Bill Clinton is hospitalized; a Southern Baptist leader quits; Hindu priestesses fight the patriarchy

Plus, a cabbage-size meteor lands on a bed pillow. [View this email online]( [NPR]( by Korva Coleman and Carol Ritchie First up [Amy Tripp at her new home in Big Pine Key, Florida. She closed early to buy it before federal flood insurance rates rose by thousands of dollars. ]( Saul Martinez for NPR Here's what we're following today: The cost of federal flood insurance is rising for millions of homeowners, threatening to [make homes in coastal areas unaffordable for many](. FEMA says its new rates better reflect flood risk in a warming climate. Former president Bill Clinton is hospitalized in California [to treat a non-COVID-related infection](. Clinton, who is 75, is responding to antibiotics, his doctors said. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe won back his full pension and benefits after [settling a lawsuit with the Justice Department](. McCabe was fired by the Trump administration in 2018 only hours before his retirement. A top Southern Baptist Convention administrator is resigning after [weeks of internal division over an investigation]( into the denomination's response to sexual abuse reports. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch alerted the Missouri government of a security risk on its website. Now [Gov. Mike Parsons says it’s a hack and vows to prosecute]( the journalists who uncovered it. The newspaper argues that the site's publicly-visible source code included teachers' private information. New York real estate millionaire Robert Durst [was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his best friend]( Susan Berman, more than 20 years ago. Durst was featured in HBO’s The Jinx. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Picture show [A desolate parking lot filled with weeds and debris was transformed into Core City Park in Detroit, Mich. Nearly everything used in the construction of the park was found on site — the benches, for example were recycled from old concrete walls]( Prince Concepts and The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Landscape architect Julie Bargmann renovates waste dumps, landfills, Superfund sites — places she calls "the gnarliest." She is the inaugural winner of an [international award that aims to confer the same status to landscapes as the Pritzker prize]( bestows to architecture. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today’s listen [Sharmistha Chaudhuri (center, wearing pink), 35, at her wedding in Kolkata, India, in January 2020. ]( Sharmistha Chaudhuri These Hindu priestesses fight the patriarchy, one Indian wedding at a time. They're part of a feminist push to make Hinduism more inclusive, including stripping ceremonies of their patriarchal traditions: No more "donating" brides to in-laws. [🎧 Listen to the story]( or [read it here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before you go [Banksy's "Love is in the Bin" (2018) is installed at Sotheby's on Sept. 3, in London. On Thursday it was auctioned for $25.4 million, a record for the artist.]( Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby's - Banksy’s controversial art piece “Love is in the Bin,” featuring a painting partially torn apart by a shredder, [sold at auction for $25.4 million]( a record for the mysterious artist. - A Canadian woman had a rude awakening when a cabbage-sized [meteorite plunged through her roof and landed in her bed]( barely missing her head. - One of three zebras on the loose in the Washington, D.C. area has died. It was found [in an illegal snare trap on private property](. - Hulu's Dopesick, which tells the chilling saga of America's opioid crisis, [distills a complicated story into a compelling, heartbreaking series]( says reviewer Eric Deggans. - Singer Adele has released her first single in six years. “Easy On Me” will be included on her fourth studio album, due out next month. [Listen here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Stream your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to find your local station stream. --------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Music, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Daily News emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( [NPR logo]