NYTIMES (Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Michael H. Keller and Alexis Soloski) - The Key Players in the U.S.-Iran Talks, and the Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
Plus, the “Steven Spielberg of sitcoms.”
STRIPES (Dave Ornauer) - Typhoon 07W (Mekkhala), # 11 | Stars and Stripes
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WASHINGTONPOST (Joanna Slater) - Three groundskeepers. 11 weeks. The race to prepare for a World Cup favorite.
France is launching its championship hopes from a university field just a few miles outside Boston.
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REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - Trump Slashes South Africa HIV Funding Over Afrikaner Dispute
NEWSNATIONNOW (Tatiana Carter) - Man charged with Chicago cross burning back in court
"My protest has nothing to do with race, nothing to do with gender," he said.
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NYTIMES (Quinn Glabicki) - California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both.
A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating.
NYTIMES (Dan Brooks and Thomas Prior) - Could I Become a Kickboxer at 48? I Went to Thailand to Find Out.
A week inside a grueling Muay Thai training program in Phuket.
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NYTIMES (Ed Augustin and Frances Robles) - Cuba’s Fuel Crisis Brings Schools to a Standstill
Cuba’s already struggling schools are ending the academic year early because of a crippling fuel shortage caused by the U.S. oil blockade.
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NYTIMES (Stephanie Nolen) - A Loophole Brings Cystic Fibrosis Patients a ‘Miracle Drug’ in Generic Form
A generic version of a breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug, manufactured in Bangladesh for a fraction of the American price, may give some families around the world an unlikely lifeline.
NYTIMES (Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko) - Thousands Are Fleeing Ukraine’s Donbas Strongholds as Russia Pushes Closer
While Kyiv’s fortunes have brightened in other ways in the war, Moscow’s forces are raining bombs and drones on “fortress belt” cities like Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.