Their bodies were sold for research. Families didn’t know.

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<p>Israel launched a widespread wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. <a href="https://apple.news/AfcNSPKl2Tz2HdON3OtNVZQ">Reuters</a> has more.</p> <p>Congress struck a deal for a temporary funding agreement to avoid a government shutdown for now. <a href="https://apple.news/APYbVZSBcQ627XnB2OxkySg">USA Today</a> has the story.</p> <p>A Texas medical school was leasing out body parts of unclaimed corpses, an <a href="https://apple.news/ALTYXikXbRiikzfQOX0otcQ">NBC News</a> investigation found. NBC&rsquo;s Mike Hixenbaugh describes what the reporting revealed.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AXJ7YoC_rQR-ecz4VEBMmiw">CBS News</a> has what to know about the deadly shooting in Birmingham, Alabama.</p> <p>Several senior campaign officials for North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson stepped down after <a href="https://apple.news/Ab3KLo845Qxas9G3S7R7pGg">CNN</a> reported on past comments he made on a pornographic website.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/Ahf6wMWx7TmSfxtPUH8Wzxg">NPR</a> reports on how multiple Tufts University lacrosse players were hospitalized with a dangerous condition after a workout.</p> <p>Sports mascots were very dude-coded. Then came Ellie the Elephant. The <a href="https://apple.news/A7DsTkpb2Q9SApoiQuiQm7g">Washington Post</a> tells her story.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p>