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Naomi Osaka's return to the U.S. Open earns her first top-10 win in 4 years

4:41am August 28, 2024

Osaka has won four major tournaments, including two Australian Opens and two U.S. Opens. She is making her comeback after taking hiatuses from the sport in recent years.

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Paris will host the Paralympic Games over the next week and a half

3:56am August 28, 2024

by A Martínez

The Paralympics that start Wednesday in Paris feature more than 4,000 athletes from 160 countries, in competitions such as blind soccer, para swimming, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.

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This fair season health experts worry about the spread of bird flu among dairy cows

3:51am August 28, 2024

The Indiana State Fair is exhibiting prize dairy cows amid the threat of bird flu, which has been detected in cattle from 13 states.

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Special counsel files indictment against Trump after Supreme Court's immunity ruling

3:42am August 28, 2024

by A Martínez

Prosecutors investigating the Jan. 6 attack filed a superseding indictment in the federal criminal case against Donald Trump after the Supreme Court granted the former president substantial immunity.

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2 workers killed, 1 injured in tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines shop in Atlanta

2:16am August 28, 2024

Delta said the explosion occurred while wheel components were being disassembled for maintenance at a wheel and brake shop. The parts were not attached to a plane at the time, the airline said.

Biden pushed Gaza pier over warning it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says

1:34am August 28, 2024

President Biden ordered a temporary pier be built to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza despite expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off, according to a USAID report.

Quiz: Do you know your economic history?

11:45pm August 27, 2024

Time to show your economic history skills based on what we’ve covered in Planet Money Summer School 2024: An Incomplete Economic History of the World. Make it through the quiz, and receive a — and we cannot stress this enough — totally fake (yet well-earned) diploma.

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Will the U.S. go after Telegram, too?

7:11pm August 27, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

France's move to arrest Telegram founder Pavel Durov -- after the app has been on the radar of governments for years -- is raising questions about whether the U.S. might follow suit.

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Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery

6:55pm August 27, 2024

The cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried, a source with knowledge of the incident told NPR.

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The chaotic U.S. exit from Afghanistan in 2021 had stems from four administrations

6:53pm August 27, 2024

by Quil Lawrence

Former President Trump blames the Biden-Harris White House for the collapse of Afghanistan and the chaotic U.S. withdrawal in 2021. But the fault lines lie with successive American administrations.

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