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Jennifer Aniston's production company plans to reboot '9 to 5'
The 1980 classic starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three women seeking revenge against their sexist boss. It made more than $100 million at the box office.
Bank of America agrees to pay $250 million for illegal fees, fake accounts
NPR's Michele Martin talks to Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about penalties imposed on Bank of America for illegal business practices.
Parents of Parkland school shooting victim tour areas ripped apart by gun violence
An anti-gun violence tour led by parents who lost their son in a 2018 mass shooting in Florida, visit Uvalde, Texas, — site of last year's attack on Robb Elementary School which left 21 people dead.
Waters are receding in Vermont's state capital after historic flooding
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the Mayor Jack McCullough of Montpelier >, Vermont, about the latest on catastrophic flooding in the city's downtown.
31 leaders of NATO member countries are meeting in Lithuania for key summit
President Biden and NATO leaders are in Vilnius, where just ahead of the summit, Turkey agreed to lift its block on Sweden joining the alliance. Soon soon there will be 32 members.
The U.S. has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile
by Stu Johnson
The destruction of 500 tons of nerve and mustard agent had been decades in the making, and the stockpile had been stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in eastern Kentucky.
Senate hearing will scrutinize PGA Tour's deal with LIV golf
NPR's A Martinez talks to Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin ahead of a congressional hearing on the planned merger between golf's major organizations, PGA Tour and LIV Golf.
Heavy rains and flooding prompt rescues, evacuations and emergency warnings
Vermont and other New England states saw mass flooding as a powerful storm moved across the area — washing out roads, forcing evacuations and temporarily grounding some transportation.
Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby makes history
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit 25 homers in the final round to win. His dad, hall-of-famer Vlad Guerrero, won the derby 16 years ago. They are the first father-son winners of the event.
Morning news brief
Turkey's president has agreed to withdraw his objection to Sweden joining NATO. Protests resume in Israel over a planned judicial overhaul. Heavy rain causes flash floods in the Northeast.
Bad Bunny's album 'Un Verano Sin Ti' is now the most-streamed ever on Spotify
The singer's album was released last May and spent 13 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart and was streamed more than 350 million times in the first week alone.
Concerns are raised about whether cannabis is safe for older users
by Jim Zarroli
Many senior citizens are using cannabis to deal with chronic health conditions but experts say they should beware of potentially negative interactions with medications and other problems.
Multiple California homes and the land they were built on slid down into a canyon
NPR's A Martinez talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Grace Toohey about a dozen homes in Los Angeles County that were destroyed Monday by a landslide. The homes had been evacuated.