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The Texas State Legislature had a busy 2023. While its conservative lawmakers grabbed headlines, a quiet staffing change made it a historic year for the two women in charge of the chamber's security.

A follow-up to a very important story — okay, it's actually a very silly story — that Weekend Edition did on a special variety of Chex cereal released in South Korea.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about Shohei Othani's elbow injury, a sexual misconduct controversy in Spanish soccer, and the men's basketball World Cup.

President Biden says he's willing to compromise on border security as he tries to secure a Ukraine funding deal. We look at what that could mean for the 2024 election.

Deion Sanders, the University of Colorado's new football coach, is turning the program from notorious basement dweller to the hottest ticket in the NCAA. (Story aired on ATC on Sept. 18, 2023.)

President Biden will speak Tuesday to world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. An important issue is support for a Ukraine defending itself against Russia.

At the G20 this week, President Biden wants to beef up the World Bank as a way to counter China's Belt and Road initiative. But it's tricky, because China is a key part of the World Bank.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Suhasini Haidar of the Indian newspaper The Hindu, about Prime Minister Modi's government using a Sanskrit word to replace the name India on the G20 invitation.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Mark Dickey, an experienced caver, and his partner Jessica Van Ord, about Dickey's harrowing rescue from one of Turkey's deepest caves after he became ill.

This year, Taiwan's young men face a new, extended one year military conscription. Those concerned about the island's security against China say the conscription isn't enough.