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Charles Polevich at the Nassau County Courthouse for sentencing on Wednesday in Mineola, N.Y. Polevich, the driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed the father of rapper Nicki Minaj last year has been sentenced to a year in jail.

The driver in a hit-and-run that killed Nicki Minaj's father is sentenced to one year

1:08pm August 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Charles Polevich pleaded guilty to leaving the scene and tampering with evidence in the crash on New York's Long Island that killed Robert Maraj.

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Texas and Arizona are sending migrants to D.C. without formal support in place

7:56am August 04, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Amanda Michelle Gomez of member station WAMU and Abel Nuñez of the Central American Resource Center about buses of migrants sent by Texas and Arizona to Washington, D.C.

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A 911 dispatcher helped a California woman save her husband's life

7:41am August 04, 2022

Nine months later, Annette and Steve Cline got the chance to reunite with the responders from the San Diego Fire Department who helped them that night.

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Michigan abortion providers scramble to figure out what a court ruling means

7:25am August 04, 2022

by Kate Wells

The latest court ruling comes as providers say they're seeing huge demand for the procedure from both local and out-of-state patients.

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Kansans voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion. Will other states follow?

7:25am August 04, 2022

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Temple law professor Rachel Rebouche about the national implications of a vote in Kansas that protected some abortion rights.

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Wyoming's new ban on abortions has been temporarily blocked

7:06am August 04, 2022

by Will Walkey

That means the one clinic in the state that provides abortion care can continue to do so for at least another week — until the judge hears the challenge from reproductive rights advocates.

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Encore: States aim to regulate weed alternatives like delta-8

6:12am August 04, 2022

by Ben Paviour

Delta-8, a hemp product designed to get users high, is sometimes made with other chemicals that have made people sick. States want it regulated. (Aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on 7/30/22.)

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'Rough Translation': Redefining local news in an interconnected world

6:12am August 04, 2022

by Gregory Warner

A hyper-local news site in New York started accepting stories from a writer in Ukraine. Why was the outlet covering a story taking place thousands of miles away?

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White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

Biden's national security adviser doubles down on Taiwan policy after Pelosi visit

2:17am August 04, 2022

Jake Sullivan, the president's national security adviser, discusses the war in Ukraine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and the U.S. drone strike that took out al-Qaida's leader.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, welcomes Paivi Nevala, minister counselor of the Finnish Embassy, left, and Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's ambassador to the U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022.

U.S. Senate approves Finland and Sweden for membership into NATO

12:00am August 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Wednesday's vote for the candidacy of two Western European nations took a crucial step toward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.