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NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the dilemma facing states that have passed bans on so-called "partial birth" abortions. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Nebraska law that outlawed the procedures, it cast Constitutional doubt on similar laws in twenty-nine other states. Abortion opponents in several of those states are working to craft new bans. They hope rewritten laws will be able to pass Constitutional muster. But it may not be an easy task.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr wonders if The New York Times did journalism a disservice -- going too far to mask the identity of a source inside Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from Cuba on Fidel Castro's "doctor diplomacy." Since 1963, Cuba has sent some 25,000 doctors to work in the developing world. But lately Havana seems to be changing its approach: it has opened a special school to train medical students from across Latin America. Cuba is footing the bill for the more than three thousand students in the initial class. After they graduate, they will return to their countries to work in underserved areas.

A brief summary of some of the other news on today's program.

Pope Francis urged Hungary on Sunday to "extend its arms towards everyone," in a veiled critique of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's anti-migrant policies.

The remnants of Hurricane Larry, this season's longest-lasting storm, brought 100-mph gusts and feet of snow to some places in Greenland as its summer of record-breaking warmth came to a close.

Florida is the only state that has not applied for funding to provide grocery benefits to children who missed out on free or reduced-price meals while their schools or child care facilities were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Zeke Emanuel about President Biden's new call for vaccine mandates and why he thinks those mandates are needed at this point in the pandemic.

Leaf through the most recent Arizona budget and you'll find everything from a mask mandate ban to voting restrictions. A new lawsuit say those aren't budget items, they are political horse trading.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge about the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium and President Biden's plan to address affordable housing.

Noah and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on a news conference held today in Washington by groups planning to hold demonstrations at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. The groups, under an umbrella organization called the "R2D2 Coalition," were behind the WTO and World Bank protests earlier this year.

When he was sixteen, Commentator Bill Harley worked at a seafood restaurant. He says learned about race, class and privilege when an angry cook hurled a baked potato at him.

Josh Levs reports from Nuremberg, Germany, that the city notorious for Nazi party rallies and war crimes trials is trying to re-make its image, hoping to attract tourists and foreign investors. City officials have taken great pains to educate the public about the horrors of the Nazi past. They are trying to paint a new picture of their city as a liberal, forward looking community.

David Greenberger reviews the CD Winners Never Quit, by Pedro the Lion. The band is a trio, but the creative force behind all the music and lyrics is David Bazan. You might find this CD in your record store under the category Christian rock. But Bazan might bristle at that categorization. The album weaves together songs about faith and doubt, without preaching or proselytizing.

A federal appeals court has ruled that employers who discriminate in the hiring process can be sued by the civil rights workers who help catch them in the act. The court says people who apply for jobs simply to test whether the employer will show bias against minorities can file suit -- even if they weren't really intending to work there. Similar tactics have been used to ferret out discrimination in housing. Unless appealed, this decision will now extend the practice to employment. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

NPR'S Richard Gonzales reports on today's one-day walkout by thousands of workers at northern California hospitals. The union workers include nursing assistants, respiratory therapists and food service workers.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Newsweek Reporter Donatella Lorch about the UN embargo on diamond purchases from the rebels fighting to overthrow Sierra Leone's government. The UN hopes the ban will cut funding to the civil war, which has caused thousands of deaths in the West African country. Lorch says that implementing the embargo will be difficult for a variety of reasons.

Host Bob Edwards talks to scholar Richard Newman about this week's page one apology by The Hartford Courant for its role in the slave trade. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the paper ran ads for slave sales and published notices by the owners of runaway slaves. Newman does research at the WEB Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University. He says the Courant's apology is a sign that white Americans are becoming more aware of slavery's lingering effects.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the case of Cesar Fierro, a Mexican national who is on death row for killing an El Paso taxi driver. Fierro confessed to the crime - but now, even the prosecutor in the case admits that the confession was coerced. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that the error was harmless, and Fierro's chances at a new trial are remote.

Robert talks with Christine Black, a flight attendant and member of the Association of Flight Attendants in San Francisco, about her experiences with air rage. One of the most frightening incidents occurred three years ago, when a passenger was upset about his meal. He went into the galley, threw his tray at her, and verbally abused her.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports from Pretoria on the intense disappointment and anger that spread across South Africa today when the governing body for international soccer named Germany as the host of the 2006 World Cup. Many had expected South Africa to be selected, and South Africans were prepared for the country's largest celebrations since Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994. South Africa would have been the first African nation to host the Cup. Winning that honor would have also been a huge financial and political boost for the country.

From Gainesville, Texas, Janet Heimlich reports on a juvenile prison that has begun teaching inmates computer networking to give them a useful skill when they get out. The Justice Department is eyeing the program as a model to use at other juvenile facilities to keep youth from returning to crime.

In the sixth of a series of summer commentaries about minor league baseball called Play by Play, NPR's Neal Conan profiles one of the players... a man who has spent the last 14 years trying to make it in baseball.

Critic Kenneth Turan reviews the short film, George Lucas in Love, which is enjoying considerable success, even though it's only available on one internet site.