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Gas is pumped into a vehicle at a gas station in Miami, Florida in January. Officials are warning of a "potentially widespread" fuel contamination in the state, which could hamper evacuations from Tropical Storm Idalia.

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Tropical Storm Idalia: Cars may stop working mid-evacuation due to fuel contamination

Florida officials reported "potentially widespread" diesel contamination in gasoline in the Tampa area Saturday, raising alarm that car engines and power generators could break as the storm nears.

August 28, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

AI is biased. The White House is working with hackers to try to fix that

The White House is concerned AI can perpetuate discrimination. It helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention to figure out flaws. (Story aired on ATC on Aug. 26, 2023.)

August 28, 2023
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Marvin Jones (left) and Rose Washington-Jones (center), from Tulsa, Okla., took part in the AI red-teaming challenge at Def Con earlier this month with Black Tech Street.

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  • Technology

AI is biased. The White House is working with hackers to try to fix that

The White House is concerned that AI can perpetuate discrimination. So they helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas to help figure out some of the flaws.

August 28, 2023
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. Chutkan has been assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump.

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  • News

Up First briefing: Trump trial date expected; Jacksonville shooting; Maui surf lessons

A federal judge will set a date for Trump's election obstruction case. Crowds mourn three Black people killed at a Dollar General in Florida. Pro surfers give kids in Maui a surf lesson.

August 28, 2023
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez's new singles show the pop stars pivoting audiences

Two new songs from two huge pop stars: we hear about new releases from former child stars Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez.

August 28, 2023
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  • Scott Simon and
  • Stephen Thompson
A graphic from the National Hurricane Center shows a projected path of Tropical Storm Idalia.

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  • Weather

Tropical Storm Idalia could reach hurricane strength before hitting Florida this week

Forecasters say the storm is expected to intensify as it moves north over the Gulf of Mexico, but it's still unclear how strong it will be and what path it will take.

August 28, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
Serbia's Novak Djokovic, left, and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz pose for a photo ahead of the final of the men's singles on day fourteen of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 16, 2023.

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  • Sports

Alcaraz and Djokovic symbolize the transition in tennis as U.S. Open is set to begin

Observers say the sport for both the men's and women's games is changing, leaving parity and opportunities for new ascending champions.

August 28, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a polling station to cast his vote, in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

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  • Africa

Zimbabwe's opposition alleges fraud in vote that extends governing party's rule

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader on Sunday alleged "blatant and gigantic fraud" in the country's election after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner.

August 28, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Simone Biles warms up before the U.S. Gymnastics Championships Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in San Jose, Calif.

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  • Sports

Simone Biles wins a record 8th U.S. gymnastics title a full decade after her first

Biles became the oldest woman to win a national title since USA Gymnastics began organizing the event in 1963. Her eight crowns moved her past Alfred Jochim, who won seven between 1925-33.

August 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Driver Ryan Preece is introduced on stage on Saturday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. His car flipped over in a terrifying wreck in the race's final laps.

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  • Sports

NASCAR driver Ryan Preece is released from the hospital after violent multi-flip crash

Preece went to the hospital on Saturday after his Mustang flipped at least 10 times during the final laps of the NASCAR Cup Series race in Daytona Beach, Fla.

August 27, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., pictured on Jan. 5 on Capitol Hill, was among three members of Congress who  made a brief visit to opposition-held northwest Syria on Sunday, the first known trip to the war-torn country by American lawmakers in six years.

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  • World

3 members of Congress make a rare visit to opposition-held northwest Syria

It's the first known visit to the country by American lawmakers in six years. GOP Reps. French Hill, Ben Cline and Scott Fitzgerald urged the Biden administration to maintain pressure on Bashar Assad.

August 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Vanessa Zoltan's memoir is all about how she learned to read literature like sacred texts.

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  • Religion

This 'Jane Eyre' enthusiast invites you to treat your favorite books as sacred text

Author and atheist chaplain Vanessa Zoltan finds spiritual meaning not in the Bible or the Torah but in secular texts.

August 27, 2023
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  • Rachel Martin
A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin lays at an informal street memorial near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023.

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  • Europe

Russia confirms that Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in last week's plane crash

Russia's Investigative Committee said genetic tests confirmed that the head of the mercenary force Wagner, who led a short-lived armed rebellion, and two of the group's leaders were on the plane.

August 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft takes off after a rehearsal by special operations forces from Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon as part of Eager Lion, a multinational military exercise in Zarqa, Jordan, on June 17, 2013.

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  • National

Marine Corps Osprey crash in Australia kills 3 and injures 20, at least 5 critically

TheV-22 Osprey crashed on a north Australian island Sunday during a multi-nation training exercise, officials said.

August 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Alina documented Andrii's injuries and steps in his recovery on Facebook. In the post here, she describes hearing of her husband's injuries as "the worst news of my life."

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  • Health

Love, war and loss: How one soldier in Ukraine hopes to be made whole again

An artillery shell should have killed Andrii Smolenskyi in May. Instead, the blast tore off both of his arms above the elbow and destroyed his eyes. Now he's fighting to put his life back together.

August 27, 2023
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  • Dustin Jones
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