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This is out of her glass. In Lily's family, there's a story everybody knows by heart. If this story had never happened, all of us wouldn't be here right now. Sammy wouldn't be here. Nina wouldn't be here. Wally wouldn't be here. Anyone that we know wouldn't be here. So what happens when Lily's mom tells her this story is not true? This American life, surprising stories every week. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Hurst. Some Catholics in Chicago visited a popular downtown parish to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died today at the age of 88. Adora Namigada of member station WBEZ has more. Rosario Inez did not wake up with plans to go to St. Peter's in the Loop,

but decided to attend midday mass so she could pray for him. I saw it on Instagram of all places. I was devastated. She bought the late pope a colorful bouquet of sunflowers and roses she got at the grocery store on her way to the church. They were white ones and they felt appropriate, but at the same time this one has so much color in it and I feel like on this gloomy day we just need a little brightness.

Catholics have been milling in and out of the church to pay their respects. For NPR News, I'm Adora Namigade in Chicago. More congressional Democrats traveled to El Salvador this week on behalf of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. And here's Joel Rose reports. The group is calling on the Trump administration to return the Maryland man who was illegally deported last month. Four Democrats from the House of Representatives, including Maxwell Frost of Florida, traveled

to El Salvador to show their support for Kilmar Abrego Garcia. We want to see him, know he's alive, know that he's well. But also we want to make sure that this story doesn't go away. Frost says they were not allowed to meet with Abrego Garcia because their trip was not sanctioned as an official congressional delegation. The Trump administration is refusing to bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S.

despite a Supreme Court order to quote, facilitate his return. In court filings, the Justice Department confirmed that Abrego Garcia has been moved out of a notorious mega prison to a different penitentiary in El Salvador. Joel Rose, NPR News. Federal regulators are suing Uber over the company's handling of subscriptions to its Uber One service.

And Piers Alinas-Eliouk reports, the Trump administration alleges the rideshare company overstated the savings and makes the subscriptions difficult to cancel. The Federal Trade Commission accuses Uber of misleading customers about its Uber One subscription service, which offers discounts on ride bookings and deliveries. The agency says Uber, quote, promises people savings of $25 a month without accounting for the monthly cost of the subscription itself. The complaint also accuses Uber of billing consumers before the promised date and making

cancellations convoluted. Uber, in a statement, argues that subscription processes are clear, simple and lawful, and cancellations take most people 20 seconds or less. This is the first FTC action against a major tech company in the new Trump administration. The agency has continued to pursue cases launched under President Biden as well, including against Amazon. Alina Seluk, NPR News. US futures contracts are trading higher at this hour. All three major indices are up about three-tenths of a percent, sharply different from the numbers at the closing bell. The Dow was down 971 points, the Nasdaq down 415. This is NPR News.

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering changes to how it tracks carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports those gases are the main cause of climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency currently requires thousands of factories and other industrial sites to report their greenhouse gas emissions. That means tracking how much carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide those facilities release. Those gases trap heat in the atmosphere, causing global warming.

The information the EPA collects is the most granular and comprehensive greenhouse gas data available. Now EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says the agency is considering changing its requirements. For example, some types of industrial sites could be exempted from the reporting rules. Rebecca Herscher and PR News. Lacey Kinnis, NPR News, NASA's Lucy spacecraft beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby and the photos show the asteroid is bigger than scientists thought and is shaped like a lumpy bowling pin.

Lucy came within 600 miles of the harmless asteroid this weekend in the main asteroid belt, which is between Mars and Jupiter. It was a dress rehearsal for the asteroid flybys to come. Lucy was launched in 2021 to study the unexplored so-called Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. Eight Trojan flybys are planned through 2033. On Wall Street today, stocks were sharply lower on worries about President Trump's continued comments on Fed Chair Jerome Powell. You're listening to NPR News. This message comes from NYU Langone. The NYU Langone Health app gives you access to your on Fed Chair Jerome Powell. You're listening to NPR News.