White House ethics lawyer, about ex-President Trump's use of lies about the 2020 election outcome to raise $250 million from supporters.
News brief: primary results, Fed is likely to hike rates, NATO to discuss Ukraine
The Fed may announce another sharp jump in borrowing costs. Four states held primaries, with key races in South Carolina and Nevada. Ukraine requests that more heavy weapons be sent — and fast.