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Floodwater surrounds a house on September 01, 2021 in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. Hurricane Ida made landfall as a powerful Category 4 bringing flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast.

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Ten states and scores of local governments sue FEMA over higher flood insurance rates

7:08pm June 01, 2023

by Debbie Elliott

The states - from the Gulf Coast, the west and Midwest - along with dozens of municipalities are trying to block rate hikes under the National Flood Insurance Program.

By an 8-to-1 vote, the high court ruled against unionized truck drivers who walked off the job, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect.

Unions are relieved as the Supreme Court leaves the right to strike intact

6:00pm June 01, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The high court ruled against truck drivers who walked off the job, leaving their trucks loaded with wet concrete, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect.

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The House has approved critical legislation to lift the debt ceiling

5:11pm June 01, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

The House approved the debt ceiling bill, and it will now head to the Senate. This is brushing up against the deadline for when the U.S. is projected to run out of money to pay its bills: June 5.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is celebrating after the House passed the debt ceiling bill

4:57pm June 01, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

Roughly six months after Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the House, he negotiated a bipartisan bill to lift the debt ceiling and avoid default — which passed overwhelmingly with 300 votes.

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Dropping the name of a Confederate leader, Fort Bragg is becoming Fort Liberty

4:57pm June 01, 2023

by Jay Price, WUNC

After more than a century as Fort Bragg, the Army's largest base by population becomes Fort Liberty Friday. Bragg is among nine army bases that are dropping the names of Confederate leaders.

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600,000 DACA recipients wait in limbo as a court considers the program's future

4:42pm June 01, 2023

by Joel Rose

A federal court in Texas hears arguments Thursday in a long-running case about the future of DACA. The program provides temporary legal protection to some immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

Denver fans root for the Nuggets in their first finals game after 47 years in the NBA

4:42pm June 01, 2023

by Tony Gorman

The NBA finals kick off Thursday night. It's the first time the Denver Nuggets have made it to the league championship in the franchise's 47-year NBA history. Denver is stoked.

This week in science: a paralyzed man walks again and a sticker-like vaccine patch

4:42pm June 01, 2023

Short Wave hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber talk about a paralyzed man that walked again, a sticker vaccine and the science behind a crop of new RSV vaccines.

By boosting memory consolidation, scientists may be able to help Alzheimer's patients

4:19pm June 01, 2023

by Jon Hamilton

During sleep, the brain strengthens memories it expects to use in the future. Now, scientists say they've found a way to enhance this process. This research might someday help people with memory loss.

Sen. Jeff Merkley from Oregon opposes the debt ceiling bill heading to the Senate

4:08pm June 01, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, a member of the Democratic Party, about provisions in the debt ceiling bill approaching a Senate vote.