This NPR News broadcast covers a series of urgent global and domestic developments, from earthquake recovery in Venezuela to extreme heat on the National Mall, breakthroughs in nuclear energy, World Cup soccer, and a dramatic space mission to save a NASA telescope. The episode underscores
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