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NPR's A Martinez talks to Kathleen Sprows Cummings of Notre Dame, about U.S. Catholic Bishops approving a position paper urging Catholics to abide by church teachings if they take communion.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, about the record opioid overdoses in the country.

President Biden hosts Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for the first "Three Amigos" summit since 2016.

Travis McMichael, one of three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, took the stand in his own defense. He detailed his law enforcement training to explain his actions when he shot Arbery.

Two men convicted of killing Malcolm X are set to be exonerated. Travis McMichael testifies on his own behalf in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. President Biden hosts the leaders of Mexico and Canada.

The embassy in Washington, D.C., was once a symbol of a new Afghanistan. Now, the few staffers left refuse to serve the Taliban and are racing to help as many refugees as they can.

Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Julius Jones, who has been on death row for nearly 20 years in connection with a 1999 murder. Many believe he was wrongly convicted.

Comedian Phoebe Robinson hosted the 2021 National Book Awards ceremony over Zoom Wednesday night. Jason Mott won the fiction prize for Hell of a book. Tiya Miles was the winner for nonfiction.

An ugly battle is being waged over Saule Omarova, President Biden's nominee to oversee most of the money held by banks. Her confirmation hearing is on Thursday.

Unalaska may be one step closer to cleaning up some of the contaminated military sites left over from World War II; new COVID-19 cases have dropped by more than a third in the last couple of weeks, but Alaskans are still getting infected and dying at rates that lead the nation; and a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher has been internationally recognized for his work on sea ice and climate modelling.