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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Chesapeake, Va., on June 28.

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  • Politics

With just one mention of abortion, Republican Party lays out its 2024 policy platform

Despite failing to unveil a new platform in 2020, the Republican Party Monday released its policy goals and aims in its official 2024 platform, where the languages sticks close to Trump.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Megan Pratz
Lupita Nyong’o as “Samira” in A Quiet Place: Day One from Paramount Pictures.

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  • Movie Reviews

This 'Quiet Place' prequel is a little too mum on backstory

In the Quiet Place films, blind aliens attack, hunting anyone who makes a sound. But the details of the premise are fuzzy, and this prequel neglects to give a clearer picture of the global invasion.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Justin Chang
Vice President Harris walks onstage at the 2024 Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 6.

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  • Elections

Biden’s in trouble. That puts more scrutiny on Harris too

Vice President Harris, 59, would be a leading contender if President Biden steps aside from the 2024 race. Even if he stays in, Republicans are making her an issue.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid,
  • Deepa Shivaram,
  • and 1 more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that presidents have absolute immunity for their core constitutional powers.

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  • Law

How the Supreme Court's immunity decision affects Trump's legal cases

The Supreme Court found presidents have absolute immunity for exercising core constitutional powers. The team at Trump's Trials podcast broke down how the decision could affect Trump’s legal cases.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Tyler Bartlam
Andrea Lawful-Sanders, pictured in August 2021, resigned from her hosting position at WURD Radio after interviewing Biden with questions provided by his campaign.

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  • Media

A radio host resigned after interviewing Biden with questions provided by his campaign

Two radio hosts in the swing states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin admitted to interviewing Biden with questions provided by his team, which violates many newsroom policies. One of them has resigned.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during the start of the special session in the House Chamber on Jan. 15, 2024, in Baton Rouge. Civil rights attorneys say a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the First Amendment. Critics have said the law signed this week by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry could hinder the public’s ability to film officers.  (Michael Johnson/The Advocat…

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  • Politics

Why some Republican-led states are limiting who can vote in party primaries

Some Republican-led states are going against a broader trend and restricting who can participate in primary elections, in an effort to have more ideological purity among their nominees.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Elvia Elena Nunez and her grandson Esteban spent several months this spring in the Kith and Kin program.

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  • Business

Paid or unpaid, child care is vital to the economy. This program recognizes that

In Arizona, a program called Kith and Kin teaches mothers, grandmothers, aunts, friends and neighbors who watch other people's children the skills they need to provide high quality care.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Workmen prepare to replace older water pipes with a new copper one in Newark, N.J., on Oct. 21, 2021.

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  • Health

Debate flares over how quickly to replace many lead service lines

The EPA is trying to crack down on lead pipes that bring water into homes. But a looming deadline — and the election — will determine if it follows a Biden plan to replace pipes or a Trump plan.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Sandy West
Sherry Cothron and Jimmy May board windows as they prepare for Hurricane Beryl's arrival, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Port Lavaca, Texas.

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  • Weather

Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said more than 2,500 responders have been dispatched across the state, from departments including FEMA, parks and wildlife, health services and transportation.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Sunland Park Fire Department firefighters and police officers roll a migrant woman, who was suffering from heat-related illness, on a gurney to be loaded into an ambulance in a residential area in Sunland Park, N.M., on Friday, June 28, 2024.

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  • National

Border town firefighters scramble to save migrants from extreme summer heat

Over two hot days, the Sunland Park Fire Department responded to 10 calls to help migrants overcome by heat illness. Firefighters say heat emergencies are increasingly common along the border.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
A woman cools herself with a fan during a hot day in London on June 26, 2024. June 2024 was the hottest June on record, according to Europe's Copernicus climate service.

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  • Climate

June sizzled to a 13th straight monthly heat record, but July might break string

It's not that records are being broken monthly but they are being "shattered by very substantial margins over the past 13 months," a climate scientist said.

July 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Emma Navarro of the United States celebrates after defeating compatriot Coco Gauff in their fourth round match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 7, 2024.

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  • Sports

Emma Navarro has defeated Coco Gauff in a Wimbledon upset

This is the first time Navarro has reached the quarterfinals at one of the tennis majors, while Gauff's loss was the latest in a string of exits by top-seeded women at the tournament.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
 Ser Simon Strong (Sir Simon Russell Beale) and Daemon (Matt Smith).

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  • TV Reviews

'House of the Dragon,' Season 2, Episode 4: A dragon-drop interface

Plus, not one but two potions, in case you forgot we were in fantasy-land.

July 07, 2024
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Dane Allen and Randy Davis board up apartments on Sunday ahead of Beryl's arrival in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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  • Weather

Beryl is set to gain hurricane strength as it bears down on the Texas coast

Beryl is set to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall along the Texas coast early Monday morning.

July 07, 2024
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By:
  • Luke Garrett
Democrats from across the country are weighing in on whether President Joe Biden should remain the party's nominee for president.

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  • Politics

Who is backing Biden? We're keeping track

NPR is tracking elected Democrats who have weighed in on whether President Biden should remain in the race for re-election.

July 07, 2024
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  • Jeongyoon Han and
  • Hilary Fung
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