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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. A federal judge has blocked the U.S. from deporting hundreds of Guatemalan children with little warning. NPR's Kira Eisner has more. After CNN reported Friday that the U.S. was planning to send hundreds of Guatemalan children back to their country, lawyers for the children scrambled to petition the government to halt the process. Minors who enter the U.S. unaccompanied like these did are supposed to be held under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services and are not allowed to be deported without first having the full opportunity to apply for legal status. On Sunday, a federal judge

temporarily halted the removals, then held a hearing with lawyers. As the hearing went on, a U.S. attorney confirmed that some of the children were already loaded on planes. The judge blocked the U.S. from removing the children for the next 14 days as lawyers continued to discuss the case. Kiara Eisner, NPR News. Police in Minneapolis have stepped up patrols around houses of worship this following Wednesday's shooting during a mass at enunciation Catholic Church in the school. NPR's Jason DeRose reports area clergy are working to comfort a grieving community. After inexplicable loss, Pastor Sarah Jensen of Lutheran Church of Christ Redeemer says she often hears people say God doesn't give us anything we can't handle. I don't believe that God gives us us.

things one way or the other world. The world gives us things. And often the world gives us things we can't handle. But that doesn't mean, Jensen says, abandonment. God gives us each other because we can't handle everything on our own. We weren't created for that. We were created to lean on each other. Jensen says neighbors, friends, and congregations can help to buoy each other in a world that's sometimes scary and often doesn't make sense. Jason DeRose, NPR News, Minneapolis. heat records have fallen this summer in the U.S., NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports that two states have had their hottest July ever. Virginia and West Virginia had their hottest julys ever, going back to 1895 when records began. That's according to data from the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. And the rest of the eastern U.S. also saw abnormally hot weather. 20 states, including every state on the Atlantic coastline, had average July temperatures that ranked in the top 10 warmest on record. And there was little relief after sundown. NOAA estimates that one in six people in the U.S. experienced record-breaking overnight temperatures in July. That's particularly dangerous because the human body relies on cooler nights to recover from the stress of very hot days. Climate change is causing temperatures to rise worldwide. Rebecca Hersher, NPR News. Wall Street has Monday off for the Labor Day holiday. Trading resumes on Tuesday.

You're listening to NPR News. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized in New Hampshire with several broken bones after his vehicle was involved in an automobile crash Saturday night. His spokesman says Giuliani's rental car was rear-ended at high speed. Giuliani is a longtime supporter of President Trump. He was disbarred in Washington, D.C. and New York City and declared bankruptcy after being found liable of spreading falsehoods about Georgia election workers. Longtime CNN White House correspondent and Pentagon correspondent Charles Bierbauer has died. CNN made the announcement today. Beerbauer joined CNN in its earliest days and covered the Bush and Reagan administrations.

Following a landmark deal with California, Governor Gavin Newsom with more than 800,000 Uber and lift drivers will soon be able to unionize. Rachel Myro of member station KQED reports. Uber ushered in the modern era of gig labor. companies spent hundreds of millions of dollars to protect their ability to classify drivers as independent contractors. In exchange for allowing drivers to unionize, the companies get legislation that dramatically shrinks their insurance coverage mandates. Assembly member Buffy Wicks of Oakland calls it a win-win-win. I think it's a win for the workers, obviously. It's a win for the companies because they won't have these fights all the time.

And it's a win for consumers who will hopefully have cheaper rides. In a statement, Uber's head of public policy for California wrote, the deal shows lawmakers, labor, and industry can work together to deliver, quote, practical solutions for the way people live, work, and move today. This is NPR. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com. T's and Cs apply.