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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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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
Steve Bannon appears in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023. A federal appeals court panel on Thursday, June 20, 2024, rejected longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon's bid to stay out of prison while he fights his conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol attack.

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  • National

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

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.

June 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Travis Scott performs in Austin, Texas, in October 2018. Scott was arrested on Thursday for drunken intoxication at the Miami Beach Marina.

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  • National

Rapper Travis Scott is arrested in Miami for trespassing and intoxication

Travis Scott was arrested in Miami on Thursday for allegedly drunken and disorderly conduct after an altercation at the Miami Beach Marina.

June 21, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
A rainbow appears behind a flooded neighborhood in Jamaica Beach, Texas, on Thursday.

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Heat and snowfall, rain and wildfires. It’s a week of extreme weather in the U.S

As New England sweated through a record heat wave, Montana got rare late-June snow. Firefighters are battling wildfires out West, while forecasters eye another possible tropical storm in the Atlantic.

June 20, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Judy and Howie Blatt in 2019.

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  • Health

Howard Blatt, stroke survivor who co-founded an aphasia support group, died at 88

After a stroke left Howard Blatt unable to speak, he helped create a support group for other people with aphasia, a brain condition that impairs communication. He recently died at age 88.

June 20, 2024
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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend a gala concert in Pyongyang, on Wednesday.

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  • Asia

Concerns mount as Russia and North Korea commit to a mutual defense pact

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un signed a treaty upgrading their relationship and pledging military assistance if either one is attacked, drawing criticism from NATO, South Korea and other countries.

June 20, 2024
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  • Anthony Kuhn
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  • Book Reviews

2 books offer just the right summer mix of humor and nostalgia

Catherine Newman's novel Sandwich centers on a woman vacationing with her young adult children and her elderly parents. Julie Satow’s When Women Ran Fifth Avenue profiles three NYC department stores.

June 20, 2024
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  • Maureen Corrigan
Former President Donald Trump gives the keynote address at Turning Point Action's "The People's Convention" on June 15, 2024, in Detroit, Mich.

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  • Politics

6 things Trump says at his rallies and what they really mean

Former President Donald Trump loves acronyms, but his sayings have become increasingly varied. NPR analyzes six of Trump’s most common catchphrases on the campaign trail in 2024.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Clayton Kincade
Hezbollah supporters raise their fists and cheer as they watch a speech given by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a ceremony to commemorate the death of a senior Hezbollah commander in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, on Wednesday.

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  • World

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warns Israel about the cost of a war in Lebanon

The remarks were some of the most hard-hitting to date since Iran-backed Hezbollah began attacking Israel last October across the border with Lebanon in support of Hamas in Gaza.

June 20, 2024
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  • Jane Arraf
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