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NPR News: 08-12-2026 9PM EDT

August 13, 2026·4 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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This NPR News segment covers a series of breaking developments: White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt is stepping down, Eli Lilly is suing black market sellers of its experimental obesity drug retatrutide, a military helicopter crash in Texas killed two crew members, a deadly ferry

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Caroline LevittDonald TrumpPhyllis ZornEmmerson Mnangagwa

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Eli Lilly

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retatrutide

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Breaking NewsCriminal JusticePolitical News

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