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Several states try to stabilize their child care system with pandemic aid set to end

4:22pm June 08, 2023

by Daisy Nguyen

Federal pandemic aid that shored up the nation's child care industry runs out this fall. The funding cliff is forcing California and other states to make tough decisions about its child care system.

Harold Varner III (left) is doused by teammate Talor Gooch after Varner won the LIV Golf Invitational - DC at Trump National Golf Club on May 28, in Sterling, Va. The upstart tour will be united along with the PGA Tour, in a blockbuster merger.

'I still hate LIV': Golf's civil war is over, but how will pro golfers move on?

3:34pm June 08, 2023

by Bill Chappell

"I still hate LIV. Like, I hate it. I hope it goes away," Rory McIlroy, the world's no. 3 player, said of the new deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi fund behind LIV.

NPR's 'Planet Money' creates an episode using artificial intelligence

6:20am June 08, 2023

The team at Planet Money put artificial intelligence to the test, by seeing if it could report a radio story.

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Behind the ousting of CNN CEO Chris Licht after one tumultuous year

4:50pm June 07, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Puck media reporter Dylan Byers on the ousting of CNN CEO Chris Licht after barely one year.

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Chris Licht was chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide.

Chris Licht ousted at CNN after a year of crisis

1:29pm June 07, 2023

by David Folkenflik

CNN's embattled CEO, Chris Licht, is out after a turbulent first year that included layoffs, a botched town hall with former President Donald Trump and a no-holds-barred profile in The Atlantic.

Morning news brief

5:48am June 07, 2023

Ukraine and Russia trade blame for breach in a major dam. Former VP Mike Pence is in Iowa to announce his presidential bid. The two biggest organizations in golf announced a ground-shifting merger.

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Contract negotiations for TV and movies are stealing the spotlight in Hollywood

5:08am June 07, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports the latest updates on Hollywood's labor negotiations led by writers and the strike authorization vote by SAG-AFTRA, the union representing screen actors.

The latest on the union strikes in Hollywood

4:41pm June 06, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

Amid the ongoing writers' strike in Hollywood, the guilds representing directors and actors have also been negotiating the future of their contracts and the future of the streaming business.

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The Boppy Newborn Lounger has now been linked to at least 10 babies' deaths since 2015 — including two that were reported after the 2021 recall, according to federal authorities.

2 more infants die using Boppy loungers after a product recall was issued in 2021

3:39pm June 06, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The loungers were sold in stores such as Amazon, Pottery Barn Kids, Target and Walmart from January 2004 to September 2021. A total of 10 deaths have been linked to the product.

South African golfer Charl Schwartzel plays a last shot during the LIV Golf Invitational Series in St. Albans, England, in June 2022. The launch of the series rocked the world of golf by setting up rival leagues.

In a stunning move, PGA Tour agrees to merge with its Saudi-backed rival, LIV Golf

3:08pm June 06, 2023

by Emily Olson

The merger will end all pending litigation between the parties, mending a burgeoning split in men's professional golf that remade the game in the last year.