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Israel says it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. Have 'double-haters' changed their minds about the presidential candidates? President Biden is in Berlin to meet with European leaders.
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Influenza strain's disappearance, attributed to COVID protocols, alters 2024 flu shot
U.S. flu vaccines were redesigned after an influenza strain disappeared globally. Physical distancing and masking during the early days of COVID likely pushed the strain into oblivion.
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Israeli military examining if Hamas leader was killed in Gaza operation
The Israeli military says it's "checking the possibility" Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a military operation in Gaza.
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Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay $880 million to settle sexual abuse claims
The money will go to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.
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U.K. mulls sanctions on Israeli ministers for remarks describe as 'abhorrent'
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Juan Zarate, former assistant secretary of the Treasury, now managing partner at K2 Integrity, a financial risk consulting firm, about what sanctions would accomplish.
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Vice President Harris makes a pitch to Republicans who aren't satisfied with Trump
Harris made her case in an interview on Fox news, which followed a visit to Bucks County, Pa., where she gave a speech while flanked by dozens of Republicans who’ve endorsed her.
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Ukraine’s president will speak to EU leaders about his plan to end the war
Ukraine’s president is in Brussels today to speak to European Union leaders about his plan to end the war in a year -- without ceding any territory to Russia.
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Italy bans people from travelling abroad to seek surrogacy
Italy’s right-wing government has passed legislation that would outlaw international surrogacy. It’s a move critics say would criminalize parenthood for some couples — in particular gay men.
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‘Horrifying’ mistake to harvest organs from a living person averted, witnesses say
At a hospital in Kentucky, witnesses say, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped and the man is alive three years later.
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Election workers in Arizona are facing slurs and death threats
NPR's Ailsa Chang and her team are reporting from Arizona, a key swing state that will help decide who becomes the next president.
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How a TV channel in Afghanistan operates freely despite Taliban restrictions
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Saad Mohseni, CEO of a media company in Afghanistan. His new book is called "Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul."
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Morning news brief
VP Harris makes her case to GOP voters on Fox News. Ex-President Trump courted Latino voters at a town hall hosted by Univision. Ukraine’s president speaks to EU leaders about his plan to end the war.
