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Sports Writer Explains Why It's Been Such A Bizarre, Injury-Marred NBA Postseason
Whichever team wins the NBA title, it'll be the first time they've done so in decades or ever. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Maitreyi Anantharaman of Defector about a bizarre, injury-marred postseason.
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SCOTUS: Union Organizers Cannot Access California Farms
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Aaron Tang about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling deciding that a California regulation allowing unions to engage with workers in their workplace is unconstitutional.
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Hong Kong's 'Apple Daily' Shut Down, Leadership Arrested
Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy paper, Apple Daily, says it is shutting down. Its accounts have been frozen and much of its top leadership has been arrested.
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Owners Of The Suez Canal Ship Have Reached A Compensation Deal With Egypt
The owners of the container ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal in March have reached a compensation deal with Egyptian authorities. Jammed for nearly a week, the blockage disrupted global shipping.
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Delta Variant Is The 'Greatest Threat' In The Battle Against The Pandemic, Says Fauci
As the Delta variant accelerates its spread in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci calls the dangerous mutant the "greatest threat" to the nation's battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NYPD-ATF Partnership To Target Illegal Guns To Try To Reduce Gun Violence
New York police are teaming up with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents to combat illegal guns, which may be driving gun violence. But hard-hit communities want better policing.
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Biden Backs Bill To End Sentencing Disparities For Crack And Powder Cocaine
The White House announced support Tuesday for eliminating sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine, which experts say unfairly target Black and Hispanic communities.
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Organized Crime Is Targeting South Africa's 'Green Gold': Avocados
NPR's Audie Cornish chats with Wall Street Journal reporter Alexandra Wexler about rising rates of avocado theft in South Africa.
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4 Years After Catalonia's Bid For Independence, Spain Pardons 9 Separatist Leaders
Spain has pardoned nine leaders in the Catalan independence movement, who were convicted of sedition in 2019. Catalonia's 2017 failed bid for independence was modern Spain's greatest political crisis.
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American Airlines Is Canceling Almost 1,000 Flights In July
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Alison Sider on the repercussions of American Airlines canceling flights this summer due to turbulent weather and being understaffed.
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A Censored Sex Scene In 'Harley Quinn' Sparks Debate On Depictions Of Female Pleasure
Creators of the HBO Max series Harley Quinn said executives blocked a scene where Batman performs oral sex on Catwoman, sparking a social media conversation about censorship of female pleasure.
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Michael Paul Williams On His Pulitzer Commentary On Monument Avenue In Richmond, Va.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Paul Williams from the Richmond Times-Dispatch about his columns on the confederate statues on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va.