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President Biden has read the letter WNBA player Brittney Griner wrote to him from prison in Russia. The basketball star has been detained there since February.

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to an independent report.

Israel and Hamas appear closer than ever to a deal to end their two-year war — but questions remain. Delegations from Israel, Hamas, the U.S., Egypt and Qatar are meeting on Monday.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Monica Lennon, a member of the Scottish Labour Party, about Scotland becoming the first country to offer free period products.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is asking internet service providers to make internet connections affordable for seniors and people with disabilities.

A new Senate probe finds some men who work for federal prisons have systemically preyed on women in their custody, with few criminal or disciplinary consequences.

When the line dropped, 911 dispatchers investigated. They found no prime suspects, but a primate suspect. A Capuchin monkey had made the call after grabbing a phone from a nearby golf cart.

It was 50 years ago this month that the 26th Amendment was signed, giving 18-year-olds the right to vote. Now, a movement to lower the voting age to 16 is gaining momentum.

R. Kelly will be sentenced in a New York courtroom on Wednesday. The disgraced R&B star was found guilty of crimes including violating the Mann Act, an anti-sex trafficking law.

The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.

Plus-size shoppers often struggle to find thrift stores that cater to them. A new pop-up flea market in Los Angeles aims to change that. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on June 25, 2023.)

We look at Steve Bannon's prison sentence, former president Donald Trump's Jan. 6 Committee subpoena, and President Biden's announcement of the $1.4 trillion deficit drop.