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Charlie Riedel

United Methodists will again debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings

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.

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Environment & Infrastructure

Talks for a plastic pollution treaty are stalling. Could the U.S. be doing more?

Michael Copley

Nam Y. Huh

Concerns over antisemitism rise as Jews begin observing Passover

Jason DeRose

Alex Wong

Amy Holden

Money & Economy

What the Starbucks case at the Supreme Court is all about. Hint: It's not coffee

Andrea Hsu

Julia Nikhinson

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Politics

Biden is campaigning in Florida a week before a new abortion ban takes effect

Tamara Keith

Local And Regional Headlines

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivers remarks at a press conference to call a special session of the legislature on Friday, September 8, 2023

Randall Lee

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Politics

Watch Arkansas Gov. Sanders deliver the State of the State

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3 Maryland juveniles are charged with hate crimes. How did it get to that point?

Odette Yousef

The arrests of the three middle schoolers came last month. Experts say young kids are increasingly exposed to hate ideologies, leaving communities to figure out how to respond.
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After 26,000 public comments, FTC to vote on rule banning noncompete agreements

Andrea Hsu

The Federal Trade Commission will vote Tuesday on whether to issue a final rule banning noncompete agreements. The Biden administration has argued that noncompetes harm workers and stifle competition.
Charly Triballeau

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New federal grants aimed to support elections. Many voting officials didn't see a dime

Miles Parks

Voting officials cheered when it was announced that a portion of a multibillion-dollar federal grant program would go to election security. But in many cases, the allocations didn't go as planned.
Jane Rosenberg

Ex-National Enquirer publisher testifies against Donald Trump in hush money trial

Ximena Bustillo

David Pecker has previously cooperated with federal investigations into payments made to two women who were going to allege they had affairs with Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Arkansas Fiscal Session '24

On Tuesday, representatives in the Arkansas House met to start the special session by reading Gov. Asa Hutchinson's call. The House and Senate voted to approved proposed tax cuts by the governor.

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Money & Economy

Justice Department is being urged to protect researchers testing AI platforms

Jenna McLaughlin

Cybersecurity experts want more federal protections for good faith security researchers, or "good "hackers, arguing the government shouldn't prosecute good faith efforts to find vulnerabilities.
U.K. Parliament members approve a plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

Michel Martin

The U.K. Parliament has approved Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's controversial plans to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda, regardless of where they're from originally.
Education & Technology

Columbia cancels in-person classes after some students say they don't feel safe

NPR's A Martinez speaks to Debbie Becher, associate professor at Barnard College, about a wave of protests on college campuses amid growing tensions on campuses over Israel's war in Gaza.
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, is finally 'phoning home' again

The space probe contacted ground control for the first time in five months with status updates on its engineering systems. A month ago a NASA team discovered corrupted code caused a lapse in contact.
Money & Economy

Sleep training: Life preserver for parents or "symptom of capitalism"?

Greg Rosalsky

The raging debate over how to juggle kids and work.
Construction has begun on the first American high speed rail system

It will run between Las Vegas and Southern California, reaching a top speed of 200 miles per hour. The company behind the project plans for it to be ready by 2028.