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U.N. Climate Conference President On 'Last Best Chance' To Combat Global Warming

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alok Sharma, president of the United Nations climate change conference COP 26, which is set to take place in Glasgow after being postponed a year.

Justice Stephen Breyer, photographed in 2015.

Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire

Behind the scenes, Breyer, 83, pushed and prodded his fellow justices for consensus. His decision gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court.

Left: Madison Kenyon, who is cisgender, runs track and cross-country at Idaho State University. She supports Idaho's transgender sports ban. Right: Lindsay Hecox is transgender and hopes to make the women's track and cross-country teams at Boise State University.

Idaho's Transgender Sports Ban Faces A Major Legal Hurdle

Do transgender women and girls have a constitutional right to play on women's sports teams? That question will be argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.

Farmworkers harvest curly mustard in a field on Feb. 10 in Ventura County, Calif. The Supreme Court handed the farmworkers union a loss Wednesday in a ruling about union organizers' access to farm property.

In A Narrow Ruling, Supreme Court Hands Farmworkers Union A Loss

At issue in the case was a California law that allows union organizers to enter farms to speak to workers during nonworking hours for a set a number of days each year.

Law enforcement agencies are continuing their search in the a Sarasota County, Fla., nature reserve for Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of Gabby Petito. The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, who have been missing for weeks and months, respectively, are calling for more attention to be brought to their cases.

With A Spotlight On Gabby Petito, The Parents Of 2 Missing Black Men Call For Action

The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, both Black men in their 20s, are continuing their push for answers in the weeks and months, respectively, after their disappearances.

A new policy requires school staff to use a student's preferred name and pronouns if the student or their parent or guardian requested it.

A Virginia Teacher Was Put On Leave After Opposing New Rights For Trans Students

The policy would allow transgender and gender-expansive students to use names and pronouns outside their legal names. The teacher said doing so violates his religious beliefs.

Traveling this summer? Here are book picks for all 50 states (and then some)

Poets laureate and other literary luminaries from all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live.

U.S. soldiers enter a compound for a security meeting in Shah Joy District, Zabul Province, Afghanistan in the fall of 2010.

Watching Afghanistan Fall Reminds These Veterans Of Who They Left Behind

U.S. veterans reflect on their time in Afghanistan as they watch the Taliban take power, uncertain of the fate of the people they know from their time at war.

Researchers found that 67% of calories consumed by children and adolescents in the U.S. came from ultra-processed foods in 2018, a jump from 61% in 1999. The nationwide study analyzed the diets of 33,795 children and adolescents.

If You Think Your Kids Are Eating Mostly Junk Food, A New Study Finds You're Right

What do frozen pizza, cookies and ice cream have in common? A new study finds ultra-processed foods make up the majority of U.S. children's and teens' diets.

Watching Afghanistan Fall Reminds These Veterans Of Who They Left Behind

U.S. veterans reflect on their time in Afghanistan as they watch the Taliban take power, uncertain of the fate of the people they know from their time at war.

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