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Prodded by an increasing number of complaints about anti-gay protests by a Kansas church group, President Bush signs a law banning demonstrators from disrupting military funerals. Leaders of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka believe dead soldiers symbolize God's anger at America's tolerance of homosexuals.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

Members of the Buffalo community grieving loved ones organized an evening vigil that honored the shooting victims while combining stirring gospel music and calls to action.

Shrinking access to abortion in Republican-controlled states has already hit people of color hardest. They will bear the brunt of the end of Roe v. Wade, experts and advocates say.

Rumors of random round-ups of illegal immigrants have kept many undocumented workers and their families at home in the past week. The Department of Homeland Security says is stepping up investigations of employers who hire illegal workers, but denies it is conducting random sweeps.

A gunman killed a 52-year-old man and wounded five others in an attack at a Southern California church on Sunday, authorities said.

Every time Andrew Hill takes a seat behind a piano, the jazz world takes note. "Time Lines" speaks to his brilliance at teetering between the worlds of the blues and the abstract. And it's one of the funkiest compositions in Hill's massive repertoire.

Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, under intense pressure to give up plans for a second term, agrees to let Shiite lawmakers reconsider his nomination, a step that could mark a breakthrough in the months-long effort to form a new government.

Canada has arrested 17 people who were allegedly planning to carry out bomb attacks in southern Ontario. Steve Inskeep talks to Mike McDonnell of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police about the case.

While Secretary Rice and other diplomats pushed forward with their draft U.N. resolution for a cease-fire, fighting was particularly fierce on both sides of the border. Israeli bombs killed at least 19 people in Lebanon. And Hezbollah fired its deadliest barrage of rockets yet at Israeli targets, claiming 15 lives. NPR's Eric Westervelt joins us from northern Israel.