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Brazil, France and South Korea picked up just about where they left off four years ago. The defending champion Brazilians got a 44th-minute goal from Kaka to beat Croatia, 1-0. The French failed to score a goal in their fourth straight Cup match, earning a 0-0 draw with Switzerland. And South Korea won over Togo, 2-1.

The site for a memorial to the victims of the 9/11 attack has been unveiled at the Pentagon. The memorial is for the 184 people who died when American Airlines flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called the area just beyond where the plane crashed "sacred ground."

A human being's sex drive may be determined in part by inherited genes. Scientists have discovered that a gene that influences personality may also affect a person's sexual desire and function. Madeleine Brand discusses the issue with Slate contributor Dr. Sydney Spiesel, a professor at Yale Medical School.

The Supreme Court rules that prosecutors may use some recorded 911 emergency calls as courtroom evidence, even if the victim of a crime is not in court for cross-examination.

U.S. Episcopalians elect a woman to head the more than 2-million-member denomination. Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada is the first female bishop to head the national churches in the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Farai Chideya explores proposals to ban gay marriage, and how the legal arguments for a ban resonate in African-American churches and communities with Dr. Robert Franklin, professor of social ethics at Emory University in Atlanta.

NPR goes inside a school-turned-shelter in Ukraine, where children evacuated during the war face an uncertain future.

Red Flag laws temporarily remove guns from owners who pose a danger to themselves or others. Several states have passed the laws in recent years, but research on their effectiveness is mixed.

With abortion rights in jeopardy, some women are telling their stories of terminating pregnancies before the procedure was legal. They want people to know how difficult that time was for them.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Celeste Nevarez, of Emergence Health Network in El Paso, about what long term healing looks like after a community experiences traumatic events.

President Biden meets with grieving families in Texas while Senators try to find common ground on gun legislation in Congress.

We asked AAPI photographers, 'What is the story of your name and what does it mean to you?'