On the Ted Radio Hour, linguist Anne Curzan says she gets a lot of complaints about people using the pronoun they to refer to one person.

I sometimes get into arguments with people where they will say to me, but it can't be singular, and I will say, but it is.

The history behind words causing a lot of debate, that's on the Ted Radio Hour from NPR.

Live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Janine Hurst.

At least 80 nations participating in the Ukraine sponsoredsponsored peace summit in Switzerland,

signed a communique saying that Ukraine's territorial integrity

should be supported in any deal to end the war.

And Piers Joannica Kises has more.

Ukraine convened the summit to set conditions for future peace negotiations.

The final document was signed by most of the 92 nations involved.

They said a peace deal should also hinge on Russia returning all

deported Ukrainian children and prisoners of war and withdrawing all Russian

troops from the Zaporizia nuclear power plant. destroying all

Russian troops from the Zapporizia nuclear power plant.

Ukraine's president, Volodemers-Alensky,

said he is pushing for a follow-up summit to end the war quickly.

Moving to peace means acting fast. Preparations will take months, not years.

Russia was not invited, but some nations said it should be included in future summits.

Joanna Kekisis, NPR News, Western Ukraine.

A major heat wave is expected to bear down on a large swath of the U.S. starting in the Midwest today.

And P.S. Joe Hernandez reports forecaster say some areas haven't

seen a heat wave this long in decades.

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