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Mark Baker / AP

7:56am Jul 03, 2022

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Heavy rains, floods prompt evacuations of Sydney suburbs

by The Associated Press

Thousands of residents in Sydney suburbs were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday after heavy rains caused floodwaters to rise and rivers to overflow.
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7:54am Jul 03, 2022

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Ecologists say federal wildfire plans are dangerously out of step with climate change

by Eric Westervelt

Many forest ecologists say the U.S. Forest Service is hampered by an outdated approach to prescribed fires, a key tool for reducing the threat of megafires made worse by climate change.
JASON CONNOLLY / AFP via Getty Images

5:01am Jul 03, 2022

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Doctors weren't considered in Dobbs, but now they're on abortion's legal front lines

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

In a departure from earlier Supreme Court decisions on abortion, Justice Alito's abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.
Jose Luis Magana / AP

4:40am Jul 03, 2022

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Argentine economy minister resigns amid peso, diesel woes

by The Associated Press

Argentina's economy minister resigned unexpectedly Saturday, dealing a fresh blow to the government of President Alberto Ferández as the country struggles with economic problems.
AP

4:19am Jul 03, 2022

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North Korea slams US-South Korea-Japan military cooperation

by The Associated Press

North Korea on Sunday slammed the United States, South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooperation, warning it would reinforce its military capability.
Rogelio V. Solis / AP

4:12am Jul 03, 2022

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Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

by The Associated Press

Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order allowing the procedure to resume in some cases.
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP

3:58am Jul 03, 2022

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Russians press assault on eastern Ukrainian city

by The Associated Press

Russian forces pounded the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk province, the governor said Saturday.
Mohammad Zaatari / AP

2:38am Jul 03, 2022

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Israel shoots down Hezbollah drones over Mediterranean

by The Associated Press

The Israeli military on Saturday said it shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah moving near an Israeli gas platform in the Mediterranean Sea.
Khadija Farah / for NPR

10:15pm Jul 02, 2022

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The case of the incredible shrinking fritter: A report from Kenya's street stalls

Inflation — fueled by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and local issues — has made everything more expensive, including the oil used to fry street food. Here's how vendors and customers are coping.

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Steven Senne / AP

8:57pm Jul 02, 2022

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A scheduling glitch temporarily canceled thousands of American Airlines flights

by Emma Bowman

After a technical issue in the company's scheduling system reportedly dropped thousands of flights planned for this month, American Airlines said "the vast majority" of the trips had been restored.
Ahmad Gharabli / AFP via Getty Images

7:32pm Jul 02, 2022

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The bullet that killed Al Jazeera's Shireen Abu Akleh has been sent to U.S. officials

by Daniel Estrin

An official with the Palestinian Authority tells NPR an agreement was reached to share the bullet with the U.S.
Gillian Flaccus / AP

7:22pm Jul 02, 2022

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Minnesota lawmakers voted to legalize THC edibles. Some did it accidentally

by Shauneen Miranda

After Minnesota lawmakers approved a measure to legalize the sale of certain types of THC edibles, at least one Republican said he didn't realize what he was approving.