On Washington Wednesday, funding the government ahead of Friday’s deadline; on World Tour, news from Somalia, South Africa, Europe, Honduras, and India; and a community gathering aimed at building cross-cultural friendships in a town that used to practice redlining. Plus, croc bites man and man bites back, commentary from William Inboden, and the Wednesday morning news

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