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Protesters attend a rally against a death sentence given to Toomaj Salehi, a popular rapper in Iran, and to support to the women of Iran, in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, April 28, 2024.  Iran's Supreme Court overturned Salehi's death sentence on Saturday, June 22, 2024, his lawyer Amir Raisian said.

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  • Middle East

Iran overturns rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence for criticizing the government

The rapper came to fame over his lyrics about the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini in 2022. Iran's Supreme Court ruled the sentence was more than what is allowed by the law.

June 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Women runners at the start of the 2024 Boston Marathon. Women couldn't officially compete in this race until 1972.

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  • Health

No, running won’t make you infertile. 8 sexist myths women runners disproved

For centuries, women weren't considered fast enough or strong enough to race. They've broken every barrier and disproved falsehoods about their fitness for the sport, in some cases outcompeting men.

June 22, 2024
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By:
  • Maya Silver
Home prices hit a record high in May even as home sales fell.  High interest rates are keeping many would-be buyers and sellers on the sidelines.

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  • Business

Home prices just hit a record high. Here are 4 things to know about housing

The housing market continues to be impacted by high mortgage rates. That's reducing the supply of available housing, sending home prices to an all-time high.

June 22, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the <em>Short Wave</em> logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera.

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  • Science

Pluto isn’t a planet — but it gives us clues for how the solar system formed

Though Pluto has formally been considered a dwarf planet for almost two decades, it still has many lessons left for planetary scientists — including hints about how the solar system formed.

June 22, 2024
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By:
  • Regina G. Barber and
  • Rebecca Ramirez
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  • National

In writing the country’s most sweeping AI law, Colorado focused on fairness, preventing bias

Other states are watching as the law is refined before taking effect in 2026 but it’s getting praise for at least being a first step in regulating AI

June 22, 2024
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  • Bente Birkeland
Chicago Sky's Angel Reese looks to pass during the team's WNBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Chicago.

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  • Sports

WNBA rookie Angel Reese makes double-double history

The "Double-Double Queen" is living up to her name early in her pro career. The Chicago Sky forward earned her seventh consecutive double-double in a win over Dallas — a league record for a rookie.

June 21, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Dr. Stephanie Arnold, who prefers bright-colored clothes instead of a white coat, meets with a patient who needs a pelvic exam. The family medicine clinic Arnold founded offers reproductive health care, including abortion, alongside all kinds of other care. “It’s a little bit of everything, which is very typical of family medicine,” she says.

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  • Health

Abortion is becoming more common in primary care clinics as doctors challenge stigma

More family medicine and primary care doctors are doing abortions and questioning why it’s been separated from other care for decades.

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Elissa Nadworny
BRONX, NY - 1968: Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics poses an action portrait at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York in 1968. (Photo by Louis Requena /MLB via Getty Images)

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  • National

Baseball great Reggie Jackson opens up on TV about racism he faced as a player

The baseball Hall of Famer spoke on a panel for a Negro League tribute game, saying he wouldn't wish his racism experiences on anyone. “They would point at me and say 'the n***** can't eat here.’ ”

June 21, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A closer look at Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso," the series Jamtara, and the movie Ghostlight.

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Bedatri D. Choudhury,
  • Bob Mondello,
  • and 2 more
Nevada state Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald is seen in 2018 in Las Vegas. On Friday, a judge dismissed a criminal indictment against six Republicans, including McDonald, accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election.

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  • Law

Judge dismisses charges in Nevada pro-Trump fake electors case over venue question

A judge has potentially killed the fake elector case in Nevada with a ruling that state prosecutors chose the wrong venue to file the case. The state attorney general says he will appeal.

June 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by NASA's DART spacecraft 11 seconds before the impact that shifted its path through space, in the first test of asteroid deflection.

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  • Science

Asteroid headed toward Earth? NASA simulation explores how the nation might respond

NASA and other federal agencies recently did a tabletop simulation of an Earth-threatening asteroid to see how they'd handle it

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
The incoming editor of <em>The Washington Post</em>, Robert Winnett, has withdrawn from the job and will remain in the U.K.

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  • Media

After uproar over ethics, new 'Washington Post' editor won't take the job

Washington Post Chief Executive and Publisher Will Lewis' pick to be its lead editor has withdrawn from the job. Robert Winnett of the U.K.'s Telegraph was scheduled to start after the U.S. elections.

June 21, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Debris at the site of a missile attack on a hardware superstore that killed 19 people in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 26.

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  • World

Ukraine's Kharkiv has withstood Russia's relentless strikes. Locals fear what's next

While some have fled Ukraine's second-largest city, others remain, even performing a classical music festival in defiance of the war.

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
As President Biden and former President Donald Trump gear up for their first televised debate, a new NPR/<em>PBS News</em>/Marist poll finds them tied among registered voters nationally.

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  • Elections

Biden vs. Trump remains close, so next week's debate offers them an opportunity

The presidential race is tied among registered voters, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds. And while most voters say nothing will change their mind, other voters say they could be swayed.

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Police prepare to open fire with tear gas and nonlethal rounds on a group of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd on May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minn.

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  • National

A journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests is dying of her injuries

Linda Tirado, 42, lost her eye and suffered a brain injury after being shot by Minneapolis police in 2020. The National Press Club said she developed dementia as a result and "is at life's end."

June 21, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
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