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Texas Republicans have unveiled a proposed redraw of the state's congressional map that is likely to help the party pick up additional seats.

People with generalized anxiety disorder improved significantly after they got a single dose of LSD powerful enough to induce a psychedelic trip.

Catholic leaders are beginning a month-long meeting to discuss the church's relationship to laity. Among the topics: women in ministry and being more welcoming of divorced and LGBTQ+ Catholics.

In 1953, the CIA conducted a covert operation to overthrow Muhammad Mossadegh, the democratically elected leader of Iran.

In the summer of 1944, a young black woman boarded a bus in Gloucester, Virginia headed for Baltimore. Sitting in the "Negroes Only" section, she was asked to give up her seat when a white couple boarded. Irene Morgan refused, went to jail, and lost at trial. But a young Thurgood Marshall took the case all the way to the Supreme Court, some eleven years before Rosa Parks, and won a ruling that found segregation in interstate travel unconstitutional. This weekend, the town of Gloucester honors the 83-year-old for her courage.

Playwright, female impersonator, and novelist Charles Busch. His play, Psycho Beach Party has been made into a new film. His play, the camp classic, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, was the longest-running play in Off-Broadway history. His other plays include, Red Scare on Sunset and a show which parodied the variety shows of the 60s, The Charles Busch Revue, in which he made seven costume changes in an hour and 15 minutes. Busch's also wrote a novel, Whores of Lost Atlantis. (REBROADCAST from 7

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that United Airlines filed for bankruptcy today. The airline has lost about $4 billion dollars in the last two years and didn't have enough cash to pay off nearly a billion dollars in debt that was due this week. It was business as usual for the flying public, though. The airline has promised to keep flying while it comes up with a plan to reduce costs under the supervision of the bankruptcy court.

The French film noir classic Quai des Orfevres makes a new tour of U.S. theaters half a century after its 1948 release, with a restored print. It features a lost Paris full of music halls, cigarette smoke and a criminal investigation. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan offers a review.

Fidgety financial markets continued their volatile swings today. As Jim Zarroli reports, the Nasdaq composite index lost more than 4 percent of its value early in the day before rebounding sharply. But the Nasdaq, home to most new economy stocks, is still off 20-percent for the year. There's a sense of unease about some of the high-tech stocks that have powered the market's remarkable performance. Earnings at many companies have disappointed, and with interest rates and energy costs up this year, investors see little to cheer about.

Noah talks with Sam Web, Chairman of the Communist Party USA about Gus Hall, who has died at the age of 90. Hall was Chair of the Communist Party in the U.S. for many years, and he ran for president on the party ticket four times. Web says Hall never lost his optimism and hope for Communism in America, and recently was happy to see so many young people involved in protests against the World Trade Organization, World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.