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A 2005 Cessna Citation Bravo is pictured parked at the airport in Santa Fe, N.M.

National

Military F-16s intercepted a business jet, shocking D.C. residents with a sonic boom

10:54pm June 04, 2023

by Emma Bowman

At supersonic speeds, F-16 jets chased down an unresponsive pilot who flew a civilian plane over the nation's capital and crashed in southwest Virginia. The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

Prices are displayed on a gas pump outside of a gas station in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2022.

World News

Saudi Arabia cuts oil production again to shore up prices — this time on its own

6:06pm June 04, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

OPEC+ countries also agreed to extend oil production cuts they announced in April through the end of 2024, reducing production by more than 1 million barrels per day.

A scene from the popular Ethiopian soap opera Yegna, which sends messages about health and well-being to its teen viewers. Topics range from child marriage to menstrual pads.

She writes for a hit Ethiopian soap opera. This year, the plot turns on child marriage

3:35pm June 04, 2023

by Veronique Mistiaen

The show is Yegna. Its goal (besides entertainment) is to tackle issues affecting teen girls (and boys, too), from a lack of menstrual pads to why betting is unwise. We talk to one of the writers.

From Moscow, former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden addresses a technology conference in Portugal in 2019. Snowden fled the U.S. in 2013 and revealed highly classified U.S. surveillance programs. He's been living in Russia for the past decade, and received Russian citizenship last year.

National

A decade on, Edward Snowden remains in Russia, though U.S. laws have changed

3:06pm June 04, 2023

by Greg Myre

A decade ago, we were still exploring the technological wonders of cellphones and other electronic devices. Few were thinking about how they could be used to monitor us. Then came Edward Snowden.

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Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu salutes before delivering his speech on the last day of the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Sunday, June 4, 2023.

World News

China and U.S. defense chiefs compete for influence in the Asia Pacific

1:20pm June 04, 2023

by Emily Feng

China's new defense minister made his first international appearance on Sunday at an annual defense summit, where he delivered a speech full of thinly veiled digs at the U.S.

"Meet The Press" moderator Chuck Todd speaks on SiriusXM's Author Confidential on December 3, 2014 in Washington, DC.

Chuck Todd, host and moderator of NBC's 'Meet the Press', will step down

11:57am June 04, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Todd has hosted the show since 2014. NBC's chief White House correspondent, Kristen Welker, will become the show's new host.

A postal worker delivers mail on October 1, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.

National

Dogs attacked more than 5,300 mail carriers last year, the Postal Service says

11:06am June 04, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Officials say pets that don't previously show signs of aggression may still bite a postal worker, and the agency is asking residents to secure their dogs before mail carriers arrive.

People watch at the site where trains that derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Sunday, June 4, 2023.

World News

A signaling error appears to have caused the train crash that killed 275 in India

9:29am June 04, 2023

by The Associated Press

The derailment in eastern India that killed nearly 300 people and injured hundreds more was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks.

The Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, has for years operated as a bipartisan success story in election administration. But since early 2022, the far right has targeted ERIC, fracturing a partnership that had 32 member states at its height. Eight states where Republicans oversee voting have so far pulled out.

Politics & Government

How the far right tore apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud

8:26am June 04, 2023

by Miles Parks

A right-wing campaign has targeted a once-obscure voting partnership called ERIC. Eight Republican states have now pulled out, giving the election denial movement a big win — and a blueprint for 2024.

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"Dumplings are my obsession," says chef "Nok" Chutatip Suntaranon of Kalaya, a Thai restaurant in Philadelphia.

Immigrants have helped change how America eats. Now they dominate top culinary awards

8:00am June 04, 2023

by Joel Rose

Immigrants have long been the backbone of restaurant kitchens. Now they're dominating the industry's top awards for chefs, with a majority of nominations going to immigrants or children of immigrants.