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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?
A company in Liechtenstein says it has come up with a unique way to buy art
Art critic Blake Gopnik weighs in on the $55 million initial public offering of Francis Bacon's triptych artwork: "Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer."
What does the failed mutiny mean to U.S. interests in the war in Ukraine?
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan talks about how the aborted march on Moscow by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is impacting U.S. political calculus around the war in Ukraine.
Daisy the Labrador retriever is really living up to her name
Daisy has retrieved 55 abandoned Frisbee discs from a disc golf course in Virginia. Daisy's owner is selling all of the unclaimed discs, with the proceeds going to the park where they were found.
Morning news brief
Russian President Putin's grip on power was challenged by rebellion. President Biden says U.S. had no involvement in that event. Nevada tribes to appear in court to block lithium mine construction.
Researchers uncover a new way dolphins communicate: baby talk
A new study shows female bottlenose dolphins change their tone when talking to their calves. All of the 19 mom's whistled a unique signal — higher and greater than their usually tone.
Intermittent fasting may be equally as effective for weight loss as counting calories
by Will Stone
Patients trying to lose weight are often counseled to count calories, but new research finds intermittent fasting can be just as effective. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 26, 2023.)
Appeals court to hear challenges to lithium mine from environmentalists, tribes
by Kirk Siegler
West Coast Native American tribes will make a last-ditch effort in federal court Tuesday to block what would be the nation's largest lithium mine.
The U.S. Marine Corps has decommissioned its all-female Fourth Battalion
by Steve Walsh
In an effort to end gender segregation, the Marine Corps recently decommissioned a historic recruit training battalion that for decades was the only one open to women.
The U.S. was not involved in the Wagner Group's revolt in Russia, Biden says
President Biden is emphasizing that the West had nothing to do with the power struggle between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the mercenary Wagner Group.
'White people food' is trending on Chinese social media
by Emily Feng
A look at the "white people food" trend that's caught on with millennials in China.(Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on June, 25, 2023.)
Club Q shooter is sentenced to 5 consecutive life terms after pleading guilty
by Abigail Beckman
The shooter who killed five people and injured several others last year at a Colorado Springs nightclub has been sentenced to life in prison.
Inter-ethnic tensions threaten the fragile peace in Kosovo
by Eleanor Beardsley
The fragile peace in the Balkan nation of Kosovo is threatened by interethnic tensions. The U.S. has invested heavily in the democratic country that declared its independence from Serbia in 2008.