This NPR News episode covers a high-profile murder trial, escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, a proposed federal rule targeting race-based college admissions, the death of feminist icon Gloria Steinem, a heartwarming story about an elderly women’s softball team, and the departure of Fox News a
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