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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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  • 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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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Don Toliver, a Travis Scott signee who quickly defined his own lane, takes his half-sung raps to colorful new realms on <em>HARDSTONE PSYCHO</em>.

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  • Music Features

For a rising class of rap cyborgs, there's mastery in the mumble

New albums by Don Toliver and LUCKI take opposite paths to the same calling, an understanding of rap as texture rather than text.

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
"The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom" casts Zelda in the starring role.

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  • Arts & Life

In upcoming 'Legend of Zelda' game, the titular princess takes center stage for the first time

“The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom” comes out Sept. 26. Nintendo just dropped a surprise trailer.

June 21, 2024
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  • James Perkins Mastromarino and
  • David Folkenflik
Jesse Plemons plays three different characters in<em> Kinds of Kindness </em>— an effort that won him the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival.

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  • Movie Reviews

Yorgos Lanthimos exhausts his ideas, and his audience, in 'Kinds of Kindness'

Fresh off of Poor Things, director Lanthimos' three-part dark comedy about domination and free will feels like a lazy and self-admiring riff — punctuated by the occasional crude shock.

June 21, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
Lakethia Clark stands in her son's bedroom in her home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Clark will soon open her own home-based child care business.

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  • Business

To help the economy, an Alabama county is betting on home-based child care

A project in Alabama seeks to drastically grow the number of home-based child care options. It could help the state's workforce, especially during nontraditional hours.

June 21, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu

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  • Education

3 things you need to know about student loans this summer

The Biden administration's student loan relief program, SAVE, is set to reduce payments this summer for many borrowers, but there are legal challenges looming.

June 21, 2024
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  • Sequoia Carrillo
It wasn't until after Amber and Devon Weise married  that they learned Supplemental Security Income, the federal benefits program Amber relies upon, penalizes couples who marry. Amber lost her monthly SSI income check and, even more vital, her access to health insurance.

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  • Investigations

Couples say they can't get married because of this government program's outdated rules

Social Security's SSI program for people with disabilities requires couples to have no more than $3,000 in assets

June 21, 2024
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  • Joseph Shapiro
Anna Lee Dozier purchased this vase at a thrift store about 10 minutes from her Washington, D.C., home. It turned out to be an authentic Mayan artifact that dates to between 200 AD to 800 AD.

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  • National

D.C. woman returns thrifted vase — a priceless Mayan artifact — to its homeland

A thrift shopper from picked up the vase at a store near her home in Washington, D.C. It wasn't until she went to Mexico that she realized she might have a piece of history sitting on her shelf.

June 21, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a major offshore tax on investors.

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  • Law

The Supreme Court leaves a Trump-era offshore tax in place on investors

The case had potentially trillions of dollars in tax consequences for the federal budget, and the court's decision could have severely limited congressional options in enacting tax policy.

June 21, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
Chemical companies and water utilities have sued the EPA after it issued rules limiting some PFAs, or "forever chemicals" that are linked to human health risks.

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  • Health

The EPA's new limits on PFAS in drinking water face legal challenges

Chemical companies and water utilities are challenging the EPA’s recent rule putting limits on six PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

June 21, 2024
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  • Pien Huang
Warehouses in California can get dangerously hot. The state just passed a rule protecting people who work indoors in industries like warehousing, restaurants or manufacturing from excessive heat.

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  • Climate

New rules will protect California workers from dangerous heat indoors

California joins just two other states that have heat regulations in place meant to keep millions of people who work in facilities like warehouses, restaurants or refineries safe.

June 21, 2024
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  • Alejandra Borunda
In light of several recent incidents involving alleged racial discrimination toward its passengers, American Airlines CEO Robert Isom says he is taking immediate action to “rebuild trust” within the company. Here, Isom speaks at a news conference in Seattle on Feb. 13, 2020 about the company's new partnership with Alaska Airlines.

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  • National

American Airlines CEO aims to 'rebuild trust' after Black men removed from flight

CEO Robert Isom vows immediate action following the incident involving eight Black men on a flight from Phoenix to JFK, as well as other alleged accounts of racial discrimination toward passengers.

June 21, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
The sign is seen above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow Monday, on Jan. 30, 2017.

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  • National Security

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denies it's a hazard after the U.S. bans its software

The Moscow-based company said in a statement that the U.S. Commerce Department’s decision would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyber security products and training in the U.S.

June 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Shaina Taub of <em>Suffs</em>, Team USA's Jamal Hill, former President George Washington.

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  • National

Which celebrity's mugshot set the internet ablaze this week? Find out in the quiz

This week, there were Tony Award wins and new Team USA outfits dropped. Something pretty great was found at George Washington's old home, too. Did you follow all the news?

June 21, 2024
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  • Holly J. Morris
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