Gas explosion, Defense Secretary hospitalization, blood shortage, Pope Francis on surrogacy, lunar landing setback

We begin with a blast a hotel in Fort Worth, Texas that injured several people. The US defense secretary’s failure to disclose his hospitalization is under White House review. The American Red Cross is warning of an emergency blood shortage in the US. Pope Francis has called for a universal ban on surrogacy. Lastly, America’s first lunar landing mission in decades may not make it to the moon.

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