Good morning. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is rewriting its rules about men in women's sports,

with ripple effects that may soon reach local fields and courts. Most high school leagues all refer to

these national governing bodies for the rules of the game, for eligibility

standards.

Also, analysis of the push for universal pre-K and preschool subsidies and why the fight is heating

up.

And NASA is heading back to the moon.

But first, it's practicing in the lava fields of Oregon.

You need to know how to use this equipment, right?

You don't want to get up to the moon and this is the first time you're experimenting with it.

And World Commentator Cal Thomas on doing what we can to make our children safe.

It's Thursday, September 4th.

This is The World and Everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.

I'm Mary Reichert.

And I'm Myrna Brown.

Good morning.

Up next, Kent Covington has today's news.

Music and fanfare as Beijing held a Chinese military parade Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un joined Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the

festivities.

President Trump criticized the spectacle on social media, writing that the leaders were

conspiring against the United States, but he told reporters on Wednesday.

I thought it was a beautiful ceremony. I thought it was very, very impressive.

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