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A woman in Missouri says a man she had sex with in a Hyundai Genesis infected her with HPV through neglect — and she wants his insurance company to cover her medical costs and other damages. Here, Hyundai representatives display the 2014 model of the Ge

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GEICO may have to pay $5.2 million to a woman who got an STD in an insured car

1:27pm June 10, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The woman says a man infected her with HPV when they had unprotected sex in his 2014 Hyundai Genesis. She's now trying to enforce a large arbitration award.

Donna Casasanta poses in front of a painting showing her late son, Harold Dean Clouse Jr., with Clouse's wife, Tina Gail Linn, and their daughter, Holly Marie Clouse, at Casasanta's Edgewater, Fla., home on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022.

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A baby who went missing after her parents' death over 40 years ago is found alive

12:41pm June 10, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

Two bodies were discovered in the woods in Houston in 1981. They were later identified as a couple. But their baby, who is now 42, was not found with them.

Starbucks' lawyers met twice with the unionized workers of the Ithaca store to offer them the option of applying to transfer to another location after announcing the store closure. However, the company would not guarantee the workers' jobs moving forward,

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Starbucks union in Ithaca protests store's closure and calls for a boycott

11:59am June 10, 2022

by Shruti Rajkumar

The decision to close the store on College Avenue has left workers with less than a week's notice and resulted in them calling for a boycott of other Starbucks stores around the city.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

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Mayor Eric Adams says gun violence is everyone's problem. Here's how NYC tackles it

11:21am June 10, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

New York's mayor testified at a House committee hearing on gun control this week, urging federal lawmakers to act. He spoke to Morning Edition about the steps his city is taking.

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House Committee places blame for Jan. 6 riot on Trump

8:00am June 10, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

During a hearing last night in prime time, the House Select Committee investigating January Six made it clear it blames former President Donald Trump for that day's deadly violence.

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Rep. Zoe Lofgren talks about last night's Jan. 6 hearings

7:21am June 10, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin asks Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, to respond to the first session of the January 6 hearings.

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Britney Spears marries Sam Asghari in California

5:58am June 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Britney Spears married longtime partner Sam Asghari months after the pop superstar won her freedom from a court conservatorship. The wedding happened nine months after the pair were engaged.

The Suffers lead singer Kam Franklin talks about the tough road to their latest album

5:57am June 10, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kam Franklin, lead singer of the Gulf Coast soul band The Suffers, about her hometown being a source of strength, because the industry hasn't always embraced her.

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Morgan Bennett of Jamaica is a student guest worker at Funland, a beachside amusement park in Rehoboth Beach, Del. For the first time since the pandemic began, international student workers will be a big part of the park's staff.

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As foreign workers return, economists see help for labor shortages and inflation

5:31am June 10, 2022

by Joel Rose

The number of guest workers and immigrants coming to the U.S. is slowly climbing after years of declines. Economists say that could help ease labor shortages, but some doubt it will curb inflation.

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Morning news brief

5:01am June 10, 2022

January 6 committee hearings begin. The US sets limits on what weapons it provides Ukraine. And Russia's invasion has disrupted Ukrainian grain exports.