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Blinken's trip to Saudi Arabia disappoints human rights activists

6:22pm June 10, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

The Biden administration had been threatening to reevaluate relations with Saudi Arabia. But in a visit this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the countries' close ties.

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A burnt landscape caused by wildfires is pictured near Entrance, Wild Hay area, Alberta, Canada on May 10.

Rain may soon help put out flames in Canada's worst recorded wildfire season

6:15pm June 10, 2023

by Halisia Hubbard

Rain is expected to start on Sunday evening, potentially helping to put out wildfires in Canada's Alberta and Quebec provinces. This is already the country's worst wildfire year on record.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy confirms that an offensive against Russia is underway

4:04pm June 10, 2023

by Greg Myre

Despite mounting evidence, Ukrainian leaders had previously declined to say whether the offensive had been launched. The Ukrainian forces are now attacking the Russians in three separate areas.

U.S. Marshals prepare to take Theodore Kaczynski down the steps at the federal courthouse to a waiting vehicle on June 21, 1996, in Helena, Mont. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber," has died in federal prison.

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Ted Kaczynski, known as the 'Unabomber,' has died in prison at age 81

1:43pm June 10, 2023

by The Associated Press

Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday.

Horseshoe crabs are bled at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014.

Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability

11:58am June 10, 2023

by Chiara Eisner

Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world. But while Europe has approved a synthetic alternative, biomedical labs are bleeding more crabs from the Atlantic Coast.

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GM and Ford's electric vehicles will now be able to use Tesla's superchargers

9:40am June 10, 2023

GM and Ford have struck deals with Tesla to allow their customers to use the EV company's superchargers for their electric vehicles.

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A former federal prosecutor weighs in on the government's case against Trump

8:42am June 10, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Peter Zeidenberg, a former federal prosecutor, about the strength of the government's case against former president Donald Trump.

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The firefighters helping with the Canadian wildfires are facing a looming pay cut

8:19am June 10, 2023

by Caitlyn Kim

The infrastructure bill gave wildland firefighters a temporary pay boost. As many of them head to Canada to contain wildfires there, a group of U.S. senators is pushing to make the raise permanent.

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The Goodwin family, including Regina Goodwin, in a 1970s photo.

The Tulsa Race Massacre is recounted through family memories in 'Built from the Fire'

5:01am June 10, 2023

One family, the Goodwins, was forever changed by the attacks in Oklahoma more than a century ago and worked to ensure Tulsa acknowledged the truth about what happened.

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Venezuelan migrants board a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle after crossing the Rio Grande River on May 18, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas.

Biden names a Border Patrol veteran in Texas to be the agency's next chief

5:35pm June 09, 2023

by Joel Rose

Jason Owens, the head of a busy Border Patrol sector in Del Rio, Texas, will lead the agency, the Biden administration announced. His predecessor is retiring at the end of the month.