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Israel is engaged in conflicts on 3 separate fronts: Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran
Israel is fighting Hamas in Gaza, with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and now directly with Iran. How are the conflicts linked, and how does it intend to handle all three at once?
Phil Stringer's travel disaster turned into something special
After a delay of almost 18 hours, he was the only passenger on his American Airlines flight from Oklahoma to North Carolina. Everybody else had given up. He says he bonded with the crew.
Discovered wall painting in the ruins of Pompeii appears to depict pizza
It looked like the 2,000-year-old fresco had a pie painted in the middle of the plate. Archeologists, however, say it probably wasn't pizza, considering tomatoes and mozzarella weren't available yet.
Morning news brief
Record-breaking heat hits Texas. Five non-travel related cases of malaria have been reported in Texas and Florida. Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent, watchdog says.
5 non-travel related cases of malaria have been reported in the U.S.
by Pien Huang
Several people in the U.S. have come down with malaria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was the first time in 20 years that malaria has been locally transmitted in the U.S.
Protests against LGBTQ inclusivity in schools have turned violent in LA County
by Sergio Olmos
In Los Angeles County, three protests against LGBTQ inclusivity devolved into physical fights. The violence has parents and extremism experts concerned. (Story aired on ATC on June 27, 2023.)
Honduras cracks down on gangs after the country was engulfed in violence
The government of Honduras has vowed to crush gang and prison violence — borrowing a page out of neighboring El Salvador's anti-gang crackdown playbook.
There's instability in Russia's military leadership. What does that mean for Putin?
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former CIA operative John Sipher about Russian President Vladimir Putin's grip on power after the Wagner Group's aborted mutiny.
Boardrooms reconsider the risks of LGBTQ messaging and other issues
by Alina Selyukh
Big brands have become the most visible battlefields for America's culture wars. Should brands take positions on social or political issues?
How one woman set out to do something about the financial burden of motherhood
NPR's history podcast Throughline tells the story of Johnnie Tillmon, a Black mother on welfare, who fought for motherhood to be recognized as labor worthy of pay.
Putin addresses Russians after Wagner Group's failed uprising
In a short speech, Putin talked about the mutiny and said he was always in charge. Russian authorities have dropped the charges against the mercenary leader and others involved in the brief rebellion.
Supreme Court made a decision that could protect the integrity of the 2024 election
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions.