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A Florida sheriff's deputy and a motorist are lucky to be alive

5:46am June 22, 2023

The deputy was helping drivers during a heavy rain storm when he saw a motorist disappear under water. Rushing to his aid, both men got sucked into a storm drain. They emerged soaked but survived.

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In this artist depiction, Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, seated second from right, appears in U.S. District Court, in Boston, April 19, 2023. Teixeira, accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is due back in court on June 21, after being indicted on federal felony charges.

Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges

10:28pm June 21, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

If convicted of the six charges against him, the 21-year-old Air National guardsman could face up to 10 years in prison for each charge.

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The FTC sues Amazon over hard-to-cancel Prime memberships

6:21pm June 21, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

Federal regulators have sued Amazon, alleging that the company for years "tricked" people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel.

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Cultivated Meat is an alternative to traditional meat derived from cells in a lab. In this photo, a chicken breast is prepared at Upside Foods.

'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S.

6:07pm June 21, 2023

by Allison Aubrey

Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.

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One year after Dobbs, Sen. Patty Murray reflects on the fight for reproductive rights

4:38pm June 21, 2023

Democrats in Congress have tried to figure out ways to legislate a federal right to reproductive freedoms, but have yet to succeed. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington is still leading the charge.

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's ethics come into question with ProPublica report

4:38pm June 21, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Justice Samuel Alito did not disclose a luxury trip he took with billionaire Paul Singer nor did he recuse himself from cases the businessman later had in front of the Supreme Court, a report alleges.

U.S. ambassador to China on future of the countries' complicated relationship

4:38pm June 21, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about next steps in the U.S.-China relationship following Secretary of State Antony Blinken's talk with President Xi Jinping.

The United States' concerns over China's activities in Cuba

4:38pm June 21, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has raised concerns about China's military and intelligence activities in Cuba, where it allegedly has spy bases and a possible military training bass.

Soon after Roe was overturned, one Mississippi woman learned she was pregnant

4:38pm June 21, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bryce Covert about her report on one of the first babies born in a post-Dobbs America and the circumstances his mother is faced with.

Federal judge blocks the country's first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

4:38pm June 21, 2023

by Daniel Breen

A federal judge has permanently struck down the country's first law banning gender-affirming care for minors, signaling a victory for LGBTQ advocates.

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