Japan's atomic bomb survivors hope G-7 firms up support for nuclear disarmament

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1177020273/hiroshima-japan-g7-atomic-bomb-survivors-nuclear-disarmament

An Indiana man is dead after a grenade found in a grandfather's belongings exploded

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1177439083/indiana-grenade-grandfather-belongings-explodes

EXPLAINER-How Wall Street is preparing for possible US debt default

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-debt-default/explainer-how-wall-street-is-preparing-for-possible-us-debt-default-idUSL4N37G3YE

Post Roe V. Wade, A Senator Wants to Make Birth Control Access Easier — and Affordable

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/19/1177052729/post-roe-v-wade-a-senator-wants-to-make-birth-control-access-easier-and-affordab

Biden and McCarthy set to meet again Monday for debt ceiling talks

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1177387136/both-sides-are-blaming-each-other-for-the-impasse-as-a-debt-limit-deadline-appro

Here's what could happen in markets if the U.S. defaults. Hint: It won't be pretty

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1177203159/debt-limit-ceiling-default-wall-street-biden-mccarthy-economy

The next show you watch could be filmed in Mexico City

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1175025988/mexico-city-film-tv-production

Canadian wildfire smoke is prompting air quality warnings in the western U.S.

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1177429428/canadian-wildfire-smoke-air-quality-warnings

Biden and McCarthy to meet on Monday as debt ceiling talks resume

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-debt/biden-and-mccarthy-to-meet-on-monday-as-debt-ceiling-talks-resume-idUSKBN2XC01R

UK's Nationwide to pay 340 million pounds to customers after profit leap

https://www.reuters.com/article/nationwide-results/uks-nationwide-to-pay-340-million-pounds-to-customers-after-profit-leap-idUSKBN2XA0CU

Explainer-Could Biden use the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling?

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-debt-14th-amendment/explainer-could-biden-use-the-14th-amendment-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling-idUSKBN2XC0CB

The U.S. is expanding CO2 pipelines. One poisoned town wants you to know its story

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1172679786/carbon-capture-carbon-dioxide-pipeline

Wildfire risk spurs Alberta to close parks, urge caution ahead of holiday weekend

https://www.reuters.com/article/canada-weather-wildfire/wildfire-risk-spurs-alberta-to-close-parks-urge-caution-ahead-of-holiday-weekend-idUSL1N37F3BL

Martin Amis, British author of era-defining novels, dies at 73

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/20/1177366085/martin-amis-british-author-dead

The next show you watch could be filmed in Mexico City

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1175025988/mexico-city-film-tv-production

A South African choir sang for Queen Victoria. They had great highs — and awful lows

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/05/21/1176448214/a-south-african-choir-sang-for-queen-victoria-they-had-great-highs-and-awful-low

Turkish banks restrict credit access amid pre-runoff uncertainty

https://www.reuters.com/article/turkey-economy-loans/turkish-banks-restrict-credit-access-amid-pre-runoff-uncertainty-idUSKBN2XA0ON

A trans girl will miss graduation because school officials told her to dress as a boy

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/20/1177335398/trans-girl-dress-boy-high-school-graduation-mississippi

Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1177208862/usagm-michael-pack-voa-voice-of-america-investigation-trump-abuse-of-power

A trans girl will miss graduation because school officials told her to dress as a boy

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/20/1177335398/trans-girl-dress-boy-high-school-graduation-mississippi