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This NPR News broadcast covers multiple urgent global and domestic stories, including deadly Israeli strikes in Gaza amid stalled peace efforts, a worsening Ebola outbreak in Congo, extreme heat impacting the western U.S., a flight attendant strike disrupting Canadian air travel, and poli
This NPR News broadcast covers multiple urgent global and domestic stories, including deadly Israeli strikes in Gaza amid stalled peace efforts, a worsening Ebola outbreak in Congo, extreme heat impacting the western U.S., a flight attendant strike disrupting Canadian air travel, and poli
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Nikolai MladenovJonathan NelsonTodd BlancheJohn GraddickMichael Koloki
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