 Catholic bishops gather in Rome Leaders from the Amazon region start meeting today to discuss the church's growth. Prickly issues could include letting married priests serve in that part of the world and preserving the area's ecology in the era of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whose pro-development policies and lax regulation have been blamed for devastating rainforest fires. SCOTUS hears a key transgender civil rights case Justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Aimee Stephens, who was fired after telling her boss she is a transgender woman. It's one of the term's most important cases and may settle whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act covers discrimination based on transgender status. The faithful mark a most sacred day Yom Kippur begins at sundown Tuesday. It's the most important of Jewish religious holidays, when the observant ask for forgiveness from God and from other people. A new tool rockets to space's frontier
NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission is due to begin Wednesday. Its satellite will study the zone high in the Earth's atmosphere where terrestrial weather and space weather meet, with the aim of mitigating effects on human technology, communications systems and society.
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s sex abuse trial begins
The actor is expected in court Thursday to face misdemeanor state charges of forcible touching and third-degree sex abuse related to an alleged groping incident in June at a Manhattan bar.
Air-quality scientists discuss pollution and health
Independent air quality experts are set to meet Thursday and Friday to review the science of particulate matter pollution -- tiny droplets with dirt, dust, soot or smoke that have been linked to cancer, stroke and heart attack. The scientists were dismissed last year from a federal panel and claim the EPA aims to "to subvert the Clean Air Act."
US ambassador whom Trump removed testifies
Marie Yovanovitch served as the US diplomat in Ukraine until May, after the President's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, reportedly accused her without evidence of trying to block efforts to investigate Democrats like Joe Biden. She is due to give a deposition Friday to the trio of House committees leading the impeachment inquiry.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner is revealed
The recipient, among 301 candidates, is set to be announced Friday and will join the likes of former President Barack Obama, Malala Yousafzai, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa.
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