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SCOTUS rejects abortion pill challenge; readers' dads give their best advice

The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the FDA's rules for the abortion pill mifepristone. NPR readers share the best advice their dads have given.

June 14, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his 2022 defamation trial in Waterbury, Conn.

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Alex Jones faces day of reckoning over what he owes Sandy Hook families

A judge is expected to tell Jones to sell off assets. But the families are likely to get only a tiny fraction of the nearly $1.5 billion in damages Jones owes for lies about the 2012 school shooting.

June 14, 2024
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  • Tovia Smith
 From left: Caitlin Clark, Joey Chestnut and Donald Trump

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Snubbed! Banned! Rejected! And that's just the first 3 questions of this week's quiz

This week, Hunter Biden was convicted, G7 is happening and flash floods are, too. None of those things made the quiz, though, elbowed out by plant-based topics such as gardens, bananas and "meat."

June 14, 2024
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  • Holly J. Morris
Two women react as they see flooding on their street on Thursday, June 13, 2024, in North Miami, Fla.

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Florida told to prepare for more flash flooding Friday following tropical storms

The National Weather Service cautioned that even smaller amounts of precipitation could impact saturated areas, causing flash floods on Friday before the region has a chance to recover.

June 14, 2024
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Saurabh Netravalkar, right, has become the breakout star of the U.S. national cricket team due to heroics like his dismissal of Indian superstar cricketer Virat Kohli, center, during Wednesday's match between the U.S. and India at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.

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Here's what to know about the U.S. team's Cinderella run at the Cricket T20 World Cup

The U.S. was seen as a longshot to advance in the tournament. But after beating Pakistan and going toe-to-toe with India, they've captured the attention of a country that has long ignored cricket.

June 14, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars after a visit in Gruenheide near Berlin on March 13, 2024.

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Elon Musk wins back his $44.9 billion Tesla pay package in shareholder vote

Tesla shareholders voted to restore Musk's record pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year. A separate vote approved moving the company’s legal home to Texas.

June 14, 2024
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Darrell Kriplean, president of the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, which represents about 2,200 Phoenix officers, stands at a lectern with microphones to take a question during a news conference Thursday in Phoenix. A Justice Department report said Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detain homeless people and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force.

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Phoenix police have a pattern of violating civil rights, Justice Dept. report says

Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detain homeless people and use excessive force, according to a sweeping federal civil rights investigation.

June 13, 2024
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The cover of a U.S. Passport is displayed in Tigard, Ore., Dec. 11, 2021.

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You can get your passport renewed online again. Here's how it works

The rollout of online passport renewal is restricted to certain windows, beginning midday Eastern time weekly. Officials say the processing times for renewing online are the same as renewing by mail.

June 13, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
A Southwest Boeing 737 Max 8 jet prepares to land at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in March, 2019. A similar jet experienced a rare but potentially dangerous event known as a Dutch roll last month.

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The FAA is investigating a new incident involving a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet in midair

A Boeing 737 Max 8 jet experienced a rare problem known as a Dutch roll before landing safely. The cause of the incident during a Southwest Airlines flight last month is under investigation.

June 13, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee says Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by a conservative donor than previously disclosed.

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Justice Thomas took more trips paid for by GOP donor than he disclosed, senator says

The trips were revealed by a subpoena of Harlan Crow, the conservative mega donor.

June 13, 2024
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Thousands of mosquitoes, encased in cardboard tubes, are loaded into a helicopter by Aidan Callahan, Layla Rohde and Nicole Ferguson of the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, part of a novel strategy to save Hawaii’s endangered birds.<br/>

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Hawaii's birds are going extinct. Their last hope could be millions of mosquitoes

Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.

June 13, 2024
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  • Lauren Sommer and
  • Ryan Kellman
Apple software chief Craig Federighi, right, pictured with exec John Giannandrea, announced a partnership with OpenAI to bring AI features to its products. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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  • Technology

Apple doubles down on artificial intelligence, announcing partnership with OpenAI

Apple has announced a much-anticipated partnership with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. The deal to bring AI features to iPhones and other devices is a major move for Apple, which has been slower than some competitors to jump on the AI bandwagon.

June 13, 2024
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  • Lola Murti and
  • Dara Kerr
 The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge to the FDA’s rules for prescribing and dispensing abortion pills. <br>

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Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility

The court said that the challengers, a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, had no right to be in court at all since neither the organization nor its members could show they had suffered any concrete injury.

June 13, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
For our upcoming summer series, NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em> wants to hear your thoughts on marriage.

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NPR’s Morning Edition invites your thoughts on marriage

This summer, Morning Edition brings you a series on love and marriage! Whether married or not, we want to hear from you! Fill out the form below and someone from our team may reach out to hear more.

June 13, 2024
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  • Claire Murashima
Eminem, performing here during the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium in 2022, returns to the top 10 of the <em>Billboard</em> Hot 100 chart this week with "Houdini."

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The top songs of the week take a nostalgia trip, courtesy of Eminem

For a seventh straight week, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department rules the Billboard 200. On the singles chart, Eminem references both the Steve Miller Band and his own past glory.

June 13, 2024
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