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Veterans Sue McConnell (left) and Kristyn Weed bonded quickly after meeting at a weekly VA transgender support group. "You're always there for me," Weed told McConnell last month at StoryCorps in Tucson, Ariz. "There's never a doubt or question as to whether you would be or not."

2 Transgender Veterans Find Courage — And Sisterhood — Off The Battlefield

When Sue McConnell and Kristyn Weed came out as transgender women, some of their loved ones cut them out of their lives. But when McConnell and Weed met, they forged their own sisterhood.

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim can return to politics as soon as he is pardoned by the country's king. He's been in prison for sodomy since 2015.

Jailed Malaysian Opposition Leader To Be Pardoned After His Party's Victory

Anwar Ibrahim, the popular opposition leader who was jailed for sodomy in 2015, will get a royal pardon — clearing the way for him to possibly become prime minister.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., is retiring at the end of this year after three decades in the House. The first Latina elected to Congress, she is leaving with a warning for her party about the need to reach out to more women and minority voters.

First Latina Elected To Congress Retires With A Warning To Republicans

Florida GOP Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen tells NPR her party is "going backward," focusing on "the white, male conservative" with potentially dire consequences in a changing country.

Holocaust survivors visited the former Auschwitz concentration camp on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Survivors Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day On 74th Anniversary Of Auschwitz Liberation

Former prisoners gathered at the site of the former concentration camp to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Morning Headlines: Ohio State Fair Ends Ride Contract; Akron Borrows More Money for Sewer Project

Here are your morning headlines for Monday, September 17: Ohio State Fair contract with operator of fatal ride; Akron borrows more money for sewer...

Hurricane Dorian Heads For Bahamas

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rick Lohr, general manager of the Abaco Beach Resort in The Bahamas, about how he is bracing for Hurricane Dorian.

The Indians remain in contention for an AL Wild Card in the final week of the regular season.

The View From Pluto: The Battered Indians Keep Their Playoff Hopes Alive

The Cleveland Indians are making a push for the playoffs in the final week of the season. As of Wednesday, they are a half-game back of the Tampa Bay...

Close money race for Ohio Democrats running for governor, but a clear winner for Republicans

The candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for governor raised close to the same amount of money in the last six months, but the fundraising race on the Republican side was no contest. Campaign finance reports also show big money is coming in for Republicans running for the Ohio House, Ohio Senate, and the Ohio Supreme Court.

Close-up of the hands of a young man who pours alcohol from a decanter into a glass, on a dark isolated background.

Many people turned to alcohol during COVID. That is proving deadly in Ohio and elsewhere

From 2019 to 2020, alcohol induced deaths rose 25% nationally and 22% in Ohio.

Memorials for Irina and Kevin McCarthy, two of seven people killed in Monday's Fourth of July parade mass shooting, stands within a veterans memorial on Wednesday in Highland Park, Ill.

Strangers save a 2-year-old boy, whose parents died during the Highland Park shooting

Aiden McCarthy's parents, Kevin and Irina, both died in the shooting, which left five others dead and more than two dozen wounded.

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