Supreme Court hears an LGBTQ case; male birth control research; a historic discovery in Italy

Plus, why it's hard to find kids' cold medicine these days.

View this email online by Suzanne Nuyen Good morning. Schools are closed this morning in Moore County, N.C., after gunfire damaged substations and left thousands without power. Here's what we're following today. 🥇 First up Stefani Reynolds /AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court hears arguments today on what could be a landmark case that pits LGBTQ rights with free speech. The case involves a Colorado web designer who says state law prevents her from designing wedding websites because she believes that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.  Good luck trying to find cold and flu medicine for children these days. The "tripledemic" combination of COVID, flu and RSV has the medications like Children's Tylenol flying off the shelves. Medical experts are warning parents to consult a doctor if they need to administer adult medications to children, and not to hoard medicine. In Los Angeles County, tenant protections that have kept families housed during the pandemic are set to end Dec. 31, leaving more than 30,000 households in danger of eviction by the end of the year. 🎧 Listen to one family's fears. For decades, birth control research focused on women. Now there's a new push to develop gels, pills or other products that could keep men from getting their partners pregnant. 🎧 Hear about some of the most promising approaches. Newsletter continues after sponsor message 📷 Picture show Italian Ministry of Culture Italian archeologists have discovered two dozen bronze statues of human figures preserved in the hot mud and waters of an ancient, sacred pool. They're calling the discovery the "most exceptional" in the last half-century. 🎧  Listen to how it could rewrite the history of the relationship between the Etruscan and Roman civilizations. 🎧 Today’s listen Courtesy of Fantastic Four Dutch settlers may have brought Double Dutch to America, but it was Black girls who put it on the map. In 1978, Adrienne "Nikki" Adams Howell, Delores Brown Finlayson, De'Shone Adams Goodson and Robin Oakes Watterson would meet and the "Fantastic Four" would later become Double Dutch World Champions. 🎧 Listen to how they took the sport to new heights, or read their story. Before you go Gail Schulman/CBS Gladys Knight, Amy Grant, George Clooney, Tania León and U2 are this year's Kennedy Center honorees for their contributions to American culture. It's the ultimate no bones day. Noodle — the TikTok pug who could predict what kind of day you'd have — has died. Turns out, bats and death metal singers have more in common than you'd think — and no, it's not just a love of the dark. Some of bats' lower frequency calls appear to use the same vocal techniques as death metal growling. Bob McGrath, an actor and recording artist who was an original cast member on Sesame Street, died on Sunday. He was 90. Listen to your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to hear live radio from WBEZ (edit station). Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can sign up here. Looking for more great content? Check out all of our newsletter offerings — including Music, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Daily News emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy