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Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Palestinians say most of those killed are women and children.
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The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues.
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Turmoil gripped some of America's most prestigious universities on Monday as administrators tried to defuse campus protests over Israel's war in Gaza.
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Former AP correspondent Mort Rosenblum remembers his colleague Terry Anderson, who was held captive in Lebanon in the 1980s for nearly seven years. Anderson died on Sunday at age 76.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Emma Grasso Levine of the youth advocacy organization Know Your IX, about what recent changes to the federal rule means to LGBTQ students.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in China later this week. Morning Edition will explore the tensions between the U.S. and China.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about how this latest round of U.S. aid will affect the situation in Ukraine — on and off the battlefield with Russia.
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Genetic researchers and historians say the DNA of 27 people who were enslaved in Frederick, Md., before the Civil War indicates they have about 42,000 living relatives.
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About 1,200 people die from extreme heat each year. As temperatures soar, the CDC is unveiling plans to help people deal with potentially record summer heat.
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Democrats hope to regain control of a South Texas district but Republicans say the area is no longer blue. Both Democrats and Republicans have targeted that part of Texas.