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As NATO summit kicks off in D.C., Nordic-Baltic states point to Ukraine

10:10pm July 09, 2024

The NATO summit in Washington kicked off Tuesday morning. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly sat down with the top diplomats from eight Nordic and Baltic nations for a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council.

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He created Oculus headsets as a teenager. Now he makes AI weapons for Ukraine

10:10pm July 09, 2024

by Greg Myre

Palmer Luckey launched his first tech company as a teenager. He sold it to Facebook for $2 billion. Now he's making AI weapons the Pentagon is buying for itself and also sending to Ukraine.

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Sports

After a string of upsets, Wimbledon heads into quarterfinals

10:10pm July 09, 2024

As quarterfinal are underway, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Washington Post Reporter Ava Wallace on the biggest storylines happening at Wimbledon.

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Golfers travel from around the world for 3rd U.S. Adaptive Golf Open

10:10pm July 09, 2024

by Greg Echlin

The 3rd Annual Adaptive Golf Open is underway in Kansas as disabled golfers from 32 states and 11 countries vy for a championship. The field includes A 20 year old Utah golfer, paralyzed from a ski accident, who’s back defending the championship he won last year in the seated impairment category

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Israel is divided over next steps in Gaza

10:10pm July 09, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Israel’s military and politicians are divided on whether to strike a ceasefire deal with Hamas. Israeli experts have presented the government with proposals for a postwar Gaza.

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Science

The physics of launching into space -- and crashing back down

10:10pm July 09, 2024

by Emily Kwong

Humans are traveling farther into space than ever before. We look at the physics of launch – how to send something up and how it can come crashing back down.

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Politics & Government

Biden kicks off NATO summit with highly scrutinized speech

10:10pm July 09, 2024

President Biden kicks off a NATO summit with a speech. It will be scrutinized because of questions about whether he's still up to the job.

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Sports

Mate's moment at the Copa

10:10pm July 09, 2024

Players at the Copa America have been seen exiting team buses with Mate gourds. Part of the point of Yerba Mate is that it's communal -- perfect to be shared with your 10 best friends after a game.

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National

Tessie Prevost, pioneer of Deep South school desegregation, dies at 69

9:58pm July 09, 2024

by Debbie Elliott

Tessie Prevost was one of the young Black girls who integrated New Orleans public schools in the 1960s after federal courts forced the system to abide by the Brown vs. the Board of Education ruling.

A school district in Pa. says students made fake TikTok accounts to target teachers

7:51pm July 09, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

Middle school students in the town of Malvern impersonated teachers and posted crude and offensive language on fake accounts. The superintendent called the incidents a "gross misuse of social media."