This NPR News segment covers breaking developments in the Russia-Ukraine war, a nationwide U.S. heat wave, a vandalism indictment at the D.C. reflecting pool, a rare Declaration of Independence on display, and a U.S. World Cup victory, followed by a promotional note about a cultural podca
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