This NPR News broadcast covers multiple breaking news stories, including a deadly glacier collapse in Nepal, rising U.S. mortgage rates tied to inflation and Federal Reserve policy, a federal judge blocking postal restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the midterms, a major gang crackdow
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