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Kate Seelye reports on the birthplace of Syria's late President Hafez Al Assad, the small town of Qurdaha. Residents experienced considerable progress during Assad's lifetime. They hope Assad's son, Bashar, will be Syria's next President, because he's likely to continue to give the town favorable treatment.

The annual meeting of the Southern Baptists today voted on a revision on their statement of faith. The new language reiterates the Southern Baptist Convention's opposition to homosexuality, abortion, racism and pornography and says that the office of pastor is reserved for men. NPR's Lynn Neary reports from the convention.

Barbara visits a local hospital, and talks to men who are about to become fathers for the first time. She talks to them as they wait for their wives to have their babies in the Birthing Center at Columbia Hospital for Women, in Washington DC.

Commentator Mario Livio says since the 16th century, human beings have learned much about the universe, helping us realize our own insignificance. But at the same time, says Livio, it is those very discoveries that have given the Earth importance.

Alex talks with Robert Shipp of the Marine Science department at the University of South Alabama about a recent and rare bull shark attack on the Gulf Coast of Alabama.

Back in May, Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the mask ban into law.

The Pew Research Center has been tracking key facts and figures on U.S. Latinos for years. Here are some of the latest highlights.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with television producer Norman Lear. This week, Lear and a partner purchased an original copy of the Declaration of Independence for $7.4 million. They plan to send the document around the country for the public to see.

Reporter Carole Rabel in Rhode Island reports on efforts to pinpoint the source of a disturbing new disease affecting lobsters in the northeast. Many lobsters have deformed shells. Warm water or other environmental stresses could be the source; some experts fear it's actually a larvacide that's being used in several states to kill mosquitoes that could carry the human pathogen, west Nile virus.

The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to temporarily block the new Texas abortion ban while its lawsuit against the state continues.