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This undated photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible.

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A former passenger details what it's like inside the missing Titan submersible

9:32am June 21, 2023

The missing submersible is equipped with several mechanisms that can bring it back to the surface during an emergency, according to a former passenger.

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This photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions shows a submersible vessel named Titan used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic.

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Up First: Titan submersible search; abortion poll; anxiety screenings

8:27am June 21, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

Crews detected "underwater noises" this morning while searching for the Titan. A majority of Americans oppose the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe. And, why you should be screened for anxiety.

Dan Solomon's The Fight for Midnight is a coming-of-age novel set in June of 2013, during former Texas state senator Wendy Davis' 13 hour filibuster of an abortion bill.

In 'The Fight for Midnight,' a teen boy confronts the abortion debate

8:23am June 21, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Dan Solomon's YA novel The Fight for Midnight takes place during former Texas state lawmaker Wendy Davis' filibuster of a bill that would restrict access to abortion. The protagonist is a teen boy.

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Rescue teams race to find missing men in submersible, including Hamish Harding

7:42am June 21, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks to retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts about his friend British businessman Hamish Harding, who is on board the submersible missing since Sunday's trip to view the Titanic.

Families who were suddenly dropped from Medicaid seek reinstatement

7:42am June 21, 2023

by Verónica Zaragovia

After pandemic-era protections expired in March, more than a million Americans were dropped from Medicaid. More than 205,000 of the disenrolled are in Florida and still qualify — many are children.

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More than 30 years ago, Abraham Verghese took a chance on his dreams.

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A dying patient inspired this doctor to follow his dream to become a writer

7:10am June 21, 2023

Physician Abraham Verghese reflects on a defining moment in 1985, when one of his terminally ill patients reminded him to follow his dreams.

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Search intensifies for the missing submersible as underwater noises are detected

6:27am June 21, 2023

by Willem Marx

Rescue teams seeking the submersible housing five tourists that had planned to visit the wrecked Titanic said "noises" had been detected close to where the sub ended contact with its mother ship.

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Florida student excels in high school, college and on the football field

5:48am June 21, 2023

Austin Simmons, a sophomore, compiled a 5.3 GPA in his high school core classes and completed 15 college credits. He's enrolling at Ole Miss in the fall — two years early. He's also a quarterback.

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Puerto Ricans have mixed feelings about their elephant moving to Georgia

5:14am June 21, 2023

Economic problems in Puerto Rico forced the island's zoo to close. That meant a big move for an African elephant named Mundi.

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How a Texas family has been affected by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe

5:14am June 21, 2023

by Katia Riddle

It's been almost a year since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to an abortion. In Texas, one pregnant woman, who already has six children, is feeling this nationwide change acutely.