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What can be done to prevent a submersible tragedy from happening again?

7:23am June 23, 2023

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Stephen Flynn, a former Coast Guard officer and resilience expert at Northeastern University, about implications for the submersible industry following the Titan disaster.

Weekly news quiz: From 'no kill' meat to that billionaire cage match

6:52am June 23, 2023

by Holly J. Morris

Who or what is chicken? You decide in this week's NPR news quiz.

Morning news brief

6:51am June 23, 2023

Coast Guard says all five people aboard a tourist sub are believed dead after an implosion. Saturday marks a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe. Independent voters weigh in on social issues.

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An Indigenous lacrosse team is reclaiming its native identity

6:35am June 23, 2023

by Noelle E. C. Evans

Lacrosse originated with Native Americans, who are still some of the finest players. The famed Iroquois Nationals have a new name this season. They consider "Iroquois" a slur.

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The Supreme Court rules against the Navajo Nation in Colorado River case

5:12am June 23, 2023

by Luke Runyon

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation's request for a federal assessment of its water needs and, potentially, to meet those needs with water from the Colorado River.

Zack Dorsett, the operations manager of Wonderbags, a company that sells mushroom starter kits, at his company's booth at the "Psychedelic Science 2023" conference in Denver on Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Denver psychedelics conference attracts thousands

5:01am June 23, 2023

by Leigh Paterson

Thousands are in Denver this week to learn about the future of psychedelics like magic mushrooms and MDMA, and to talk business.

Giant African land snails — seen here in 2019 — have been spotted recently in three counties in Florida, spurring state officials to enact quarantines and eradication efforts against the invasive pests.

Florida once again has a giant African land snail problem

5:01am June 23, 2023

by Laurel Wamsley

The state is moving quickly to destroy the snails before the snails destroy Florida's crops. The snails contain both male and female reproductive organs and lay up to 500 eggs at a time.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015.

FDA warns stores to stop selling Elf Bar, the top disposable e-cigarette in the U.S.

4:10am June 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

The warning from the Food and Drug Administration is the latest attempt by regulators to crack down on illegal disposable vapes that have poured into U.S. stores in recent years.

FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

Judge temporarily blocks Wyoming's 1st-in-the-nation abortion pill ban

12:24am June 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

Attorneys for Wyoming failed to show that the ban wouldn't harm the plaintiffs before their lawsuit is resolved, Teton County Judge Melissa Owens ruled after hearing arguments from both sides.

Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati.

3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of water systems

11:04pm June 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

The deal would compensate water providers for pollution with substances known collectively as PFAS, described as "forever chemicals" because they don't degrade naturally in the environment.