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Appeals court panel refuses to delay Trump ally Steve Bannon’s prison sentence

1:20am June 21, 2024

by The Associated Press

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, is supposed to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving his four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

Science

Summer solstice came early this year

10:21pm June 20, 2024

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jackie Faherty, an astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, about why summer solstice came so early this year and what it signifies.

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Sports

Some of the best men's soccer teams collide at the UEFA European Championship

10:20pm June 20, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with soccer writer Dermot Corrigan about the latest action at the men's Euro Cup 2024.

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Surgeon General's call for labels on social media is 'fearmongering,' say opponents

10:20pm June 20, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron Mackey with the Electronic Frontier Foundation — a nonprofit which advocates for civil liberties in the digital world — about warning labels on social media.

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World News

Israeli protesters demand Netanyahu accept a ceasefire deal to bring back hostages

10:20pm June 20, 2024

by Hadeel Al-Shalchi

Thousands across Israel have been protesting daily this week demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accept a ceasefire deal to bring back the remaining hostages inside Gaza.

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Supreme Court hands government a victory in offshore tax ruling

10:20pm June 20, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court ruled against a couple who challenged the constitutionality of a Trump-era tax provision, handing the government a victory in a case that had huge potential consequences.

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World News

In a win for Thailand's LGBTQ community, lawmakers vote to legalize same-sex marriage

10:20pm June 20, 2024

In Thailand, lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to legalize same-sex marriage. If the measure goes into effect, Thailand’s government would become only the third in Asia to permit same-sex marriage.

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A decade after armed standoff, the Bundys appear to be above the law

10:20pm June 20, 2024

by Kirk Siegler

Ten years after staging an armed standoff with federal agents on his Nevada ranch, Cliven Bundy remains free. As does his son Ammon, despite an active warrant for Ammon from Idaho related to a harassment lawsuit.

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Science

How Hurricane Maria transformed a society of macaques

10:20pm June 20, 2024

by Ari Daniel

Hurricane Maria, which tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, also devastated a tiny nearby island that's home to hundreds of monkeys. All that destruction seems to have transformed the monkeys' society.

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World News

Newly-secured U.S. military assistance flows into Ukraine amid Russian advance

10:20pm June 20, 2024

The White House said it’s fast-tracking the delivery of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. That sense of urgency fits the state of the battlefield, as a new Russian advance tests Ukraine.

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