No Labels, which sought to challenge Biden and Trump, ends its 2024 presidential bid The organization had emerged earlier this year as a potentially well-funded force in the election. However, No Labels said Thursday that finding the right candidates proved difficult. Read more on NPR

Abortion opponents push for ‘fetal personhood’ laws, giving rights to embryos The Guardian’s reproductive health reporter Carter Sherman says efforts are underway in a number of states to assign fetuses “some kind of rights that we would generally ascribe to a human person.” Read more on NPR

Biden warns Netanyahu that U.S. policy on Gaza hinges on improved conditions there President Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed in Israeli strikes. He said a ceasefire is needed so aid can get in. Read more on NPR

Why a majority of Britons want the U.K. to halt arms exports to Israel Countries including Canada, the Netherlands and Spain say they’re suspending arms sales to Israel. After an Israeli strike killed British World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, will the U.K. too? Read more on NPR

Baltimore bridge’s collapse is the target of anti-DEI rhetoric Mayor Brandon Scott has come under attack as a “DEI” hire in the wake of the deadly bridge collapse. Read more on NPR

A professor worried no one would read an algae study. So she had it put to music Professors and students at the University of South Florida mapped pitch, rhythm and duration to data about algae blooms and depletion of coral reefs to create an original composition. Read more on NPR